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Makers of MAKE

Posted by Zonk on from the fiddly-bits dept.

BoredStiff writes "An NPR show called The Connection inteviewed The Makers of MAKE. They discussed who's behind MAKE magazine, and why they think there are a lot of people out there with an interest in re-inventing with the gadgets that run our daily lives. MAKE magazine is a deliberate throw-back to the how-to science manuals of an earlier era -- back when technology wasn't so cheap people did more 'do it yourself.'"

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  1. Good magazine so far... by dafragsta · · Score: 4, Informative

    I've got my first two issues and at the very least, they are interesting. They straddle the line between pure MacGyver-ness and the kinds of things you'd find in 2600 magazine.

  2. Get a subscription to MAKE... by eggoeater · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's an awesome mag. The amount of detail on how to build a project is fantastic, and there's lots of small projects in addition to the two or three large projects. The editors don't mince words about telling you how to hack stuff either. The latest copy had instructions to remove macrovision on certain DVD players.

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  3. url to the mag by Racer+X · · Score: 4, Informative



    http://www.oreillynet.com/oreilly/make/


  4. Scientific American's Amateur Scientist by G4from128k · · Score: 3, Informative

    Scientific American's Amateur Scientist has always had interesting things to make. The older columns (from before the age of lawsuits) featured more exciting things such a a 6-foot homemade rocket, atom smasher, and 20 W CO2 laser.

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  5. Some other DIY/tinkering stuff by Mille+Mots · · Score: 5, Informative
    I can't listen to the interview (at work), but I think I get the idea behind MAKE (a DIY project magazine that makes use of broken, obsolete, or unused gadgets around the house, eh?). It sounds like a great addition to my collection of Nuts & Volts magazine, QST, and Circuit Cellar.

    Other great DIY 'tinkering' sites I like are AX84.com, 18watt.com, and Byonics.

    I'd post a link to my site with pictures/notes on my own hand-built tube amp project or my mini-GPS/APRS project (not yet out of planning), but I'm afraid of the /.-ing I'd take. :)

  6. Re:When I was a little boy... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    volume 1 is available for download, from ibiblio.
    http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/12655