On Tue, 2009-05-05 at 13:51 -0400, H. Kurth Bemis wrote: > Better yet, buy the copy and read it whenever you like. > > 2600 is pretty much supported by subscriptions and t-shirt sales, they > have no advertisers in the mag, so if you like what you read, buy a > copy. > > While I get the feeling that a lot of the old-timers ( :] ) think that > 2600 is for hacker-punks or communists or whatever, the truth is that > 2600 is a quality publication with quality articles and it would be a > real shame to see it dry up.... > Agreed on all counts (sub since 2001 ish)
Plus 2600 comes wrapped in plain brown paper... what the postman must think of me! God forbid my neighbors think I'm a hacker (never mind my "I'm a Hacker" T-shirt from Covalent c. 2000)... I'd MUCH rather they think I subscribe to porn rags :) Rubin > ~k > > On Tue, 2009-05-05 at 11:32 -0400, Nick Floersch wrote: > > For those of you who consider yourself above 2600 magazine and eschew > > it because of either thinking it is only for script kiddies or radical > > leftists or communists.... > > > > > > > > There is an article in the most reason 2600 by Bre Pettis. Bre is one > > of the U.S. founders of Hackerspaces ... he and another guy were > > pretty much the first two people to setup Hackerspaces in the U.S. ... > > and they did it simultaneously after coming back from a Chaos Computer > > Club meeting in Germany. > > > > > > > > Anyway... he was tapped to write the "Hacker Perspective" column in > > this issue and he focuses on the history and current state of rapid > > prototyping, along with lots of suggestions for ways to do it > > yourself... and of course he mentions Hackerspaces. > > > > > > > > So thumb through a copy the next time you are in Borders or B&N. > > > > > > > > -Nick > > > > > > This communication, including any attachments, is solely for the > > confidential use of the person(s) named above. If you have received > > this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and > > delete/destroy the original. Any reader other than the intended > > recipient is hereby notified that any review, dissemination, > > distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. > > -- Rubin Bennett rbTechnologies, LLC 80 Carleton Boulevard East Montpelier, VT 05651 (802)223-4448 http://thatitguy.com "Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too." Voltaire, Essay on Tolerance French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 - 1778)
