www.umbrellatoday.com

Over the past few days here in Minneapolis, fall has snuck up on us like an estranged baby-momma on MoPo: "You are the father!!! [SMACK!!]" Yesterday, September 7th, was a perfect example of the bipolar weather patterns. With highs of sunny and warm and lows of cold and drizzle. While it made for a decent biking day, overall it just messed with ones emotions. And of course, as I enter the work week, the questions and continual overcast begs the question,

"Do I bring an umbrella today?"

If you're like me, you don't know what channel is the weather channel, don't have a weather forecasting umbrella, and don't like using your cell phone to hop on the interweb and find out. Luckily, there's an easier way. Thanks to the kids over at Lifehacker I came across this cool little widget: Umbrella Today?

The name, which brings to mind the inquisitive stylings of our Ecuadorian cleaning lady, says it all. Simply type in your ZIP code and it tells you if you need an umbrella. Don't have access to a PC early in the morning? No prob, you can enter your cell number and it will shoot you a text at a time you designate informing you of the days brolly needs.

No more guesswork. No more wet heads. Bon apetit!