Welcome back! For two weeks in a row I have remembered to write a late night links post! You should make the most of it, because it’s likely to be the last of 2015.

• Check Out Your 2015 “Best Of” Moments on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram with ThinkUp
  This seems interesting, and definitely better than the Facebook “year in review” videos that we’ll soon be seeing all over the place. It’s a paid service but there’s a 14 day free trial. I have signed up and I’m sure I’ll be tweeting insights soon.
• Google Debuts Designer Watch Faces for Android Wear
  I do like me a good android wear watch face these days.
• “House of Cards” Season Four is Coming March 4th
• XKCD #1617: Time Capsule
• Follow These “Unfussy” Rules of Wine and Have Fun at the Bottle Shop
• Your Mouse Knows When You’re Mad
  I have no idea how I’d use this in any kind of practical way, but it’s interesting.
• Backblaze B2 Offers Dirt-Cheap Cloud Storage for Half a Penny Per GB a Month
  I’ve signed up for the beta, but at this point their linux upload tools aren’t what I need them to be to move my backups over. Still though. If you have a lot of data to store in the cloud, I’m not aware of any cheaper way.
• Shaw Announces Plans to Purchase WIND Mobile in $1.6B Deal
  I’m actually pretty excited about this. WIND is already amazing value, and if I get discount for bundling…
• Use a Raspberry Pi Zero to Make Your Own Miniature Information Display
  I don’t know why I want to do this, I just do.
• Get Rich or Die Vlogging: The Sad Economics of Internet Fame
  A long read, but kind of interesting nonetheless.
• Life Hack: Find Your Luggage Faster Than Ever

And just like that, we’re done. Until next week (or year?), then.

Well, it’s certainly been a long time since my last late night links post, but between moving house and everything else I’ve had going on it fell by the wayside a little bit. Good news, though: it’s back!

• This Entire Instagram Account is Just a Woman Smashing Her Face Into Bread
• Fossil’s Android Wear Watch Goes on Sale for $279
  I have no immediate plans to replace it, but I’m starting to think about what the successor to my Moto360 is going to be.
• Google Begins Rolling Out Google Play Music Family Plan, $14.99 for up to 6 People
  Flo and I both have Google Play Music accounts now, although we each got six months free with the purchase of some new phones recently. We both like it though, and I think we’re going to keep it when the free trial comes to an end. So this is good.
• Pushbullet Can Now Retrieve Files Remotely From Your Other Devices
  This is cool, not to mention potentially very useful.
• Google Fires at Sonos, Adds Multi-Room Support to Chromecast Audio
  Yes.
• This Guy Tries to Break a World Record for Jumping Through Panes of Glass and Shatters Only His Pride

…and we’re done! Until next week then, Internet.

Even though it’s a holiday weekend (happy thanksgiving!) and we’re in the midst of packing in preparation for moving in a few weeks, I still remembered to write late night links! I’m amazing.

• Chromecast Audio Review: Give Your Old Speakers a New Brain
• LinkedIn Probably Owes You Money for Being Annoying
  Well, it certainly is that.
• Inside Android’s Easter Egg Tradition
• Netflix’s Most Popular Streaming Plan Now Costs $10 a Month for New Customers
  What am I? Made of money?
• Moto 360 Review (2015): More Than Just Good Looks This Time Around
  It’s not a big enough difference for me to upgrade, but I do approve of the iterative improvements.
• Dilbert Oct 10, 2015: Not The Finest Moment
  I’ve definitely had this conversation before.
• Downtown Church Goes to the Dogs for Annual Animal Blessing Service

And with that, we’re done for another week! See you all at the same time next week then, if I haven’t packed the internet connection equipment by then.

It’s Sunday night! Boo, work tomorrow, etc. But also late night links! Yay!

• Google Turns 17, Celebrates Its “Least Random Birthday”
• Netflix Actually Made a “Netflix and Chill” Button, and You Can Too
  This might be more appropriate for us than the emergency party button I featured last week.
• Google Announces Chromecast 2 and Chromecast Audio to Bring Intelligence to Your Living Room
  This is very interesting.
• Twitter Will Reportedly Nix The 140-Character Limit With a New Product
  I don’t know how I feel about this.
• Five Best Point-and-Shoot Cameras
  I think I’d like one.
• XKCD Webcomic Turns 10 Years Old Today
• Your Favourite Shower Head Just Got a Rare Discount
  What? Good shower heads are over $100? I feel like this whole “home owner” thing is going to get expensive fast. This does look good though.
• These Abandoned Subway Stations are Frozen in Time
• Police Break Open Car Window to Save One Very Realistic Doll
  In their defence, this is extremely realistic.
• How Much is an XBox 360 Worth These Days?
• Buy Products That Don’t Normally Ship to Your Country with Parcl
  This is interesting.

And we’re done! Until next time, internet.

It’s that time again! I’ve also just realized that it’s been three weeks since I last wrote one of these. I don’t know how that happened, but let’s just dive in.

• How Bruce Banner Gets Out of a Parallel Parking Space
• Space Whisky Really Does Taste Different
  And not good different, apparently.
• A Comic Predicted Apple’s iPad Pro Keyboard Three Years Ago
• XKCD #1576: I Could Care Less
• Doggy Paddle
  Every year (for the last three, anyway) this Calgary pool has a doggy swim day on the last day of the season.
• “Amazing”
• Watch This Long-Lost GoPro’s Journey to Space and Back
• Pickle Your French Fries for the Ultiumate Salt and Vinegar Snack
  I’m listening…
• Vancouver Never Plays Itself
• Every Living Room Needs this Emergency Party Button
  For the most part I think we already own all the technology we’d need to make this work, so…
• Backblaze Announces Low-Cost Cloud Storage Service to Compete with Amazon S3
  I use google cloud, but since I have well over 100GB of stuff backed up I’m always on the lookout for a good deal…
• Some of the Best Documentaries to Watch on Netflix
  The documentaries are probably my favourite thing about Netflix. That and Criminal Minds, which is the binge-watching show du jour in our house.
• The Pallet Wall Workspace for Two
  I want this.
• In Some Cities a Right Turn on Red Must Yield for Traffic Controller’s Clearance
• Word
• Mocking Seasonal Slogan Latest Addition to List of “Things to do in Okotoks”
• With Encouragement From her Dad to Keep Reeling, This Little Girl Gets a Huge Catch
• Get the Perfect Picture of Your Dog with This Handy Device
  I like this.

And as suddenly as it arrived, it was gone.

It’s late night links time, and I remembered to write even though it’s labour day weekend here! To celebrate, let’s just dive right in.

• Use An Old Kindle to Share Messages on the Fridge Electronically
  I do like me a good ridiculously over-engineered solution. This may be a step or two too far though…
• Newer Android Wear Watches Now Work on iOS
• Ballsy Guy Jumps Onto and Surfs a Moving Train
  Don’t try this at home, kids.
• Google Gets a New Logo
  This has been the big news this week.
• How to Disable Windows 10′s “Inactive Scrolling Window” Feature
  Why would you ever turn this off?
• Car Theft Victim Has Vehicle Returned with Drugs and Weapons Inside
• Barclays Helps Put Contactless Payments in a £150 Jacket
• Moto X Play Review: An Unexciting Phone with a Huge Battery
  I don’t think I’ll be getting one of these. The lack of wireless charging is the dealbreaker for me. Still waiting for more news on the new Nexus…
• Build a Smartphone-Controlled Garage Door Opener
• Googling “Fun Facts” Will Quickly Ruin Your Productivity
• Brewster Spending $26m to Improve Banff Gondola
• This Incredibly Popular Antec Bias Light Kit is Back Under $20, If You Hurry
  It’s not under $20 here in Canada, but nevertheless this is interesting. Should I get one of these?

And we’re done! See all next week, same time, same place.

I started writing this week’s late night links post a little while ago but my computer did the whole “blue screen of death” thing and I lost it. Hopefully this doesn’t become a Windows 10 trend. We’ll see. Anyway…

• Happy 20th Birthday, Windows 95
• Blackberry Passport Sports Android in Demo Video
  I’d get one of these. Or more accurately, I’d let work get me one of these.
• A Trip to Ikea is Going to Make This Girl Regret Moving In with Her Pun-Master Boyfriend
• Vysor Purs Your Android Device’s Screen On Your Desktop
  This could be useful.
• This Motorcycle Race’s Cameraman Still Gets Some On-the-Job Nerves
• A Rescued River Phone Miraculously Begins Posting Pictures to Facebook
• Used Cats!
  For some reason this week lots of local content showed up on the global sites in my reading list this week. It’s kind of pleasing, for some reason.
• Intagram No Longer Thinks It’s Hip to be Square
• Des Moines School District Welcome Back FlashMob
  This is actually kind of awesome.
• XKCD #1570: Engineer Syllogism

And that’s it for another week. Until next time, internet.

It’s Sunday night. You all know the drill by now.

• Google’s Next Version of Android is Called “Marshmallow”
  Probably not all that surprising. I’m awaiting the new Nexus devices that will launch with it.
• “Teddy for a Toonie” Campaign Comes Close to a Million
• This Drone Can Steal Data While Hovering Above Your Office
• How Googe’s Networking Infrastructure Has Evolved Over the Last 10 Years
  Interesting read. There have actually been a few really interesting articles this week. More on that later…
• Watching What Happens to your Checked Luggage at the Airport is Fascinating
• Most Impressive Beer Pong Dunk You’ve Ever Seen
• Of Course BlackBerry’s Upcoming Android Phone is Awkward
• Weather of the Day: South Caroline Was Treated to a Rare and Beautiful Fire Rainbow
  This is kinda cool.
• Figure Out How Much Rent You Can Afford with the 40x Rule
  I just ran our likely mortgage payments through past this math (we’re house hunting right now) and we’re good.
• Guy Saves Canadian Tire Money for 15 Years and Buys…
• SmartThings Support is Coming to Amazon Echo
• IFTTT’s Maker Channel Connects Your Electronics Projects to Nearly Everything
  This is going to be useful to me for sure.
• Don’t Be Apple
  I completely agree with this, although I wouldn’t have been able to articulate it quite so well I suspect.
• The Ashley Madison Hack Should Scare You, Too
  Another interesting read!
• Hands-On With Ford’s Sync 3
• Life with the Dash Button: Good Design for Amazon, Bad for Everyone Else
  And yet more interesting reading! Although there’s also this in the news this week to consider.

And we’re all done! That was a lot to get through (apparently it’s been an exciting week on my reading liust), so I suggest everyone take the week off and I’ll see you next Sunday.

It’s late night links time again, folks!

• The Best Food You Can Forage For in Your Backyard
  This one’s for @SnoopysBF
• Taking the 2015 Audi TT’s Virtual Cockpit for a Spin
• Tesla’s Robotic Metal Snake Charger is “For Realz”
• If You Love Someone…
• Researchers Can Take Complete Control of Android Phones
  I there anything researchers can’t take complete control of these days?
• The English Subtitles in the Chinese Version of Harry Potter are Hilarious
• Typewriters Suck. This Web App Proves It
• They Call it Their Armour for a Reason
  Usually these people are from Florida.
• Microsoft Built a Robotic Air Hockey Table to Show Off Windows 10
  I want one.
• Meet Alphabet, Google’s New Corporate Boss as Sundar Pichai Takes Over the Search Company
• Hackers Control Connected Cars Using Text Messages
  See what I was saying earlier?
• Get Rid of Windows 10′s Default Apps with PowerShell
• Open Windows Explorer At “This PC” Instead of Quick Access
  I am all about the Windows 10 tips right now, because I bought a new computer this week.

And we’re done! Until next time then.

It’s a holiday weekend here so tradition dictates I be a day late with late night links, and who am I to mess with tradition like that.

• When Selling Virtual Products Abroad, Don’t Put Prices on AutoPilot
  Interesting read.
• The Truth About Bottled Water Expiration Dates (and How Water Goes Bad)
  This is interesting too! Let’s see if we can keep the trend going!
• Israeli Researchers Compromise Isolated Networks With Dumbphones
  Nailed it.
• Car Trouble Sidelines Brampton Batman’s Batmobile
• Innuendo
• Amazon Snaps Up Former “Top Gear” Trio for New Motoring Show
  I don’t know what this means. Do I need to sign up for Amazon Prime? We will see.
• Participants Needed!
• Google Translate vs. La Bamba
  Love it. Also kind of amazing.
• XKCD #1558: Vet
• Describe Your Father
• A Look Back at Windows Through the Ages
  Windows 10 is out (I am preparing to upgrade at least some of our computers right now). In honour of that, this.
• Rebroadcast Internet Radio on FM With a Raspberry Pi
  This could be useful…

And that’s it for another week folks! Until next time, then.