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Geek Steve Chamberlin wanted a new computer, but didn’t feel like buying one. So, he built his own from scratch, complete with a CPU that uses “dozens of hand wired logic chips.” Click here for the first picture in gallery.

Still, what he built involved a massive amount of work that took years to complete. The resulting CPU won’t exactly win a performance test against an Intel Core i7, but his 8-bit creation can run all sorts of real programs in Basic.

[via Dvice]

Most watches are boring, these cool watches were designed specifically for geeks, starting with the Scope Watch above. Similar to “an underwater sonar detecting mines around your submarine, the watch searches the coordinates and stops on the correct time.” Click here to see them all. Continue reading for a video of the Abyss watch.

[via UGO]