Laughing Squid blog posts for 08/13/2014

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A Delightful Demonstration Video for the Slack Communication Platform by Sandwich Video

By EDW Lynch on Aug 13, 2014 01:36 pm

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Adam Lisagor (aka Lonely Sandwich) and his Sandwich Video team recently created this delightful demo video for Slack, the new all-in-one business communication platform. When Slack was initially pitched to Lisagor last winter, he turned it down because, as he put it, “products like that never work.” However, six months later, Sandwich Video adopted Slack in their workplace and Lisagor and his team are now Slack converts. As a bonus, the demo video offers a behind-the-scenes look at the Sandwich Video studio in Los Angeles. We previously posted about Slack back in February.

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SciShow Explains How the Human Eye Sees Color & the Number of Different Colors We Can Perceive

By Justin Page on Aug 13, 2014 12:24 pm

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Michael Aranda explains how the human eye sees color and the number of different colors that we can actually perceive on the latest episode of SciShow.


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'Ghost Janitor', A Peppy Animated Short About a Friendly Spirit Who Cleans Offices After Hours

By Brian Heater on Aug 13, 2014 12:22 pm

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“Ghost Janitor” is a delightful animated short by Massachusetts-based artist Louie Zong that features a friendly office-cleaning ghost who encounters a thief while tidying up after hours. Zong also performed the chiptune soundtrack for the short, covering the Fats Waller standard "Ain't Misbehavin’".

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The Herb Weil Project, A Collection of Headshots Taken by 1970s Photographer Herb Weil

By Brian Heater on Aug 13, 2014 11:55 am

Herb Weil

The Herb Weil Project is an online collection of headshots taken by Herb Weil, a 1970s Hollywood photographer who worked with some of the era’s most recognizable faces. The collection features actors like LeVar Burton, Teri Garr and at least one subject identified as "unknown hottie." Weil’s stepson Michael Krantz is seeking funding on Indiegogo to help turn the site into a book.

Herb Weil

Herb Weil

Herb Weil

Herb Weil

images via The Herb Weil Project

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Jimmy Fallon Pays Tribute to Late Actor and Comedian Robin Williams on 'The Tonight Show'

By Justin Page on Aug 13, 2014 11:36 am

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Host Jimmy Fallon took a moment on a recent episode of The Tonight Show to pay tribute to late one-of-a-kind actor and comedian Robin Williams. After sharing his thoughts with the audience, Fallon then showed a classic clip of Robin’s hilarious first appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.


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Signs, A Newly Opened Toronto Restaurant That Exclusively Employs Deaf Waiters

By Brian Heater on Aug 13, 2014 11:26 am

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Signs is a newly opened Toronto restaurant that exclusively employs deaf waiters. CBC news program The National recently took a look at the restaurant, which claims to be the first restaurant of its kind in Canada. Signs requires patrons to order using American Sign Language, and the restaurant's menus also feature icons and a sign language cheat sheet to help customers get their order right.

via 22 Words


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Red Clay, A Community That Matches Designers With Companies

By Rollin Bishop on Aug 13, 2014 11:22 am

Red Clay

Red Clay is a community that matches designers with companies. Companies post design projects on Red Clay’s platform, and designers signal their interest in working on said project. The platform then walks threw iterative steps to ultimately produce the final design. Red Clay breaks down how the system works on their website.

Red Clay

Red Clay

Red Clay

Red Clay

images via Red Clay


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The Steamy Movie Trailer for '50 Shades of Grey' Remade With Cute Kittens

By Justin Page on Aug 13, 2014 11:06 am

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The Pet Collective has created an adorable remake of the steamy movie trailer for 50 Shades of Grey using adorable kittens. We've previously written about The Pet Collective's fun animal remakes.

The original 50 Shades of Grey trailer for the sake of comparison:

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A Recording of Iconic Telephone Voice Actress Jane Barbe Reciting 1,000 Digits of Pi

By Brian Heater on Aug 13, 2014 11:00 am

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Voice actress Jane Barbe recites 1,000 digits of pi in an audio recording uploaded by YouTube user crysknife007. Barbe is perhaps best remembered for recording time, weather and disconnection messages for telecommunications companies like Bell Systems for several decades.


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Cheese Expert Carlo Guffanti Demonstrates How to Properly Break Open a Wheel of Parmesan Cheese

By Brian Heater on Aug 13, 2014 10:47 am

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Cheese master Carlo Guffanti demonstrates how to properly break open a big wheel of parmesan cheese for Channel Cheese host Alison Brien. It's a long process that begins with wiping the sweat off the cheese's hard shell.

This is the only proper way to cut into the cheese.

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A TED-Ed Animation Explaining How Optical Illusions Fool Our Brains

By Brian Heater on Aug 13, 2014 10:19 am

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"How Do Optical Illusions Work" is a TED-Ed animation by educator Nathan S. Jacobs, animator Lisa LaBracio and director Biljana Labovic that explains how optical illusions manage to trick our brains into thinking we're seeing something we're actually not.

Your brain isn't being lazy, it's just very busy, so it spends cognitive energy as efficiently as possible using assumptions about visual information to create a tailored, edited vision of the world.


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Bad British Commentary of an Exhibition Basketball Game Between the Harlem Globetrotters & the International Elites

By Justin Page on Aug 13, 2014 10:07 am

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Anthony Richardson of The Exploding Heads comedy group added bad British commentary to an exhibition basketball game between the Harlem Globetrotters and the International Elites. We’ve previously written about Richardson and his ongoing series of “Bad British Commentary.”

We asked Anthony Richardson, our resident Bad British Commentator, to give us his very British take on the Harlem Globetrotters! Can someone explain why there are fairy tale giants on the court??

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Host Conan O'Brien Looks Back on His Time With Robin Williams on 'Conan'

By Rollin Bishop on Aug 13, 2014 10:05 am

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Host Conan O’Brien looked back on his time with Robin Williams, who passed away earlier this week, during a recent episode of Conan. Conan broke the news of Williams’ passing to the studio audience on Monday.

Conan recalls Robin’s incredible generosity and his many hilarious visits to the show.


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French Freediver Creates Underwater Designs From Perfectly Blown Air Rings

By Brian Heater on Aug 13, 2014 10:04 am

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David Helderle, a freediver from France, demonstrates his skill for blowing perfectly formed air rings in a recent video by FreedivingUAE. After experimenting with standard rings, Helderle began to get more creative with his designs, creating some beautiful ethereal patterns under the waves.

The air is coming out from your mouth and it just spins in one direction, creating a vortex. At the beginning they were no good, and then, after a couple of weeks, they were quite okay. And then I started to make some combinations, trying to make some tricks, and now I'm doing some figures when two rings are connecting. I call them “borealis.”

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Comedian Norm MacDonald Talks About the First Time He Met Robin Williams In a Series of Poignant Tweets

By Lori Dorn on Aug 13, 2014 10:03 am

Norm MacDonald
photo by Brooks Arthur

Comedian Norm MacDonald tells the story of the first time he met Robin Williams on the set of Late Night with David Letterman in a series of poignant Tweets that beautifully honor the memory of the late funny man.

Robin Williams 2011

photos via Norm MacDonald, Wikipedia

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