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[quote user="jfugate"] Linn Westcott was a favorite. I liked the way Linn would kick around ideas he was having on how to innovate a certain aspect of the hobby. Even if he hadn't tried his ideas, he would suggest them, and even include diagrams in his editorials.Then a few years later, an article would appear in MR where someone had taken Linn's hypothetical theorizing on what ought to be possible and they had done it.I miss that sort of innovative speculation, and I think Linn being willing to share what could have been seen by some as half-baked ideas was wonderful and I applaud his willingness to possibly appear to be a dreamer and not down-to-earth. Linn being willing to go out on a limb like that actually helped keep MR in the forefront as a pioneering influence in the hobby.Somehow the current magazine feels more corporate, preferring to stick with the tried-and-true, and has less of the entrepreneurial spirit of the Linn Westcott era. I miss that the most, even though visually the production values of the current magazine are better than in Linn's day. [/quote]There was one article in particular which I think I still have somewhere in my modest pile. In this article he foresees a future where radio would ride on a locomotive and respond to the operator carrying his own radio. I recall laughing hysterically at some of the Buck Rogers stuff when I first read it but today, oh boy has things changes! To me that was a little peek into the future.I think MR is not so straight-jacketed to the Corperate March in lokstep just yet, there is a good amount of individuality. If one was to go by the reviews however, cannot help but notice the VERY careful wording and thought that goes into reviewing a... less than ideal engine perhaps?I believe that MRR lives and dies by the very products it talks about if one was to examine the amount of content placed there for us to follow up on should we want a custom bench work, helix or some other product.I worry that the magazine itself might pass into history, there is a constant arrival of new product information on the Internet now. Some months I pick up a new issue and half of the content is already known about especially when one examines the "Product News" for the month.There is a certain amount of .. shall we say.. class? in the articles. To read an article that is published is to read something that is rather neutral, non-confrontational or otherwise sanitized so that us old folks dont reach for the Nitro Pill Bottle. Maybe it's me who hunts for a little action but sometimes I feel too peaceful reading an MRR at times...*Snores....
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