If you’ve been putting off getting an Electroids kit, today is the last day for a purchase to count as an entrance into the iPod Shuffle giveaway.

I hope you’ve learned something this week, as we’ve shown you how to solder, the tools you need (and then some), and how to make a simple circuit, shown you an LED flashlight you can build, and a few ways to build a sweet USB charging device to power your iPods, cell phones, and other gadgets. If you’re still on the fence, or still feel like DIY electronics are “too hard” for you, I don’t know what else we can do for you.

Well, I suppose we could lock you all in rooms where the only means of escape is to build a circuit, but that seems like it would be illegal.

Seems like a (really, rather good) shot at winning an iPod ought to do it. Your odds of winning at this point are less than 1:100, which is better than your odds of winning a free small fry in the McDonalds Monopoly sweepstakes.