Blog Profile / Laughing Squid
| URL : | http://laughingsquid.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Odd | |
| Posts on Regator: | 20428 | |
| Posts / Week: | 74.2 | |
| Archived Since: | February 8, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Google Glass Records a Video From Perspective of a Two-Year-Old
Chris Angelini of Tom’s Hardware let his two-year-old try out the Google Glass augmented reality headset and recorded a video of getting juice and playing with toys from his son’s perspective. via PetaPixel
Cute Little Fox Plays With a Golf Ball
Petsami has uploaded a cute video of a young fox stealing and playing with a man’s golf ball. via Tastefully Offensive
Remember 1986 & 1997, Two Nostalgic Video Trips Down Pop Culture Memory Lane
“Remember 1986” and “Remember 1997” are two nostalgic videos by The Peterson that take us on trip down pop culture memory lane, in a 1986 and 1997 style. You can view a full list (1997) of the songs, movies, TV shows, games and commercials referenced on YouTube. We previously wrote about The Peterson’s series of [...]
Star Wars Filibuster, Animated Version of Patton Oswalt’s ‘Star Wars: EpIsode VII’ Plot Proposal
Australian artist Isaac Moores (aka “Izac Less“) has created an animated video that visualizes the improvised 8-minute plot proposal for Star Wars: Episode VII given by Patton Oswalt during an outtake on Parks and Recreation. You can follow along with Patton’s commentary while Isaac brings the brilliant movie plot to life. via Patton Oswalt, Nerd [...]
Happy Meals, Photographer Travels the U.S. to Take Portraits of McDonald’s Customers
Since last December photographer Nolan Conway has been traveling the U.S. taking fascinating portraits of McDonald’s customers for his series “Happy Meals.” So far Conway has visited about 150 restaurants in 22 states. He focuses on rural parts of the country because he finds the customers there to be more varied and interesting. The series [...]
Dungeons & Dragons Clue, Classic Clue With Dungeons & Dragons-Themed Game Pieces and Game Board
Regdar with the Vorpal Sword in the Wizard’s Tower. Dungeons & Dragons Clue is nearly identical in gameplay to the traditional board game Clue, but with Dungeons & Dragons-themed game pieces, weapons, and a redesigned game board. The game also comes with special Monster Cards, which “shake up game play even more.” Dungeons & Dragons [...]
Creating Gourmet Space Food With Chef David Chang at NASA’s Space Food Systems Laboratory
Before Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield returned to Earth, Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage, and Will Smith of Tested work with him and chef David Chang to create gourmet space food at the Space Food Systems Laboratory at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Previously, we wrote about Will Smith and Norman Chan’s visit to the [...]
Portland’s Mill Ends Park, The Smallest Park in the World
Mark Ross of the Parks and Recreation Department of Portland, Oregon discusses Mill End Park—the smallest park in the world— in this short video by the Humanwire series on Rocketboom. The 2-foot diameter park was founded in 1948 by local journalist Dick Fagan. In recent years it hosted a miniature Occupy protest complete with plastic [...]
Reggie Rolled, Reggie Watts Reenacts the Popular Rickroll Meme
To kick off YouTube Comedy Week, musician and comedian Reggie Watts reenacts the popular Rickroll meme in his new video, “Reggie Rolled.” via Viral Viral Videos
Chemistry Dubstep, Music Video Created Using Scientific Experiments
In 2012, Dave and Adam created a dubstep song and music video using clips from chemistry experiments done in labs at The Periodic Table of Videos at the University of Nottingham. via Neatorama
Machinima Parodies Microsoft’s New Xbox Announcement
In anticipation of Microsoft’s announcement of the next generation Xbox video game console on May 21st, Machinima has created a parody video of the announcement featuring “Secret Game,” the DisKinect, and “Shitty Demo.”
Online Food Ordering Services Seamless & GrubHub Announce Merger
Following the announcement that Yahoo has purchased Tumblr, GrubHub and Seamless have announced that the two companies will be merging into a single online food ordering platform. GrubHub currently features over 20,000 restaurants, and the merger will combine the impressive number with more than 12,000 restaurants in the US and UK listed on Seamless. GrubHub [...]
The Japanese Tradition — Chopsticks, A Parody Educational Video on Proper Chopstick Usage
“The Japanese Tradition — Chopsticks” is a hilarious parody educational video on the proper use of chopsticks in Japan. It is part of the Japanese Traditions series by Japanese comedy duo Rahmens. The series began cropping up on the Internet in 2005—for more, check out the episodes on sushi and origami. via WTF Japan Seriously
Diaper Money by The Lonely Island, Music Video About Shitty Diapers, Sex & Pimped Out Grave Plots
“Diaper Money” is a new music video by The Lonely Island where the comedy group raps about shitty diapers, making love to your wife and having a pimped out grave plot. The new single track is available to purchase online from iTunes and Amazon. It will also be on their The Wack Album, scheduled to [...]
Beardvertising, Fuzzy Bearded Men Can Make Money By Clipping Mini Billboards on Their Beards
“Beardvertising” is a brilliant idea thought up by Lexington, Kentucky-based advertising agency Cornett-IMS allowing men with fuzzy beards to earn money by placing miniature billboard-like ads in them. A&W and Eagle One are both on board to support this genius ad concept. Whit Hiler of Cornett-IMS told Business Insider, “We’re getting a ton of emails [...]
Baguette-me-nots, Photos of Celebrities Using Baguettes in Place of Everyday Objects
Jeff Hiller Baguette-me-nots is a Tumblr blog created by Tim Bierbaum and John Milhiser of Serious Lunch that features hilarious and bizarre photographs of famous actors and comedians using baguettes in place of everyday objects. George Takei Will Hines Paul Welsh Josh Simpson Greg & Lou images via Baguette-me-nots via Beautiful Decay
Improv Everywhere Turns a New York City Subway Car Into a Late Night Talk Show
For their latest mission, Talk Show Subway Car, Improv Everywhere converted a New York City subway car into the set of a late night talk show. CollegeHumor’s Pat Cassels acted as host, interviewing commuters from his desk while Evan Gregory of The Gregory Brothers provided music.
A Series of Super Creative Vine Videos by Ian Padgham
Twitter’s Video Producer Ian Padgham has taken making Vine videos to a whole new level in his ongoing series of six-second (or less) masterpieces. In some he employs a small wooden mannequin which he animates using stop-motion techniques (don’t miss the coffee-grinding ninja) and in others he creatively uses bananas, including one that is a [...]
Young Wild Grizzly Bear Cub Chews on a GoPro Camera
While filming for the BBC’s Great Bear Stakeout, a three-year-old grizzly cub chewed on bear biologist Brad Josephs‘ GoPro camera that he had strapped to a rock using a rubber band. Luckily, the camera wasn’t damaged and Josephs recovered and uploaded the footage to YouTube. via UPROXX
Guy Shaves His Facial Hair to Look Like the Batman Logo
A hero that Gotham deserves has risen thanks to redditor chrismusaf and a photo he posted of his friend’s facial hair shaven in the shape of the Batman logo. Previously we wrote about another great attempt at a facial hair Batman logo. photo via chrismusaf via Blastr, The Mary Sue