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Make fake stakes? Rake lake snakes? Brake, flake.

nTeleKy — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 11:54:22 -0800

Make is a new mook (magazine/book) from O'Reilly "devoted to digital projects, hardware hacks, and D.I.Y. inspiration.". The first issue should be shipped by February 28th and contains articles from Yak Shaving (not literally) to a $14 video camera stabilizer to a DIY gauss rifle and lots of stuff in between. A section called MakeShift requests readers to send in their solutions to a difficult scenario. It's quarterly, around 200 pages, apparently in 9x7 format and a yearly subscription is $35 while single issues are $15 (cover price). Each project has a page for commentary as well as RSS/Atom feeds and MAKE:audio is coming soon.

By: tommasz

tommasz — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 12:33:33 -0800

I was excited when I first saw this, but nothing I've seen from the various teasers has really captured my imagination. I was all set to be a charter subscriber but now I think I'll wait until it appears on the newstand and see if I like it.

By: crunchland

crunchland — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 12:38:58 -0800

surely this is a doublepost? If not, then it deserves a textad.

By: BoringPostcards

BoringPostcards — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 12:56:54 -0800

A mook?

By: shoepal

shoepal — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 13:05:09 -0800

sylloge, is that you again? /joking... Make is also from Mark of Boing Boing (the original Mag and the blog), Wired and The Happy Mutants Handbook.

By: shoepal

shoepal — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 13:10:03 -0800

(whoops, meant to link sylloge to this post)

By: raygirvan

raygirvan — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:35:20 -0800

Interesting, but I bet a deal of these ideas are already online for free: for instance, the Gauss Rifle.

By: Nelson

Nelson — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 16:19:32 -0800

I have a copy, it's really nicely put together. And very thick with content.

By: Clay201

Clay201 — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 20:45:09 -0800

The information on how to build your own video camera stabilizer can be found for free here.

By: verb

verb — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 21:51:50 -0800

I signed up for a subscription a couple of months ago, and the first issue arrived a week or so ago. I love it. It's possible to find most of the material on the 'net for free, but that would require thinking of it in the first place. Most of the really fascinating projects are in the 'Heyyyy, that's COOL! I never thought of using silly putty to make a timer for a kite photography rig' variety. For me, $35 is more than worth it. The magazine is high quality, low ad content, and aimed straight at my geeky little demographic-heart.

By: bshort

bshort — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 07:14:10 -0800

I got mine this week. It's awesome. It's better than Cats!

By: scruss

scruss — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 07:37:44 -0800

verb and I see things differently. I was very disappointed by Make. Take year-old RSS feed content, add some blatant product placement, pepper it with a whole bunch of ads, and that's yer overpriced Make mook. Mildly diverting for half an hour, but after that, it's likely to become something to prop up a wobbly table leg. Its lack of a mailer meant that it was pretty scabby by the time it got to me. Oh, and it can't be an O'Reilly publication; where's the animal on the cover?

By: Ayn Marx

Ayn Marx — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 07:44:34 -0800

It's possible to find most of the material on the 'net for free, but that would require thinking of it in the first place. So all you really need is the table of contents each issue.

By: shoepal

shoepal — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 09:19:35 -0800

Hey verb, there is actually a Mook called Verb. (actually they call it a boogazine, but it is essentially the same thing.)

By: kindall

kindall — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 09:31:38 -0800

Oh, and it can't be an O'Reilly publication; where's the animal on the cover? Many O'Reilly books don't have animals on the cover. This isn't new, either.

By: scruss

scruss — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 09:46:38 -0800

kindall, all the O'Reilly books that I have that are worth reading have an animal on the cover ...

By: crunchland

crunchland — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 09:56:33 -0800

The picture of the cover shows some guy doing something with something. (It's too small for my poor old eyes to discern.) But I'm certain he's an animal. That's what I bet his wife says, anyway.