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PeltierBeer
Helstein writes "Finishing a beer in the sun before it gets warm is usually not a problem, but what about those really hot days? Having some hardware lying around there is only one solution to keep the beer cool, that's to make a PeltierBeer."
a beowolf cluster of these!
Jebus, all the time spent building that thing could have been spent drinking...MORE BEER!
Remember, a peltier works both ways. Meaning i can keep my beer nice and hot for those cold winter nights!
Carpe meam simiam!
but what about those really hot days?
Solution: drink faster.
Brilliant!
I think a setup like this should be mandatory at any professional workstation of all IT staff everywhere. Think of how productivity will increase!
Dude, where's my packet?
his beer gets cold. He spends way too much time thinking instead of drinking.
Your research should include the side of the can, where it says "Serve extra cold".
Seriously though, great design. And probably no heavier than a decent beer stein.
WHERE'S MY BEER STEIN?!?!?!?
You are not the customer.
Ok, let me get this straight, he's running 12v down a regular ol', totally otherwise normal, completely unmarked, grey piece of unassuming CAT5 cable...
How long until something releases its magic blue smoke?
Blockwars: go play.
"They do not preach that their god will rouse them, a little before the Nuts work loose." Kipling, 'The Sons of Martha'
There is something so very wrong, but still so very right about that page.
I think my neighbour has a turbo in his car... I wonder if he'd miss it?
bah!
drinking warm guiness is like having sex with the lights off, you miss all the best bits.
Look out honey cause I'm usin' technology
Ain't got time to make no apologies
yes women wear them too, but really whats more important, cool beer, or brests? hmm... on further consideration, that is a hard one.
I want 2D games back.
Have it monitor the level of the liquid in the glass, and have it send a page or IM to your wife to bring you another before you finish the first one.
Now THAT would be truly useful!
that cold beer on the next hot Christmas morning.
Those double walled mugs with liquid inside, you put them in the freezer, the liquid freezes up and it keeps your drink cold, without diluting the beverage with ice cubes.
He could have just gone to the Dollar Store and bought an insulating foam bottle sleeve.
Forget all kinds of contraptions. There is this thing called a bar. You go in there, get a Guinness, drink it, get another, drink it, get another, drink it, get another, drink it, get another, drink it, get another, drink it, get another, drink it, get another, drink it, get another, drink it, get another, drink it, get another, drink it, get another, drink it, get another, drink it, and eventually run out of money and go back home. That's the way to live a happy life.
If that Cat5 carried data, you maybe could get Root on someone's beer...
You drink that sludge? I thought it was road sealant. But then I suppose you guys don't like vegemite, so...
Send lawyers, guns, and money!
huh? what is this beer? does it support linux?
Laa laa laa, I'm this nice Norwegian friend with his laptop.
::the distinct smell of money^H^H^H^H^Hlaptop catching fire is noticable to all assembled::
Hey, my buddy routed ethernet out his window to the lawn where we're hangin out. Schweeet, I brought my expensive laptop and I want to browse the web...
Here we go, ***CLICK***
He was trying to imply that you might accidentally plug the CAT5 "power-cable" into a laptop or some such which would NOT assume it would be fed 12V @ 11A from an ATX supply (and would attempt to sink the current to prevent signal reflections... OUCH)
THIS THING CAN TURN ON A DIME, MACROSSZERO STYLE ALSO FUCK BETA, ~NYORON
Or it could send the temp of the beer back to a recording device of some sort that could sound an alarm if it got too warm for too long :)
"You can now flame me, I am full of love,"
Guinness is supposed to be drunk however the fuck you enjoy it most.
If you like it boiling, while you're juggling knives, and with three shots of ammonia added, then that's the proper way for YOU to drink guiness.
(mostly in response to all the responses to you)
So you're suggesting that a bra is manly?
Karma: Dyn-o-mite!(mostly affected by Jimmy Walker reading your comments)
Well, it is their beer. If you don't like it, you can get your own beer.
Not Meta-modding due to apathy.
That's still American, not Irish. It has English writing.
Eve Fairbanks says I drive a hybrid!LOL
Yes, but hopefully the bra will be removed from the woman upon beer drinking.
Do you even lift?
These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.
I was in Heidelberg many years ago and just happened to have a "stubbie holder" (beer holder, this one made out of wetsuit material) on me.
Anyway, this German guy at this party asked me (in typical Arnie-type speak):
"What is that around your beer?"
"It's a stubby holder." I said.
"What does it do?" he asked
"Keeps the beer cold mate." I said.
"Why don't you drink it faster?" he said.
"Um, well I, ah...."
Breasts produce milk. Milk is yummier than beer. I'll take the breasts with their bras.
Ever need an online dictionary?
Immediately when I saw the headline, I did the Pelllllllllll-Tierrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr-Beeeeeeeeeeeer in the style of the old Rainer Beer commercial that just showed a mountain but the voice over was some guy saying Rainier Beer as if it were a motorcycle or sports car shifting into higher gear as it came around a mountain curve. I was just in grade school at the time but I still remember that commercial and the Hamm's Beer (Bear) Jingle of the late 1970's.
I saw that RJ45 connecting up with a CAT5, and before I read the caption, I thought, "wow, he even gave an IP address to his beer."
This sig no verb.
This particular project would be even cooler (no pun intended) if that cat5 carried some information instead of just power.
The problem with using CAT5 for power is if you (or someone else) ever accidentally plugged it into a computer device... lots of fried equipment!
I don't know maybe the _power over 802.11b_ is a little bit of a moving target until the draft is finalized.
-AX
He is living in NORWAY .. from memory the tempertaures during the most parts of the year were cold enough to avoind needing a beer cooler. In fact in winter you might have some troubles getting your beer out of the can in the first place .. short of a small hammer.
.. (Note: I am norwegian..)
Then again no-one has ever accused a norwegian of being unable to get beer from a can =)
Jon - TheSpork
The two essentials of life apparently come from bras. Life just keeps getting better all the time!
Guinness is supposed to be drunk at room temp not 8-10 Deg C.
...but in the UK where Guiness is made, room temperature is 8-10 Deg C ! Well - on a warm day anyway.
you put my beer in vacume then I kill you.
To not even know how to spell "breast"
Even if a man chops off your hand with a sword, you still have two nice, sharp bones to stick in his eyes.