Make: Technology on Your Time, Vol. 2
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If you like to tweak, disassemble, re-create, and invent cool new uses for technology, you'll love MAKE our new quarterly publication for the inquisitive do-it-yourselfer. Every issue is packed with projects to help you make the most of all the technology in your life. Everything from home entertainment systems, to laptops, to a host of PDAs is fair game. If there's a way to hack it, tweak it, bend it, or remix it, you will find out about it in MAKE. This isn't another gadget magazine. MAKE focuses on cool things you can do to make technology work the way you want it to. The publication is inspired by our bestselling Hacks series books but with a twist. MAKE is a mook (rhymes with book). We've combined the excitement, unexpectedness, and visual appeal of a magazine with the permanence and in-depth instructiveness of a how-to book. Whether you're a geek or hacker who delights in creating new uses for technology, or a Saturday afternoon tinkerer who loves to get his hands dirty, you'll keep every issue of MAKE on your bookshelf for years to come. This second issue, available in June 2005, includes 224 pages packed with tips and tricks, including:
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| 02-27-07 | 5 | (NA) |
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If you like making stuff , or wondered how people go about inventing things, this is your magazine.
I've been inspired to make all sorts of things, and have found that my kids enjoy playing with hand made things as much, or more than any toy we can buy at the store. There are also all kinds of great ideas for re-using technology. It covers everything from marshmallow guns to robots. Very entertaining and inspirational and a great supplement to a good science education. (Review Data Last Updated: 2007-09-07 14:42:11 EST)
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| 02-27-07 | 5 | (NA) |
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If you like making stuff , or wondered how people go about inventing things, this is your magazine.
I've been inspired to make all sorts of things, and have found that my kids enjoy playing with hand made things as much, or more than any toy we can buy at the store. There are also all kinds of great ideas for re-using technology. It covers everything from marshmallow guns to robots. Very entertaining and inspirational and a great supplement to a good science education. (Review Data Last Updated: 2008-08-30 05:58:05 EST)
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| 02-26-07 | 5 | (NA) |
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If you like making stuff , or wondered how people go about inventing things, this is your magazine.
I've been inspired to make all sorts of things, and have found that my kids enjoy playing with hand made things as much, or more than any toy we can buy at the store. There are also all kinds of great ideas for re-using technology. It covers everything from marshmallow guns to robots. Very entertaining and inspirational and a great supplement to a good science education. (Review Data Last Updated: 2007-04-11 10:53:03 EST)
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| 12-23-05 | 5 | 1\1 |
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If you spent any time building technical projects as a kid with your parents, this is a wonderful gift for them: it brings back the memories of some of their proudest moments.
I grew up reading "The Amateur Scientist" in "Scientific American" magazine, and built many of the projects (as well as the requisite radios and go-carts) with my Dad. Forty years later, I subscribed to Make: and realized that this is the modern successor to "The Amateur Scientist". I bought a subscription for myself and my Dad: now, although we're seperated by miles, we can discuss the projects and relive the times we spent together building and breaking things. (Review Data Last Updated: 2007-07-11 17:06:56 EST)
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| 12-22-05 | 5 | 1\1 |
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If you spent any time building technical projects as a kid with your parents, this is a wonderful gift for them: it brings back the memories of some of their proudest moments.
I grew up reading "The Amateur Scientist" in "Scientific American" magazine, and built many of the projects (as well as the requisite radios and go-carts) with my Dad. Forty years later, I subscribed to Make: and realized that this is the modern successor to "The Amateur Scientist". I bought a subscription for myself and my Dad: now, although we're seperated by miles, we can discuss the projects and relive the times we spent together building and breaking things. (Review Data Last Updated: 2007-02-26 19:45:47 EST)
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| 11-30-05 | 5 | (NA) |
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I bought a subscription for my boyfriend as soon as I heard about this magazine. He and I both read it cover to cover. It's a bit pricey for only 4 issues a year, but the articles are very fascinating and cool. I have no idea what a previous reviewer was talking about with the ads- I'm never noticed them. Though I doubt I will actually ever attempt any of the mods, it's nice to know that people out there are doing innovative things.
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| 10-24-05 | 2 | 0\6 |
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70% of contents are sponsored, and ads appear everywhere making the whole thing hard to read. Most importantly, instructions are not understandable.
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| 08-26-05 | 5 | (NA) |
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If the Make crew can keep the quality this tight, it will herald in a golden era of makers everywhere. This is a fitting follow-up to the amazing premeire issue. The great projects and how-tos quickly made my to-do list a mile longer.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2007-07-11 17:06:56 EST)
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| 06-21-05 | 5 | 2\4 |
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The cover on this one is a bit deceptive since the large robot stuff is just a short article. But the rest of the magazine rocks! Great projects from simple marshmallow shooters, to a PC modded into the case of an Atari 2600, to robotic dogs and mice. There is ten solid pages on podcasting, both receiving podcasts and creating your own. If you thought the first one was great you will love this one.
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| 06-04-05 | 5 | 4\8 |
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Try to get your hands on the premiere edition. This is a tinkerer's dream come true. I love the MakeShift section. Never knew that aspirin adds life to a dead auto battery. Live and Learn.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2007-07-11 17:06:56 EST)
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| 05-27-05 | 4 | 11\14 |
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Barely 2 months ago, O'Reilly put out volume 1 of this book/magazine series. Now here is volume 2. Guess they are serious about the periodical nature. As in the first volume, there is a grab bag of unpredictable moddings (this seems to be the book's favourite term). Which may well be the enduring attraction, on an ongoing basis. You just can't tell what crazy, funky stuff will show up, as you turn the pages.
Clearly, what catches your eye will vary with whomever you are. But let me describe one article. Chris Smith studied people who signed up on World of Warcraft and made a nice living by earning gold pieces and selling these on eBay. Surely, you might think, this is small scale? But he found that in 3 months, $1.3 million of these sales occurred. And the top seller made $111k. Not bad for 3 months work. Though keep in mind that in any distribution, the top person might be very unusual. Well, Smith also points out that in February 2005, the top 5 sellers made an average of $20k each! Damn! Not so long ago (pre-Web), this would have been a pure science fiction scenario. Set in the far future. Appropriately, we are indeed in the 21st century. (Review Data Last Updated: 2006-07-07 05:49:54 EST)
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