I got my Make Magazine last week and I have devoured it. I love DIY stuff. As a kid, I would go to the library and go plop myself down in the 700 section and learn how to do things. I love to make things and I love to know how to make things. At first I thought I would just like it for the aerial kite photography and $14 steadycam plans and instructions, but I have read the entire thing cover to cover. It is really well laid out and is obviously by people who love to make things because they have found some really good ways to make instructions. I just love to read all the little details like stories from the early apple years. I was getting a little sad that Make comes out quarterly and I would have to wait a while to get my next issue, when they came to the rescue by coming out with a half hour mp3 Make DIYcast. I’m listening to it right now and it is awsome!

Update: I called in last week after listening to the first Make DIYcast to ask about the cost difference between digital and darkroom photography for big prints. I am listening to myself as I am typing this! They took my question and played it and then answered it at the 24:39 mark on the cast.

What I want to do is make big prints of the collages of plastic horses that I make. Since I called in, I went down to the PCNW and I’ve put up a note and I’m looking to find someone that can help me make c-prints. I could probably figure out how to do it since I’ve done a bunch of b&w photography, but I’d rather have someone walk me through it, since the next class doesn’t start till June.