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With help from his adorable little daughter, How to Dad creator Jordan Watson of Auckland, New Zealand demonstrates how to go grocery shopping with a baby. We’ve previously written about Jordan and his helpful parenting advice. Related Laughing Squid PostsNew Zealand Father Demonstrates How to Teach a Baby to Climb a FenceNew Zealand Father Demonstrates […]

Paramount Pictures released the first trailer for Transformers: The Last Knight, the fifth installment of the live-action Transformers film series directed by Michael Bay and sequel to Transformers: Age of Extinction. The trailer features the worlds of Transformers and humans colliding and engaging in a major a war, Optimus Prime is seen going rogue and […]

Saturday Night Live introduced Fisher Price’s new “Wells for Boys“, a line of plastic wells for sensitive little boys to use to contemplate their complicated lives. The commercial parody was written by Julio Torres and Jeremy Beiler, and it features episode host Emma Stone as the boy’s understanding mother. Related Laughing Squid PostsThe Remarkable Ways […]

Just a few days before Thanksgiving 2016, Lauren Haroutunian of Rocket Jump Film School and Jimmy Wong of Feast of Fiction demonstrated how to make a holiday dinner perfectly camera ready using such items as hairspray, shaving cream, super glue and tampons. In the spirit of the holiday season, we decided to talk about food […]

The Swanky is a whimsical, self-balancing ladle by Ototo that gracefully floats atop soup like a graceful swan across water. Ototo is currently raising funds through Kickstarter in order to bring Swanky to market. Here comes the masterpiece of your kitchen! This elegant ladle will fancy up any dinner. Floating with grace, balanced like a […]

“Digital alchemist” Fuzzy Wobble demonstrates the 90 From The 90’s Boombox, a hacked payphone that plays a selection of 90 songs from the 1990s including tracks from Sugar Ray, Chumbawumba, and Coolio. When I first started this project I suspected payphones would be hard to get, expensive, and a hassle to hack. I was wrong […]

The filmmakers at Corridor Digital brilliantly put a literal spin to the poignant lyrics of the iconic Queen song “Bohemian Rhapsody“, which were acted out in a scene appropriate to the song. Mama, just killed a man, Put a gun against his head, Pulled my trigger, now he’s dead. Mama, life had just begun, But […]

Trusted Contacts by Google is a personal safety app that lets users share their location with others, or request the location of a loved one in an emergency. Users manage their list of contacts that can view their location, and the app can even work when the phone is offline by reporting the phone’s last […]

Jimmy, filling in for Stéaviñ of EBS Tutorials, demonstrates how to pronounce “maths”, including a helpful example using it in a sentence. Related Laughing Squid PostsHow to Pronounce UranusHow To Pronounce Various File ExtensionsForvo, Word Pronunciations by Native Speakers

During a last wish boar hunting trip for a boy with terminal cancer, the group discovered that a big buck kangaroo had Greig Tonkins’ beloved dog in a deadly headlock. The 6’7″ Taronga Western Plains Zoo employee made his way towards the animals, causing the giant marsupial to become distracted and let go off the […]

A photo posted by Astronomy Picture Of The Day (@astronomypicturesdaily) on Dec 5, 2016 at 3:34am PST Astronomy Picture of the Day is featuring an incredible photo of lightning over Colorado by Joe Randall. Related Laughing Squid PostsAn Amazing Composite Image Captures a Lightning Storm Against the Super Blood Moon Lunar EclipseAn Incredible Photo of […]

In 2012, we wrote about photographer Martin Usborne and his efforts to raise money through Kickstarter to fund his upcoming, unnamed “Dogs in cars” photography art book. The fundraising was successful and shortly thereafter the new book entitled “The Silence of Dogs in Cars“. Usborne used his own childhood memory to create the story. I […]

The MasterPan is a simply ingenious multi-compartment skillet that evenly cooks different components of an entire meal on a single burner. This in turn, cuts down on cooking time confusion, allows other burners to remain free and makes cleanup much simpler. The Laughing Squid Store is currently offering the MasterPan Multi-Sectional Meal Skillet 2 for […]

On a super powered episode of Discovery Channel‘s Daily Planet show Make It Real, engineer James Hobson (a.k.a. “The Hacksmith“) built an incredible working version of Batman‘s iconic grappling hook gun. Fans of The Hacksmith can help support his future work on Patreon. A video posted by James Hobson (@thehacksmith) on Dec 2, 2016 at […]

Writer Nicholas Tecosky is a very funny, but tired human to a vociferous orange cat named Italics. After a week of early wake-ups, Tecosky took his revenge. He approached a sleeping Italics, let out a loud meow and hilariously inquired “are you sleeping?”. The drowsy feline just looked at his human and moved over just […]

Fresno, California freelance trailer editor Clark Zhu has created “Moving Pictures 2016,” a supercut video celebrating 260 films released in the past year. He features scenes from The Conjuring 2, Captain America: Civil War, The Magnificent Seven, and many others. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips Related Laughing Squid Posts‘Final Cut 2014’, A Supercut Celebrating 330 […]

Amazon has announced Amazon Go, physical brick and mortar stores that make use of what the company calls “Just Walk Out” technology to allow users to simply walk into a store, select their items for purchase, and walk out of the store with them without having to wait in line to checkout. The system makes […]

Google Trends has posted a truly entertaining, if not a tad troubling, map of the United States that plots the single, most popular word in each state that is most searched via Google for its proper spelling. The map also notes how many and which states share the same word. It's the #spellingbee finals! These […]

Roommates Kal Fadem and Warren Strickler accidentally tapped out the beginning of the Super Mario Bros theme song during a game of ping pong that took place in 2009. My roomate (Warren Strickler) and I (Kal Fadem) film every game of ping pong we play in our apartment. During one game we hit a series […]

To celebrate the release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story on December 16th, artist Nicolas King (a.k.a. “NIXOLAS“) used Golaem crowd simulation software to create a wrap party for the new film that features stormtroopers and AT-ACT walkers dancing and twerking to catchy music on a beautiful island. A video posted by Nicholas King […]

The Pathfinder fights for a new home for humanity in the official gameplay trailer for Mass Effect: Andromeda, the latest game in the popular Mass Effect series. The game will be released for Xbox One, PS4, and PC and is available to preorder now. Mass Effect: Andromeda puts you in the role of the Pathfinder; […]

A stunning new behind the scenes featurette has been released for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Director Gareth Edwards and creature effects supervisor Neal Scanlan give us a sneak peek at the incredible creatures that will be seen in the upcoming film. Rogue One is currently scheduled to blast its way into theaters on […]

Laughing Squid has partnered with the flash sale site MorningSave to offer an online popup shop of curated items that are available to purchase at a significant discount from the list price. The shop includes such items as a Plasma Beam lighter 2-Pack, a Portable Wireless Bluetooth Speaker, a Martian Notifier Smartwatch, a Wireless Gaming […]

The Auralnauts recut scenes from the Star Wars film series to create a fantastic music video where DJ Dooku drops some sick beats during a lightsaber filled “Jedi Party.” Related Laughing Squid Posts‘Star Wars: Modern Lightsaber Battle’, A Short Fan Video With Absurd Lightsaber Escalation Between a Jedi and SithA Jedi and Sith Lord Sharpen […]

An emergency team from Care for Wild Africa Rhino Sanctuary came to the rescue of an eight-month old female rhinoceros who had been shot by the same poacher who killed her mother with a high-powered rifle. The injured orphaned calf had been spotted in the Mpumalanga region of South Africa, but it took close to […]

Mr Sunday Movies takes a look at easter eggs, cameos, and hidden references found in the first trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. Related Laughing Squid PostsMTV Points Out and Explains Nearly Every Hidden Easter Egg Found in Marvel FilmsDaredevil Season 2 Easter Eggs, Secret Cameos and Hidden ReferencesCaptain America: Civil War Easter […]

A man who is way too into beer tries to share his passion with disinterested bar patrons in a sketch by Third Leg Studios. The sketch is actually a clever ad for That UltraBeer Thing, the ultrasonic device the overzealous beer fanatic demonstrates in the video. Related Laughing Squid Posts‘How to Tell If You’re a […]

To see how dry ice reacts in a pond frozen over with a thin layer of ice, “King of Random” Grant Thompson dumped a full bucket of it into his small fish pond. The dry ice easily broke through the pond’s icy layer and trapped carbon dioxide gas bubbles underneath. After discovering the Styro-Slicer doesn’t […]

Melbourne, Australia freelance artist Darren Wallace has created “Star Wars: Rogue Wha?,” a bizarre trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story that features “the Rebels secret weapon to fight off AT-ACT walkers, an awkward TIE striker landing, and Death (Metal) Troopers.” Fans of Darren can help support his future work on Patreon. Related Laughing […]

Sony released a reveal trailer at PlayStation Experience (PSX) 2016 in Los Angeles for The Last of Us Part II, Naughty Dog‘s sequel to The Last of Us from 2013 that takes place about five years after the first video game. The trailer revealed the return of both Joel and Ellie, who players will assume […]

Johnny Harris from Vox explains the problem with map projections (flattening a spherical globe to a two-dimensional surface) and why all maps are wrong, particularly the commonly used Mercator projection. My struggle to make a flat map out of the plastic globe is indicative of a challenge mapmakers have faced for centuries: It is mathematically […]

On a Star Wars episode of Wisecrack, host Jared Bauer digs deep and explores the philosophical origins of one of the most legendary cinematic characters, evil Sith Lord Darth Vader. Welcome to this Wisecrack Edition on The Philosophy of Darth Vader, where we explore the philosophical origins of one of the most tragic arcs in […]

Universal Pictures has released the first trailer for The Mummy, an action-packed reboot of The Mummy franchise starring Tom Cruise. The trailer features military commandos taking a mummy tomb to London and awakening mummy princess Ahmanet (Sofia Boutella), who is hell-bent on revenge. The Mummy, directed by Alex Kurtzman and written by Jon Spaihts, is […]

Marvel has released a teaser trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, which hits theaters in May 2017. A video posted by Marvel Entertainment (@marvel) on Dec 3, 2016 at 2:46pm PST Related Laughing Squid PostsStar-Lord and Drax Hug It Out in Sneak Peek Trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2Galaxy Getaways, Marvel’s […]

A photo posted by Sketcha (@sketchadesign) on Dec 21, 2015 at 1:57am PST Israeli designers Sharona Merlin and Chen Ben-Ami of Sketcha Design have created a beautiful line of necklaces that proudly feature city skylines from all over the world. While a number of popular cities are already available through their Etsy store, a personalized […]

Motion and graphic designer Florent Porta has created a brilliantly amusing short film entitled “Preposterous” which posits very unlikely, but satisfying endings to typically frustrating situations. Preposterous is a short about absurdity, random short scenes that do not make any sense. via Wired Related Laughing Squid PostsAn ADHD Animation Where the Terminator Goes on Vacation […]

A photo posted by cat_rabbit (@cat_rabbit) on Sep 16, 2016 at 4:15pm PDT Australian textile artist Cat Rabbit is the creator of a number of really wonderful soft-sculpture felt animals with very human characteristics doing very human types of things, such as talking on the phone in a Mondrian dress, working on a laptop with […]

Katie Marovitch loses it when she realizes her friends at CollegeHumor are just using her to buy bulk goods with her Costco membership. On the other hand, how else are you going to get your mitts on gallon tubs of hummus? Related Laughing Squid PostsDaring Ferret Falls Short on Making a Successful Jump From the […]

A sweet hound dog named Bagel repeatedly passed very slowly under a suede fringe purse that was hanging off the back of a chair in order to enjoy the soft and gentle tickling sensation on his back as he moved. According to his human Alyssa Antal, Bagel does this almost every day. It is a […]

16-year-old maker Ben Vagle has built an SUV-size version of his LEGO walking machine TrotBot. TrotBot scales obstacles as well as smooth terrain with its modified tear-drop foot-path that makes use of a heel. Vagle and his team first used the LEGO-scale version of the work on the design before scaling it up, but have […]

A photo posted by Felicity Berkleef (@felicity_berkleef) on Nov 19, 2016 at 8:50am PST Dutch animal photographer Felicity Berkleef has created a heartwarming photo series that feature her two cats, Nero and Tommie, as they snuggle together under the same blanket while staring out a three-part window on rainy days. The two cats also love […]

YouTuber Jon Sudano, a New Jersey man who only films himself from the neck up, has created an entire video series in which he hilariously replaces the lyrics of widely known, popular songs with the words from the catchy Smash Mouth tune “All Star“. Nothing is off limits, including such meaningful songs as “Imagine” by […]

A photo posted by theory11 (@theory11) on Nov 22, 2016 at 8:01am PST Neil Patrick Harris teamed up with the magical artists at theory11 to create a beautiful deck of Neil Patrick Harris playing cards. NPH put in his personal touches while “art directing every aspect of every component, inside and out.” The specialized deck […]

A fully automatic machine quickly twists wire into chain link fencing in a fascinating video by Polish fencing company Diilmet. via The Awesomer Related Laughing Squid PostsPopcake, A Fully Automatic Pancake MakerGhost Minitaur, A Nimble Quadruped Robot That Jumps, Flips, and Climbs Over ObstaclesA Fascinating Snow Removal Machine Clearing the Street in Washington DC

MFICPrometheus shared footage back in 2009 of a man, who was traveling with a bunch of his drinking buddies, brilliantly reenacting the great Jerry Lewis‘ hilarious “invivisble typewriter” scene from the 1963 comedy film Who’s Minding the Store? Here is the original scene for comparison. via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsRare Footage of Jerry Lewis’ […]

A TED-Ed lesson by Judd A. Schorr explains how to solve the airplane riddle, a complicated problem about fuel and time. Three planes with enough fuel to only make it halfway around the world must all use the same airport to help one plane make the complete journey. How can they do this without crashing? […]

A very coordinated tortoiseshell cat named Lalah logically negotiated the plastic finger holds along an indoor climbing wall at the Boulbaka2 Bouldering Gym in near Naha, Okinawa, Japan as she systematically climbed her way to the very top. According to the gym proprietors, this was a big accomplishment that was a long time coming for […]

Adafruit Industries demonstrates how to make a retro DIY 3D printed replica of a Commodore PET (Personal Electronic Transactor) computer with LED matrix from the 1970s and 1980s. A detailed write-up of the tutorial is available on the Adafruit Industries website.

While on location in South Texas, the very curious Coyote Peterson of Brave Wilderness found that he was intrigued by the repetitive stridulating sound that kept showing up on the show’s audio track and went out in search of the source. It turned out to be the song of a male mole cricket who was […]

Grant Thompson “The King of Random” tested his hot wire “Styro-Slicer” to see if it can cut through a large block of dry ice. The wire carries an electrical current that produces intense heat and easily slices through styrofoam, but is it enough to cut through the ice? RAPTORZ YZ asked whether the Styro-Slicer could […]