The official millennium countdown is on and soon we'll all know what was Y2K-OK, and what was 20th-century dumpster-ready. If you have any electronic product, like a video recorder, that has an on-and-off control device governed by date-and-time settings, but is an older model or a cheapie that isn't Y2K-compliant, we have an answer. Simply set the year back to 1972, and the days will match up perfectly with the days of the year 2000. And that's the On The House tip for today.