Earlier this day I wanted to charge my laptop’s battery, but…

Aw, that somehow doesn’t fit!

Of course it was already late and the shops were closed so I couldn’t buy one of those converter-things.

It was obvious though that the plus and minus connectors would be just in the right position, just the third connector was in the way. And like McGyver I have a Swiss Army Knife with me in such situations and wanted to cut away the earth contact so it would fit into that Spanish power outlet.

Fortunately, my girlfriend was also around and like usually she thinks way more than I do, so as I told her about my genius plan, she took a look at the transformer

and asked me why I don’t use those standard two pole cables like the one I use for charging the camera.

Of course, it just worked and here you see what will provide the laptop with power until I turn back home.

(By the way, thanks to that other guy somewhere at Las Canteras beach near to my hotel for providing an unprotected access point)

Tags: apple, macbook, travel