Some of us will be volunteering at the Big Spring Jam this weekend, look for us in a Coke booth. Also, since we are so close to the Jam we will be charging for parking. If you want to help us out, as well as park close and in a secure location, feel free to come by. Someone is going to be at the shop all weekend, parking and watching vehicles.
Thanks
Nathan
This weekend (9/18 – 9/20) we are hosting a meetup for a bunch of hackerspaces. Its going to be a very open event. Feel free to stop by and check out all the crazy stuff that will be happening. Here is a general list of how we think things will be going down. Again this is very open, and may change alot.
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Friday | ||
| 20:00 | Meet and Greet | Hotel Lobby |
| Saturday | ||
| 9:30 10:00 | Opening Speech | Shop |
| 10:00-13:00 | Open for Presentation/Talks | Shop |
| 13:00-14:00 | MudFlap is cooking lunch for all | Shop |
| 14:00-18:00 | Open for Presentation/Talks | Shop |
| 18:00-19:00 | Discussion of the possibilities of a Con next year. | Shop |
| 19:00-20:00 | Closing ceremonies | Shop |
| 20:00-21:00 | Dinner | Anywhere or bring back to shop |
| 21:00-?? | Party!!! | Shop |
| Sunday | ||
| 11:00 | Breakfast | Cracker Barrel, Waffle House, IHOP..ect |
The HacDC guys just had a article written about them in the Washington Post. Its gives a nice description about hackerspaces, who is involved and what goes on. Take a look.
My Favorate line.
“Hacking is about discovering possibilities. It’s what Benjamin Franklin did. It’s what Thomas Edison did.” -Nick Farr
The week leading up to Outerz0ne was crazy. We spent many hours working on the new Photobooth. Big thanks to Tim for a crazy design which I firmly believe he sold his sole to Satan for. Bob was awesome, he spend many hours putting the thing together. Venkat did a great job on the new software. Greg, Scott, Justin and I’m sure a few others also helped get this project done.
We had planned to leave Thursday night for Outerz0ne, but as the week rolled forward, it started looking like Thursday night might be a work night for everyone involved. Indeed it was, we worked late into the night, then got up Friday and continued to work. We finally finished working on the thing at about 6pm. Once it was done, we promptly tore it down, packed it up and stuffed it into the car. Then raced to Outerz0ne.
This was a great project to work on, and I believe it is far better than the first one. This photobooth actually breaks down and folds up under the seat. The only components that do not fit are the computer and curtains, but I think we have enough room under the seat for the curtains. There are a few areas which need improvement, but these are things that can be taken care of fairly easily, and hopefully can be done right without being rushed.
Below are pictures taken while building was taken place, and here is the link to the pictures the Photobooth took from Outerz0ne 5
A couple weeks ago we took a field trip to across the road to Inergi. They invited us over to take a look around and see what they do. The place is huge. They have 3 acres under roof. We only checked out a few places in the building, but all of them were awesome. They make some cool things over there. So if you ever need to have some fast prototyping done, they are the place in town to go to. Here are a few pics I took while we walked around.
