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(Letter is From Don, who is now heading the Robotics Meetup!)

Announcing a new Meetup for The Mid-South Area Robotics Society!

What: First Meeting of the year

When: Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:00 AM

Where:
Makers Local 256
203 Brown St.
Huntsville, AL 35805
256-513-4667

Welcome Everyone to the kick-off meeting for Mid South Area Robotics Society.

We will be defining our plans for the rest of the year. If you have a contest or project, this is the time to see if we can fit it in. I know this group hasn’t been meeting but get ready for a change. If you a have robots bring it. All projects are welcome.

Hope to see everyone there.

I want to thank the Makers Local 256 for letting us host in there building.

Location:
11:00 am
Makers Local 256
203 Brown St.
Huntsville, AL 35805
http://256.makerslocal.org/

Learn more here:
http://robotics.meetup.com/67/calendar/12427139/

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Next Thursday, January 28 at Makers Local I’ll be teaching a class on the basics of GIMP. It’s a very powerful tool for editing imagery and it’s free, which makes it ideal for enhancing photos or graphics work. For a one night class, I’m going to cover the most basic tools, and the most obvious applications for first-time users, like touching up photos or creating a simple graphic or text editing. Benalene is going to help by going over the basics of InkScape, another freeware application which that has good vector graphics tools.

If you’ve got photos you want to touch up with common issues (weird lighting, red-eye, etc) we’ll show easy ways to fix them. Also, if you want some quick ways to add a little polish to imagery for a website, business card, or other personal project, we’ll talk about the most common techniques.

You’ll probably want to bring your laptop or netbook with GIMP and InkScape already installed so you can play with the tools we’re talking about as we go.

The date is set for Thursday, January 28 2010 at 7pm.

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Makers learning DnDOn Tuesday, Jan 19, 2010, Makers Local 256 hosted a “DnD 101” class.  The class gave the attendees exposure to what goes into creating a game, the tools available for creating characters, and an overview on what’s involved in making an environment that is fun for creative minds.

Succeeding in a Dungeons and Dragons campaign requires a collaborative approach from the players, a key mentality used in both game play and group projects.

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I’m scheduling a meditation class Wednesday February 3rd at 7pm.

Unless I get a ton of responses saying this is a bad day/time, this is when it will be.

I plan to talk about and teach mindfulness meditation, but we can talk about/do whatever the group would like.

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NeonJade writes an article on Makers Local 256:

Did we fit in? It certainly felt like it to me. I even took a couple of membership applications to fill out. The energy was contagious. It makes me believe I could finish that mosaic project I have been meaning to do, maybe learn how to use a welder and try my hand at sculpture. Everything feels more possible in a supportive environment…

If you’re interested in checking out Makers Local 256, members are typically present at the space by 6:00PM weekdays, and 1:00PM on Saturdays. The Makers Local IRC channel is a great resource for finding out if people are currently at the space, as well as our webcam:  https://256.makerslocal.org/camera

We look forward to meeting you!