Home Made Charger

I caught this on Cnet and find it unbelievable. Somebody took the time to create a USB charger out of an Altoids tin and 2 AA batteries. Pretty friggin stellar. Here is the synopsis at the top of the page:

This project details a small & simple, but very powerful USB charger for your mp3 player, camera, cell phone, and any other gadget you can plug into a USB port to charge!

The charger circuitry and 2 AA batteries fit into an Altoids gum tin, and will run your iPod for hours: 2.5x more than you'd get from a 9V USB charger! You can use rechargable batteries too.

I wish I could use this, but my iPod is the second generation model that can only charge via firewire. I should probably build it either way. I'm a self-admitted dork..