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Hardware
Computer and other hardware. I've never bought a "whole" computer, and enjoy fiddling with this kind of stuff.
General
Tom's Hardware Guide
Up-to-date, independent, not too much hype, technically interesting...
Computer Connector Specs
Ever wondered or needed to know what the pin-outs for a computer related plug were?
Electronics
DSE - Technical Information
Electronics Australia
Free Plans & Circuit Schematics
Datasheets
Australian Electronics Webring
Interfacing the PC
KitZ
This is a great mail-order company from Western Australia. Nice range of kits, priced in Australian dollars and delivered within a few days. One that would have been useful when I was building the little FM transmitter I use to transmit from my CD player in my room to the radios in the rest of the house would have been the LED Power Meter for FM Bug tuning.
Infrared
Currently I'm attempting to control my stereo (including 100-disc stacker) from my computer to overcome it's limitations. I've got all the bits to build an IR interface, but kinda gave up and used MP3's instead...
Amplicon ~ AnIR Ergonomic Infrared Mouse ~ IRMan ~ HP48 IR Remote Control ~ Universal IR Receiver ~ IRDA.org ~ ZipLabel.Com Computerised IR Intro ~ ACTiSYS IR 2000L ~ Eon3 X10 Automation ~ X10.com ~ IR and Linux ~ LIRC - Linux IR Remote Control ~ IR Receiver Schematic ~ IR Transmitter Schematic ~ Serial IR Transceiver Schematic ~ Texas Instruments IR Transceiver ~ Texas Instruments IRDA Encoder/Decoder ~ JED MicroprocessorsWacom
My Wacom graphics tablet is just about the coolest thing I have on my computer. I'm a firm believer that it is peripherals that are the important bit of the computer -- software and processing power are pretty irrelevant if you can't do stuff with it!
Wacom ~ Wacom (US) ~ Linux Support ~ BeOS Support