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.

It’s time for late night links again! Did you know that so far I haven’t forgotten to post this even once in 2016? We’re on a roll here. Let’s keep it going.

• Flixed Searches Every Country’s Netflix Library at Once
  In other news, Netflix Says it Will Crack Down on Customers Using VPNs to Access Its Global Catalog. That doesn’t appear to have affected me yet (touch wood), so Flixed is pretty handy. Also somewhat related: JustWatch Finds the Best Place to Buy or Rent Movies and TV Shows Online.
• Threats to Google Fiber
  Bet you can’t guess what the biggest threat to the internet is, at least according to this article.
• Ford Launches New Programs to Make Driving and Car Ownership Less of a Hassle
  I don’t quite know what to make of this, but it’s interesting.
• Here’s What Push Notifications Look Liuke When You Have 8m Followers on Instagram
• Snitches Don’t Get 5-Star Passenger Ratings
• What If You Bought All 292 Million of the Possible Powerball Combinations?
  This is interesting. Spoiler alert: You’re unlikely to see a profit.
• Different Names for Brands Around the World
  This is interesting to me mostly because I’ve learned that I can get some of the brands I like from home (UK) here (Canada). They just don’t have the same name.
• How to Keep Your Car Clean so it can “See” in Winter

…and we’re done! Until next week then, internet friends!

It’s that time again!

• Fords with Sync 3 Are Getting Android Auto and CarPlay
  We have Sync 2. Time for a new car then, I guess.
• The Kano Screen Kit Is a Fun to Build, Compact Display for the Raspberry Pi
  I have two raspberry pis that I kind of have half a plan for, but I need a display for each.
• Man Drowns Himself in Lake Using Concrete Weight Containing Wife’s Head
  I really only read the headline, but WTF?
• Google Announces New Chromecast Audio and Android TV Hardware Partners
  I am all about the Chromecast Audio these days (now that they can do synchronized whole home audio we have four of them), so it’s definitely cool that there’s going to be hardware with the functionality baked in in future.
• A Few Interesting Film Firsts
• See If You’re Saving Enough for the Future with Fidelity’s Retirement Score
  I actually am! Which is kind of surprising considering I spent almost all my savings on buying a house a few months ago.
• Defog Your Windshield Faster with Science!
• These Secret Netflix Codes Can Reveal Tons of Hidden Categories
• Tesla’s Model S Now Drives Up to Meet You
  Oh, and can open your garage door to do it (and close it again once it’s got itself out).
• Six Basic Personal Finance Facts People Should Know (But Constantly Get Wrong)
  I did know all this, but I got into a huge argument once with an acquaintance that was trying not to get a small raise because it would push him into a different tax bracket.

And we’re done for another week! Have a good one, and I’ll catch you next week – same time, same place.

It’s the first late night links of 2016!! Are you excited for all the improvements I’m making? You shouldn’t be. Nothing is changing.

• Nine Times The Simpsons Predicted the Future
• London Adopts E-Paper Signs for Real-Time Bus Schedules
  Smart.
• “Sweary Colouring Book” Makes Expletives (and Colouring) Way More Fun
  Flo needs this.
• Search “Bubble Level” On Google On Your Phone to Get a Working Level
  And to think I’ve been using a real level all this time like some kind of a schmuck.
• Family Seeks Fertility Treatment Funding
  We need this in Alberta.
• Worst WiFi Password Ever
• Watch Two Guys Stick a GoPro Into a Homemade Pneumatic Cannon and Shoot It Really High
  Because why not?
• 3D Printed Digital Sundial is Brilliant and Insane
  This is brilliant. I can’t begin to conceive of how this works.
• Round-Up of Codrops Resources
  All the goodness that came out of codrops last year.
• XKCD #1624: 2016

And we’re all done for another week! Until next time then, folks!