Open hack night Friday night (Aug 27th), 8pm till…
I think I've got the energy to be at the lab and handle an open hack night from 8pm till whenever. So doors will be open! Maybe we will play a documentary or two, and mentally prepare for the high altitude balloon launch going down on Saturday. See you there!
Shopbot Camp @ Hines Design Labs
Heads up! There is something exciting coming up locally for those interested in CNC routing! Shopbot and Hines Design Labs are throwing an all day event. Presentations, demos, and some food. It will be on September 11th.
For more information check out the facebook event page. Want to see something cool Angus made with his? Puzzle piece parquet floor! Floor info here.
See you all at the event!
“Get Lamp” Screening, C64 and more
If you missed the "Get Lamp" Screening on Friday, you missed a good time.
The labs got in full swing around 9:30 and saw a lot of general conversation and general hacking.
Harold continues to push the 757 Labs in Space project forward, and Friday saw a lot of soldering, testing and the intermittent sounds of the life-support like de-soldering machine.
Vex brought in Commodore 64 with a couple of floppy drives which worked like a champ after he discovered a decidedly non-enduser mod to enabling them. We had a random assortment of software, including one title which you would have had to be a REALLY desperate man to ever play. Are those Mom jeans?
We had a few new people around which is always good to see and remember anyone is welcome to come and hang out.
Of course we screened the documentary Get Lamp: The Text Adventure Documentary which was a pretty interesting look into the early life of INFOCOM and the world of Interactive fiction.
Look for some pictures soon.
757.rb Ruby Group on Wed: Using ActiveMerchant for Fun and Profit
Just a heads up that the 757.rb Ruby group is meeting on Wednesday, Aug 11th at 6PM with a presentation "Using ActiveMerchant for Fun and Profit" presented by Nathaniel Talbott.
To RSVP and for more information, visit the 757.rb meetup group page here:
http://www.meetup.com/ruby-130/calendar/13268733/
Open hack night, Friday Jul 30th, 8pm till midnight+
Just a heads up, the lab is open for a general open hack night on Friday. Everyone is welcome to visit. We will probably be working on a project or two, and people are welcome to bring their own projects to work on, or ideas to discuss. Software, hardware, whatever. It's been a while since we've held a general hack night, and hopefully we can move back to doing it twice a month or more.
MIDI dabbling
On Friday last week a few lab members got together and toyed with electronic noise creating toys. It may become a regular meeting. Interested? Ping MarkG!
757 Labs at Fantasci 2010, other marketing
We're doing a little marketing of the lab around Hampton Roads. We were helping out at the Freeplay table at Fantasci over the weekend, and ran a short video about the lab (also posted to youtube.) A few people asked about the lab, and promotions for the Freeplay retro and modern gaming event (Aug 7th, www.sevagaming.com for more info) went well. In addition to this, some other ads were distributed at a few places in Virginia Beach and Chesapeake.
It was a good time supporting a local con, and I hope to do it more in the future. The HAMFest in September should be home to our next "booth."
Hackerspaces in Space (space… space… space…)
Thursday saw a rather last minute meeting. Attendance was light, but moving forward is always good. At least until we need to move up.
For those of you that couldn't make it, or didn't find out about it until it was too late, the mailing list is working. Please, show it some love. If you're part of the project, and not on the list, contact Ethan or myself to be added.
HRGeeks ][ – March 18th 2010
The 2nd HRGeeks ][ meeting happened on March 18th 2010 and was a success! Adam Crosby gave his iPhone forensics presentation (slides are up on www.HRGeeks.com), and I went through a basic intro on the AMX automation equipment that is in use at the space to manage power, audio and video. Also, mega props to Brian for demoing a SICK laser rangefinder!
Next event will be a microcontroller night/boardgame night, open to all (watch the calendar.) Also, we're going to schedule some meetings regarding the high altitude balloon competition 757 Labs is entered in, "Hackerspaces in Space."
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User Groups
- 757 CCC Comic & Cartoon Creators
- 757 Python Users Group
- 757.rb Ruby Users Group