[sdiy] Weird hobby of the week: Chip-colecting!

[Daniel Araya]

It's friday so I thought I'll share something amusing:

http://www.antiquetech.com/ 


My favourite quotes:

"There is a general debate in the collecting community as to which is
better, individual chips or mounted chips."

"Pulled or desoldered chips are a fact of life in chip collecting."

"Carefully pulled chips can be aesthetically very pleasing.

"The Common Chip Grading Methodology (CCGM) provides for a 100 point
scale, not dissimilar to coin grading."


The funniest part is the collector archetypes page decribing the
conflicts and relationships between different types of chip-collectors!
http://www.antiquetech.com/hobby/Collection%20Archetypes.htm 


I think it's good that people guard our technological heritage but
sometimes it goes a _bit_ too far... :)


/d