@xizdaqrian: Adding an offset (self-stick rubber feet) between the screen and the sheild would probably allow enough convection.

@Whitson Gordon: Don't expect too much from Ann Arbor ;-). I grew up in E. Lansing and the first thing you learn about winter driving is to stay off the road during the first real storm - people are all over the place.

I grew up in Michigan - sloppy, wet snow and now live a bit south where we get less snow and more slush. I hit the shovel and inside chutes of the snowblower with silicone car wax in the fall and don't worry about it after that.

@katstermonster: Um...isn't using a preprinted homework set and solutions manual slacking at its worst?

#7 works wonders - if you have to, cut a piece of material to cover the fireplace opening when you're not using it - even a good flue damper will leak air. Bonus points for clever decoration.

@NixonsGhost: I'm in!!

Having fun often has to be put aside for the hard work of actually getting to where you're going - though if it's to a desired purpose then it's often invigorating at least.

Trius Software As-Easy-As spreadsheet (a 123 clone obviously) - great for its time and still runs on just about anything. Eudora (which I still use). Palm Desktop - the old-school pre phone one (likewise).

These look like program file editors - managing line numbers, comments and indents on the fly. A good "text editor" may be something else (My fave is Q10 in that genre).

Gosh, I've been doing this between my PalmT|X and my desktop for...seven years now.

Good idea but the chest in expansion is probably the weakest muscle set in the body - barely enough to get the rib cage expanded and get air into the lungs...one of the reasons you can't use a snorkel more than a foot or so underwater. Other muscle sets might be more suitable.

@Upser: Good points, but the instances I've dealt with are where (securely packaged) items just disappear - gone forever.

Nearly all of the shippers (UPS, FedEx etc.) do a pretty good job — until they don't. Just try to collect on something they've lost - it's an extraordinary opera of obfuscation. "Not my fault" is the corporate motto for all of these.

@Jason: To my observation it goes into standby without moving much of anything (using less power that way); if it powered off and restarted for each shot, that would be very time consuming (the shots can be spaced very close together if desired) and burn up a lot of power.

@Jason: I have a four year old Pentax that has it, my wife's is about three years old and does as well. The only limitation is battery life and if you turn the post-shooting "screen view" feature off that can be considerable (8 - 10 hours+) without an external battery pack.

Actually my point and shoot is the first thing I think of when I think of time-lapse work. It's already programmed into the menu - as it is with many inexpensive cameras.

These coffee makers use a bubble lift pump to circulate water from the raised reservoir through the heating element and back to the coffee basket (that clicking noise you hear is the check valve cycling as the vapor bubble pushes a slug of water up into the basket).

Ferriss' schtick is the worst sort of hustle, but this article has some merit. As an originally shy geek, I've been forced into a life of public contact and have had to learn the same lessons and have turned a bit garrulous because of it.

@hunter.li86: You could, but there's no reason to and you might look cross eyed.

Too abrasive. I've used toothpaste to lap pistons and other components into small engines before - it tends to be at the "rubbing compound" level of abrasion when you need polishing compound (gotten cheaply at stores that sell car wax, by the way).