America has plenty of old buildings, heated with steam or hot water and some people love those old radiators, while others hate them. But they're there and we have to deal with them, so I'll share with you some tips that I've picked up over the years from the old-timers and the old books. I hope they make you look even smarter. Click here to read more.

They're actually recycled windows. The once-tallest building is undergoing an energy-efficient makeover and the aging windows are a big part of that (as are the reflective insulation behind all the radiators). Here's a photo essay from Popular Science on how they're rebuilding the 6,500 windows.

Check out what Bill Cypher has been doing with all that leftover copper laying around his shop. Someone should give this guy a TV show. He is, after all, in Orange County.

Sometimes doesn't stay in Vegas - like one serious sunburn. Check out the design of this new hotel, and what it's doing to the folks who sit in a certain spot by the pool. Call it the Revenge of the Ants.

T.S.S. (Toasted Skin Syndrome). It comes from having your laptop, well, on your lap. Read all about it here. So after we look for bedbugs and stress over the bacteria in our eco-friendly shopping bags, we can now start worrying about our saggy laps. Did you know the mortality rate of people who use laptop computers is 100 percent? Yikes!

And how they're getting everyone to go along. Watch it here, and remember, there's no pressure! (Special thanks to Moses Fishman.)

Which, at 55 years young, has the distinction of being the first hotel in the United States to have solar heating system. Check it out here. Thanks, Walt!

The good folks of Iowa have been through a lot a tough times these past couple of years, but a story like this one makes me think about what's truly important in life, and how good people can be when times get tough. Thanks to Peter Skinner for the heads-up.

The Lovely Marianne and I invite you to join us as we explore the wonders of what currently dead people once installed into so many American buildings. We'll be doing the Dead Mens' Steam School in Timonium, MD on November 9, and again in Somerville, MA on November 30. Both are just about sold-out and that's it for 2010. Hope to see you for there!

Hug your kids!