{"id":312,"date":"2020-04-25T17:16:26","date_gmt":"2020-04-26T00:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/?p=312"},"modified":"2026-03-08T12:27:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T19:27:37","slug":"from-my-archive-motherboards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/2020\/04\/25\/from-my-archive-motherboards\/","title":{"rendered":"From My Archive: Motherboards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 2012, I was at an eWaste Recycler in Seattle looking for pretty heat sinks (long story, also photography-related), and came across some <em>beautiful motherboards<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>No, really, they are LOVELY.<\/p>\n<p>Motherboards generally have lots of parts that are arranged for efficiency, and there is still a lot of soldering and spiky interfaces, but there is also a beauty to their layouts.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t believe it is intentional, but it struck me.\u00a0 I bought a stack of inoperable motherboards, brought them home in my luggage<em><span style=\"color: #666699;\"> (like ALL NORMAL PEOPLE DO, just having bags filled with motherboards and dirty laundry)<\/span><\/em>, and scanned them at very high resolution.\u00a0 I then selected regions I found especially attractive, and selected those sections to use in small cards and postage.<\/p>\n<p>Few people have seen them beyond recipients of my postcards, so I&#8217;m sharing the images here.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-313 .fg-image { width: 150px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-313 { --fg-gutter: 10px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-default foogallery-lightbox-foobox fg-center fg-default fg-ready fg-light fg-border-thin fg-shadow-outline fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-hover fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-313\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:true},&quot;lazy&quot;:true}\" style=\"--fg-title-line-clamp: 0; --fg-description-line-clamp: 0;\" >\n\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1_Graves_yelpostcard.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Motherboard detail image by A.E. Graves\" data-caption-desc=\"detail from a computer motherboard, image by A.E. Graves\" data-attachment-id=\"314\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Motherboard detail\" title=\"Motherboard detail image by A.E. Graves\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/04\/1_Graves_yelpostcard\/1093010879.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Motherboard detail image by A.E. Graves<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">detail from a computer motherboard, image by A.E. Graves<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2_Graves_bluepostcard.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Motherboard detail image by A.E. Graves\" data-caption-desc=\"detail from a computer motherboard, image by A.E. Graves\" data-attachment-id=\"315\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Motherboard detail\" title=\"Motherboard detail image by A.E. Graves\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/04\/2_Graves_bluepostcard\/528507025.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Motherboard detail image by A.E. Graves<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">detail from a computer motherboard, image by A.E. Graves<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/3_Graves_greenpostcard.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Motherboard detail image by A.E. Graves\" data-caption-desc=\"detail from a computer motherboard, image by A.E. Graves\" data-attachment-id=\"316\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Motherboard detail\" title=\"Motherboard detail image by A.E. Graves\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/04\/3_Graves_greenpostcard\/3158318548.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Motherboard detail image by A.E. Graves<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">detail from a computer motherboard, image by A.E. Graves<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/4_Graves_purplepostcard.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Motherboard detail image by A.E. Graves\" data-caption-desc=\"detail from a computer motherboard, image by A.E. Graves\" data-attachment-id=\"317\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Motherboard detail\" title=\"Motherboard detail image by A.E. Graves\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/04\/4_Graves_purplepostcard\/938355079.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Motherboard detail image by A.E. Graves<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">detail from a computer motherboard, image by A.E. Graves<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/5_Graves_oranpostcard.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Motherboard detail image by A.E. Graves\" data-caption-desc=\"detail from a computer motherboard, image by A.E. Graves\" data-attachment-id=\"318\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Motherboard detail\" title=\"Motherboard detail image by A.E. Graves\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/04\/5_Graves_oranpostcard\/1990949642.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Motherboard detail image by A.E. Graves<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">detail from a computer motherboard, image by A.E. Graves<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 2012, I was at an eWaste Recycler in Seattle looking for pretty heat sinks (long story, also photography-related), and came across some beautiful motherboards. No, really, they are LOVELY. Motherboards generally have lots of parts that are arranged for efficiency, and there is still a lot of soldering and spiky interfaces, but there [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":317,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[86,38],"class_list":["post-312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photography","tag-epson-perfection-v600-photo-scanner","tag-technology","entry","fw-tab-6 fw-tabr-4","has-featured-image"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/4_Graves_purplepostcard.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325,"href":"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312\/revisions\/325"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}