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[Screens Around Town] Metcheck, Prime Time Window Cleaning, LifeLock Matt Aug 08

14 comments Latest by Luna

Metcheck
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Melissa Fehr writes: I always use Metcheck.com as my preferred weather site (better than the BBC and all the American sites combined) and I discovered a new feature today that’s so practical that I thought I’d send it over to you. It’s their BBQ forecast, which checks the temperature, cloud cover, and precipitation for the next few days and tells you the likelihood of having a good BBQ (with a nice option to email invites around to your friends, with helpful suggestions like “bring loads of beer”).

Prime Time Window Cleaning
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Prime Time Window Cleaning has a nifty quote calculator built right into the sidebar.

LifeLock
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Great timeline in the sidebar of the “enroll now” at Lifelock. Really puts a potential customer at ease and sets expectations nicely. Click for full sidebar.

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14 comments so far

Luna 08 Aug 07

Should it be called a BBQ ? I mean, technically, BBQ is smoked meat, not grilled meat, right? If someone is throwing burgers on a grill, I’d call it a cook-out.

Chris 08 Aug 07

I’ve given up arguing about the use of BBQ . Northerners just dont seem to get it.

huphtur 08 Aug 07

Does anybody know of any well designed US weather forecasting sites?

Alejandro Moreno 08 Aug 07

I couldn’t agree with you more, Luna. But apparently that’s what BBQ stands for in the U.S. and Canada.

sw0rdfish 08 Aug 07

Since you’re cooking the burgers on a BBQ , then I don’t think calling it BBQ , is that far off…

Then again, apparently I don’t “get it”

Phil McThomas 08 Aug 07

It’s just a language thing: “BBQ” in the UK is equivalent to ‘grill’ in the US.

A ‘grill’ in the UK is a ‘broiler’ in the US.

Oh, and 14C is about 57F.

mehdi 08 Aug 07

dear friend thank you for useful site

Ruben 08 Aug 07

Lifelock…run by criminals.

Joshua Kay 08 Aug 07

Ruben, why is Lifelock run by criminals? Just curious.

Matt 09 Aug 07

@huphtur:

I like 4ca.st. You can put your zip code in the url:

http://4ca.st/10003

huphtur 09 Aug 07

Matt: That does looks cool. Good tip.

Paul 09 Aug 07

huphtur: SimpleWeather works for me.

matt 13 Aug 07

@Luna: why is barbeque “technically” smoked meat?

I thought it originated in the carribbean for “a grill for cooking meat consisting of a wooden platform resting on sticks.”

Luna 13 Aug 07

Apparently, Barbecueis simultaneously a type of food, a method for cooking food, a cooking apparatus (mostly indirect heat, except in Australia and G.B.), and a flavor (for sauces and potato chips).

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