Computing

‘Big Mess of Wires’ Homebuilt Processor Is, In Fact, a Big Wonderful Mess of Wires

Steve Chamberlin’s “Big Mess of Wires” processor took “18 months, about $US1,000 and 1,253 pieces of wire” to build, measures roughly one square foot and, amazingly, computes at about the level of a Commodore 64. [Gadget Lab]


April 15, 2009

Giz Explains: Why Analogue Audio Cables Really Aren’t All The Same

While I’ve clearly stated that, despite Best Buy’s 57 overpriced “choices,” HDMI cables pretty much all do the same thing, this isn’t the case with analogue audio cables. Here’s the physical explanation why: