In the immortal words of Homer Simpson, "From now on, we'll be spelling everything with words". These clocks are over at Instructables with everything you need to build your own, up to the functional clock pictured (you still may need to add a nice frame). The craftsman responsible for this clock, Doug Jackson, has a dedicated site wherein he sells complete kits starting at the not-to-be-sneezed-at price of $145 for the basic model pictured, and a vinyl-faced model for an additional $15.
Have you ever been shopping online for electronic components and left wondering what your desired product would look like as ASCII art? Well neither had I, but I suppose somebody must have to motivate online electronics retailer Sparkfun to convert images of their entire product line to ASCII art.
The picture above depicts three items, all from their top seller range. Can you pick them? You may spy a 9 volt power supply on the left, a voltage regulator on the right, and that happy little chap in the middle is a humble 25c ceramic capacitor.
I certainly don't mean to discourage Sparkfun, it's truly something different, but I must say it did leave me scratching my head.
