[Cialug] Sparkfun Free Day?

jrnosee at gmail.com jrnosee at gmail.com
Wed Jan 6 20:42:54 CST 2010


No way...do you need a code or something?  I can't believe this...they could
probably pull in  enough "free" sales to have owned a small country.
Shopping spree day for everyone on the internet?

On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Jeffrey Ollie <jeff at ocjtech.us> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Nathan C. Smith <nathan.smith at ipmvs.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > There is an on-line vendor called SparkFun (http://www.sparkfun.com/)
>> that sells electronic pieces & parts, most notably Arduino (
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduino) platform. SparkFun has a "free" day
>> tomorrow, meaning that you can order up to $100 worth of merchandise for
>> free, and you only have to pay shipping.
>> >
>> > Got this from another list, but it sounded like a fit for "our list"
>> too.  That deal sounds a little off though....
>>
>> Heh, we seem to have brought their site down.  If I'm able to ever get
>> back in, can I get an Arduino setup for ~$100?  I've wanted to get
>> into experimenting with Arduinos (or similar) but never had the spare
>> cash set aside...
>>
>>
>>
> They have an IRC channel on Freenode #sparkfun.
>
> Arduino is about $35. It is totally worth it. It's as easy as the basic
> stamp but a lot more powerful and uses C/C++ instead of Basic. (but the
> Basic stamp is cool too)
>
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