Homemade Windshield Deicer

For many of us, along with winter comes an endless expanse of mornings spent freezing our fingers off scraping ice from our windshields. Rather than walking that chilly road again this winter, the Dollar Stretcher web site suggests several DIY solutions for keeping your windshield ice-free this winter. For example:

To prevent your car's windows/mirrors from icing up... treat the windows before you go to bed each night. The window treatment can be made up of 3 parts vinegar to 1 part water and placed in a spray bottle... [and] will prevent ice from forming.

From other posts in the thread, it sounds like rubbing alcohol can be substituted for vinegar, and the solution can be applied either before or after the ice has formed.

From Lifehacker

Keynote to YouTube

I stumbled upon a great feature of Apple's Keynote '08 presentation software. You can have your slideshow posted as a YouTube video from within Keynote.

Use the File - Send to - YouTube command and just sit back and wait for the magic to happen.

WKRP Thanksgiving Promotion Episode

Fans of WKRP in Cincinnati will remember the classic episode in which the station drops turkeys from a helicopter over a shopping mall in a Thanksgiving promo.

Use an Empty Soda Can to Boost Your Wi-Fi

According to this video from Green Baby Productions via Metacafe you can boost your wireless for virtually nothing using an empty soda can

Caffeine Boost Your WIFI - Click here for the funniest movie of the week

 I have not personally tried this tip so proceed at your own risk. Exercise caution when cutting the soda can as the edges may be sharp.

Wrigley Field Los Angeles???

I learned something I never knew from an old movie, Armored Car Robbery (1950). It was set in Los Angeles. That was made emphatically clear. But, some scenes took place at a ballpark called Wrigley Field. This seemed incongruous. But I Googled "Wrigley Field Los Angeles" and discovered there really was a Wrigley Field in south central LA. It was the home to some Pacific Coast League teams and, in 1961, was the home of the Angels. Learn something new everyday.

Do you believe in the Flying Spaghetti Monster?

This is my first knowledge of an interesting recent phenomenon, the Flying Spaghetti Monster. It seems the FSM was conceived about two years  ago by an Oregon State physics graduate during the  Kansas  controversy concerning teaching intelligent design in public schools.

To learn more ...

Pasta theology: Scholars mull Spaghetti Monster - USATODAY.com

Navy and North Texas Set Scoring Record

I would have loved to have seen this game! Maybe it'll be an ESPN Instant Classic.

ESPN - Navy, N. Texas score most combined points in regulation FBS game - NCAA College Football Recap

The First Notable Snow of the Season

I woke up this morning to the first notable snow of this season. I was surprised to walk into the kitchen and see this out the window ...

Well, it is November. I guess we were spoiled by the unusually warm October. The forecast does call for warmer than average temperatures next week.

And, it's kind of pretty if you don't have to go out in it.

$25,000 Dessert

Some people just have way too much money! If you are a person who thinks this is a great way to spend $25K, I feel sad for you.

And we wonder why people in less developed parts of the world resent us.

New York eatery offers $25,000 dessert - Peculiar Postings - MSNBC.com

ServiceBeacon for Your Car

ServiceBeacon is a free online service that lets you ...

• Track your car's maintenance schedule
• Receive recall notices by email
• Make service appointments online
• Store your car's service history
• Track multiple vehicles

Take the tour of ServiceBeacon.com