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samzenpus
from the stupid-is-as-stupid-does dept.
Bruce Perens writes "A Berkeley, California, burglar engineered his own arrest, and that of his girlfriend, when he stole a laptop and used it as his personal computer. He didn't realize that the laptop had an automatic backup program, and that the photos he took were being copied to his victim's backup repository. Berkeley police recognized him, and his location, from the photos."
With an old/cheap PC power supply, a project box from Radio Shack, and some voltage regulators, and few barrel plugs. You can regulate the 12v to 9v, the 5v down to 3v, 13.8v might be hard to get. A little bit of soildering later, and you should have more than you need.