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Yet Another Holiday Gift Guide

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the because-you-can dept.

ptorrone writes "I was tired of seeing all the gift guides that had a lot of useless junk, since I work at MAKE Magazine I thought I'd try another approach and write a gift guide for holidays that might be useful for people that like to make stuff." Most of the stuff here is under a hundred bucks. There are many great ideas in there that could get you on your way to some stupid hack.

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  1. Re:3G Ipod by dummkopf · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I agree that the older ones are nicer. But unfortunately mine did not make it to tell... The HD started screeching -- a sign of sudden death coming up. When I took it to the store I was told that it would be cheaper to get a new one. Geez! What kind of thorw-away society are we! Maybe we should collect old 3G iPods where the drives do not work and use them as christmas tree decoration?

  2. Re:question by ptorrone · · Score: 2, Insightful

    the marshmallow shooter is super simple, i'd also say installing linux on an ipod now is simple too - it's a one click install from most systems...hmm, the pov kit and cvs camera aren't so bad either. if you attempt any of these and need help, just email me or post on make in the comments, we can help you.

  3. Re:poor marketing stunt of MAKE by rjstanford · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ... i am associate editor at make. this wasn't any marketing stunt, not sure what i could say or do to prove that, but it's the truth. i'm sorry you don't care for make. what could we change, what could we improve?

    You're an associate editor looking for suggestions? How about improving your writing with some capital letters? They do make it much easier to read prose, even in this wacky ".com" world of ours.

    --
    You're special forces then? That's great! I just love your olympics!
  4. thank you by akhomerun · · Score: 2, Insightful

    thank you very much for the MAKE magazine advertisement.

    i know, this will get modded down, but that's because it's right. i mean, come on, it's so obvious "i work for this company, and they have a great article. read this article that i made for the company that pays me! The more readers i get for my columns, the more likely i will get promoted! so therefore, i think i'll post on slashdot and get free publicity!"

    i mean, really i wouldn't even post something like this for one of the open source projects i have started.