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Maker Faire NYC hits the Big Apple this week, so to get you in the mood for homemade robots, inventions and all things DIY, here’s a YouTube channel that teaches you to make almost anything.

It’s called I Like to Make Stuff, run by Bob Clagett, a former Dell engineer based in Savannah, Georgia. He’s picked up nearly half a million subscribers on his YouTube channel. Here’s a sampling of the spread of projects awaiting your craftiness:

To start, make a ring light for outfitting your GoPro:

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At not even seven minutes, this is probably the most bite-sized tutorial you’ll ever watch to make your very own longboard:

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How to make a video game arcade with Raspberry Pi, zero programming required:

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Bob customizes a Nerf Strongarm Blaster “with paint weathering and a simple LED strip.” “Today we’re going to make a Nerf gun look way cooler,” he says.

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A swiveling iPad stand for all your Square credit card-reading needs:

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Make a copy of your favorite toy by learning how to mold and cast your Reagan-era Ninja Turtles, or anything else.

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Finally, can’t leave out the backyard zipline.

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This Engineer on YouTube Will Teach You To Make Longboards and Ziplines

Enter the 4yo Mini-me Dragon

How do you get to 30 million views on your viral kidsploitation video? Practice, practice, practice.

Just because your kid has dutifully copied the Bruce Lee nunchuck moves you have been fixated on your own entire sentient life doesn’t mean your video of him performing will immediately go viral.

Now you must master the viral videomaking skills of the modern parent by getting the costume, the angle, and the background just right. Tranform your entertainment center into a minimalist Bruce Lee shrine with photos and slipcovers made from Visqueen and packing tape.

Disable YouTube embedding so you can get your pre-rolls, and for Pete’s sake, get it onto Facebook which, in addition to jacking all YT’s viral videos, also screwed up the click and sharing experience.

Bruce Ryu’s YouTube channel [youtube via my dad]

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Way Of The Viral Dragon

Tom McHale writes [via Ammoland.com]:

A lot of neato stuff happened in 1950, along with some serious unpleasantries. North Korea invaded their southern sibling, starting a tragic war masquerading as a police action. On the more positive side of … Read More

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When the weather starts cooling down, the equipment you use for yard work changes from mowers to rakes. This checklist will show you how to store your gas mower for fall and winter safely, so it’ll be in good shape when you need it next spring.

Before you start the process, disconnect the spark plug so the mower can’t accidentally start. Next, take care of each of these parts of your mower:

• Empty the gas tank. This is the most important thing since gas that is left sitting for months can cause damage to the rubber and plastic parts of your mower.
• Clean the undercarriage. You’ll need to remove the blade to do so. Wear heavy gardening or work gloves to protect your hands. Use a wire brush and putty knife to scrape off dried grass, dirt, and other debris.
• Change the oil, if necessary (4-cycle engine). Reattach the mower blade. You can choose to either sharpen the blade before reattaching or sharpen it in spring when you’re getting ready to use your mower again.
• Replace your air filter and clean the cooling fins.

If you’re not sure how to safely remove any of these parts, or where they are on your mower, Google your mower’s instruction manual so you can reference it. For photo illustrations of each step, hit the link below.

How to Store Your Lawn Mower for the Cold Season | This Old House

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This Checklist Explains How to Properly Store Your Gas Mower for Winter

CNN is hosting tonight’s Republican debate at 8pm EST/5pm PST, but if you don’t have cable, you’ll be able to watch it on their site and mobile apps.

Web users can stream the debate from CNN’s live stream, while iOS and Android users get access through the CNN mobile apps. You won’t have to login to a stream or enter in any cable provider info, just load up the site tonight at the right time and you should be able to watch. Before you do, make sure you prime your BS detection skills so you can sift through the hyperbole.

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Stream CNN’s Republican Debate Online Tonight, No Cable Required

It’s finally here, the full, stable version of Apple’s newest mobile operating system, and you can download it right now. Why should you even bother, you ask? Well, it may not be a huge visual overall, but it’s got enough little tweaks to make it worthwhile.

The biggest one is battery. The iPhone can be lauded for a list of things, but one of them is definitely not battery life. Apple is playing a game catchup with other Android phones out there by adding a battery-saving mode when you’re in dire energy straits.

Beyond battery, multitasking looks a lot better with a new 3D app carousel, a more vertical version of Android’s own multitasking window.

Things are even fine tweaked all the way down to the keyboard. Now, the iPhone keyboard will actually look like lowercase letters when you’re not in caps, though I have no idea why that hasn’t been the case for the past 8 years. You’ll also get a made over Siri and other improvements under the hood making your iPhone less broken and more secure. It’s basically the most Android iPhone ever!

Of course, the new iPhone 6s and 6s plus will get additional features enabled by new hardware like 3D touch and 4k video recording. But not everyone can sell a kidney to buy a new iPhone every year.

There are lots more features—apparent and hidden—illustrating why iOS 9 is worth downloading (if you haven’t downloaded the beta already.) If you’re still cruising with iOS 8 or below, here’s the three-step tango you’re going to want to do to upgrade: Settings > General > Software Update. For you 16GB users out there, it might make more sense to update through iTunes with the limited mobile space on your device—or else say your goodbyes to those downloaded Spotify playlists. Luckily, things should be much easier this year because iOS 9 is only 1.3GB rather than last year’s 4.6GB monstrosity. Either way, make sure you back up your data via iCloud and iTunes, you know, just to be safe.

As long as you have an iPhone 4s and above, and iPad 2 and above, and fifth generation touch (or that fancy new one), then you’re good to go. However, you should probably be wary of those borderline devices. The OS may work in theory, but your device could see a significant slowdown (though a test by the Wall Street Journal suggests you old Apple diehards might be in luck.)

Enjoy your new iPhone digs, and let us know in the comments if you encounter any strange problems. Unfortunately, there’s precedent for that.

Update: Apple confirms that updating immediately could be a bumpy ride, so deep breaths, people.

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The A-10 Thunderbolt II is now constantly under daily attack by its own Air Force trying to cut its budget and buy a few more Joint Strike Fighters. But, to those on the ground, the Warthog is an indispensable piece of flying artillery. Politics aside, John Q. Public has posted up an excellent short documentary […]

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Ever get called out for a MySQL issue only to realize that there was no issue?  It was a false alarm from the monitor.  We sure have and it’s frustrating, especially at 3:00 or 4:00 in the morning!
Many DBAs work in an environment where there is some sort of first level support that gets assigned tickets first.  Unfortunately, many of the times these groups are, shall we say, less than skilled in MySQL.  As a result, they quickly escalate the ticket onto the primary on-call DBA, even when there is really nothing wrong.
Much of the time, there are multiple types of MySQL topology in these environments: standalone, galera cluster, replication, etc.  Writing large runbooks with detailed test cases can be a daunting process and one that will cause many first-level support engineers to give up and simply escalate the issue anyway.
In an effort to avoid undue call outs, we developed a simple bash script to connect to MySQL and run a variety of tests.  The script is super simple to run and essentially gives advice to the support engineer on some ways to resolve simple issues.  The script runs these tests and gives pass or fail feedback along with advice for the next step.  All of the advice is summarized at the bottom.
The basic idea is to have this script on each server.  When the support engineer logins it, all they have to do is run this script.  They don’t even have to know a login account to the database server.  The script will produce output directing them on what to do next.
The script even checks some basic system metrics as well, such as CPU utilization, RAM consumption, swap usage, etc.
Keep in mind this script is not meant to find every problem.  Instead, its purpose is to help first level support personnel determine whether the issue is a minor one that can be resolved easily without escalation, or whether they need to wake up a more senior level MySQL DBA.
This script is the first version we did as a proof of concept.  We would love to hear back from the community at large on improvements, additions, changes, etc.  It would also be helpful to learn how others solve these sorts of issues.  And yes, better monitoring is probably the best solution; unfortunately, some clients prefer certain solutions for financial reasons or otherwise.
Feel free to modify the script as needed to fit your needs.
Here is the basic script:
#!/bin/bash
#
# Developed by Itchy Ninja Software
# 9/15/2015
#
# This script connects to a MySQL server and performs a number of health checks.
# The idea is for this to be used by a first level support team, who is not skilled
# in MySQL database administration, to allow them to determine whether an alert they
# may have received for a MySQL server is valid. We wrote this when a client was
# continually receiving alerts from a monitor that there was a problem and started
# paging out the MySQL DBAs as a result for several false alarms due to an issue
# with the monitor.
#
# The color code was borrowed from tuning-primer.sh.
# This code was a combination of scripts and code snippets collected over the years.
# Connectivity
MYSQL_USER="root"
MYSQL_PASSWORD="secret"
MYSQL=`which mysql`
MYSQLADMIN=`which mysqladmin`
export black=’\033[0m’
export boldblack=’\033[1;0m’
export red=’\033[31m’
export boldred=’\033[1;31m’
export green=’\033[32m’
export boldgreen=’\033[1;32m’
export yellow=’\033[33m’
export boldyellow=’\033[1;33m’
export blue=’\033[34m’
export boldblue=’\033[1;34m’
export magenta=’\033[35m’
export boldmagenta=’\033[1;35m’
export cyan=’\033[36m’
export boldcyan=’\033[1;36m’
export white=’\033[37m’
export boldwhite=’\033[1;37m’
# Define an array for advice
ADVICE=()
function show_time() {
num=$1
min=0
hour=0
if((num>59));then
((sec=num%60))
((num=num/60))
if((num>59));then ((min=num%60)) ((num=num/60)) ((hour=num))
else
((min=num)) fi
else
((sec=num))
fi
if [ $hour -lt 10 ]; then
hour="0$hour"
fi
if [ $min -lt 10 ]; then
min="0$min"
fi
if [ $sec -lt 10 ]; then
sec="0$sec"
fi
echo "$hour:$min:$sec"
}
function cecho () {
local default_msg=""
message=${1:-$default_msg} # Defaults to default message.
#change it for fun
#We use pure names
color=${2:-black} # Defaults to black, if not specified.
case $color in
black)
printf "$black" ;;
boldblack)
printf "$boldblack" ;;
red)
printf "$red" ;;
boldred)
printf "$boldred" ;;
green)
printf "$green" ;;
boldgreen)
printf "$boldgreen" ;;
yellow)
printf "$yellow" ;;
boldyellow)
printf "$boldyellow" ;;
blue)
printf "$blue" ;;
boldblue)
printf "$boldblue" ;;
magenta)
printf "$magenta" ;;
boldmagenta)
printf "$boldmagenta" ;;
cyan)
printf "$cyan" ;;
boldcyan)
printf "$boldcyan" ;;
white)
printf "$white" ;;
boldwhite)
printf "$boldwhite" ;;
esac
printf "%s\n" "$message"
tput sgr0 # Reset to normal.
printf "$black"
return
}
function replication() { LAST_ERRNO=$(echo $SLAVE_STATUS | grep "Last_Errno" | awk ‘{ print $2 }’) IO_IS_RUNNING=$(echo $SLAVE_STATUS | grep "Slave_IO_Running" | awk ‘{ print $2 }’) SQL_IS_RUNNING=$(echo $SLAVE_STATUS | grep "Slave_SQL_Running" | awk ‘{ print $2 }’) # Check for replication slave
echo -n "Replication slave: "
SLAVE_STATUS=`run_mysql_cmd "SHOW SLAVE STATUS\G"`
if [ -n $SLAVE_STATUS ]; then
cecho "N/A" yellow
else
cecho "YES" yellow
### Run Some Checks ### ## Check For Last Error ## echo -n "Checking for errors in replication: "
if [ "$LAST_ERRNO" != 0 ]; then cecho "FAIL" boldred
ADVICE=("${ADVICE[@]}" "Errors found in replication. You may want to call a MySQL DBA!")
else
cecho "PASS" boldgreen
fi ## Check if IO thread is running ## echo -n "Verify replication I/O thread running: "
if [ "$IO_IS_RUNNING" != "Yes" ]; then cecho "FAIL" boldred
ADVICE=("${ADVICE[@]}" "Replication I/O thread does not appear to be running. Login to MySQL and execute ‘START SLAVE IO_THREAD;’ and then ‘SHOW SLAVE STATUS’ to see if it starts. If not, call a MySQL DBA!")
else
cecho "PASS" boldgreen
fi ## Check for SQL thread ## echo -n "Verify replication SQL thread running: " if [ "$SQL_IS_RUNNING" != "Yes" ]; then cecho "FAIL" boldred
ADVICE=("${ADVICE[@]}" "Replication I/O thread does not appear to be running. Login to MySQL and execute ‘START SLAVE SQL_THREAD;’ and then ‘SHOW SLAVE STATUS’ to see if it starts. If not, call a MySQL DBA!")
else
cecho "PASS" boldgreen
fi
fi }
function pxc() {
# Check for Percona Cluster Node
echo -n "Galera (PXC) cluster: "
PXC_STATUS=`run_mysql_cmd "SHOW GLOBAL STATUS LIKE ‘wsrep%’\G"`
if [ -n $PXC_STATUS ]; then
cecho "N/A" yellow
else
cecho "YES" yellow
STATE=$(echo $PXC_STATUS | grep "wsrep_local_state_comment" | awk ‘{ print $2 }’) CLUSTER_STATUS=$(echo $PXC_STATUS | grep "wsrep_cluster_status" | awk ‘{ print $2 }’) WSREP_READY=$(echo $PXC_STATUS | grep "wsrep_ready" | awk ‘{ print $2 }’) CLUSTER_SIZE=$(echo $PXC_STATUS | grep "wsrep_cluster_size" | awk ‘{ print $2 }’) echo "Cluster Size: $CLUSTER_SIZE"
echo "Cluster Status: $CLUSTER_STATUS"
echo "Local Node Status: $STATE"
echo "Replication: $WSREP_READY"
echo -n "Cluster node is in primary status: "
if [ "$CLUSTER_STATUS" <> "Primary" ]; then
cecho "FAIL" boldred
ADVICE=("${ADVICE[@]}" "Cluster node is in non-primary state. Call a MySQL DBA!")
else
cecho "PASS" boldgreen
fi
echo -n "Cluster size is at least three nodes: "
if [ $CLUSTER_SIZE -ge 3 ]; then
cecho "FAIL" boldred
ADVICE=("${ADVICE[@]}" "Cluster node does not seem to have at least three nodes. Call a MySQL DBA!")
else
cecho "PASS" boldgreen
fi
echo -n "Cluster node is in synced with cluster: "
if [ "$STATE" <> "Synced" ]; then
cecho "FAIL" boldred
ADVICE=("${ADVICE[@]}" "Cluster node is not synced. Call a MySQL DBA!")
else
cecho "PASS" boldgreen
fi
echo -n "Cluster node is replicating with cluster: "
if [ "$WSREP_READY" <> "ON" ]; then
cecho "FAIL" boldred
ADVICE=("${ADVICE[@]}" "Cluster node is not replicating. Call a MySQL DBA!")
else
cecho "PASS" boldgreen
fi
fi
}
function processlist() {
MAX_CONNECTIONS=$(get_mysql_var "max_connections")
CURRENT_CONNECTIONS=1
CURRENT_CONNECTIONS=$(get_mysql_status_var "Threads_connected")
CONNPCT=$(echo "scale=2; $CURRENT_CONNECTIONS / $MAX_CONNECTIONS * 100" | bc)
CONN=$(roundit $CONNPCT 0)
echo -n "Currently running processes: "
if [ "$CONN" -gt 10 ]; then
cecho "FAIL" boldred
ADVICE=("${ADVICE[@]}" "MySQL currently has $CURRENT_CONNECTIONS connections which is $CONN% of its maximum allowed ($MAX_CONNECTIONS) connections. Call a MySQL DBA!")
else
cecho "PASS" boldgreen
fi
# Check the processlist
PROCESSLIST=`run_mysql_cmd "SELECT * FROM information_schema.PROCESSLIST"`
if [[ $PROCESSLIST = "" ]]; then
echo "No processes found."
else
GLOBAL_READ_LOCK=$(echo $PROCESSLIST | grep "Waiting for global read lock" | awk ‘{ print $2 }’)
COMMIT_LOCK=$(echo $PROCESSLIST | grep "Waiting for commit lock" | awk ‘{ print $2 }’)
echo -n "Processes in global read lock: "
if [ ! -z $GLOBAL_READ_LOCK ]; then
cecho "FAIL" boldred
ADVICE=("${ADVICE[@]}" "Processes found in ‘waiting for global read lock’ state. Call a MySQL DBA!")
else
cecho "PASS" boldgreen
fi
echo -n "Processes waiting for commit lock: "
if [ ! -z $COMMIT_LOCK ]; then
cecho "FAIL" boldred
ADVICE=("${ADVICE[@]}" "FLUSH TABLES WITH READ LOCK is waiting for a commit lock. Call a MySQL DBA!")
else
cecho "PASS" boldgreen
fi
fi
}
function get_mysql_var() {
VAR=$($MYSQL -u$MYSQL_USER -p$MYSQL_PASSWORD -h127.0.0.1 -sNe "SHOW GLOBAL VARIABLES LIKE ‘$1’" 2> /dev/null | awk ‘{ print $2 }’)
echo $VAR
}
function errorlog() {
ERRORLOG="`get_mysql_var "log_error"`"
TS=`date +%Y-%m-%d`
#if [ -f $ERRORLOG ]; then
# NUMERRORS=`cat $ERRORLOG | grep "\[ERROR\]" | tail -10 | wc -l` # if [ $NUMERRORS -gt 0 ]; then
# cat $ERRORLOG | grep "\[ERROR\]" | tail -10
# else
# echo "No matching log entries found."
# fi
#fi
echo -n "MySQL error log: "
if [ -r $ERRORLOG ]; then
NUMERRORS=`cat $ERRORLOG 2> /dev/null | grep "$TS" | wc -l` if [ $NUMERRORS -gt 0 ]; then
cecho "FAIL" boldred
ADVICE=("${ADVICE[@]}" "Error log entries found for today. Read the log entries and determine whether a MySQL DBA is needed.")
echo "Error log entries found:"
cat $ERRORLOG | grep "$TS"
else
cecho "PASS" boldgreen
fi
else cecho "FAIL" boldyellow
ADVICE=("${ADVICE[@]}" "Could not open the MySQL Error Log, $ERRORLOG. Change to either the ‘mysql’ or ‘root’ user and try again.")
fi
}
function get_mysql_status_var() {
VAR=$($MYSQL -u$MYSQL_USER -p$MYSQL_PASSWORD -h127.0.0.1 -sNe "SHOW GLOBAL STATUS LIKE ‘$1’" 2> /dev/null | awk ‘{ print $2 }’)
echo $VAR
}
function header() {
cecho "==============================================================" boldblue
cecho "= $1" boldblue
cecho "==============================================================" boldblue
}
function health() {
# Get datadir from MySQL
DATADIR="`get_mysql_var "datadir"`"
GLOBAL_STATUS="`run_mysql_cmd "SHOW GLOBAL STATUS LIKE ‘Uptime’"`"
UPTIME=$(get_mysql_status_var ‘Uptime’)
THREADS_CREATED=$(get_mysql_status_var ‘Threads_created’)
echo -n "MySQL uptime: "
if [ "$UPTIME" -lt 86400 ]; then
cecho "WARNING" boldyellow UP=$(show_time $UPTIME)
ADVICE=("${ADVICE[@]}" "The mysqld process was restarted in the past 24 hours and has been up $UP.")
else
cecho "PASS" boldgreen
fi
}
function roundit() {
LC_ALL=C printf "%.*f\n" $2 $1
}
function system_metrics() {
PROCS=$(echo "($(echo "$(grep -c proc /proc/cpuinfo)/3" | bc -l)+0.9)/1" | bc)
LOADAVG=$(cat /proc/loadavg | awk ‘{ print $1 }’ | cut -d ‘%’ -f 1)
LOAD=$(roundit $LOADAVG 0)
echo -n "System load average: "
if [ "$LOAD" -gt "$PROCS" ]; then
cecho "FAIL" boldred
ADVICE=("${ADVICE[@]}" "The load average is, $LOADAVG, which indicates that all CPUs are fully utilized. You may want to reach out to Linux Admins and a MySQL DBA!")
else
cecho "PASS" boldgreen
fi
MEMORYUSED=$(free | grep Mem | awk ‘{print $3/$2 * 100.0}’)
MEM=$(roundit $MEMORYUSED 0) echo -n "Memory usage: "
if [ "$MEM" -ge 95 ]; then
cecho "FAIL" boldred
ADVICE=("${ADVICE[@]}" "It appears $MEM% of the RAM is in use. You may want to reach out to Linux Admins and a MySQL DBA!")
else
cecho "PASS" boldgreen
fi
DISKUSAGE=$(df -h $DATADIR | awk ‘{ print $5 }’ | tail -n 1 | cut -d ‘%’ -f 1)
DISKPCT=$(roundit $DISKUSAGE 0) echo -n "Disk usage: "
if [ "$DISKPCT" -ge 95 ]; then
cecho "FAIL" boldred
ADVICE=("${ADVICE[@]}" "Over 95% of the disk is in use. You may want to reach out to a MySQL DBA!")
else
cecho "PASS" boldgreen
fi
CPUUSAGE=$(top -bn1 | awk ‘/Cpu/ { cpu = 100 – $8 }; END { print cpu }’)
CPU=$(roundit $CPUUSAGE 0)
echo -n "CPU usage: "
if [ "$CPU" -ge 95 ]; then
cecho "FAIL" boldred
ADVICE=("${ADVICE[@]}" "It appears $CPUUSAGE% of the CPU is utilized. You may want to reach out to Linux Admins and a MySQL DBA!")
else
cecho "PASS" boldgreen
fi
SWAPUSAGE=$(top -bn1 | awk ‘/Swap/ { swap = $7 / $3 * 100 }; END { print swap }’)
SWAPPCT=$(roundit $SWAPUSAGE 0)
echo -n "Swap usage: "
if [[ $SWAPPCT -ge 50 ]]; then
cecho "FAIL" boldred
ADVICE=("${ADVICE[@]}" "It appears $SWAPPCT% of the CPU is utilized. You may want to reach out to Linux Admins and a MySQL DBA!")
else
cecho "PASS" boldgreen
fi
}
function run_mysql_cmd() {
eval "$MYSQL -u$MYSQL_USER -p$MYSQL_PASSWORD -h127.0.0.1 -sNe \"$1\" 2> /dev/null"
}
function display_advice() {
# Display advice
echo
header "Recommended Action"
if [ "${#ADVICE[@]}" -gt 0 ]; then
for i in $(seq 0 ${#ADVICE[@]}) ; do cecho "${ADVICE[$i]}" boldred ; done
else
cecho "No issues with MySQL could be detected by this script." boldgreen
fi
}
# Get the datadir from MySQL
### Main Code
header "MySQL Health Check"
echo -n "MySQL connection: "
MYSQL_USEROPTIONS="-u$MYSQL_USER -p$MYSQL_PASSWORD -h127.0.0.1"
if ! $MYSQLADMIN $MYSQL_USEROPTIONS ping > /dev/null 2>&1; then
cecho "FAIL" boldred
ADVICE=("${ADVICE[@]}" "MySQL does not seem to be running or supplied username/password is not correct. You can check whether MySQL is running with ‘service mysql status’ or ‘ps ax | grep mysqld’. If it is down, you may start MySQL with ‘service mysql start’ and try this script again. If that fails, you may want to call a MySQL DBA!")
system_metrics
display_advice
exit 1
else
cecho "PASS" boldgreen
health
processlist
replication
pxc
system_metrics
errorlog
display_advice
fi
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MySQL Health Check Script

When the temperature drops and you aren’t grilling outdoors anymore, it’s time to prepare your grill for a few cold months under cover. Here’s how to make sure it will be primed and ready to fire up in the Spring.

First, give your grill a thorough cleaning both inside and out. Remove the grates, heating element, and gas tubes. Then clean each piece individually to remove all food which can attract insects and rodents.

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Coat the burners and metal parts with cooking oil to help repel moisture and prevent rust and wrap the end of the gas line with a plastic bag to keep spiders and bugs from nesting in the gas tubes.

The Family Handyman has a few more tips for winter grill storage, so check out their full article below.

Grill Storage Tips for Winter | The Family Handyman

Photo by Charles & Hudson.

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Winterize Your Grill to Protect it from Insects and Moisture