Dude, your Dell exploded !

Back when I still had a job that, well ... paid, I had something similar happen. For a while before stumbling back to my home state to do this politics thing, I was the head of IT for a software company out in San Francisco. One day, I'm sitting in my office and I here this loud "pop" noise. Everyone's looking at me - either because of my habit of pounding on my desk when something worked - or even more likely because right outside my office, on one of my staffer's desks, there was a fire. The battery in his laptop (which was charging at the time) had literally exploded, and there were flames shooting out of it. By this time, everyone in the immediate area, and in the loft up above (this was the dot com era, people) is staring down at it, watching the fire, and more little explosions. I finally had to tell someone to call the damned fire department, 'cuz everyone was completely entranced by the fire. The lesson? Don't buy crappy aftermarket batteries - and if something catches on freakin fire - call the damned fire department. Oh, and take pictures 'cuz it's freaking cool
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Drew Tappan
Campaign Director
Shamansky for Congress
Honest Leadership for Central Ohio