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Make Magazine Subscription Now Available

Posted by michael on from the build-your-own dept.

Jac_no_k writes "O'Reilly's Make magazine is now taking subscription orders. They have an offer for one bonus 'mook' by using the offer code 'M5ZXML'. Their description: 'MAKE is a new hybrid magazine/book ("mook") published quarterly by O'Reilly. MAKE brings the do-it-yourself mindset to all the technology in your life. MAKE is loaded with exciting projects that help you make the most of your technology at home and away from home. It follows in line with the Hacks books and Hardware Hacking Projects, but it takes a highly visual and personal approach.'" If the quality of the magazine is the same as their technical books, this should be a worthwhile subscription.

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  1. OK, But... by Staos · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The problem here is its such a broad topic. People's interest diverge so far that it's really a much more suitable topic for a generalized search engine Google rather than a magazine format. While some people will tend to think that stuff in the kitchen is cool, others will think it should include coding. Others will want automotive and others will prefer architecture or explosives or metalwork or hide tanning or alternative energy. The Foxfire series tried to do something similar, but they also had a theme beyond just doing it yourself which was doing it the old fashioned way. That only appealed to a certain set. Coming at it from the opposite, doing it yourself and doing in the new way doesn't really seem to work as a theme.

    I think the real question is, do we still need magazines?

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    1. Re:OK, But... by Zphbeeblbrox · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Some of us happen to have widely diverging interests in a broad range of areas. Me for instance. I like cooking, coding, reading, workin on my car, gaming and the list goes on. I'd sign up for the subscription just cause I like to learn new things in any subject. I don't think the topic is too broad at all. Now mayhap I am in the minority and they misjudged the size of the market but there is a market at least.

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  2. TCSH knows better. by SharpFang · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ~>make o'reilly
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  3. Re:/.ed ORA*? Wow. by jdbear · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I just tried to subscribe, got the same error. You'd think they would be ready for large volume for a subscription launch. If it was the Slashdot effect, that was really fast. I'd bet there's something else going on, such as a poor implementation of the subscription server. If they crash that soon, then they may not be able to handle a normal web traffic load, much less the /. crowd. jdbear

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  4. Buy the first, wait for the rest by jj00 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'll probably buy the first issue, but wait on getting a subscription.

    The problem with reading about these kinds of hacks online is that there are so many of them. I never know which ones are the most useful or the coolest. I don't know how many times I have paid little attention to an article on Slashdot, only to find it was a really cool topic when I see it on the Screen Savers.

    I'm hoping this magazine can help provide some insight, and maybe I'll learn something.