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Daily Archives Monday, March 2007

My Favourite Electrical Connections

People seem to love my lists. Here is one of my favourite electrical connections:

Scart Socket
USB Port
3.5mm Stereo jack
Double phono
2.5mm Stereo jack
Parallel port
Ethernet
PS/2

/* Pete Graham */

Posted 19 March 2007 † Pete § Tech § electrical connections § scart ‡ Comments (3) °

USB ports everywhere, yeah!

I used to think that it would be a dragons-den-tastic idea to manufacture computer cases with extension plugs built into the back of the case, this would mean you wouldn’t need to buy a separate extension plug (for your printer, scanner, modem, router, etc) when you buy a new PC. Although I still think this [...]

Posted 19 March 2007 † Pete § Tech § electricity § plugs § usb ‡ Comments (2) °

USBCELL: Recharge batteries using USB power!

I think USBCELL cell batteries are really cool. Basically these are rechargeable batteries that are charged via a USB port on your computer. The USB connector is built into the batter so there is no need to hunt about for a separate charger, this always happens to me on the occasions I decide to dust [...]

Posted 19 March 2007 † Pete § Tech § USBCELL § batteries ‡ Comments (0) °