From: MAKE Magazine
Spotted in the MAKE Flickr pool: Flickr user mrbbking is learning
electronics by working his way through various electronics books,
which is a great idea. The picture above shows two of his attempts
to build an identical circuit. Both versions work, however he was
unsatisfied with the way his first attempt looked (right side), so
he re-arranged the parts to construct a much neater version (left
side): Two copies of the same circuit. The one on the right was
done first, and is a pretty good rat's nest, if I do say so myself.
The one on the left was built based on the other one, but with an
eye toward clarity. Much eas...
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