Recharging your batteries — both mental and lithium | At The Library Column

It’s wise to occasionally consider the little-noticed yet larger aspects of life. I did just that when a smoke alarm battery died at 1 a.m., yet again. While fetching the ladder from outside I started adding up all the battery-powered devices I associate with. I’m skewed toward Luddite-ism, but the number was still staggering, depressing, and incomplete; the rechargeable wine bottle opener my mother gave me just came to mind, and others exist. Therefore, exploring how to properly charge these cordless electricity gobblers is sensible, and Geoffrey Fowler of the Washington Post helps with a recent article, “You’re Charging Wrong: 5 Ways to Make Gadget Batteries Last Longer.”One of Fowler’s suggestions is of…

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