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Author Topic: Know any kick ass magazines to subscribe to?  (Read 4407 times)

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Know any kick ass magazines to subscribe to?
« on: December 07, 2006, 06:23:27 PM »
I've been trying to think of christmas presents to ask for and something I like doing is reading magazines.

Well, there just so happens to be a FREAKING ton of them out there and I'm wondering if anyone out there knows any decent ones to check out?

I'm looking at almost all categories... Not so much news though because I kinda hate news mags like Newsweek, Time, etc. I'm looking more for science, gaming, anime, travel, how-to, and any just interesting ones.

These are a few I know of;

http://www.t3.co.uk/ - UK nosehair clipper zine - Spendy to import
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/ - Nat Geo Adventure
http://www.discover.com/ - Science
http://www.howdesign.com/ - Some one I found
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/ - Popular Science
http://makezine.com/ - DIY type,6ish/year and spendy

I also picked up a copy of Mental_floss and I LOVE that one. Quite quite good and full of interesting stuff, but only 6ish/year again which sucks.

I'm NOT a fan of PC Gaming(I feel they lack) so don't suggest them. Razz
I do kinda of like Wizard but not that much really, just a lot of filler articles.

I'm looking for good science reads, and ones that are credible not just rumor gossip psuedo-science. I think Discover, American Science? and a couple others that are actually used among the scientist crowd where people publish findings, but I also like plain english stuff too.

Any got ideas?
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Re: Know any kick ass magazines to subscribe to?
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2006, 06:25:38 PM »
Wired is pretty damn cool.
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Re: Know any kick ass magazines to subscribe to?
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2006, 06:57:32 PM »
I subscribe to two meat universe magazines:  Popular Science and Linux Journal

PopSci is still a good read, though they do have the occasional "here's a completely wasted issue that does nothing but promote various digital cameras" issue here and there.  As an overall they still keep interesting content though, so I keep renewing.

Linux Journal is packed with Linuxy goodness.  I will probably subscribe to it until they force me to stop.
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Re: Know any kick ass magazines to subscribe to?
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2006, 07:07:29 PM »
If you like Lituanian models for whom you'd dump your SO, then Maxim is for you!
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Re: Know any kick ass magazines to subscribe to?
« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2006, 07:31:05 PM »
Quote from: ivan on December 07, 2006, 07:07:29 PM
If you like Lituanian models for whom you'd dump your SO, then Maxim is for you!


TSOTEOTS!

The Economist
Rolling Stone
Preservation
Bon Appetit
Stanford University Law and Finance Journal
Consumer Reports
Restaurants and Institutions
CIO

Those are the magazines we get at home.  The first two are the ones I read cover to cover.  Bon Appetit I skim through and read what's interesting.  And then I'll go to epicurious.com and save the recipes that are interesting into my profile.  The others are hit or miss as I have a finite amount of time to read while on the throne.
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Re: Know any kick ass magazines to subscribe to?
« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2006, 08:47:55 AM »
Quote from: Demosthenes on December 07, 2006, 06:57:32 PM
I subscribe to meat universe magazine

Yeah that's a great one!


GIS for "meat universe magazine"...
Maybe I better not try that.
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Re: Know any kick ass magazines to subscribe to?
« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2006, 11:09:56 AM »
Quote from: TheJudge on December 08, 2006, 08:47:55 AM
Yeah that's a great one!


GIS for "meat universe magazine"...
Maybe I better not try that.
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Re: Know any kick ass magazines to subscribe to?
« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2006, 11:43:41 AM »
Analog.
Asimov's.
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Re: Know any kick ass magazines to subscribe to?
« Reply #8 on: December 08, 2006, 12:25:54 PM »
Crystalmonkey have you tried with the safe search off?
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Re: Know any kick ass magazines to subscribe to?
« Reply #9 on: December 08, 2006, 02:59:37 PM »
I don't really subscribe to any, but I do go once a month and read half a rackfull at Chapters.
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Re: Know any kick ass magazines to subscribe to?
« Reply #10 on: December 08, 2006, 05:36:52 PM »
Mad.

It's all the magazine you'll ever need.
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Re: Know any kick ass magazines to subscribe to?
« Reply #11 on: December 09, 2006, 12:14:50 AM »
Quote from: TheJudge on December 08, 2006, 12:25:54 PM
Crystalmonkey have you tried with the safe search off?

Yes.
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Re: Know any kick ass magazines to subscribe to?
« Reply #12 on: December 12, 2006, 09:57:36 PM »
I looked and found
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