You might look around the house for anything with a usb port. My DirecTV receivers have an unused USB port on the front, and it's always got power. I charge my Touch there using the dock cable. I have a network printer with a USB port on the front. It is alway powered if the printer is always on which it is. I can charge my Touch there as well. Any self-powered ipod dock/clock/speakers will also charge your ipod if they have a dock connector for the ipod.