It’s late night links time again! Believe it or not, we’re still playing catchup from the weeks I took a hiatus. We should be good after today though, so let’s get this thing going.

• Trying to Drive Your Car Off a Tow Truck is as Stupid as it Sounds
• Virtual Desktop for VR is a Glimpse at a Future Without Monitors
  This actually looks really cool. I want to try it.
• Don’t Blink or You Might Miss the Fastest Formula 1 Pit Stop Crew at Work
• New Rideshare Company Steps Up in Calgary
  I’m listening…
• British Man Successfully Gets Dominos Delivered to His Moving Train
• Make a Temperature Indicator for You Faucet with Thermochromatic Pigment
  Alright then, maybe I will.
• Sony’s Google Cast Speakers are Ready to Put Music in Any Room
• ATB Creates New Support for Alberta Entrepreneurs
• Passenger Mistakes Math Equations for “Terrorist Code,” Gets Economics Professor Escorted Off Flight

And just like that, we’re not only done but also up to date! Until next time then, internet.

It’s a beautiful start to May here in #YYC, and I’m sitting on my deck writing this post while Flo is out doing Flo things. She’ll be back before long, so let’s get going and get this done.

• Windows 10 Will Bring Your Android Phone Notifications to Your PC
  That’s great and all, but I already have them through pushbullet.
• Koh Lipe // The Maldives of Thailand
• Super Trivia About Super Troopers
  Now I kind of want to go back inside and watch this.
• High River RCMP Chase Allegedly Impaired, Machete Wielding Suspect Through Farmland
• WhatsApp Completes End-to-End Encryption Rollout
• Four Lawn Mowing Tips for Keeping a Lush Lawn Without Wasting Water
  My lawn has definite tinge of brown to it right now…
• Game Boy Mod Plays Nearly Any Classic Nintendo Game
• Sick Beat ft. Dying Car Alarm
• The First Fan to Try the $100,000 Goal Promotion Makes it Look Easy
• Cap’n Crunch Chicken Strips
  Oh…?
• That Emoji Does Not Mean What You Think it Means
• Let’s Encrypt Free HTTPS Certification Push Exits Beta
• Get You
• Waco’s Finest
• If You Work More Than 50 Hours a Week, You’re Probably Not Getting More Done
  I was definitely pushing more than that for a while there. Back to normal now, though.

…and we’re done for another week! Until next week then folks, same time, same place.

It’s the long awaited return of late night links! With things getting especially busy recently #lnl really fell by the wayside, but we’re back! Let’s dive in.

• Nikon’s A900 is the First Coolpix Point-and-Shoot with 4K
  I am looking for a good point-and-shoot camera…
• Microsoft App Logs You Into Windows 10 Using Your Phone
• Kevin Spacey Crashed a Kevin Spacey Themed Night at a Florida Panthers Game
• Guy Solves Three Rubik’s Cubes in Under 20 Seconds, While Juggling Them
• XKCD #1659: Tire Swing
• Poorly Drawn Lines: The Package
• 14 Apps Every Modern Gentleman Should Have on His Phone
• China’s Xiaomi Unveils a $150 Smartphone-Controlled Rice Cooker
  I do want a new small rice cooker, but I was really looking more in the $15 range.
• Mix Italian Dressing with Barbecue Sauce for the Perfect Marinade for Any Meat
  Really?
• Cleartext Limits Your Writing to the 1,000 Most Common Words in English
• Ballsy Brit Gets a Photo with His Plane’s Hijacker
• Fōkasu is a Simple Timer Based on the Ideal 52/17 Productivity Schedule
  I am not familiar with this 52/17 productivity schedule, but this kind of thing interests me, so I think I’m going to learn more.

And we’re done! Or rather we’re not, because I’ve built up quite a backlog of this stuff. But that’s enough for now.

Until next week then!

It’s the first day of spring today! That’s not really relevant though, so let’s just get on with some late night links and not dwell on it.

• Build a Raspberry Pi-Powered DIY Amazon Echo
  Talking of Raspberry Pi projects, there’s also this to consider.
• Cyanide & Happiness #4230: My Body, My Choice
• This Dog Learned to Drive a Truck, but Not Very Well
• “The Most Dangerous Writing App” Destroys Your Progress if You Stop Typing
• This Website Will Show You What It’s Like to Have Dyslexia
  This was actually really interesting.
• Teens React to Windows 95
  I distinctly remember Windows 95 being released, so finding out it was before these people were born was somewhat alarming.
• The Perils of Parallel Parking
  Happily, our car parks itself.
• A Woman Crashed Into a Tree and Proceeded to Just Drive Around With It Stuck in the Hood of Her Car
• The Research
• Let It Go…
• The Four-Cylinder Macan Will Be the Cheapest Porsche You Can Buy
  Flo and I looked at one of these the other weekend at the auto show. Possible contender for her next car, but I don’t know if a four cylinder one will cut it.
• The Best Rice Cooker
  We do need a new small one.
• Plan Launches a Better Calendar for Busy People
  I’m always on the lookout for a better calendar.
• ProtonMail’s Encrypted Email is Now Available to All
• Man Hijacks Toronto Bus at Knifepoint, Forces Driver to Take Him to Tims
  #Canada
• Proof of Evolution That You Can Find on Your Body

And that’s it! Not only are we done for today, we’re also finally all caught up after my hiatus a while back. Until next week, then, Internet. Same time, same place.

There’s still a lot of catching up to do from all the time off I took from late night links. Let’s get through another bunch then, shall we?

• A Produced is Tweeting Descriptions of Women from Movie Scripts, and it’s Hilariously Awful
• A 12v USB Charger Probably Won’t Ever Kill Your Car’s Battery
  Flo and I have talked about this.
• Impress Your Party Guests with Cocktails Served Inside Orbs of Ice
  Necessary.
• Build This DIY, Programmable Macro Keypad for Less Than $30
• Getting Ready for HTTP/2: A Guide for Web Designers and Developers
• What Actually Happens When You Sign Up for One of Those “Work From Home” Scams
  I’ve often been curious.
• Microsoft, Samsung and Intel Form Smart Home Alliance
  I need a future-proof standard I can be confident in, then I’ll buy in! So this is probably a good thing.
• Hands On With Eero, Or A Noob’s Guide to Building an At-Home Wireless Mesh Network
• The Best Robot Vacuum
• Apple Changed Its Site’s Code so the Word “click” Doesn’t Look Like…
• Ken M is an Internet Trolling Savant
• Hamsters
• No, You’re Not Really Working for Free on Leap Day
• John Oliver Wants Donald Trump to Appreciate His Heritage and Make Donald Drumpf Again
  A longer watch, but worth it.
• The Pros and Cons of Three Different Types of Furniture Paint
  This one’s for you, Flo
• How the Raspberry Pi 3 Benchmarks Against Older Models

OK, that’ll do for today. More coming your way next week!*

* Weather permitting

After a fairly substantial break, Late Night Links is back! There’s quite the backlog and I don’t think we’ll get through it all today, but nevertheless let’s dive in, shall we?

• Watch This Robot Solve a Rubik’s Cube in About a Second
• XKCD #1634: In Case of Emergency
• Welp, He Tried
• Filmmaker Submits 10 Hours of Paint Drying to Film Board
• Modern Outdoor Fire Pits from AK47 Design
  When I flagged this I was on the lookout for a fire pit. Now I have one!
• The Moment You Realize Your Fashion Sense is “Hotel Lobby”
• Home Theatres That Are Something to be Proud Of
  I don’t have one of these yet, however…
• Before You Buy an Expensive Train Ticket Home, See if It’s Cheaper to Take an Adventure and Fly Home via Germany
• Make Mac and Cheese Waffle Sandwiches in Your Waffle Iron
  I don’t have a waffle iron, but I think I should get one.
• Microsoft Wants to Put Data Centres at the Bottom of the Sea
• Monitor the Consistency of Your Broadband Speeds with a Raspberry Pi and IFTTT
  I feel like I should do this.
• Another One Bites the Dust
• This is What Happens When You Reply to Spam Email
• Florida Man Throws Alligator Into a Wendy’s Drive Thru
  More adventures of Florida Man here.

Traditionally this is the point in our story at which I say “we’re done.” We’re not done, but I think that’s plenty for today. Join me next week (same time, same place) and we’ll pick it up where we left off!

It’s #LNL time!

• A Brick. In a Washing Machine. On a Trampoline.
• Someone Needs to Tell This Russian Skier a T-Bar Isn’t Usually Pulled by a Train
• Ever Wondered About Mentos in a SodaStream?
• Watch a Bunch of Dudes Attack Each Other With an Almost Real Lightsaber
• Your Favourite Smartphone Car Mount is Back Down to $5
  That’s a US price, but this definitely looks better than the ugly car mount I have now.
• Build a Dashboard that Can Display Any Data You Can Imagine with a Raspberry Pi
  This is interesting. And I do have a couple of spare Pis right now…
• New York City Residents Band Together to Push Stuck Ambulances Out of Snow
• You Won’t Believe This One Easy Trick for Removing Ice from Your Windows
  Seems legit.

And as quickly as it began, it ended.