Homebrew PCBs

Just a simple suggestion guys - no need to get excited.   My point 
being that while you can use the leads of resistors and other 
components to make vias, sometimes you need a via where there isn't 
such a component. Normally, I just stick a piece of wire in the 
hole, solder it on both sides, clip it off and move on.

However, when measuring voltages, I like to clip (with an aligator 
clip) my VOM to the board, then probe for voltages or whatever. I 
don't normally think to add some sort of test points on my boards - 
crap, I can barely make a board! 

Thinking a bit further, even using a scope this is handy to have.  
While ground pins are handy, sometimes the positive voltage pins are 
handy too.  

I can understand the need for something better than a header pin, 
however, I always seem to have them laying around and they are a bit 
more stiff and sturdy than typical cut-off leads and such.  So, that 
was my thinking.

Chris