Digital Streets

Tonight, during dinner preparation, my daughter placed a packaged loaf of bread on top of a hot burner on our glass-ceramic stovetop. She quickly realized her error, but not before the plastic from the packaging had melted to the stovetop. Needless to say, we were certain that we would have to drop $300-$400 for a new replacement. Not a good thought to take with you to the dinner table.

Thanks to a simple bottle of rubbing alcohol, our stovetop was rescued. Here’s what I did:

I let the stovetop completely cool. I then poured rubbing alcohol on the stovetop, letting it soak for 3-4 minutes. The top layer of plastic began to separate from the stovetop, I peeled this layer away. I then used a cloth washcloth to begin scrubbing the affected area. To my amazement, the remaining plastic was easily removed with little effort. I then washed the stovetop with soap and water and it was as good as new. The final step was a massive sigh of relief!

• @davak I am hoping that you were talking about leaving the hospital and not hanging your butt out the hospital window! #
• Submitted YouTube recipe. #
• Apple facing patent lawsuit over iPhone keyboard http://tinyurl.com/33t7n5 #
• Commodore unveils Gravel C200 media player http://tinyurl.com/yqldgp #
• U.S. Soldiers Get Halo 3 Military Edition Zune http://tinyurl.com/38rmaw #
• Getting the grill ready, having steak tonight. #
• @qmchenry Yeah, I know. Vista is so much better. #

• Submitted IE7 recipe. #
• Submitted Ad-Aware recipe. #
• Slashdot lets users vote on stories with Firehose http://tinyurl.com/3dpb8a #
• UltraNewb: A beginner’s guide to BitTorrent http://tinyurl.com/2kr3qo #
• It is truly amazing how good a cold beer tastes on a Friday afternoon. #
• Watching Muay Thai Superfights on VeohTV. #
• Muay Thai is harsh! Need another beer after watching that. #
• @davak What happened? Last line in the chat was "Heck . . ." I’m still hangin’! #
• We need a techrx chat client. More secure and reliable. I can feel Q’s anxiety all the way out here. #
• The anxiety is from knowing he’d have to write the code. #

• Reconfiguring memory allocation on ERP server to boost performance. #
• Trying to figure out how I’m going to replace my wife’s phone. Might need to give her the RAZR. #
• Testing out TwitterFox. #
• Dinner vs. Supper (New blog post.) http://tinyurl.com/2ztr4m #
• Veoh Teams with NCAA for Branded Channel http://tinyurl.com/298oed #

• Finishing up backups of SQL servers. #
• Reading Davak’s blog. #
• Pandora Launches Facebook App: Better than Last.fm? http://tinyurl.com/28a4om #
• http://tinyurl.com/2mygbz Top 10 Firefox features that don’t require extensions #
• Trying out BlogRovr for posting tweets from Firefox. #

Tomorrow will be the one year anniversary of my first tutorial submitted to Tech-Recipes.  At the time, I had been experimenting with a blog and was checking out what other options were out there for writing tech articles.  I had no idea that I would end up getting so addicted to recipe writing.  I am very appreciative that Davak and Q gave me chance, not sure what they saw, but so very glad they invited me aboard.  It has been and continues to be, a total blast.  The addition of the blogs and the tweets coupled with the numerous chats we have had, have helped form some really good relationships despite the vast geographic distance that separates the members of the group.  Thanks for inviting me to the party guys!

• Checking out seamonkey420’s blog, really like the new look. Nice work! #
• Losing a battle with Backup Exec. The war continues! #
• Configuring email on the N800. #
• Twittering in Live Messenger http://tinyurl.com/2qsp7e #
• Google Documents Can’t Be Deleted Entirely http://tinyurl.com/2fsfhp #
• Mauku - Jaiku client for Maemo devices http://tinyurl.com/2v6×8n #
• Spending some time catching up on things in Google Reader (way too many unread items). #
• All this talk of food (martini’s, steak, and supper) has got me hungry. Going to take T out to eat. #

• Joost clone runs in a web browser http://tinyurl.com/2pus98 #
• Bejeweled Optimized for the iPhone http://tinyurl.com/yqte9n #
• LG Philips develops oil and water based flexible display http://tinyurl.com/3cdz8g #
• Microsoft Works to become a free, ad-funded product http://tinyurl.com/2pbty2 #
• Microsoft to offer single download for Windows Live suite http://tinyurl.com/349ptw #

• Back from trip. Time to unload, unwind, and then write. #
• Apple TV finally hacked for USB storage expansion http://tinyurl.com/2vz7cx #
• iFuntastic 2.0 enables mortals to mod their iPhone http://tinyurl.com/3cqh75 #
• Use RSS Mixer to Create a Unified Feed from Your Microblogs (New blog posting.) http://tinyurl.com/2p9skz #
• Firefox Add-on: easyGestures (New blog posting) http://tinyurl.com/37pgxj #
• @qmchenry Glad to be home. Traffic was HORRIBLE. There was a 100 mile stretch that took 4 hours to complete. #
• Rumor: Zune “Scorpioâ€? will be delayed http://tinyurl.com/3575wz #
• Microsoft’s Live Search Adds Face Detection http://tinyurl.com/3ah88o #
• Silverlight 1.0 RC1 is Here! http://tinyurl.com/3×8yqx #
• Tech-recipes.com changes look good! #

• Survived American Idol concert. #