I was wearing cotton and walking on a wool rug. And here in Minnesota, the humidity is quite low in the winter. All of which meant I kept zapping my computer every time I sat down to work on it. If I tried to ground myself against the nearby outlet (which was inconvenient), I had a static discharge over half an inch long.

[][1]Well, I wasn’t going to continue to zap my computer all day, so I made myself [this quick little static discharge cable][1] out of an old cord and a paperclip. Don’t do this yourself. You’ll kill yourself. No… I won’t tell you how. Just don’t.

That said, it worked great. :)

[1]: http://www.kpmartin.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/02/static-discharger.jpg