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Build a battery powered USB charger

By Oliver Haslam On February 12, 2009 · Leave a Comment

I watch a lot of video podcasts, and most of them are made by the guys over at Revision3. One of said podcasts is Systm, hosted by Patrick Norton and friends.

Systm is a show dedicated to giving you the skills and knowledge needed [...]

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Exploding notebook batteries ftw

By Oliver Haslam On November 3, 2008 · 2 Comments

After reading this I’m now sat looking at my MacBook and considering buying a fire extinguisher !

This thread over on the Macrumors forum explains how one unlucky owner had the battery in his MacBook Pro EXPLODE ! Now that’s never a good thing !

I’ve never actually seen one go bad to [...]

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