# Behold my geekiness! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 15, 2005, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behold-my-geekiness/299445 "2005-04-15T05:42:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behold-my-geekiness/299445/1 "2005-04-15T05:42:26Z")
So I was watching Attack of the Show! (The new, lamer form of what was once The Screen Savers) yesterday, and they had a project featured to make a USB charger for your PSP. Well, I have no PSP (at least not yet), but I made note that USB outputs 5V (which I’m sure I knew before, but never really paid attention). Well later that night, I get bored and am about to hit the hay when I remember the project, and take a look at my cell phone charger. Sure enough, 5V output! Huzzah! I think, and go about looking for a spare USB cord. Lo and behold, I have one, still in it’s packaging! (the fact that I have a spare USB cable laying around just because should probably help clue you in to my geekiness, really). Then I find the charger from my older phone, which uses the same connection. So, I pull out my Swiss Army Knife (wire cutters and strippers are for pansies!) and some electrical tape, and get to splicing. Five minutes later, I’ve assembled what I hope to be a working cell phone charger. I get out said older phone, because I paid too damn much for my new phone just to fry it because I switched the polarities or accidentaly shorted it out, and plug the older phone in. It lights up and says “charging!” Success, I shout in my head and leave it be for a few minutes to make sure it still operates. Unfortunately, my phone was already fully charged a that moment, so I couldn’t test it out fully at the moment. But now after letting it drain for a day, I plugged it in, and it charged up quickly. Maybe quicker than the regular adapter, but I’ll have to test that out later. ---
**Author:** ![wasson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4da419/32.png) [@wasson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wasson)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behold-my-geekiness/299445/2 "2005-04-15T22:14:17Z")
You think that’s geeky? I was once interviewed on an episode of The Screen Savers (the older, less lame version of Attack of the Show). That’s truly geeky. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behold-my-geekiness/299445/3 "2005-04-15T22:22:51Z")
> [@wasson](#): > > I was once interviewed on an episode of The Screen Savers (the older, less lame version of Attack of the Show). That’s truly geeky. Wow. I am envious. Can I touch your pocket protector? ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behold-my-geekiness/299445/4 "2005-04-15T23:04:51Z")
Gah! Teh geek! Put some pants on, fer god’s sake. I do not want to see your geekiness. (But really, I myself am an Otaku no Video, an anime geek.) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behold-my-geekiness/299445/5 "2005-04-15T23:21:42Z")
> [@Electronic Chaos](#): > > Well, I have no PSP (at least not yet). And you call yourself geeky? :dubious: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behold-my-geekiness/299445/6 "2005-04-15T23:24:48Z")
> [@Electronic Chaos](#): > > So, I pull out my Swiss Army Knife (wire cutters and strippers are for pansies!) [You got that right](http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/6b3b/). (I have one of those.) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behold-my-geekiness/299445/7 "2005-04-16T01:16:53Z")
Your Swiss Army Knife has a USB slot, that moderately geeky. Of course, if you want to [look cool](http://oakley.com/o/o1213d/) 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behold-my-geekiness/299445/8 "2005-04-16T04:39:24Z")
> [@Tapioca Dextrin](#): > > And you call yourself geeky? :dubious: 😃 I said I was geeky, not rich.