[sdiy] contest idea

[jbv]

just for the anecdote, that idea reminds me of a web app (mentioned in
an earlier issue of Wired) using the Google API : you enter the list of
what's left in your fridge and it returns all recipes available on the web
using those (and only those) elements...
Perhaps the same app could be used for electronic parts...

JB

> I had an idea for a contest. Since I'm always trying to find ways to use
> what electronics parts I have at hand I thought it might be a cool idea to
> have a contest to see who could make the coolest piece of DIY gear using
> only what they already have and buying nothing. There could be two
> catagories: one with ONLY parts that have been salvaged from junk and one
> that would allow for parts bought a while ago.
>
> I mean I just know some of you have some really cool parts that you just
> haven't been able to squeeze into anything yet.
>
> I'm hoping that as my current phase of austerity fades away once more that I
> have not lost the creative edge that I think I have fostered in the mean
> time.