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MAKE has forums!

MakeYou asked, you sent us emails, you called our Skype payphone at 3am – and now they’re here – MAKE has forums!@!@! We’ll be fine-tuning things in days to come, so please be sure to let us know if you notice any problems (either by posting a message or by sending email to webmaster@makezine.com). So far we’ve been thrilled with the Vanilla forums software we’re using, and want to thank Mark O’Sullivan at Lussumo for helping with the implementation. And it couldn’t have happened without the great development support from our own Jay Laney. These forums have RSS, so you can subscribe to anything you post or other topics. The MAKEbot will also tell you the latest posts, by typing “forums.” Link.

MAKE and #joiito Macworld meetup at Moscone Center SF!

MAKE and #joiito Macworld meetup at Moscone Center SF!

Event6Come to the MAKE and #joiito IRC channel MacWorld Meetup, Thursday, January 12, 2006 (12:30 PM – 2:30 PM). Moscone Center, San Francisco, Calif. The plan is to meet at the O’Reilly Media Booth (#1017), where we’ll will be hacking iPods and showing how to get DVDs and videos on your iPod – then we will all migrate from there.” Link. If you need a free pass to get in, here’s a PDF.

Macworld 2006 predictions…

Macworld 2006 predictions…

Apple-Viiv-PlasmaHere’s a midnight post from Kevin Rose who has a great track record with what usually is announced at Macworld: “I’ve heard: 15″ intel Macbook – order tomorrow, ships Feb (thinner, dual core), iPod FM receiver, iWork/Life ’06, New remote of some type, Photocasting (iPhoto)” Link. And last up, there’s this, an Apple TV. Stay tuned to MAKE on Tuesday, we’ll post up what’s new and what’s cool for Makers.

MAKE Magazine Widget – Now on Apple.com

Widget“Widgets are great–there is no denying it. Arranging these small, lightweight utilities on your Mac OS X Dashboard desktop puts lots of useful and fun possibilities at your fingertips and eyeballs. But when a widget you want doesn’t exist, there is only one thing to do: make it.” Here’s our how-to on making a RSS widget for Mac OS X (other PC/Mac widgets coming soon) and here’s a direct download on Apple! Link.