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Part 2 in the USB Power Supply design series. Selection of the housing. Podcast: Download

PART 1 of 2 Dave compares six $100 Multimeters: BK Precision BK2709B http://www.tequipment.net/BK2709B.html Extech EX505 http://www.tequipment.net/ExtechEX505.asp Amprobe 34XR-A http://www.tequipment.net/Amprobe34XR-A.html UEi DM391 http://www.tequipment.net/UEiDM391.html IDEAL 61-342 http://www.tequipment.net/Ideal61-342.asp UNI-T UT61D http://www.uni-trend.com/UT61D.html Podcast: Download

Bad Product Design 101: How to screw up your product with a simple design oversight. The IDEAL brand 61-342 looked like a nice multimeter until Dave tried to actually use it and discovered an epic product design FAIL! Podcast: Download

Dave cuts loose on the ridiculous battery life on the Nokia E71 mobile phone. The code monkeys at Garmin and Nokia get a serve. Podcast: Download

Another random drive-time rant. Dave rants about how dickhead marketing changes can screw up your winning product. The Tropicana Story: http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/brandnewday/archives/2009/04/tropicana_fiasc.html and http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/linda-tischler/design-times/never-mind-pepsi-pulls-much-loathed-tropicana-packaging and http://www.johnmamus.com/designeverything/2009/01/tropicana-design-critique.html Podcast: DownloadPodcast (podcast2): Download