{"id":2924,"date":"2010-04-07T13:33:06","date_gmt":"2010-04-07T20:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/?p=2924"},"modified":"2015-09-26T11:11:03","modified_gmt":"2015-09-26T18:11:03","slug":"surplus-electronics-wiki-growing-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/surplus-electronics-wiki-growing-fast\/","title":{"rendered":"Surplus Electronics Wiki Growing Fast"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The past few weeks have seen a lot of activity on the MightyOhm Wiki<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Since it was mentioned<\/a> on the Make: blog<\/a> last week, helpful readers have been making significant contributions every day.<\/p>\n

One highlight of the wiki is the Surplus Electronics Resources<\/a> page, which I first posted about<\/a> in February.\u00a0 It has more than quadrupled in size since then and now includes surplus shops in the United Kingdom<\/a> and Canada<\/a> in addition to dozens in the United States.\u00a0 If you haven’t seen this page yet, you should definitely check it out<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you don’t see your favorite electronics surplus store on the list, please add it!\u00a0 Several of these “junk shops” close every year due to rising rents and competition online. \u00a0 Anything we can do to keep them in business will benefit the maker community.\u00a0 One way to do this is by making sure that folks know that these resources exist, and this is where I hope the wiki will help.<\/p>\n

I want to express my sincere gratitude to everyone who has been contributing to the wiki.\u00a0 In particular, thanks for making it one of the best directories of electronics surplus stores on the web!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The past few weeks have seen a lot of activity on the MightyOhm Wiki! Since it was mentioned on the Make: blog last week, helpful readers have been making significant contributions every day. 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