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Hackaday Omnibus 2014

Permanent record of Hackaday's finest writing

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Hackaday has been around for a little more than ten years now, but so far all of our efforts have been confined to ephemeral bits and bytes somewhere on the platter of a hard drive sitting in a data center. These bits will rot, heads will crash, and power supplies will die. Hackaday, with all its contributions from hardware hackers, tinkerers, and even the ‘makers’ we so malign, will eventually cease to exist.

Everything we’ve written – has until now been stored on drives, unreadable without all the modern devices, interfaces, and tools we use to survive in a digital age. Print, however, will continue to exist for centuries. It is the ultimate storage medium, something that will last through power outages and crashes, undeterred against the force of misplaced backups and forgotten login credentials...

It is in print that we dedicate our finest works, to be stored in libraries and collections.

--==[To be published in Feb 2015]==--

Test prints are in!

Leave a note in the comments section if you're interested in getting a (free) "early preview" copy.

We have 20 copies to give out. First come first served ;)

Update [01/16/14 / 11:06AM] : 12 copies left...

Update [01/16/14 / 3:34PM] : 8 copies left...

Update [01/16/14 / 6:09PM] : 6 copies left...

Update [01/17/14 / 4:32AM] : 4 copies left...

Update [01/17/14 / 1:48PM] : 2 copies left...

Update [01/17/14 / 4:22PM] : That's all folks!

Update [01/19/14 / 7:00AM] : Hackaday Omnibus 2014 now available for preorder at: http://store.hackaday.com/products/hackaday-omnibus-2014

  • Omnibus 2014 / Sample Pages

    Aleksandar Bradic01/16/2015 at 03:42 1 comment

  • What's all this Omnibus stuff, anyhow?

    Aleksandar Bradic01/16/2015 at 03:37 0 comments

    The whole thing happened quite spontaneously...

    Brian and I have been talking about doing a 'zine' for quite some time now. I had in mind something like old BoingBoing, or perhaps something artistic. Brian was aiming higher - highbrow publication à la New York Review of Books... but for hardware.

    Then one day, couple of weeks ago, we were hanging out in Supplyframe San Francisco office trying to come up with a topic for our monthly hackatlon. New Year was coming, and someone suggested "how about a book with collected best 2014 Hackaday articles?"

    And our first venture into the printed world has started...

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Fin wrote 01/23/2015 at 03:55 point

If any are still available, I'd be much obliged to receive a copy. Cheers!

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Sophi Kravitz wrote 01/22/2015 at 12:09 point

The Omnibus looks so good! I just saw it on Ask an Engineer. Can't wait to get a copy!

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asm wrote 01/21/2015 at 00:26 point

i'm almost always late. i love you anyway. i always will.

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Mike Szczys wrote 01/19/2015 at 17:19 point

We just got these into the store for pre-orders: http://store.hackaday.com/products/hackaday-omnibus-2014

(use coupon code OMNIBUS2014 for five bucks off)

Great work one this Alek et al

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kf5jak wrote 01/18/2015 at 00:22 point

One more left? I'll take it!

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Aleksandar Bradic wrote 01/18/2015 at 00:42 point

Great timing :) Just send me a PM with your mailing address. Thanks!

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EncoreTech wrote 01/17/2015 at 21:51 point

any more left? I would be honored to receive one.

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Aleksandar Bradic wrote 01/18/2015 at 00:18 point

Yup. Two more... and then there was one ;). Just send me your mailing address via private message and we'll ship it out next week.

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jaromir.sukuba wrote 01/17/2015 at 21:45 point

What about another piece sent to Europe, if there is still something left?

Thanks ;-)

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Aleksandar Bradic wrote 01/17/2015 at 21:47 point

Yep, 3 more left... and then there were 2 :) Just send me a private message with your mailing address.

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Michiel Brink wrote 01/17/2015 at 21:34 point

I would like a copy please if you want to send it to The Netherlands ;)

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Aleksandar Bradic wrote 01/17/2015 at 21:44 point

Absolutely. Great scene over there! Just send me a private message with your mailing address.

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Michiel Brink wrote 02/12/2015 at 15:33 point

thanks, I received it today. It´s an awesome magazine ;)

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Martin Ferreira wrote 01/17/2015 at 12:46 point

I would like a copy!! :D I have sent to you my address!

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Aleksandar Bradic wrote 01/17/2015 at 18:28 point

One copy coming up ;) Thanks!

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Aleksandar Bradic wrote 01/17/2015 at 18:25 point

I will now ;) Just send me a private message with your mailing address.

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PointyOintment wrote 01/17/2015 at 02:20 point

If you've got any preview copies left, I'd like one!

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Aleksandar Bradic wrote 01/17/2015 at 02:35 point

Yup, still a couple left! Just send me a private message with your mailing address and we'll send one your way next week.

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Daniel wrote 01/17/2015 at 02:09 point

I would additionally like to see a copy.

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Aleksandar Bradic wrote 01/17/2015 at 02:35 point

No problem. Just send me a private message with your mailing address and we'll send it out.

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gannon wrote 01/16/2015 at 22:37 point

Sounds cool, would love to have one!

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Aleksandar Bradic wrote 01/17/2015 at 00:26 point

Thanks! Just send me a private message with your address and we'll send you a copy.

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Anthony A. wrote 01/16/2015 at 21:29 point

I would love a piece of this site's history!!

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Aleksandar Bradic wrote 01/17/2015 at 00:20 point

Absolutely. Can you just send me a private message with your mailing address?

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Mike Allen wrote 01/16/2015 at 20:35 point

I'd love one!

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Aleksandar Bradic wrote 01/16/2015 at 21:16 point

One Omnibus coming your way...

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Stefan-Xp wrote 01/16/2015 at 17:18 point

Are there still some left? Sounds awesome anyhow ;-) Best regards!

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Aleksandar Bradic wrote 01/16/2015 at 17:24 point

Yep, 13 sample copies left. Well.. it's 12 now :) Just send me a private message with your mailing address.

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Joshua Vasquez wrote 01/16/2015 at 16:30 point

It's so nicely polished, and the artwork really nails the tone! Im interested if there are extras!

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Aleksandar Bradic wrote 01/16/2015 at 17:06 point

Hey Joshua! Thanks :) We'll be sending you a copy next week.

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Jasmine Brackett wrote 01/23/2015 at 20:10 point

Hey Joshua, you're getting one anyway. Perks of being on the team :)

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Joshua Vasquez wrote 01/24/2015 at 06:23 point

Whoop--didn't realize that. Haha thanks! (Also, many thanks for the stickers last week; the TEI conference attendees really enjoyed them!)

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Eric Hertz wrote 01/16/2015 at 15:41 point

Cool! I was afraid paper went extinct, I gotta see this to believe it! I wonder if there's enough of this endangered paper to breed it and revive the population?

(I'm sending you my address shortly)

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Aleksandar Bradic wrote 01/16/2015 at 16:09 point

Actually, we're looking at starting a regular quarterly zine on April 1st ;) Thanks!

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Eric Hertz wrote 02/12/2015 at 23:09 point

Beauteous! And so... tangible! Where are the pixels? Dun need 'em. My first coffee-table book :) Thanks!

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AmarOk wrote 01/16/2015 at 12:10 point

Free copy !

I am interested ! Awesome !

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Aleksandar Bradic wrote 01/16/2015 at 14:52 point

Free as in Beer :P Hey so just send me a private message with your mailing address and we'll ship it to you early next week.

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eletrax wrote 01/16/2015 at 09:26 point

Great idea! In 20 years or so reading Omnibus is going to feel like browsing BBS archives feels now - bringing back fond memories of retro tech and overwhelming hacker spirit ;) I'd love to get one as well!

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Aleksandar Bradic wrote 01/16/2015 at 14:49 point

Totally :) Just send me a private message with your mailing address.

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