[dorkbotsea-blabber] Nerdy bargains from American Science & Surplus

[Kevin Purcell]

Seen on Kevin Kelly's (kk.org) Cool Tools list. Seems like the sort  
of thing dorkbotters like.

> Nerdy bargains
> American Science & Surplus
>
> Following behind the juggernaut of high-tech industry is a trail of  
> odd bits and stray leftovers. This surplus is a tinkerer's delight.  
> One legendary source of cheap parts, weird stuff, cheap knockoffs,  
> and plain junk is American Science & Surplus. They sell "closeouts,  
> inventory overruns, mis-manufactures, and items whose time has not  
> come. When a surplus item is gone, it is gone." It's the ultimate  
> hacker's mail-order junk store.
>
> They don't take themselves too seriously, either, often belittling  
> the scrap they are selling. The items are illustrated with crude  
> sketches on yellow newsprint paper in their crowded 95-page paper  
> catalog. It's a cornucopia of irresistible bargains.  Science fair  
> motors! Chemistry kits! Craft tools. I dare you to open it without  
> finding something you have to have. (AS&S's rustic tone is part of  
> their "crazy cheap" schtick. On their website, in addition to the  
> doodles you can also click to see a photo of an item as well.)  
> While funny, their descriptions are always honest, and the stuff  
> delivered will be entirely useable. More so than most catalogs, the  
> bulk of the items listed are inspirational: " Oh, I could do that!"  
> Prices are, as they say, incredible.
>
> If you "make different,"  <http://www.sciplus.com/index.cfm>.
>
> -- KK

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