While drinking certain dark beers in the sun, I came to think about how to keep the beer cold until I finished it.
Normally this isn’t a big problem as I usually finish them before they get warm, but on really hot days this can be a problem. Having some hardware lying around in my apartment, I decided to build something that could keep the beer cool.
Read on to see how I made my own PeltierBeer.

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It’s not too late! NaNoWriMo.org

Charles Dickens, in a note now lying before me, alluding to an examination I once made of the mechanism of Barnaby Rudge, says—”By the way, are you aware that Godwin wrote his Caleb Williams backwards? He first involved his hero in a web of difficulties, forming the second volume, and then, for the first, cast about him for some mode of accounting for what had been done.”

The Philosophy Of Composition

blummy is a tool for quick access to your favorite web services via your bookmark toolbar.
It consists of small widgets, called blummlets, which make use of Javascript to provide
rich functionality (such as bookmarklets).

blummy

Stanford on iTunes will expand in content and features in the coming months. Soon users will be able to access descriptions of each track, listen to over 30 lectures from Reunion Homecoming 2005, and even watch video of select programs.

Stanford on iTunes

 iTunes Companion searches for album cover art for your current iTunes track at amazon.com and downloads it to your hard drive. The image is only downloaded once. The next time you play that track it finds the image on your hard drive. It searches for artwork in your iTunes Library before going to amazon.com.

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Here, for no reason at all, are 10 RSS power user tips that you can use to enhance your life. Some of these you might already know, others you may not.

MicroPersuasion: Ten RSS Hacks

If you wish to be a prophet, first you must dress the part. No more silk ties or tasseled loafers. Instead, throw on a wrinkled T-shirt, frayed jeans, and dirty sneakers. You should appear somewhat unkempt, as if combs and showers were only for the unenlightened. When you encounter critics, as all prophets do, dismiss them as idiots. Make sure to pepper your conversation with grandiose predictions and remind others of your genius often, lest they forget. Oh, and if possible, grow a very long beard.

Aubrey D.N.J. de Grey: biographical sketch

NaNoWriMo Blogs

The following is a short list of other blogs with NaNoWriMo content. The top few are listed below, and after the jump are about 50 more.

Yzabel @ NaNoWriMo 2005 updated 18 hours ago
NaNoWriMo jhawkins 2005 updated 23 Oct 2005
Nanowrimo ‘05 Podcast updated 18 Oct 2005
NaNoWriMo 2005: The Aegis Prologue updated 12 Sep 2005
Nanowrimo Brisbane updated 17 May 2005
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Most likely you sit behind a desk clicking away at a computer all day, and if you are participating in NaNoWriMo this month you will likely spend double the normal amount of time at your PC.

You can keep snacks (hot pockets, crackers, chips, etc.) with you at your desk to stave of starvation, and you can keep iTunes up and running the entire time for entertainment. But what are you supposed to do about exercise? They don’t make microwaveable exercise, but eHow has a nifty article on how to exercise while sitting down.
How to Exercise While Sitting at Your Computer