Category Archives: batteries
That Song You Can’t Get Out Of Your Head
You know that feeling that you have “a radio in your head” and some song gets stuck there and you can’t stop hearing it? New research on “no battery” electrical devices at Duke University might someday mean that you really … Continue reading
Why Did This Take So Long?
By the time you reach my age, changing batteries in the remote control (or anything else) usually starts with a search for my reading glasses. If I can put the batteries in the wrong way, I will. Microsoft (go figure?) … Continue reading
Have You Got A Website?
I got a “cold” call for a web developer yesterday who wanted to know if my company had a website. I’m not sure exactly what struck me as funny about the call, but asking if a business has a web … Continue reading
This Sounds Too Good To Be True
This article from ABC News had me reaching for my calendar to see if it was April Fools Day. Nope, it’s still December. The headline said: Scientists Say Paper Battery Could Be In The Works We sell a lot of … Continue reading
Battery Wars! Just In Time For Christmas
Our battery sales always spike around Christmas. Between the number of special holiday performances that use wireless microphones and battery buying for Christmas toys and electronics, we ship lots of batteries. It seems that CVS Pharmacies has chosen “battery season” … Continue reading
What Big Companies Tell Us About Small Ones
Public companies, whether they like it or not, are required by law to reveal a lot more about their finances and operations than they probably want to. They are owned by their stockholders and regulated by the Securities and … Continue reading
Put Some Power In Your Clicks
Google news alerts served up this article today about a new Duracell program to distribute flashlights and batteries to fire departments. Duracell’s “Hours of Power” program will make donations to fire departments in New York, Chicago, Knoxville Tenn., Springfield Mo. … Continue reading
Why This News Stuck In My Mind
I normally don’t pay any attention to television in the morning, even though it is usually on in the house when I get up. It’s just background noise. For some reason, however, a Today Show video clip from the Video … Continue reading
Wirelessmic.net
We’ve found over the years building “information only” web sites has been an effective way to drive traffic to our e-commerce sites. The ability to provide information and host a forum for the exchange of ideas is a great way … Continue reading
Copper Prices
I came across an interesting article in last week’s Wall Street Journal regarding the continuing strength of commodity prices based on demand in China. This article speculated that a lot of the Chinese buying was a stockpiling of material … Continue reading