[sdiy] November Circuit Cellar

[R. D. Davis]

Quothe Tim Parkhurst, from writings of Sun, Oct 09, 2005 at 01:17:57PM -0700:
> So I'm at the book store and I see that the current (November?) issue of
> Circuit Cellar has a picture of a Moog Voyager and the banner "Analog
> Techniques" on the cover. Wow! Cool! I almost bought it without even looking
> through it. FORTUNATELY I did take a minute to look through the pages. To my

That's not the first time they've done something like that to sell the
magazine.

Years ago, I greatly enjoyed reading Circuit Cellar, and then began
subscribing to it, but it wasn't long before it underwent a horrid
transmogrification from a magazine with neat projects for hobbyists to
a rag for corporate 'droids working in engineering departments with
unlimited budgets.  

Funny thing, I used to look at pictures of Steve Ciarcia's lab and
think, "Wow, all those computers!"  Now, looking around and counting
well over 50 of those critters here, from notebook to refridgerator
size, that I've somehow accumulated, and think "yawn..."

> dissapointment, there is NOTHING related to audio synthesis, processing, or
> even the Voyager inside. Why in the blazes do they have a synthesizer
> plastered on the front? I guess the voyager, with all it knobs and switches,

Why would they do that?  Perhaps to sell magazines to unsuspecting
suckers who wouldn't check it out before parting with their cash.

> stands for "Analog." I guess... Still, a very odd and misleading choice for
> a cover graphic. I ended up NOT buying the issue.

Good... hopefully many others did the same and weren't bilked out of
their money.

>  The bottom line: Don't judge (or buy) a book on its cover.

Righto!

> Tim (gets Nuts and Volts at the library instead) Servo

Nuts and Volts is much more useful. :-)

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