Ask Slashdot: Geek-Centric Magazines Still Published On Paper? 125
QwkHyenA writes "I've recently cancelled my Linux Magazine subscription because they went paperless. I know, I'm a heartless geek and should be 'shunned,' but I enjoy the unplugged sensation of reading paper periodicals. What sort of magazines are out there that still are delivered via USPS that will scratch my Engineering, Coder, System Administrator and 3D Printer itch?"
Communications of the ACM (Score:4, Informative)
Communications of the ACM (Score:5, Informative)
Join the ACM.
This still comes on paper every month (plus a digital edition):
http://cacm.acm.org/ [acm.org]
The articles cover a wide range of topics, including:
- Computing and society
- Legal issues
- New trends in computing
- Programming language geekery
Some of it may be too "niche" or "hardcore" (depending on your interests) but there's usually something for everybody in every issue. No, it won't be quite as task-specific as some of the mags out there (i.e., Not many articles with titles like "Turn up the Volume with LVM: twenty ways to crank up your hard drive!!") but excellent, nonetheless.
YMMV of course.
Make Magazine (Score:5, Informative)
Not strictly "geek" stuff, but always interesting. Though I guess you already know of it.
For 11 (Score:5, Informative)
http://www.circuitcellar.com/ [circuitcellar.com]
http://www.2600.com/ [2600.com]
http://www.linux-magazine.com/ [linux-magazine.com] (Linux Pro)
Makezine (Score:5, Informative)
The make magazine is pretty good if you are into DIY. If you are into electrical engineering I guess Circuit Cellar or Elektor could be interesting as well.
HackerMonthly (Score:3, Informative)
IEEE Spectrum (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Scientific American (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Perhaps... (Score:4, Informative)
Photocopy the schematic, trash it all up with soldering iron burns in the basement lab... Photocopy the parts list and haul it around with me everywhere until I acquire all the parts I need from fests and whatever? Scribble notes and equations all over the printout as I modify as necessary and see fit. Scribble notes on the schematic as I build (so, the analog ground is the green wire, and the optoisolated digital side ground is the black wire, vs the RF ground that is balun xfrmr isolated to the leftmost toroid core...)
Most electronic distributions historically seem paranoid nuts about allowing purchasers to copy or print out articles, completely missing the point that if I didn't find at least one article in the mag worth printing out and hacking up, I wouldn't buy the %^&! magazine to begin with. Either you let me fire up ye olde laser printer or you go bye bye.
IEEE (Score:3, Informative)
http://www.ieee.org/ [ieee.org]
Although the IEEE is encouraging members to switch over to digital only to reduce costs and waste, IEEE Spectrum and many of the technical society journals are still available on paper for those who want them.
- The society journals can be quite technical and specialized, but IEEE Spectrum maintains a broader focus.
- The IEEE Computer Society (www.computer.org) is the largest society in the IEEE, with lots going on and lots of publications.
- Other groups that might be of interest include the communications society (http://www.comsoc.org/), the robotics and automation society (http://www.ieee-ras.org/), or the society on social implications of technology (http://www.ieeessit.org/).