cowpies and roadkill are excluded from this offer
known as a mook

My subscription to ReadyMade is about to lapse, and despite receiving renewal notices for the past three months, I don't think I will re-up my subscription. The magazine has gotten rote with the same kinds of projects issue after shopping and an editorial direction I don't like - too much shopping, not enough DIY ethos. I used to fantasize about being the Slacker Martha Stewart, putting out a book like Punk Planet's DIY files, only funnier, so I find the toothlessness of ReadyMade particularly disappointing.

Today, I learned of Make, computer publisher O"Reilly's foray into the DIY market. Its edited by Mark Frauenfelder, whose 'zine bOINGbOING left a huge impression on me in high school, so I'm looking forward to seeing this project come out next year.

Posted by McChris at July 29, 2004 06:51 PM
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You know, I just thought it was me getting disenchanted with Readymade Mag. I've been a subscriber since issue #2, and it just seems like each issue has fewer and fewer projects and more "buy this stuff." In the last issue, they featured two pages of expensive paper and notecards to buy... why not give instructions on how to make your own cool writing paper?

Posted by: aj michel at July 30, 2004 01:50 PM

Make sounds like the good old days of Popular Mechanics! I wonder if they'll offer plans for building your own personal hovercraft?

Posted by: Prentiss Riddle at August 3, 2004 06:53 AM
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