In this day of disposable phones and electronics so cheap that you don’t bother to fix even the most minor of problems with them, the entire notion of the fix-it guy is in real danger of becoming a thing of the past. Not so if O’reilly publishing has anything to do with it. With the sucsess of books like ‘Hardware Hacking Projects for Geeks‘ they may be trying to breath new life into the spirit of “Buy a new one? Heck no, hand me that JB Weld and an old coat hanger!” This is so the magazine for me. I can see these bound on my bookself along with my 50’s edition of Scientific American’s “The Amateur Scientist” and my equaly vintage copy of Forrest Mims Engineer’s Notebook. I can’t wait until the first copy arrives! I’m looking forward to reading about kite photography and the magstripe reader projects.