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In 2007, the talented PES released a “Fireplace” DVD featuring an animated crackling candy corn fireplace loop. This year, PES remastered his Yule log loop in 4K resolution and made it available to stream on YouTube for free. Related Laughing Squid PostsStop-Motion Animation by PES of a Skateboarder Using Another Human Being as His SkateboardFireplace […]

A video posted by James Curran (@slimjimstudios) on Dec 17, 2016 at 1:44am PST London animator James Curran of SlimJim Studios has created a cheerful collection of animated Christmas themed GIF image loops for Samsung UK. We previously wrote about his wonderful “LA Gifathon” and “NYC Gifathon” animated GIFs and videos. A video posted by […]

Animals scream with human voices in clips from BBC’s Planet Earth 2 edited by filmmaker Matt Amys. The Planet Earth series was narrated by David Attenborough, who gets a scream of his own in this edited version. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Lonely Pygmy Three-Toed Sloth Crosses Rivers and Climbs Trees In Search of a Perfect […]

Kurzgesagt explains the idea of human overpopulation and the pros and cons of there being billions of people on the planet. The human population has exploded from one billion people in 1800 to the current population of 7.4 billion, but different cultures have grown at different rates over time and there are reasons to be […]

On the latest episode of MegaBots, American robotics company MegaBots Inc. founders Gui Cavalcanti and Matt Oehrlein complete the arms and torso of their giant MegaBot Mk.III fighting robot and have it lift a full-size car up off the ground with ease. A video posted by MegaBots Inc (@megabotsinc) on Dec 20, 2016 at 12:05pm […]

BLIND LTD, a company that conceptualizes powerful images for their clients, created a gorgeous collection of UI design for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The entire series of images are available to view on the BLIND LTD website. images via BLIND LTD Related Laughing Squid PostsKylo Ren Angrily Reacts to the Second Trailer for […]

A very playful giant panda named Da Mao very methodically took apart a bright white snowman that was expressly for him by his caretakers at the Toronto Zoo. Once done with his disassembling project, a proud Da Mao then gleefully rolled around in the cold remains of his innocent victim. Toronto Zoo Keepers made giant […]

International publisher Taschen has announced the release of Matthew Weiner. Mad Men, a Limited Art Edition multi-volume autographed set featuring photos, sketches, television stills, notes from the Mad Men set and a number of interviews with cast and crew members, particularly including show creator Matthew Weiner. This set, complete with two clothbound volumes, Season 1-7 […]

Great Big Story, in partnership with the Weather Channel, visited with artists Walter Martin and Paloma Muñoz, the creators of wonderfully surreal snow globes and dioramic scenes that reflect their collective sense of humor, delight in the macabre and the amazing bond that the couple has developed over years of working together. Working together, it’s […]

Gavin Free and Daniel Gruchy of The Slow Mo Guys recently visited the College of Engineering at Purdue University where they had access to a giant combustion tube which they used to destroy an old iMac. They filmed the whole glorious process at 1000fps and 28,500fps using Phantom Flex 4K and Phantom V2511 high speed […]

The wonderful folks at Big Cat Rescue in Tampa, Florida wanted to make sure that their feline charges enjoyed their holiday season in style. Each big cat was given a fir tree and an assortment of presents, which they all seemed to really love. The holidays are here! We celebrated by giving the big cats […]

Kedi is a beautifully shot full-length documentary that tells the long history regarding the beloved and highly interactive street cats of Istanbul, all of whom are as much a part of the city as the humans who live there. Kedi premieres in theaters February 10th, 2017. Hundreds of thousands of Turkish cats roam the metropolis […]

While visiting a wildlife park, car enthusiast Tom Elliot captured the hilarious sight of two very skittish gibbons who were completely spooked by a tiny hedgehog who was innocently and half-heartedly trying to burrow into the long green grass. The first gibbon who approached ran off wildly and climb onto a high branch of a […]

A photo posted by Reskate Arts&Crafts (@reskatestudio) on Jul 7, 2016 at 11:15pm PDT Spanish visual artists María López and Javier de Riba of Reskate Arts&Crafts have created a limited mural series entitled “Harreman“, in which they “hide” a Photoluminescent inside another image that only becomes truly visible when the lights are out. This project […]

The NERVANA is a CES-award winning generator and headphone set that uses a gentle electrical current to stimulate the vagus nerve for greater relaxation, mood enhancement and focus while listening to music. The NERVANA Generator and Headphones Unit is currently available for purchase through the Laughing Squid store for $249.99 – 21% off the original […]

James Franco and Bryan Cranston bond over increasingly spicy hot wings, their past facial hair configurations, and murder while being interviewed by Hot Ones host Sean Evans. The pair was on the show to promote their new movie Why Him? opening on December 23, 2016. Following in the bold footsteps of Key & Peele and […]

The NPR series Skunk Bear explained how the same acoustic dispersion that’s found in nature is the same effect that’s used for the familiar blaster sounds found in Star Wars films. …acoustic dispersion. A single sound – like ice getting hit by a rock -is made up of vibrations of lots of different frequencies, There’s […]

Leaked footage from the upcoming Rogue One sequel is starting to spread online. Thanks David Klass! Related Laughing Squid PostsA Mashup of Pixar’s Animated Films and the Second Rogue One TrailerRogue One Easter Eggs and ReferencesRogue One: A Star Wars Story Celebration Reel Features New Behind-the-Scenes Footage

The United States Postal Service has introduced The Most Wonderful Ornament, a festive connected device designed to track holiday packages. The ornament displays tracking updates like when the package arrives and even when the box is opened using a colored display. This season, we’re introducing an innovative way to experience the joy of gift giving. […]

Appearing to be in somewhat calmer state than when he watched the trailers for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the excitable Kylo Ren sat down to give an honest review of the film in a new video by the Auralnauts. Now the dark warrior didn’t hold back on his criticism of the movie, nor […]

Saturday Night Live released a behind-the-scenes look at the crew completely changing the set between the show’s cold open and monologue during the December 17, 2016 episode hosted by Casey Affleck. The change took just under two minutes, the length of time it takes to run the show’s opening credit sequence. A behind-the-scenes look at […]

Filmmaker Devin Graham (a.k.a. “Devin Super Tramp“) teamed up with visual effects artist Clinton Jones to create a real life version of Super Mario Run where free run athlete Calen Chan dresses as Mario and uses his parkour skills to collect coins and save Princess Peach from a group of Shy Guys. A photo posted […]

A photo posted by Scott Beale (@scottbeale) on Dec 21, 2016 at 4:44pm PST Last night we went to see Rogue One: A Star Wars Story at Cinépolis Chelsea and at the concession stand they were offering a limited edition Death Star Combo featuring a really cool Death Star popcorn tub filled with popcorn, a […]

Vsauce host Michael Stevens explains the science of spinning and how gyroscopes seem to defy gravity. Although their behavior can seem strange, gyroscopes behave exactly how physics dictates they should. Stevens explains the complex ways they move as well as other principles like the Coriolis effect. Related Laughing Squid PostsHow to Defy Gravity with a […]

Recards are special greeting cards that allow you to construct a manual turntable from the packaging and a needle to then play a fun birthday or Christmas message using the included 7″ vinyl record. They are available to purchase from the Recards store. via The Awesomer Related Laughing Squid PostsTurntable WristwatchSong by Scottish Band FOUND […]

An eight-year-old boy receives a strange and unexpected Christmas present in a VHS tape from 1992 found in a thrift store by the comedy channel Buh. A family VHS tape uncovered from a thrift store shows one of the best gifts ever (12/25/1992). Related Laughing Squid Posts‘How to Have Cybersex on the Internet’, A Hilarious […]

In 2012, Mike Tamplin of Semi Sweet Designs used original artwork by Glen Hanson to create a series of delicious cookies depicting Dorothy, Rose, Blanche, and Sophia of the The Golden Girls television show. images via Semi Sweet Designs via Nerdist, Foodiggity Related Laughing Squid PostsLEGO Set Based on NBC’s Classic Sitcom ‘The Golden Girls’ […]

Up Side Down is an online geography quiz that reorients the countries, cities, and bodies of water of the world to create a new challenge. We’ve taken the world map, spun it around, ripped out chunks and reoriented it to show how a minor change can shift our point of view. Who says Cape Town […]

Adam Cox of Creatura has created “Ginger Cat vs The Paper Army 2,” a follow-up to his 2013 short film where a small paper army beefs up and goes to war with a villainous house cat for a second time. Will they finally be torn to shreds? Or can the General lead his men to […]

A photo posted by roman_fedortsov (@roman_fedortsov) on Dec 12, 2016 at 8:08am PST Roman Fedortsov, a deep-sea fisherman in Murmansk, Russia happily shares photos of the incredibly fascinating, unusual and somewhat disturbing discoveries that he’s made, some of which have rarely been seen by land dwellers outside of scientific endeavors, museums and aquariums. While many […]

The Toys Asia has created a life-size and fully animated version of Iron Man‘s Mark 43 (Mark XLIII) armor that was seen in Avengers: Age of Ultron. The Chinese company spent two years developing the 1:1 scale model featuring 46 motors that power the 567 amazing moving parts. via Toy People, io9 Related Laughing Squid […]

Officer Martin Folczyk of the Menomonie Police Department helped a University of Wisconsin-Stout student tie his tie after pulling him over for speeding. The student was running late for a presentation and didn’t know how to tie the tie himself. Related Laughing Squid PostsPuzzling Evidence Releases His Video Archives To The WorldA TED-Ed Animation Describing […]

After watching his friends Mark Crilley and Jazza perform a speedy art challenge, Ubisoft artist James Raiz (a.k.a. “The Box Office Artist“) took it upon himself to do a 10-minute, 1-minute, and 10-second sketch of Batman. James’ 10-second drawing looks like how my 10-minute sketch would turn out. A photo posted by James Raiz (@boxofficeartist) […]

Casey Neistat gives an inside look at the world’s largest homemade drone that he used to launch himself on a snowboard for his “Human Flying Drone” Christmas video. The drone spans 10 feet and makes use of 16 rotors on independently controlled motors that can provide up to 150 lbs of thrust and enough lift […]

Wes Anderson has announced his new stop-motion animated film, Isle of Dogs, and gave viewers a very quick look at Edward Norton‘s canine character named Rex. Anderson also teamed up with the fundraising website, CrowdRise, to hold a charity raffle and offer one lucky winner the chance to win a trip for two to London […]

CineFix released a mischievous new episode of 8-Bit Cinema where they retell the story of John Hughes and Chris Columbus‘ 1990 Christmas comedy film, Home Alone, as an old-school 8-bit animated video game. This animated episode was created by Norwood Cheek and Raz Mergian. Ho-Ho-Ho-Home Alone returns as a retro action-packed arcade game for your […]

“The Magic of Christmas” is a gruesome animated short, created by Cyriak Harris, that finds Santa Claus stuck inside of a Christmas tree and pooping out presents filled with deadly baby ornament spiders. The creepy crawly spiders find old Saint Nick to be rather tasty. A little something to celebrate the end of a wonderful […]

CableTV.com has created a map of the United States that features the most popular holiday movie in each state. As you can see, there are some titles that come up consistently across large parts of the United States. Elf (2003), the story of Buddy and his quest to find his father, dwarfs the competition. Many […]

http://nanofabrication.tumblr.com/post/154552479516/the-worlds-smallest-snowman-stands-less-than-3 A truly teeny tiny snowman has been created using three 0.9 micron silica spheres, a face carved with an ion beam, and with arms and a nose made of platinum. The image was created at Western University in Ontario, Canada using electron beam lithography. The World’s Smallest Snowman stands less than 3 microns tall. […]

In the true adventurous spirit of allowing oneself to get stung or bitten by insects, BBC Earth Unplugged host Maddie Moate, under the expert guidance of Dr. James Logan, stuck her arm into a mosquito box and let the little parasites suck away at her blood. To date, Maddie has had her blood sucked by […]

In honor of the holiday season and the release of Rogue One, the tough but lovable Chewbacca performed a touching rendition of the classic Christmas carol “Silent Night” in his native Shyriiwook.The effect was achieved through a montage created by the folks at How It Should Have Ended using Scott Andersen‘s very clever idea. Merry […]

During a fascinating real-time demonstration in 2016, two very talented sculptors – Professor Sarath Chandrajeewa of the University of Visual and Performing Arts in Sri Lanka and Professor Cao Chang Xu of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing – simultaneously carved each other’s likeness out of clay in less than ten minutes. via […]

In an Peanuts-inspired clip from Adam Ruins Everything, Adam Conover explains the raucous and pagan origins of Christmas traditions, and how it came to be thought of as a more somber religious holiday. Instead of worrying that Christmas isn’t Christian anymore, maybe just let people celebrate the way they want. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Quick […]

Scientists with the Australian Antarctic Division deployed a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) from O’Brien Bay in East Antarctica to offer a rare glimpse into the flourishing flora and fauna that thrives beneath the thick protective frozen layer of the vast Antarctic Sea. We’re diving under the sea ice in O’Brien Bay, south of Casey research […]

In order to find out what makes certain Christmas songs sound so comforting and cozy“, videographer Estelle Caswell of Vox spoke with journalist and professor Adam Ragusea about his wonderful musicological explanation of the now-classic Mariah Carey song “All I Want For Christmas” on Slate. What Ragusea discovered when comparing the aforementioned song with Darlene […]

Sam Gorski and Niko Pueringer from Corridor Digital launched a GoPro from their powerful “Master Blaster” air cannon to capture the view as the camera sails through the air. Pueringer said they liked the effect of launching a GoPro with an arrow, but wanted to keep the camera in the air longer. Potato Cannon we […]

Hasbro has released Clue: Star Wars Edition, an interesting Star Wars version of the classic Clue murder mystery board game. The object of this game, however, is to steal the plans, escape the 3D Death Star, and finally save the entire galaxy as Luke, Leia, Han, Chewbacca, R2-D2, or C-3PO. It is currently available to […]

The filmmakers at Corridor Digital have created “Darth Santa Strikes Back!,” a fun Star Wars themed Christmas video where young Kylo Ren spends time with Grandpa Darth Vader during the holidays. The two cause plenty of trouble around town while getting in some much-needed bonding time. This was a sequel to their 2015 Christmas video, […]

The staff of Conan compete in an over-the-top holiday sweater competition with garments that feature Santa’s sleigh, a mountain with working ski lift, and a full nativity scene. Can anyone top Barbara’s “My Body Is A Winter Wonderland” holiday sweater? Conan is definitely going to try. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Holiday Sweater That Reads ‘Merry […]

Blink Productions, the creative house behind such masterpieces as Buster the Boxer and “Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared, has created “The 12 Days of Christmas – A Tale of Avian Misery” a brilliant animation that offers a literal interpretation of the classic Christmas song. From the narrator’s (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) hilarious viewpoint, the gifts offered by […]