Category: Shrapnel
Late Night Links – Sunday June 21st, 2015
Itās a lazy Sunday in the @Jaywll, @asiancwgrl, @SnoopysBF household, but thereās always* time for some late night links. Letās get started!
- Why You Should Never Rely on Post-Dating a Cheque
- Give Your Leftover Potato Salad New Life by Roasting It
This actually looks delicious. - Police Investigate After Man Shot with Arrow
This right here is craziness. Who does that? - Googleās Masterplan to Make Chrome Suck Less
- $299 Buys You the Ergonomic Keyboard Your Wrists Deserve
I can cover the $299, but who will pay for all my lost productivity when it takes me a week to type an average paragraph? - Watch This Guy in the Background Casually Smuggling Contraband Into Prison on Live TV
- LastPass Hacked, Change Your Master Password Now
I use local software to store my passwords, and use my own mechanisms and tools to synchronize the file across my devices. Itās a hassle, but this is exactly why I donāt use an online service to hold all that stuff. - WestJet to Launch New Long-Haul Route From Canada to London
Iām hoping this is from #YYC, but weāll see. There are already 16 weekly flights that cover that route, but more choice is always better. - Writing Good CSS
- Jimāll Paint It is the Internetās Best New Service
This is pretty good. - Easiest Colouring Book Ever
Flo has a colouring book now. She says itās a much better experience now that she no longer lives with her sister and thereās therefore nobody around to colour outside the lines. - Limbo Record Holder Limbos Under a Freakinā Car
- Dilbert June 20, 2015: Four Hour Meeting
Iāve had meetings like that.
And weāre done for another week, folks! See you next time.
* Usually
Late Night Links – Sunday June 14th, 2015
Itās that time of the week again! Itās been an especially busy weekend, so I hope youāre all suitably appreciative that Iām taking the time to put this together.
- XKCD #1535: Words For Pets
I mostly call Charlie BrownĀ ādog.ā - Mechanical Beer Bong
- Samsung Reveals Plans for New Mirror and Transparent OLED Displays
I want one. I donāt know why, I just do. - Googleās New Smart Lock is the Password Manager for the Rest of Us
Interesting. I currently use KeyPass and sync the file to all our computers and my mobile devices. - Dyson Built a Lamp That Burns for 37 Years Thanks to Satellite Tech
Iām not convinced a $900 lamp is all that necessary. - Reuters: BlackBerry is Planning on Making an Android Device
- Dinner In White: Thousands Attend ParisĀ āChic Picnicā
Flo went to the Calgary version of this last year and had a great time. - French Airport Police Wrongly Detain 6-Year-Old in Crackdown
- Why You Should Never Trust Homemade Bullet-Proof Vests
In case you didnāt already know not to. - Please, Get Your Facts Straight
And weāre done! Have a good week all, see you next week.
You can now buy deep-fried Starbucks coffee
Inside the balls is about a teaspoon of ground coffee. The whole thing is served with a topping of whipped cream.
You can now buy deep-fried Starbucks coffee
Inside the balls is about a teaspoon of ground coffee. The whole thing is served with a topping of whipped cream.
Late Night Links – Sunday June 7th, 2015
The weekend is almost over, which is sad. On the plus side, that means itās late night links time! Yay!
- These Are the Issues That REALLY Matter
Flo, are you paying attention? - Facebook Now Supports PGP To Send You Encrypted Emails
- Walking My Dog…
I hear this. - 673 King Street
- Watch Synapticsā Touch-Sensitive Space Bar in Action
This could be useful. - Googleās Android Keyboard Can Now Sync Your Dictionary Across Devices
This is awesome news. The one thing Iāve always hated about getting a new phone is that you have to teach it to swear all over again. - Cyclist Gets Hit by Parked Car
- What a Surprising Magazine
I checked. Itās real. - 12 Problems Only Dog Parents Have
Donāt forget to follow @SnoopysBF
And weāre done for another week folks! Until next time, then. Have a good one.
Late Night Links – Sunday May 31st, 2015
Itās that time of the week again, folks!
- We Have Reached the Point Where Young People Literally Do Not Know What a Phone Book Is
- MasterCard Send Speeds Up Money Transfers With a Little P2P Magic
- The Art of the SVG Filter and Why It Is Awesome
Interesting. - Twitter Finally Launches Periscope for Android
- We Still Have a Way to Go With Self-Parking Cars, Apparently
Floās car can park itself. Better than this, I think. - Punctuation Always Matters
- It Should Be Me
- Confirmed: Google Will Launch Google Photos, A Free Photo Host WithĀ āUnlimited Storageā
Currently I back up the photos from my phone to my home server, because why pay for cloud services when I have servers of my own? Maybe this is better. - How to Make McDonaldās-Like French Fries at Home
Flo? - Firing Off 300 Rockets at Once Is Pure, Gleeful Pandemonium
And weāre all done for another week! Until next time then, everyone.