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Heathkit Resurrection in the Works - Again? |
 I
saw a headline on EDN about Heathkit being back - again. They reappeared
a couple years ago with a few small build-it-yourself electronics kits,
but that quickly died out. I immediately went to the Heathkit website
and saw its sole content, the U.S. postage stamp with Mark Twain (Samuel
Clemens) speaking his famous quote, "Just say the report of my death
has been grossly exaggerated." Pretty clever. There are no hyperlinks,
just the stamp, copyright info, and the Heathkit logo. The
EDN article had a link to an
online survey asking people what they want to see in the way of
kits. In case you don't know the origin of the Twain quote, here is
Bartleby's
attribution: "In 1897, Twain was living in London where a cousin,
Dr. Jim Clemens, fell ill. The newspapers, believing Twain was near
death, sent reporters to investigate. Twain made his remark when the
correspondent for the Evening Sun told him his death had been reported
in New York, and asked what he should cable in reply."
(Bartleby, of "I would prefer not to." fame, was the
scrivener
in Melville's eponymous story)
Posted May 2013 |
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