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Posts tagged “plug”

"Coffee Cup" Car Power Station

We talk about apartments—a lot. But for those of you super-travelers who seem to live in your car, here's a tech solution for powering your gadgets......

Lacking Bathroom Space? DIY a 'Plug-In Shelf'

Ah, the power outlet... it's the lifeblood of all of our favorite gadgets. But it can also help out in other ways around the house, like storing your toothbrush—wait, what?...

PlugLock Keeps Big Transformers in Place

Sometimes the industrial design, or lack thereof, of some products amazes us. If whetever you're powering needs to have an enormous transformer attached, design the cord so it's placed somewhere in th...

Look! Hide Unseemly Wall Sockets!

Even though we might think that most places don't have enough wall sockets, there are some houses and pads that just have sockets at the worst possible places. There wasn't much that you could do with...

Making Sense of World Plug and Sockets Around the Globe

My better half departed off to London and now Cornwall for a 2 week sojourn a few days ago, a journey along the craggy British coast. Like me, she tends to be joined at the finger tips to her laptop, ...