You can make your own loudspeakers... if you have access to a good woodshop, have the inclination, time and patience, you can make a pair of extremely good loudspeakers. Troels Gravesen is a biochemist and audio hobbyist - his website publishes some of the best documented DIY designs around.

March Madness: Not Just For Basketball Fans some spirited competitions here, from the Whedonverse to the Muppetverse (please please please vote for Rowlf), although the lovely and talented Miss C and the Flossers failed to include Consumerist's Worst Company Playoff or Nerdcast's Game Vs. Game Tournament or Queen Victoria's Royal Pick-Em, or the non-playoff-oriented Modok Madness (via thatotherfilter).