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Becky Sloan and Joe Pelling of BeckyandJoes, the brilliant minds behind the wonderfully surreal video series Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared, have teased out a rather enigmatic trailer simply called Wakey, Wakey. This mysterious project is a collaboration between Conan O’Brien‘s company Conaco, Blink Films and Turner Broadcasting‘s Super Deluxe . Wakey Wakey… https://t.co/2VLtSsyCiF —...The post ‘Wakey Wakey’, An Enigmatic Teaser Trailer for a Mysterious New ‘Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared’ Project appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Two Minute Papers took a comprehensive look at an amazing collaborative project between NVIDIA, Aalto University, and MIT that solves the problem of grainy digital photos. They developed a really intelligent AI system uses deep learning to smoothly remove visual noise from digital images by looking at pixelated photos. Recent deep learning work in the...The post A Deep Learning System That Removes Visual Noise From Digital Images by Looking at Pixelated Photos appeared first on Laughing Squid.

As he’s previously done with other Apple releases, comedian Jack Douglass of Jacksfilms has created an amusing parody based on Apple’s September 12, 2018 event during which they announced the new, rather pricy iPhone XS ($999) along with its full array of features. They also announced their “more affordable” counterpart, the iPhone XR ($749) with...The post An Amusing Parody About Apple’s Announcement of the iPhone XS and the More ‘Affordable’ iPhone XR appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Just in time for Halloween, wholesaler Rubies Costume Company has created an inflatable “Han Solo Frozen in Carbonite” costume. This clever adult size costume comes with a battery powered fan and matching gloves and mask to complete the full effect. The costume is available for to pre-order for for free delivery as soon as September...The post A Clever Inflatable ‘Han Solo Frozen in Carbonite’ Adult Size Costume With a Battery Powered Fan Inside appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The rather prolific and talented video editor Robert Jones has reimagined incredibly creepy scenes from the horror film Heredity as the title sequence for a 1990s sitcom pilot, replete with an appropriately jingly theme song. Picture a sitcom show like ‘Frasier’ or ‘Mad About You’, but a sitcom show possessed by the 5th King of...The post Creepy Scenes From the Horror Film ‘Heredity’ Reimagined as a Jingly 1990s Sitcom Title Sequence appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Web Design Museum (@webdesignmuseum) on Sep 3, 2018 at 11:58pm PDT Engineers Petr Kovár and Ondrej Letocha have created the Web Design Museum, an online gallery that features the designs of websites from 1995 through 2005, a period largely considered the nascent years of the world...The post A Unique Online Museum Dedicated to Early Website Design Between the Years of 1995 and 2005 appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The legendary motorcycle creator BMW Motorrad announced that they converted a prototype of their gorgeous R 1200 GS dual sport into a self-proppeled motorcycle that can operate completely autonomously. The idea behind creating this ConnectedRide technology is not to encourage riderless trips around town, but rather to use the technology as a means of further...The post BMW Builds the World’s First Completely Autonomous Self-Propelled Motorcycle to Study Safety Technology appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Ballad of Buster James, is an anthology of six separate fantastic stories that take place in the newly discovered American frontier over the course of 25 years. Each story is told in the distinctively dark comedic style of the Coen Brothers and features a number accomplished actors (some of whom are regulars of Coen...The post The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, A Darkly Comedic Western Anthology by the Coen Brothers on Netflix appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mitchell Spain (@mitchellspainceramics) on Jun 27, 2017 at 7:50am PDT Iowan artist Mitchell Spain has created an absolutely ingenious line of handmade flasks, ceramic mugs, and shot glasses that look just like the old school rusty cans, some of which perhaps once held some environmentally harmful...The post Ingenious Ceramic Flasks and Mugs Made to Look Like Rusty Old Cans That Once Held Toxic Liquid appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The London food design agency Bombas and Parr have ingeniously incorporated the principles of the sturdy frozen composite material pykrete into a unique non-melting ice lolly. This fully edible recipe replaces the sawdust from the original formula with fruit fiber, making the ice pop last far longer than other ice novelties in an hour of...The post Amazing Non-Melting Ice Pops That Incorporate a Fully Edible Fruit Version of the Composite Material Pykrete appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a really interesting video essay, Vox producer Coleman Lowndes explains the history of the term “OK”,. Lowndes notes its confusing etymological origins, the role it played in history, how its sound influenced the advertising of certain products up through the current date and how it came to be such a ubiquitous player in the...The post How the Term ‘OK’ Became Such a Ubiquitous Part of the Common Universal Lexicon appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the third film of his Galaxies Series, astrophotographer Adrien Mauduit has created a stunning hypnotic astrolapse that captures the beauty of the Milky Way as seen against the backdrop of a colorful Norwegian night sky. This gorgeous footage is set to a calming soundtrack that expresses the feel of this gorgeous phenomenon through music....The post A Stunning Astrolapse Showcasing the Hypnotic Beauty of the Milky Way in the Colorful Norwegian Night Sky appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While diving in the waters of Naxos Island, Greece during December 2016, French graphic designer Kevin Filoni became friends with a tiny, affectionate octopus who adorably cuddled up onto his arm, completely engulfing his hand. The affable cephalopod remained in place for several minutes while accepting lots of tickles and head rubs from Filoni. Once...The post French Designer Makes Friends With an Affectionate Octopus While Diving Near Naxos Island, Greece appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Social Media Announcement by xkcd “Why I'm Moving Most of My Social Activity to Slack, Then Creating a Second Slack to Avoid the People in the First One, Then Giving Up on Social Interaction Completely, Then Going Back to Texting” Related Laughing Squid PostsThe Social Media GuruThe 17th Annual Webby Awards, A Call for Entries...The post Social Media Announcement appeared first on Laughing Squid.

You come to my pantry, you’re gonna see a lot of prison materials. Former felon Josh of Lockdown 23and1 shares his ingenious recipe for “Prison Pizza” using only the ingredients and materials that were available to him while he was incarcerated. The crust of the pizza is made with crushed saltines, Ritz crackers and ramen...The post Former Felon Shares a Recipe For Pizza He Made In Prison Using Only the Ingredients Available at the Time appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the beautifully simple short film “Red Light” by filmmaker Sam Benenati, a lone woman named Ruth (Jen Tullock) finds herself waiting an inordinate amount of time for a light to change from red to green, despite the fact that she’s the only one on the road. In order to pass the time, she acts...The post A Frustrated Woman Acts Out Her Entire Life While Waiting Forever For a Red Light to Turn Green appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Filmmaker Kim Pimmel has created the gorgeous short macro film “Wildfire” in which he set strands of standard steel wool on fire in a controlled environment. The burning fibers pass around the flame to others rather quickly lighting up more in a fiery chain reaction, mimicking the heartbreaking movement and the tragic beauty of a...The post A Short Mesmerizing Film Featuring Burning Strands of Steel Wool That Mimic the Tragic Beauty of Wildfires appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Printing enthusiast Steve Ouklama created an amazing 3D printed “Fillenium Malcon“, a replica of a famous ship piloted by a guy who never has a good feeling about anything. Per Ouklama, this is his biggest build so far and took him four times before getting right. As soon as he did, however, he filmed the...The post A Ten Day Build of a 3D Printed Millennium Falcon Compressed Into a Hypnotic Three Minute Timelapse appeared first on Laughing Squid.

San Francisco filmmaker Mark Day, the creative eye behind the “24 Hours at Burning Man series“, shared a brilliant hyperlapse showcasing the magnifient art embodying the “I, Robot” theme of the Burning Man 2018 event on the dusty playa. Day had created a similar hyperlapse of Burning Man in 2016. A quick iPhone hyperlapse of...The post A Brilliant Hyperlapse Shot on an iPhone Showcasing the ‘I, Robot’ Art Theme of Burning Man 2018 appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Cool Material is offering the “Takeout Candle” a truly unique candle that uses notes of soy, lemongrass and ginger to emit the distinctively tantalizing aroma of freshly delivered Chinese food when burning. This yummy candle comes inside a white tin decorated with the design that appear on old-school takeout/delivery cartons While ordering takeout every day...The post A Scented Soy Candle in a Takeout Style Tin That Emits the Distinctively Tantalizing Aroma of Chinese Food appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Light Club has put out an incredibly informative video essay about using light while shooting (or painting) portraits in such a way as to make the eyes stand out from the rest of the face. This catchlight process specifically refers to how exterior light reflects off the surface of the eye, but it can be...The post Specific Light Techniques That Make a Portrait Subject’s Eyes Stand Out From the Rest of the Face appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Online novelty retailer Archie McPhee, who are known for their wonderfully realistic looking masks, has added a full head smiling sloth to their collection of masks. Once a person places this mask upon their head, they release their inner slow moving creature and move into a lifestyle where everything is peaceful, relaxed and completely chill....The post A Full Head Smiling Sloth Mask That Unleashes One’s Hidden Inner Beast of Slow Moving Relaxation appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a friendly interview with Stephen Colbert, the affable actor John Krasinski talked about how the women in his life have had a profound effect upon his success. He shared his mom encouraged him to not give up acting just three weeks before he got the part as Jim Halpert in The Office and how...The post How the Women in John Krasinski’s Life Encouraged Him to Keep Pushing Himself Further in His Career appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live, actor Rami Malek talked about his experience of portraying Freddie Mercury in the highly-anticipated upcoming biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, how he wore prosthetic teeth to further resemble the late singer, and how he felt honored by the approval of Freddie’s Queen bandmates, friends and family. He also related a funny,...The post Rami Malek Talks About His Incredible Experience Playing Freddie Mercury in ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In an absolutely adorable ad campaign for the Japanese egg company Akita, mega rock star Yoshiki of X Japan prepares a nice warm omelet as a blanket for Kiyonya, a shivering orange cat made out of ketchup rice. Once Kiyonya was cozily tucked in, Yoshiki signed his name on the egg blanket in ketchup. In...The post Japanese Rock Star Yoshiki Prepares a Warm Omelet Blanket For a Shivering Cat Made Out of Ketchup Rice appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Texas band Hiraeth very cleverly put out a call for a vocalist to join them with a heavy metal instrumental entitled “We Need a Singer“. Really. We need a singer. via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsMetalcore Vocalist Linzey Rae Sings a Heavy Metal Tutorial on How to Make a Shepherd’s PieMetalcore Vocalist Linzey Rae...The post Texas Band Hiraeth Tries to Recruit a Vocalist With a Heavy Metal Instrumental Called ‘We Need a Singer’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While appearing on The Howard Stern Show to promote his new album, the great Paul McCartney responded to a question about the breakup of The Beatles posed to him by Stern. McCartney responded without hesitation that it was John Lennon’s fault, but he understood because John was in love. Who better to answer once and...The post Sir Paul McCartney Talks About the Legendary Breakup of The Beatles on The Howard Stern Show appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Trombonist Christopher Bill gathered 27 of his talented peers to perform an amazing cover of the iconic Queen song “Bohemian Rhapsody“. This brilliant performance took place at the 2018 International Trombone Festival. Secret Project Finally Released!!!!! Enjoy my 2018 ITF Collaboration: Bohemian Rhapsody, with many of the most amazing trombonists alive today. via The Awesomer...The post An Amazing Cover of the Iconic Queen Anthem ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Performed by 28 Trombones appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Several months before his untimely death, actor Burt Reynolds appeared on Conan to talk about his career. During the interview, Conan brought up the subject of the deeply disturbing 1972 film Deliverance, particularly the oft-quoted line “He got a real purty mouth ain’t he”. Reynolds responded with an amusing story about how the role of...The post Burt Reynolds Explains the Story Behind the ‘Purdy Mouth’ Line in a Scene From ‘Deliverance’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a clip from the 2011 PBS documentary My Life as a Turkey, American naturalist and author Joe Hutto explains how he’s learning to communicate with the young wild turkeys whom he raised since hatching and even offered a few demonstrations of the calls he’s learned. I didn’t have the capacity to understand every vocalization,...The post How a Naturalist Learned to Communicate With the Wild Turkey Youngsters He’d Raised From Hatchlings appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Real Life Lore offers some helpful assistance in the confusing subject of common genetic ancestry, which connects all of humanity to an MRCA (Most Recent Common Ancestor). This mysterious MCRA is said to have procreated greatly, with progeny who settled all over the Earth. All of us alive on earth watching this video can mutually...The post The Ancient Genetic Component That Connects All of Humanity to a Single Ancestor appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In an interview with Insider, Irish actor Domhnall Gleeson affably talks about the wide array of accents he’s portrayed in a number of films, explaining how he incorporates the sounds and mouth shapes. He also shares which of the accents he considers to be most difficult. It’s funny, Southern American is definitely easier than a...The post Actor Domhnall Gleeson Explains How He’s Able to Play Such a Wide Array of Different Accents appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In memory of the late, great Aretha Franklin, the doodling, fast talking and extremely knowledgeable music theorist 12Tone musically breaks down “Respect” one of the Queen of Soul’s most iconic songs. He illustrates how the syncopated bass line, the use of the blue note, the dischordant sax solo, the background singers and of course, Franklin’s...The post The Brilliant Complexity Embedded in the Simple I IV V Chord Progression of Aretha Franklin’s ‘Respect’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The talented Lily Havesh, who designs wonderfully elaborate domino displays, sat down with the Wired series Obessed to talk about her passion for the medium. Havesh spoke about the joy she gets from setting up the designs and then knocking them down, the occasional criticism she receives for calling her displays art and the amount...The post 19 Year Old Domino Artist Shares Her Motivation for Creating Wonderfully Elaborate Temporary Displays appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Musician Luca Stricagnoli, who previously performed a hauntingly beautiful cover of the U2 song ‘With or Without You‘ on his custom namesake triple neck guitar crafted by Italian luthier Davide Serracini, played an absolutely incredible original acoustic medley of three different Iron Maiden songs on that very same instrument. “Iron Maiden”, arranged and performed by...The post An Incredible Medley of Three Popular Iron Maiden Songs Performed on a Gorgeous Triple Neck Guitar appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While workers in Mooroolbark Victoria, Australia were laying down a new sidewalk, a wayward chicken came out of nowhere and rudely walked across the wet cement, leaving a trail of distinctive footprints in her wake. The clever workers decided to find a way to keep the bird occupied while they fixed the mess she made....The post A Wayward Chicken Rudely Walks Across a Freshly Paved Concrete Sidewalk Leaving a Trail of Footprints appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a brilliantly and detailed analysis, the knowledgeable music essayist Polyphonic takes a look at the absolute genius of Steely Dan. He specifically speaks to the absolute need for perfection on the parts of both Walter Becker and Donald Fagen that drove them to use a rotating roster of absolutely brilliant session musicians whose respective...The post How Perfectionism Combined With a Rotating Roster of Brilliant Session Musicians Made Steely Dan So Good appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Jim Cummings, the iconic voice behind Winnie the Pooh and Tigger too, sat down with Great Big Story to talk about his amazing career in voice-over work. In addition to the classic A. A. Milne. characters, Cummings has also provided his affable voice to such characters as Razoul in Aladdin, KAA in Jungle Book 2,...The post Jim Cummings, The Iconic Voice Behind Winnie the Pooh, Tigger and Darkwing Duck appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On the very last day of the 2018 Vertical Blue competition at Dean’s Blue Hole, Bahamas, Italian free immersion diver Alessia Zecchini set the women’s world record for the deepest dive in the shortest amount of time with fin. Zecchini pierced the surface of the water and then descended straight as an arrow down until...The post Italian Free Immersion Diver With a Fin Sets Women’s World Record at an Astounding Depth of 107 Meters appeared first on Laughing Squid.

At Eternity’s Gate is a very creative, semi-factual, fantastic biographical film by Julian Schnabel that goes inside the brilliant mind of the tortured and beleaguered artist Vincent Van Gogh (Willem DaFoe) and his interactions with other such as his his brother Theo (Rupert Friend), a priest (Mads Mikkelson) and most famously Paul Gaugin (Oscar Isaac)....The post At Eternity’s Gate, A Semi-Factual Biographical Film That Goes Inside the Brilliant Mind of Vincent Van Gogh appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Manami Ito is a woman of many talents. Not only is she a champion Japanese paralympic swimmer and nurse by trade, she also plays the violin beautifully. This list of accomplishments alone would be quite impressive, but with Ito, it’s even more so because she only has one arm. Ito’s lack of limb doesn’t appear...The post Talented One-Armed Musician Brilliantly Performs a Beautiful Violin Arrangement With a Prosthetic Bow Arm appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the wonderfully heartwarming animation “If You Fall” by Tisha Deb Pallai, a little girl named Lila is learning how to ride a bicycle, but is not yet ready to ride alone. As this is happening, Lila’s parents, he a struggling artist and she a television news reporter, are finding themselves at odds due to...The post If You Fall, A Loving Father Teaches His Daughter How to Ride a Bicycle in the Face of Family Discord appeared first on Laughing Squid.

“The Visitor” by Australian filmmaker and designer Pete Majarich is an absolutely stunning, atmospheric short film about a lone astronaut exploring the vast expanse of red-dusted land upon an uninhabited planet. This fantastic piece was shot entirely using the “active track” feature on a DJI Mavic Air drone, which captured from above the seemingly extra-terrestrial...The post Stunning Short Film About a Visitor to an Uninhabited Planet Shot Entirely by a Drone in the Utah Desert appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In an amusing vignette from the crowdfunded Dempsey Rice documentary, The Animated Mind Of Oliver Sacks (still in development as of this date), the legendary neurologist and prolific author relates an amusing story about the time he worked on his book while standing hip deep in lake while leaning against the dock in between swimming...The post A Wonderful Animated Vignette About Writing While Swimming by Legendary Neurologist Oliver Sacks appeared first on Laughing Squid.

An elderly pet rat who has had trouble getting around the house as of late, was able to walk through the kitchen inside a homemade sling held in place by a kind barefooted human who helped guide the way. Related Laughing Squid PostsBlind Chihuahua Tests Out the Homemade Safety Bumper That His Compassionate Human Created...The post An Elderly Pet Rat Walks Around the Kitchen Inside a Homemade Sling Held in Place by a Kind Human appeared first on Laughing Squid.

As part of their ongoing series of deconstructing the rich symbolism and character development within the sublime AMC series Breaking Bad, Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of ScreenPrism compares the spiteful personality of the purpetually purple clad kleptomaniacal narcissist Marie Shrader (Hank’s wife) with that of her increasingly dangerous brother-in-law Walter White. What they find...The post How Marie Schrader’s Spitefulness in ‘Breaking Bad’ Is a Microcosm of the Motivations That Drive Walter White appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The doodling, fast talking and extremely knowledgeable music theorist 12Tone takes on one of the most puzzling, but beautiful pieces of modern classical music, the La Monte Young Opus “The Well Tuned Piano“. This piece, aside from being almost five hours long, employs dodecaphony, a twelve-tone (yup) technique that has a certain mathematical complexity that...The post The Mathematical Complexity of Dodecaphony Within La Monte Young’s Opus ‘The Well Tuned Piano’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the trailer for the upcoming film Anna and the Apocalypse, a young woman named Anna and her friends are getting ready for Christmas when they discover that a zombie nightmare has descended upon them and they need to fight their way past the undead to reach their families. The most fabulous part of this...The post Anna and the Apocalypse, A Young Woman Hunts the Undead in a Christmastime Musical Horror Film appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by @robyniko on Aug 23, 2018 at 2:40pm PDT It all started out with a tweet by architect Donna Sink, who asked if anyone does “paintings of Modern buildings in the style of Thomas Kincade?”. Photoshop artist and fellow architect @robyniko answered the call with a gorgeous...The post Iconic Modernist Architecture Beautifully Reimagined in the Pastoral Style of Thomas Kinkade Paintings appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a disquieting Ted-Ed lesson written by educator Elizabeth Cox and animated by Gerta Xhelo, narrator Christina Greer explains how memory is connected to stress levels through corticoidsteroids developed in the amygdala. These corticosteroids affect the amygdala, the hippocampus, which is where memories are cemented and the frontal cortex, where memories are recalled. In the...The post How the Flooding of Stress Induced Corticosteroids in the Brain Can Temporarily Wipe Out One’s Memory appeared first on Laughing Squid.