Omar L. Gallaga writes about technology culture for the Austin American-Statesman. He's worked for more than nine years at the Austin American-Statesman and edited Technopolis, the newspaper's personal tech section, and ¡ahora sí!, Austin's Spanish-language newspaper. He's been a writer and performer with Austin's award-winning Latino Comedy Project and is a contributing writer for Television Without Pity, MSNBC.com's books section and The Almost Late Show with Bobby Bones. He writes a comic strip, "Space Monkeys!" with his brother, Pablo, and lives in New Braunfels with his wife and three technologically savvy cats.
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By Omar Gallaga
| Tuesday, September 19, 2006, 03:18 PM
Is no laptop safe from the scourge of Sony-made fiery laptop batteries?
Toshiba has joined the recall madness (though, apparently, not for flaming hotness), and there may be more on the way. There was a report this week that an IBM laptop caught fire at Los Angeles International Airport.
My best advice to laptop owners, short of full firefighting gear, is that when you’re at home, keep the battery in a fireproof cage, away from paper, blue-tip matches or flammable liquids. Do not expose the battery to bright light or to water. And whatever you do, don’t feed it after midnight.
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