Laughing Squid

While going through our archives recently I unearthed this profile of Laughing Squid by Brad Wieners from the September 2001 issue of Yahoo’s defunct magazine Yahoo! Internet Life (it was last published in 2002). Back then when Brad interviewed me our main focus was The Squid List, the San Francisco Bay Area events list we...

Los Angeles filmmaker Andrew McMurry of Nukazooka created “Spider-Man: Web Mods,” a special effects video about Spider-Man (Kristof Waltermire) saving a lady in trouble (Raven Duda) by trying out all sorts of new web mods on his enemies. The friendly neighborhood Spider-Man makes short work of his foes by shocking, burning, blowing up, and blowing...

Adam Savage of Tested ventured onto the set of Alien: Covenant and met up with the head of fabrication, Marea Fowler. Adam got a up close look at the creepy animatronic Xenomorph head that was worn by the movie’s creature puppeteer. Alien: Covenant is now available to purchase on DVD and Blu-ray from Amazon. Seeing...

The film and television analysis platform ScreenPrism has created a wonderful series of videos that center around symbols, such as sigils, banners, colors, animals are used strategically to represent the specific houses of Game of Thrones. Included in this series are House of Stark, House of Lannister, House of Baratheon, House of Targaryen and House...

In the “New New New New Doctor” by the wonderfully talented animator Leigh Lahav, the 13th iteration of Doctor Who quickly finds out what life is going to be like as a woman after so very many years as a man. I think Missy left me a letter for if this ever happens! Dear Doctor..*hysterical...

Rob Scallon, a very talented musician, employed only a single note and 13 seconds of footage to create a fascinating cover of the over six minute, iconic Queen anthem “Bohemian Rhapsody” through editing. Each note is just speeding up or slowing down that original note to get different pitches, hence why the high notes are...

In a remarkable documentary from 1954, the amazing Helen Keller, who learned to read and communicate despite being both deaf and blind, verbally shared her regrets about not being able to speak clearly. Keller had learned to speak by reading lips by touch, but had not, in her own estimation, done enough to “speak normally”....

The Auralnauts have created a hilarious video tutorial on how to make a blockbuster movie trailer that will captivate the masses. They made sure to include the “low bwaaa” sound effect at the beginning of the trailer, an unexpected song cover, and an extended visual effects money shot held a little too long. The History...

An ambitious man takes on a large group of logs by quickly splitting them in half with two axes. Thank goodness for steel toe boots. via RM Videos The County UnfairNew Axe Cop Trailer Features Nick Offerman as the Voice of Axe CopAXE Peace Ad Campaign for Super Bowl XLVIII Promotes Making Love, Not War

A lively little orphaned bush pig named Molly at the DAKTARI Bush School & Wildlife Orphanage in Hoedspruit, Limpopo, South Africa kept her eye on the ball, simultaneously playing both defense and offense in an adorable soccer (football) game with a very accommodating human. According to the sanctuary, Molly is quite the personality who keeps...

How It Should Have Ended created their animated interpretation of how Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 should have ended. It features character art and animation work by Daniel Baxter with background artwork by Otis Frampton. Since it hit theaters we started building this episode. Some HISHE’s take longer than others and this one was...

The Pry.Me, the world’s smallest keychain bottle opener, created by Concept180, is a tiny titanium bottle opener that is the size of a penny. It is available to purchase from the Laughing Squid store for $10.99. A bottle opener is just a practical thing to have on your keychain. However, they’re often so bulky they...

A daring man strapped a camera to his boat to give us a look at how quickly he and his passenger could cruise through shallow waters, even over small patches of land in a couple spot, while down in a valley. Quick-Thinking Dog Rushes Into a Shallow Pond to Save His Human From DrowningScientists Believe...

How a Car Works has created “Garage Nightshift,” a stunning stop motion video featuring the teardown of a Mazda MX-5 Miata engine. via reddit A Stop Motion Teardown of the PlayStation 4 Filled with Interesting FactsTap To Retry, A Papercraft Stop-Motion Animated Short by Neta CohenLEGO Stop Motion Animated Remake of the Mall Car Chase...

Rachel and Jun (of Jun’s Kitchen), who visited the Kitsune Mura Fox Village in 2015, travelled with a friend to the Mount Kinka Squirrel Village in the Gifu Prefecture, Japan. The two women donned gloves to feed the adorably friendly and hungry residents of the park. The day’s adventure was captured in wonderful high-definition footage....

In an informative episode of Life Noggin , narrator Pat Graziosi aka Blocko explained the concept of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), with the help of an animated Mayim Bialik of The Big Bang Theory. The two took turns talking about disorder, explaining the symptoms, the cause, how it’s often misdiagnosed and how it is...

An adorable little corgi puppy did his very best to convince a rather reserved chicken to come play with him. The hyperactive dog repeatedly jumped, nipped at the air and even pressed his little body into the confused bird, with only a little bit of a reaction. Luckily, a playful duck walking by was happy...

Stephanie Shadrick captured hilarious footage of her husband as he tried to set aside his strong southern drawl and speak in a neutral American accent. His attempts were hilarious and quite successful, although the word “oil” presented a bit of a stumbling block. My husband learning to speak without a southern accent. Absolutely hilarious! via...

Food artist and director David Ma has created a wonderful films series in which all sorts of yummy recipes being in the style of famous directors. Included in this series are Tarantino inspired spaghetti and meatballs, s’mores by Wes Anderson, waffles by Michael Bay and pancakes by Alphonso Cuaron. via Thrillist Film Director Portraits That...

An absolutely adorable trio of baby raccoon hilariously pushed, pulled and nipped at each other while competing for a turn to play on the wheel of a bicycle that was hanging from an exterior brick wall. Raccoon Cleverly Knocks on a Glass Door With Rock Between Her Paws When Cat Food Bowl Is EmptyA Trio...

Chap-Hop superstar Mr.B The Gentleman Rhymer has released “No Character to Clear”, from his album There’s An Intro Going On. The wonderful music video was directed by Steve Harcourt of Free Seed Films. A post shared by @gentlemanrhymer on Aug 13, 2017 at 1:11pm PDT A post shared by Steve Harcourt (@slackwagon) on Aug 13,...

While speaking at a TED event, Marc Raibert, founder and CEO of the groundbreaking robotics company Boston Dynamics introduced the audience to an amazing four-legged robot that fetches like a dog, climbs walls, opens doors and more. Named the SpotMini, this adorable creation is a smaller version of the original Spot robot, but specifically being...

Williamsburg, Virginia father Mark Bundy posted a video last year that features him using a leaf blower to successfully push his little son Graham around on a tricycle. Mark also released footage of his son wiping out on another attempt and then shaking off the wreck like a champ. ‘Action Movie Kid’ Protects His Little...

While on a family excursion to Dún Aonghasa, Inis Mor in County Galway, Ireland, a son named Alex captured footage of his father facing his crippling fear of heights head on, literally. While nervously laughing, the brave man lay flat on the ground and began slowly crawling to the edge of the cliff to get...

Japanese toy designer Kuramochi Kyoryu hand made a giant robot cat condo out of cardboard for his two felines. Kuramochi posted more photos of his robot design process and of the two cats fighting over who gets to sit in the driver’s seat. ????????????????? pic.twitter.com/MibyDX9f0V — ????????@???? (@kyoryu_kuramo) August 12, 2017 ?(???)??(???????)????????????????????(???)????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/7fSbYiLZDh — ????????@????...

Amazing Toronto, Canada musician Andrew Huang spent a year recording sounds from his noisy radiator compiled them together to create a catchy, mind-expanding original song. Andrew‘s song is available to download on Patreon for all of his supporters. I GUESS YOU COULD SAY IT WAS…RAD. Man Plays a Catchy Song Along With iPhone’s Default ‘Marimba’...

Artist Kalli (a.k.a. “aurelianrabbit“) createrd a wonderful bread bag alignment chart. How we store bread says a lot about each one of us as a person. via FlowingData The Sandwich Alignment ChartJapanese Bread BedsRye Bread Buns in Pink Bra Package Benefits Breast Cancer Research

Legendary supermodel, entrepreneur and mom Cindy Crawford invited Joe Sabia of Condé Nast Entertainment into her gorgeous Malibu home to answer 73 random questions by for Vogue. Amongst the subjects Crawford discussed were her favorite fashion show, a Prince song written about her, her perfect dinner menu and her best advice to young models including...

YouTuber bplee2 captured awesome aerial footage with a DJI drone of the 3rd Annual Fastracs auto soccer game that took place in Red Hook, New York on April 23rd, 2017. The game featured numerous vehicles racing around a field and hitting a giant soccer ball (8 feet in diameter) at one of two goals. Each...

Boy & Bear by electronic music artist and producer Nick Bertke aka Pogo is a warm and comfy dance remix that uses clips from classic animation Pooh’s Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin A dreamy dance mix of Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin. Movie: Pooh’s Grand Adventure (1997). Goodbye Christopher Robin, A Touching...

Ben of PressTube has made a video where he introduces two Stretch Armstrong toys to an industrial shredder. The first Stretch Armstrong to meet his demise was normal, but the second toy was frozen in nitrogen before being shredded. Ben also posted footage of the gooey clean up. via The Awesomer The World’s Smallest Stretch...

Omid G has created a special effects mashup of Game of Thrones and Star Wars where Arya Stark and Brienne of Tarth engage in an epic duel with lightsabers. via Digg Lightsaber Duel Between ‘Game of Thrones’ Characters Jaime Lannister & Brienne of TarthMore Female ‘Game of Thrones’ Characters Reimagined As 1980s/1990s StereotypesJedi Knight and...

Expert woodworker and engineer Matthias Wandel demonstrates how to make a wooden domino row building machine. The machine works by pushing a magazine full of dominoes forward along the table while a slider pushes them out one at a time as the machine slowly drives along. images via Matthias Wandel Expert Woodworker Demonstrates How to...

While Westmoreland, Tennessee man Blake Henderson was flying in a plane and taking a video of another plane with a Samsung Galaxy S5, his phone accidentally got sucked out of the window and it somehow survived a long fall into a pile of hedge trimmings, right next to a man who was clean the yard....

In “Can you solve the fish riddle?” animated by Artrake Studio, math coach and TED-Ed educator Steve Wyborney poses a clever riddle to solve. It starts with a hapless cargo director of a shipping line who loses his precious cargo of endangered fish during a storm and needs to figure out how to rescue them...

An adorable little 14-week old golden retriever puppy named Ace very bravely decided to face his fear of the stairs head on by taking it slowly and steadily and a bit of practice everyday. According to his human, his technique is still a bit awkward but Ace is showing real progress. Amber Kennealy, 25, from...

A post shared by MURETZ (@muretz) on Mar 15, 2017 at 10:10am PDT São Paulo, Brazil street artist Mauro “Muretz” has been creating playful murlas throughout Brazil and London. It all began at the age of 15, when Mauro got expelled from school for drawing and then went out to start earning money for exactly...

Scientist and filmmaker Tyler Hulett created “Oregon Trails, a beautiful stacked timelapse video of the stars blazing a continuous path through the nighttime sky over Mount Hood, the highest mountain in Oregon. This video, like his others, is part of his ongoing Discover Oregon video series. Starry skies swirl and reel above Oregon. Each frame...

In a somewhat maddening clip from the fascinating film The Two Dollar Documentary, business owner Mike Bolesta, who usually had two-dollar bills on hand, decided that he would pay Best Buy for a car stereo installation, which was supposed to be free, with this lesser known form of currency. Neither the cashier nor the attending...

Consmech Solutions released satisfying footage of their H88 paver laying machine quickly piecing together large groups of interlocking stones, just like putting together a puzzle. via Digg Gun Machine, A Crime Thriller Novel by Warren EllisCaptivating Footage of Industrial Rock Crushing Machines Quickly Turning Large Stones Into GravelContraption Maker, A Rube Goldberg Puzzle Game by...

Dallas, Texas world record juggler and magician David Slick of Slick Jugglers has created a video where he shows us uncoordinated people out there the “easiest and most lazy way” to learn the basics of juggling. via reddit Juggling Robot Expertly Keeps Five Balls in the AirThe Competitive and Sometimes Vicious Sport of Combat JugglingScot...

A post shared by ???? (@tamanegi.qoo.riku) on Jun 18, 2017 at 11:44pm PDT A little one year old Japanese girl named Mame and Riku her beautifully statuesque standard poodle are the very best of friends who do everything together. While there are two other beautiful poodles who live in Mame’s house, the bond between Mame...

A post shared by MB&F M.A.D.Gallery (@mbfmadgallery) on May 4, 2017 at 4:53am PDT Berlin industrial designer Frank Buchwald and Nixie tube specialist Dalibor Farny joined forces for the 5th anniversary of MB&F‘s M.A.D. Gallery to create the Nixie Machine II, a beautiful second edition of a mechanical Nixie tube clock created by Frank. The...

A post shared by Geekleetist (@geekleetist) on Jan 31, 2015 at 6:21pm PST My good friend Dave Styer (a.k.a. “Geekleetist“) took an awesome photo at the Salt Lake Comic Con 2015 featuring Julz O’Gallegostein (a.k.a. “Bearded Leia“) dressed up in his Slave Leia costume posing next to an inflated version of Jabba the Hutt made...

In a wonderfully whimsical episode of the online Tasmanian series “Women of the Island” entitled “The Radiophonic Artist“, filmmaker Rebecca Thomson and an all female production team profiled sound performance artist Julia Drouhin, who makes music with the static from radios and homemade chocolate records that can be played and then be eaten. Drouhin spent...

Photographer and world traveler Bob Thissen of Exploring the Unbeaten Path and a team of adventurers went on a journey to the Baikonur Cosmodrome, world’s first and largest space launch facility in southern Kazakhstan. They checked out a hidden hangar housing an abandoned Soviet space shuttle that was part of the Buran program in the...

A post shared by @uwe_ehinger on Jun 7, 2017 at 8:48am PDT Custom motorcycle designer Uwe Ehinger is known to many as “The Archeologist” due to his ability to find rare parts from all over the world in a quest rebuild vintage Harley Davidson motorcycles in his Hamburg, Germany shop. It was with his insatiable...

A wonderfully expressive sulphur crested Triton cockatoo in St. Albans, Vermont sat in the window and barked like a dog at the cars and people in the street. According to his human, this vociferous bird enjoys this canine-like behavior. My greater sulphur crested cockatoo Triton likes to bark like a dog and I captured this...

Researchers and conservators from the Antarctic Heritage Trust located a a 100 year old rusted tin containing a Huntley & Palmers fruitcake amongst the ruins of Antartica’s oldest building. The cake is believed to have belonged to explorer Robert Falcon Scott who probably packed it for his 1911 Terra Nova Expedition near Cape Adare. Once...

Back in June, Andy George of How To Make Everything demonstrated how he was able to make a year old edible sandwich by using a few different techniques to preserve all of his food items. ‘The Charted Sandwich Board’ Art Print by Pop Chart Lab Features a Mouthwatering Menu of 90 Hand-Drawn SandwichesHow to Make...