Assorted Links to Get You Through the Weekend

January 31, 2014
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Here are some links to help you shake off the nasty cold spell the whole country seems to have endured. In fact, this weekend here in Michigan, it’s going to be downright balmy for a change: highs in the low 20s to high teens. Bust out the BBQs!

Have you seen the funniest thing on the Internet, the latest Bad NFL Lip Reading video? Run, don’t walk.

Is it a Lifetime movie or Megadeth song?

Do you or your kids use Snapchat? Here’s a compelling reason why you should reconsider that:

Any time your device connects to the internet it associates 100% of your activity with your device. (Every device has a unique identifier, like a finger print. When you buy it and register it that transaction is linked to you and everything you do with it is ultimately pointing back to you.)

Every site, every image you upload/download, every search, every call… everything is associated with that device. E.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g. Even if you delete it. Even if you use a proxy server. Even if… E.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g.

Call it a character flaw, or maybe a missing chromosome, but I laughed way harder than I should have at The Adventures of Business Cat.

How to choose a bottle of wine: an interactive flow chart.

As someone who used to be an avid Firefox user but switched to Chrome for simplicity and agility, I find this thread over at Quora fascinating, because I’ve asked this question dozens of times. What happened to Firefox?

You can actually hear this husky say NO to getting in his kennel.

And I leave you with another dog video: Dogs + Sticks + Small Openings = FAIL.

Have a great (and hopefully warmer) weekend, everyone.