World's First Mook

What's a mook?

Hey, I didn't know either until about five minutes ago, when I read a review in the March issue of Wired magazine about Mark Frauenfelder's "Make: Technology on Your Time."

Wired used the word "mook" to describe "a quarterly publication that combines an easy-to-read magazine format with the heft of a book."

Sounds good to me.

"... Frauenfelder... offer[s] up illustrated instructions for stuff like making a magnetic strip reader (to access the info that's stored on your credit cards), rigging together a steadycam for just $14, and building a hybrid car."

I like it.

"'Make' is like a Time-Life collectible series for geeks."

Where do I sign up?

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  • 1 - RJ

    Feb 25, 2005 at 9:17 am

    Another definition here...

  • 2 - DrPat

    Feb 25, 2005 at 11:16 am

    Perhaps the techno-geek will be a mook unless he buys this mook.

    Succinct review that communicates the point admirably - no wonder we agree that "brevity is the soul of wit." Make sounds like my kinda bathroom reader!

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