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- Date First Available : December 31, 2022
- ASIN : B0007RNI5K
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Happily, THEY'VE COME INTO THEIR OWN with issue three! (That is, after they replaced my USPS-mangled copy. For the record, they did so QUICKLY).
This mag is produced by the O'Reilly empire of geekytechnohack books which are well regarded in the tech trenches. The unique and exciting concept here is harnessing the largely computer-based hacking ethos and challenging its exclusively "virtual" focus. SAFETY WARNING: pale, overcaffeinated hackers MUST use sunscreen when they step outside for a fresh look at the non-virtual world!
This is not the cheapest subscription on the shelf (and for only four issues/yr), but these mags are STUFFED with content, and will keep you busy for weeks of casual reading.
I personally believe the quarterly format makes sense. These are not the kind of topics I want to see in a large/slim format "throwaway" package. I expect these magazines to stay on the shelf for future reference. To that end, the editors would do well to create a cumulative topic index in each issue. (Consumer Reports is a familiar example).
Overall, highly recommended!
I can't give it enough justice in this review. Visit their website [...] (or google for Make magazine). It gives a sample of what you'll find in the magazine and links to hundreds of other websites with amazing and fun projects to build. Or download one of their free weekly video podcast that includes a pdf for the project. The projects come straight from the magazine and it shows you how to make them.
Thanks to the magazine I made a small LED flashlight that runs on old batteries, a marshmallow gun made with PVC, and a little robot that runs on solar energy. My next projects will be a wind power generator, a 20W solar panel, and my own biodiesel. OK, I'm still undecided if I'll try making the biodiesel.
It's pretty easy to tell whether you're in the target audience. Do you have a closet full of decommisioned PCs, cell phones, and other 21st-century rubble that you just know you could do "something" with? Do you have a Dremel tool, fine-tipped soldering iron, and more than one kind of epoxy in the house? Do the phrases "It works" and "It's beautiful" mean roughly the same thing to you? Does the idea of a home CNC milling machine stir you to jealousy or a quick look at your checkbook? Two or more yes answers probably qualify you as the intended reader.
This is about hacking your PC mouse or the cage for your pet mouse, about resurrecting last year's laptop as an electronic photo frame, and about how simple a robot control can be (you'd be surprised). It's like Popular Mechanics, but for the people who consider software, resistors, and pieces from antique clocks to be interchangeable. Although a few of the ideas in each issue have low-tech appeal, most are aimed at skill sets from "geeky highschooler" to "electronics professional".
This magazine comes from O'Reilly, the publisher who fills the bookshelves of dilbertian cube farms everywhere. In some ways, this looks like a self-concious attempt at community-building, creating a forum for home robot-builders and artisans of the silicon age. Well, maybe that's not a bad thing - the communities are out there, but not easy for a beginner to find or to break into. It also helps that the the minimal advertising (part of the reason for the hefty cover price) is well targeted to the electronic and gadgeteering hobbyist. The title is only up to issue number 6 at this writing, so I'm not sure that it's wholly found itself yet. For example, I would have preferred a schematic for some of the circuits in addition to the assembly instructions. Still, with a scriptwriter from MacGyver, there's a lot to like here - for the right reader.
//wiredweird
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