Show & Tell was last night and although it was overshadowed by our looting of another small shop in town, it went well. Brimstone showed off the 96×96 pixel display we just acquired. Justin and he had it displaying text within days of getting it. There are big plans for this display so stay tuned for that.
Thanks to those who came out. We will be doing it again in a couple weeks. So keep hacking and get prepared for the next Show & Tell.
Thanks
Nathan
Show & Tell has started up again. Last night wasn’t the most popular of Show & Tells but it happened. Strages showed off some mesh networking that he has been working on. Phil and I cleaned the lounge.
We’ll be doing another Show & Tell in a couple weeks. Oct. 12 to be exact. It would be great to see more people there. Even if you don’t have a project. Show & Tell is a way to show off projects or give feedback to others on their projects.
Thanks
Nathan
This week is “Show & Tell” night on Wednesday at the shop. If you have a project that you would like to discuss, explain, or just plain show off, bring it starting at 7pm. Check out the wikipage to sign up or just browse participants. Progress and/or completion are completely optional!
The Huntsville Open Manufacturing Meetup will be held on Thursday, August 25th starting at 7pm. If you are interested, please check the meetup site for more details.
And this won’t be exactly at Makers Local 256, but if you like tinkering and toys, check out David Reyes’ exhibit on the 1st floor of Lowe Mill. Its called “Conflict Resolution” and is filled with “weaponized toys.” It will be on display until the 28th of August. Check out Lowe Mill for more information.
Makers Local 256 show and tell is when we encourage members and guest to tell us about their current projects or neat new toy. We hope this will become a regular occurrence at our shop, and be a source of fun and inspiration.
This week, Phil added a heated bed to the makerbot. This greatly reduces the chance and the amount of curling in the first few layers of plastic, as it cools.
Tim recently finished designing a new circuit board that will become a two-factor authentication token. He’s using gEDA-PCB to create the board, with comes form schematics made by Matt. Tim also managed to spend some time showing off his new (and jailbroken) Kindle 3.
Nathan explained his quest for finding the best remote backup solution. First duplicity, then rdiff-backup with sshfs -> encfs, then rdiff-backup with sshfs->eCryptfs. And restore rdiff-backup using archfs. The end goal is an off-site backup that is encrypted, but still manageable on a per-file level.
Wayne just finished up his Subject Delta costume. For those unfamiliar with “Subject Delta” It is a video game character from the game Bioshock 2. For those unfamiliar with Wayne, or 2storyprops, they achieve an insane amount of detail on all their props and costumes. seriously check out the photo link bellow.
