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Projects I did, but probably should not have

For months I had this half-finished project cluttering up my desk. Then the other night I finished it up.

It’s an audio amp inside a coffeecan.

Now, even as I was making it, I was thinking, why am I putting several hours of work into this? I was making from scratch something that I could buy at Goodwill for a couple of bucks. And the Goodwill version would work far better.

At the very back you can see the pumpkinseed-sized audio amp IC chip that is the core of the project. Everything else is just a peripheral.

Then I found myself doing another totally ridiculous project. Making moss terrariums.

Even as I put them together, I thought to myself, there’s no way I’m keeping these.

This one has shells inside it.

Got them for a buck at the dollar store.

This one has a tiny forest of crystals.

Like an alien planet or something!

Yep. Sometimes I start something and I just can’t stop.

mbey: Matthew is a writer and editor living in Austin, TX.
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