For the first half of this week I was in Friedrichshafen, Germany with my boss at a seminar.  We brought our digital projector (”beamer”) in order to go through some slides with our colleagues.  However, Swiss and German power outlets are different:

Swiss Power Outlet

German (European) Power outlet.

Unfortunately we forgot to bring a power adaptor.  My boss, the engineering manager of our company, went for a breakfast walk and found the utility company in town, and obtained a length of cable from them for free (remember, in Germany, outside of restrictive hours, all the shops are CLOSED).

He came back and MacGyvered up the following dangerous looking but functional connection between the German electrical supply and our Swiss beamer.  No animals were hurt during the filming of this contraption.

Ladies and Gentlemen, we are the department of Engineering !!