Convention dictates the preamble be kept to a minimum.

• Welcome to Hampton, the Most Corrupt Little Town in Florida
• One of Facebook’s Biggest Science Pages is Becoming a TV Show
  Did you know shrapnel has a Facebook page? Go follow it so I can make this into a TV show too.
• Swimmer Michael Phelps Sinks a 159 Foot Putt
  While we’re talking golf, also check out this video.
• Six-Layer Chocolate Cake with Toasted Marshmallow Filling & Malted Chocolate Frosting
  I think I already sent this to Flo, but this is what I want for my anniversary cake this year. What? Anniversary cakes are totally a thing.
• Did They Come in Peace? Canadians Spotted Nearly 1,200 UFOs Last Year
  The best thing about this story is that when I was discussing it with one of my colleagues she said “wow, that’s a lot even when you discount the 600 reports that would have come from nutcases!” So 600 were real then, I guess.
• Popcorn Time is Like Netflix for Pirated Content
  I discovered this during the past seven days, and it went away during the past seven days too. Easy come easy go, I guess.
• How It’s Possible to Lose an Airplane in 2014
• Cyanide & Happiness #3491: People These Days
• Bow River Biggest Obstacle for North-Central LRT Route
  Shocker. To get from the South of the city to the North you apparently have to cross the river that runs through the middle.
• Fans Sue Arena After Video Reveals Large and Small Beers Are Same Size
• Oki’s Kissing Booth
• These Names Deserve an Award
  General Arse Buscuites is my personal favourite here.
• Why “The Process” is the Most Crucial Aspect of Achieving Your Goals
  Yep. Told you. The process is the most crucial aspect of everything.
• Zuckerberg: I Just Called Obama to Say How Mad I Am About the NSA
• Canadians Shouldn’t Be Afraid of Quebec Election Outcome, Marois Says
  I’m not afraid. Good riddance to them.
• Make a Pocket-Sized Vomit Survival Kit for When You Unexpectedly Puke
  WTF? Who the hell needs this?
• How to Calibrate Your HDTV for Better Video Quality in 30 Minutes
  I might try this.
• Lego Cubestormer Robot Solves Rubik’s Cube in Less Time Than It Takes to Read This Headline

And we’re all done! See you next time, everybody. Have a good week, enjoy the better weather, etc, etc.

It’s that time again!

• Reese Witherspoon Teleports at the Independent Spirit Awards
  Live TV is completely live, right?
• Only 90s Web Developers Will Remember This
• This is What We’re All Thinking, Every Day
• Get The Hint
  We have plenty of similar things in our office, so it makes sense that we get some of these too.
• A Little Cartoon Invasion of Life
• Never Has a Bootleg Been So Honest
• Koala Escapes Zoo, Falls Asleep Before He Can Do Anything Interesting
• Those Who Allergy Together, Stay Together
  This is getting ridiculous now.
• Terry Shipman Wanted to See if His Dogs Could Get as Many Retweets as Ellen’s Celebs
  182,646 retweets at the time of writing
• Kids Do Have Their Uses
• Getty Images Opens Up Its Stock Photo Vaults for Free, Legal Use with New Embed Tools
• Animal Firsts
  I really want to take Charlie on a slide now
• In Case You Were Wondering, There IS a World Record for Nose-Typing, and This Guy is the Reigning Champ
• This is the Rough Side of Town, Clearly
• Service Animal
• XKCD #1339: When You Assume
• The Double Decker Mac & Cheese Stuffed Bacon Weave Taco
  I know what I want for dinner.
• This is the Smartwatch Apple or Google Needs to Make
• ‘British’ Wales Star Sam Warburton Sparks Political Row
  Plaid Cymru are mostly just embarrassing.
• Man Sues Casino After Drunken $500k Loss
  You can do that?
• Insert Baby, Receive Way Easier (and Fuzzier) Responsibility

And that’s it done for another week, folks! This week was an hour shorter than usual because farmers, daylight, etc. Next week is the normal length so statistically (based on this post and some quick math) you can expect an extra 0.126 links next time around. So that’s something to look forward to.

It’s been ridiculously cold this weekend, so I have been mostly hiding in the apartment since I got home on Friday. If, however, you were thinking that the extra time I have as a result will help to make this week’s late night links better than usual then you are sorely mistaken.

• Russia Pokes Fun at Olympic Ring Malfunction in Closing Ceremony
• XKCD #1334: Second
  I spent a decent chunk of time yesterday attempting to set up a WebDAV share on my webserver. I visited the second page several times. Didn’t find anything there to help me.
• Unclogging a Toilet with Fire
  Spoiler alert: Doesn’t work.
• The Busiest Section Highway in North America (ON401) During the Olympic Gold Medal Men’s Hockey Game
  Flo, Charlie and I got up at 4:30am to watch.
• How to Fix Those Wall Scribbles
• MLAs See High-Speed Rail in Alberta’s Distant Future
  I think we need this.
• What a Guy Wants
• Toccata & Fugue in D Minor, on the FAO Schwarz Piano
• MasterCard Testing Security Feature That OKs Purchases Based on Phone Location
  This is smart.
• Creating a Border Animation Effect with SVG and CSS
  I like this. I’ll never use it, but I like it nonetheless.
• 100 Pennies
• Can You Solve This?
• Just a Russian on Fire Diving Into a Snowbank
  No big deal.
• I’ve Spent My Time in Hell
• Helping Couples Have a Family
• Now That’s Epically Drunk
• Little Kid’s Costco Performance
• BBQ Chip Bandits Busted
• A Woman in Scotland Fills out the Wrong Form on TripAdvisor, and Now She’s 87th Of 168 Attractions
• Over 120 Science Journal Papers Pulled for Being Total Gibberish
  So I identified that the abstract from the example was gibberish, so I have no idea how so many of these were published.
• The Internet is Controlled by Fourteen People Who Hold Seven Secret Keys
  Of course.

And we’re done for another week! Stay warm, and I’ll see you next Sunday.

It’s that time of the week again!

• Special
• Ridiculously Hilarious Reasons Kids Cry
  Kind of related: Why Puppies Are Better Than Babies
• XKCD #1331: Frequency
• Jesus Has All the Answers
• Introducing the Superdesk
  Every employee at this place sits at the same desk.
• When Dinosaurs Attack
  Charlie Brown would feel similarly about this, I’m sure.
• Woman Jailed After Failing to Return Movie Rented in 2005
• Jerry Seinfeld Predicts Facebook in the Early ‘90s
• Romantimatic Reminds You to Say I Love You
  This is just sad. Why is this a thing?
• Watch Rapper Mac Lethal Rap a Song of 449 Words in 113 Seconds… in Alphabetical Order
• It’s All Become Clear Now
  Is this true?
• Stop Answering Work Email at Night to Work Better in the Morning
• Breaking News
• [Citation Needed]
  The best of bad wikipedia.
• Hmmm
• How to Rip a DVD to Your Computer
  I really should do this and get rid of the last of my physical media. I did it with CDs a few years ago.
• How to Write a Professional Bio for Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Google+
• Find Your Own Path
• Human Loop the Loop with Damien Walters
  Pfft. I could do that.
• Cyanide & Happiness #3474: Service Dog
• Extreme Pizza Delivery
  We live on the third floor. I don’t know why we don’t do this.
• 10 Curious Facts About Twitter
  #Susanalbumparty

And we’re done for another week! See you again in another seven days, internet.

It’s time for late night links again everybody! It’s a holiday weekend, so you should all be especially grateful that I remembered.

• A Brief History of Canada
  I’ve seen this a few times (and I may have even posted it before), but I love it’s simple accuracy.
• A Mysterious New Coffee Shop Called ‘Dumb Starbucks’ is Baffling Los Angeles
• The Butt Pass is the Hardest Move in Football
• Sometimes It’s Better to Just Go with a Plain Blouse
• An Austrian Artist Has Completely Reinvented the Door
  About time. I was getting sick of the current iteration. Doors? Pah!
• Seven Simple Improvements That Perfected Everyday Products
• Cure Your Hangover With Science!
• Billy Ray Cyrus Drops “Achy Breaky 2” Featuring Rapper Buck 22 and Mostly Naked Alien Ladies
• What If #83: Star Land
• Cross Country Skier Breaks Ski, Still Finishes the Race After an Opposing Coach Runs Onto the Course to Help Him
  This is what Canadians are all about.
• Dairygate
• First Class on the Airbus A380 is Not Too Shabby
• When All Else Fails, Make Up Your Own Definitions to Everything
• Two Feet of Snow
• Dale Hansen on Michael Sam
  The world needs more people like this.
• Hungry Yet?
  This does look amazing, but I suspect it mostly made the lnl cut because I was hungry when I saw it.
• Appreciating Artistry
• R.I.P.
• America the Duck
• Google’s Timer Returns
• Meet Me Halfway Finds Notable Locations Between Two Addresses
  Interesting.
• Durham Academy Weather Announcement
• Pebble Steel Review: The Best Smartwatch, Now Also Beautiful
  Still want one.
• Boy, 10, Steals Parents’s Car to Visit Grandparents 68 Miles Away… Then Tells Police He is a Dwarf Who Has Forgotten His Licence
• Your Lease is Up!
• Snowboarding the Streets of New York with Casey Neistat

And that’s it, we’re all done for another week!

Whe

It’s that time of the week again peeps! Let’s get this going though, because as I write this it’s about lunchtime and there’s a new episode of Top Gear on in just over half an hour that I want to watch.

• Dash Reads Your Car’s Diagnostic Info, Tracks Data, Finds Gas
  I saw something similar not too long ago. I think this would be interesting, although I suspect I don’t drive in an especially fuel-efficient manner.
• Dilbert Feb 3: Willpower
• You Get What You Pay For
• This Superbowl Commercial is the Only One Worth Watching
  You probably didn’t see it. It only aired in Georgia and is for a personal injury lawyer… but it’s awesome.
• Paper News-Reading App Makes Facebook Prettier, A Bit Less Functional
• The Rash
  We all know one.
• This Liquid Can Make Any Gloves Touchscreen Friendly
  Need it.
• The Red Nexus 5 Is Now On Sale at Google Play
  Is Valentine’s day coming up or something? I prefer my wooden one, courtesy of slickwraps.
• Candlelight Dinner
  Clearly Valentine’s day is coming up. I hope Flo is as excited about this offer as I am.
• Speak Live With Chat Assistants to Get Discounts on the Web
  Interesting strategy. I always dismiss those little popups as soon as they appear. Maybe I shouldn’t.
• Jamaican Bobsled Team Arrives at Sochi Games Without Luggage or Equipment
  I smell a Cool Runnings sequel.
• These Tweets Prove Russia is Complete Unprepared for the Winter Olympics
  Well, at least the Jamaicans aren’t the only ones not quite ready to go, I guess. Also: this.
• Always Open
• Meet the Man Who Hacked Jeopardy
• ‘Beep’ Works Like a Chromecast for Your Old Speakers
  I could really use a whole-house audio solution…
• Citizenship Act Overhaul to Include Longer Wait to Become Canadian
  I qualify now under the current rules, but I’d have to wait until August under the new rules. I might just apply this week.
• Google Targets Russia’s Anti-Gay Laws with Rainbow Olympic Homepage
• Busiest Speed-On-Green Camera [In Calgary] Caught More Than 28,000 Drivers in 2013
  Not me! But Flo did get caught speeding through here in a Car2Go. lol
• Edward Snowden Used Automated Web Search Tools to Collect NSA Data
• That One Song
• Uh…
• Never Be This Guy at a Wedding
  This made me laugh. I’m sure we’ve all done it though. Right?

And that’s it! We’re done for another week. Laterz, yo.

Can you believe it’s February already, etc, etc? Anyway… welcome to the first of the new-look late night links. Nothing really has changed, except the whole Shrapnel blog has been moved in preparation for becoming a part of my new-look website. The content is exactly the same junk it’s always been though, so let’s jump in!

• How Google Broke Itself and Fixed Itself, Automatically
• Makeshift Extension Cord
  Why have a I never thought of using these like this?
• “Cooking”
  I defrost a mean… well, anything really.
• Working Remotely Doesn’t Mean You Should Work from Home
  This past week I’ve worked from the office, the apartment, a coffee shop, a doctor’s waiting room and the car. So I agree.
• Only in Canada
• Your Life is Wasting Away
• Watch a Guy Ride Outside a Subway Car Over the Williamsburg Bridge
• Simplicity at its Finest
• How Often Do You Really Need to Shower?
  WTF?
• Look Away Before Your Brain Gets Fried by the Physics Here
  Love it! I kind of want to make one.
• Pedestrian Punches Driver After Being Hit by Vehicle
  It’s “not your typical hit and run,” notes the article.
• But Who?
• Other Way Around…
• Lenovo Buying Motorola’s Handset Business from Google for Nearly $3 Billion
  There was a good while where I thought my next phone would be a Moto X, then I got a Nexus 5 instead. I was looking forward to there being more Google-developed phones though, seeing as they work so well with Android and don’t have so much junk pre-installed. This is a bit of a shame, if you ask me.
• So Much Stupidity
• It’s Not Memory Loss – Older Minds May Just Be Fuller of Information
  Not sure that headline’s grammatically correct, but still. Interesting.
• Building a Tip Jar for the Credit Card Era

And that’s it! We’re done for another week!

It’s that time again!

• This is the Greatest Instance of Karma in Sports History
• XKCD #1319: Automation
• People Kept Getting Lost, So They Put Up a Sign…
  Ontario should be more like Novia Scotia, I guess.
• Martin Loofah King
  In honour of MLK in the U.S. last week.
• Cloud Sofa
  I absolutely need this.
• The Birds and The Bees
  This is something I would do, and Flo would be equally confused.
• Nature
• Watch Out…
• Warren Buffett Will Give You $1 Billion if You Fill Out a Perfect “March Madness” Bracket
• White Girl Tracks
  Think of the chaos that would ensue if you removed one
• The Beer Koozie for the Shower
  Need this too.
• Delicious Dishes You Didn’t Know You Could Make in a Slow Cooker
  Flo said today we should use our slow cooker more. So this.
• Atherton is the Home of the World’s Dumbest First World Problems, Apparently
• World’s Most Precise Atomic Clock Will Still be Spot-On in 5 Billion Years
  They’re going to keep working and making improvements, according to the article. I’m supportive of continuous improvement, but at the same time, is a clock that will be accurate for 5 billion years not already good enough for what we need?
• This Guy Takes Paper Airplanes to the Next Level
• General Who?
• Behold the Wine Condom
  If I ever opened and a bottle of wine and then didn’t finish it this would be great.
• Dilbert Jan 25: Adding Jeff
  We have a Jeff where I work.
• Reinventing the Web: A New App Lets You Watch Whatever TV Program You Want, Including the Olympics, Anywhere in the World
  It’s not a new app (I used to use the Chrome browser extension a while back), but I discovered from this article that Hola is now available for Android and I’ve been listening to Pandora in the car ever since.

And we’re all done for another week! Have a good one internet peeps, and I will be back next Sunday.