Wes Phillips

"This is simply a resistor that has pretty much no resistance: in effect a bit of wire in a tiny box. It might sound like an absurd component, but they're quite common in modern circuits, because they can be used to bridge the gap between adjacent tracks on a circuit board with a standard-size component. I'd like to apologise both for knowing that and for sharing it with you."

The long, though not particularly hard, way. Good lessons—presented realistically for a change.

"When you're hungry, eat. When you're tired, nap in a sunbeam. When you go to the vet's, pee on your owner."


Gary Smith