Fashion tips for fat or short people

So, if you are rotund or short, your goal is to project a more elongated figure. Here are a few general principles:

• Don't break lines, like contrasting belt in the middle of your torso or distressed jeans with patches and holes (those things break up the straight line and shortens you).
• Wear clothes that are not tight but skims the body. Don't wear baggy clothes.
• Don't wear clothes that are square in shape (think muumuus).
• Accentuate your assets (for example a V-cut to highlight your neckline or gentle horizontal lines or creases right under the bust to balance a big butt). 
• Create a sense of proportion. Don't wear baggy tops with tight pants like leggings.
• Wear dark (black or deep blue) straight-cut pants. Don't wear pants that have patterns or designs that will break up the lines.  
• Don't wear pastel colors. Wear dark pants and rich (for example, deep red) tops.

Art blogs worth following

Too tired to walk into a modern art museum? Have a fun weeknight or weekend being a nerd and surfing beautiful works of art on the net instead.  We'll be updating this article as we discover more cool sites.

List of sites I would recommend:

• Behance - portfolio of professional artists and designers
• Colossal - blog of wonderful art covering illustration, photography, graphic design, product design, video editing, and architecture. Talented curator. 
• Designer Daily - Graphic and product design with articles and resources.
• Society6 - store for beautiful prints.

List of artists to watch

• Abby Diamond - pen and ink with watercolor.
• Annant Nanvare (India) - portraits from paper rolls and other works
• Chan Hwee Chong (Singapore) - pen and ink (spiral drawing for Faber Castell) and graphic design 

Getting rid of the old-socks smell in your car AC

Some cars have AC that smells like wet old socks. To prevent that from happening, shut off the AC about a mile from your destination and just let it evaporate so the condensation in the system doesn't collect on the evaporator assembly and foster mold growth.

If you get mold anyway, you can bring it to your dealer. For the Prius, search for  "T-SB-0261-09." It's a technical service bulletin (T-SB) relating to the evaporator assembly. (see http://community.cartalk.com/discussion/2129911/mold-in-2008-prius)

If your car is no longer under warranty, you'll have to pay out of pocket to get it fixed. It's about a couple of hundred dollars to get it fixed because they apparently have to take the whole thing apart. But you can skip all that. 

Several mechanics that a coworker consulted gave him details on the fix for his Prius:

1. Get a jumbo can of Lysol disinfectant. 
2. Run the air conditioner.
3. Spray a lot of  Lysol down in the passenger compartment vents near the bottom of the windshield when you open up the hood. The disinfectant kills the mold that's collecting on the evaporator assembly. 
4. Do the same thing with the passenger air filter compartment (beneath the glove compartment).