Degrees symbol = °

The keyboards used in Germany and Switzerland have the degrees symbol already on the keyboard, but us stuck with the QWERTY board have to result to drastic measures whenever we want to type °.

Some people just type out "degrees," but this is just for people who give up to quickly.

I used to just do a google search for "degrees," then went to the Wikipedia page, copied, then pasted the symbol in.

But I finally just looked up the quick code. This is how you do it:

Hold down "Alt" then type "2" then "4" then "8" then let go of "Alt."
In other words:  Alt+248 

°

BAM. There you go. So easy.

(Just remember that if you're giving the temperature in Kelvin, don't use the degree symbol. It's only used for Celsius and Fahrenheit. Or Rankine. Or if you want to measure the angles of arc.)

Time to switch to Gmail

Buying cereal

Another funny Sesame Street video

Funny videos

I came across these videos in the past couple of days, and I thought they were great.

This first one is from Sesame Street. I don't remember Sesame Street being this funny. I was laughing almost the whole time, especially when Cookie Monster says, "...Frog..."



The next video is also from Sesame Street and it is really cute. It is a good representation of the happy side of parenting.



The third one I can't embed, but it's a video of a little kid giving an impromptu motivational speech after learning how to ride a bike. It's pretty great.

Why McDonalds doesn't serve breakfast all day

I am subscribed to an amazing daily newsletter called "Now I Know" which is emailed to me every weekday morning. It's written by a guy named Dan Lewis (you can subscribe to it here if you want; you won't regret it.)

Anyway, the bonus fact in today's newsletter was really interesting. (The article was about Waffle Houses.) This is what it said:

Bonus fact: Waffle Houses serve breakfast all day.  McDonalds does not -- they stop serving breakfast foods at about 11 A.M., depending on individual franchises.  Why? Because the breakfast foods cook at a lower grill temperature than the regular burgers-and-sandwiches (but not hot dogs) menu; once the grill is turned up, breakfast can no longer be prepared.

I've always wondered this, because I always want an Egg McMuffin whenever I go to McDonalds. Granted, I only go to McDonalds maybe once a year, but whatever.

A drawing made of 3.2 million dots

This is a really cool process of a kid drawing a picture by using dots. It's pretty neat.



Hero from Miguel Endara on Vimeo.

I think I would be worried about hand cramps.