Here's the latest edition of Make News, the newsletter for Make magazine (I'm the editor in chief). I'm looking for "Challenge" ideas (see below) and I'm also looking for article and review ideas for the second issue. If you want contributor guidelines, email me at markf@oreilly.com.
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December 22, 2004
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Welcome to the third issue of MAKE News, the email newsletter for MAKE, a how-to technology project magazine published by O'Reilly Media.
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Happy Holidays and Subscription Announcement
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I like the holidays for many reasons. One of them is because it gives me a great excuse to buy new gear. My new digital video camera–which I ordered last week so I can record my kids opening their toys on Christmas–is due any day. I'm also looking around for a photograph printer–I'm weighing the advantages and disadvantages of dye sublimation vs. inkjet (dye sub is winning so far). If my money doesn't run out, I'm going to finally upgrade my beloved Sony Cybershot-U digital camera for another camera with a zoom lens. With these three things in my arsenal of digital tools, I'll be all set to capture the upcoming festivities.
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The MAKE Meta-Challenge
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I'm looking forward to the ideas for cool projects that readers are going to submit in the coming months. One thing we're working on is a way for people to share their projects with other people on the MAKE website. We'll have some great image- importing and annotation tools. Look for it in late January.
The other thing we're featuring is a "MAKE Challenge" that will appear in every issue of magazine. We'll present readers with a problem (for example, "My neighbor's dog won't stop barking. How can I get it to shut up in a humane, yet effective way?") and ask for solutions to the problem.
To get the "MAKE Challenge" started, I'd like you to email me a technology-related problem you'd like solved. Here's an example of a real-world problem looking for a solution, sent to me by Marc Goodner:
"I have had discussions recently with a number of other camphone enthusiasts who all love them for the poor quality–the artifacts in the images, the unexpected results. The problem is, the images are just too small. An idea came out of these discussions that what would be really cool: a repurposed digicam that has a larger chip but modified to work as a pinhole camera by removing the lens. Is such a thing possible? I don't know. I don't have the skills and neither do any of the guys I know who are interested in this since most of us are software guys. Seems like a good project for MAKE magazine."
Do you have a problem that needs solving? Email me at markf@oreilly.com. If I like it, it might get used as a "MAKE Challenge."
Happy Holidays!
Mark Frauenfelder Editor in Chief Make markf@oreilly.com
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