Early Electronics Hobbyists

After reading this Ars Technica article, I wondered if any of Bernsback's electronics publications influenced my dad's interest radio electronics, a hobby that he had already given up before I was even born. I don't know when he started the hobby so it's hard to say if he might seen any of the Gernsback magazines.

While they were undoubtedly influentially in the U.S., South Africa was more likely to receive British publications, assuming there were any. My Google-fu hasn't turned up anything yet, but I find it hard to believe there weren't any British radio electronics magazines. Funny how an article can trigger a whole line of research, and waste a lot more time than it took to read the article. ^_^

Hobbies

I seriously need to get back to my personal projects. I haven't touched any of them in a long while. It is always annoying when that happens. An even greater annoyance is deciding which project to resume. Do you return to the one that is the most advanced or the one that is most interesting? I usually go with the latter since it offers greater motivation to get started. Of course, the worst case is something completely new has come along in the mean time and I jump on that because simply because it is new and shiny.

Having hobbies is both a blessing and a curse. ^_^