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If you are like me, or most people I know, somewhere in your cupboard, there is at least one glass that has been clouded by hard water. Seems you scrub and scrub and scrub only to dry the glass and the cloudiness returns.

Help is on the way, however!

Apply some cheap (apparently, the cheaper the better), white toothpaste to the glass and scrub with a toothbrush. And like magic, your hard water clouds should disappear.

How’s that for simple?

How to clean cloudy drinking glasses [via Lifehacker]

Cleaning that funky, cloudy glassware [via Curbly]

I am a list maker. Or at least I try to be.

It is a habit that I am sure I picked up from my mom. She was always SO organized. She had working lists for all sorts of stuff. And boy, could she get things done! She seemed to always have whatever list she was working off of with her and easily accessible. A detail that sometimes escapes me. But that is where a new service from Gubb shows promise to me.

Gubb, a free service, appeals to my ‘inner geek’. Not only because it is web based but also due to the way in which you are able to utilize the service.

So what is it about Gubb that makes it worth mentioning here you ask? Well let me tell you. And thank you for asking, by the way!

Gubb (did I mention that it is free) allows you to create your list on the web. Which is not new or different. What distinguishes Gubb from other online list services is it’s accessibility, which is a function of each list that you create.

Each list that you create has it’s own email address. This allows you, or other’s if you wish, to add to your list as well as retrieve it. And with an SMS capable cell phone (one that can send and receive text messages) you can perform these same functions.

That means that the next time you make it to the grocery store only to discover you have left your list at home, you don’t have to try to remember what was on your list, only to arrive back home to find that you forgot the main ingredient of your planned culinary masterpiece. You simply whip out your trusty cell phone and text ‘get’ to the contact email of your list and, voilà, you get your list, as well as maintain a little of your sanity.

Sounds like fun, huh?

Enjoy!

Gubb.net [via Lifehacker]

Looking for a fun weekend project for the kids or grandkids? Or maybe even for yourself or the ‘grownups’? (Added because I am pretty sure that Lisa is dying to try this.)

This is the type of project that was much more common before the arrival of X-boxes and Playstations. So perhaps the ‘nostalgia’ effect is in play here. (Does that date me?)

Surf over to Paper Robots 1999 where you can find photographs, blueprints and instructions for building all kinds of paper robots. As well as accessories to go along with them. Some which are even of the ‘Star Wars’ variety.

Enjoy your inner child!

Paper Robots 1999 [via Lifehacker]

Not to say that you would have a lot of old wine bottles laying around. But in case you do…

Try this project for turning old wine bottles into ‘chalk art’. I think it would work especially well (as shown in the demo) on odd shaped bottles.

Enjoy!

Chalk It Up! [Curbly via Lifehacker]

Have you ever wished that you could change cell phone providers but were stuck waiting for your current contract to run out? And doesn’t it seem to happen when you are about 4 to 6 months into a 24 month commitment? If so, you may want to check out Celltradeusa.com, where you might be able to find someone that is interested in assuming your current contract.

The folks at Celltradeusa state that they work with all the US carriers that require a signed contract. And they also state that the service providers are happy to assist you in transfer your contract responsibility to someone else.

And by the way, you can use the service on the other end as well. That is, to pick up a plan that someone else may not want anymore.

See the Celltradeusa site for more details.

Ditch your phone contract with Celltrade [via Lifehacker]

Being a member of Motorcycle Bloggers International, we wanted to pass on this PSA about the upcoming Riders Choice Awards. If you are a fellow rider, we encourage you to follow the link and enter your own nominations.

Thanks!

=============================================== Riders Choice Awards – nominations are now open Are you tired of awards handed out by industry insiders? We are. Motorcycle Bloggers International (an association of, you guessed it, riders who blog about motorcycling) decided it was time that the riding public have a chance to express their opinions. So we created the Riders Choice awards. This is your opportunity to nominate and vote for your choices for the best and worst in the motorcycling world for 2006. There are various categories for events, actions by a person or group and new products. Some examples:

• A rider’s dream – The dream ride, tour or event that given enough time and money you most want to experience.

• Object of lust – The production motorcycle of any model year that is desired above all others.

• Thumbs up – The person or organization who during 2006, made the most significant contribution to motorcycling.

• Best new in 2006 every day motorcycle – The production motorcycle most suited to commuting that was first delivered to dealers in 2006.

• What were they thinking? – The new in 2006 concept or production motorcycle, related product or other idea that is the worst idea of 2006.

Head on over to www.mbiweb.org to see all the categories, view nominations already entered and submit your nominations. Join us in letting the industry know what we, the riders, think. While you are there, sign up for an email reminder notice that will be sent when voting for the awards begins in February. Help us make this awards program a success. Nominate and vote. ===============================================