Ok so here is my 2 I am an eagle scout and a digital professional. Putting in ram is no more a diy skill as screwing in a light bulb. It only goes in one way. Scouting skills should be required for boys and girls in school. My troop built a 25 foot tower with wood and rope (no metal!) every year at summer camp. That is a useful diy skill, as is knife sharpening. Modern PC skills are all good, but you need to dig a little deeper to see the real skill. Replacing surface mount components on a board? Re-purposing audio gear, circuit bending? Car engine swaps. How bout the open source car ECU supports any style engine (except Wankel's I think)
links to some things i think are cool http://forums.openecu.org/viewforum.php?f=15&sid=0e63d62e7dfcc443b68b04d932494e0d
I am an eagle scout and a digital professional. Putting in ram is no more a diy skill as screwing in a light bulb. It only goes in one way. Scouting skills should be required for boys and girls in school. My troop built a 25 foot tower with wood and rope (no metal!) every year at summer camp. That is a useful diy skill, as is knife sharpening. Modern PC skills are all good, but you need to dig a little deeper to see the real skill. Replacing surface mount components on a board? Re-purposing audio gear, circuit bending? Car engine swaps. How bout the open source car ECU supports any style engine (except Wankel's I think)
links to some things i think are cool
http://forums.openecu.org/viewforum.php?f=15&sid=0e63d62e7dfcc443b68b04d932494e0d
http://www.hackszine.com/blog/archive/2007/09/recycle_an_old_floppy_connecto.html
http://www.theworkshop.ca/energy/dirt_e/4/4.htm