unwiredben

unwiredben

Embedded software developer at Roku, living in Austin, TX, previously in Brooklyn. Hacked some open source hardware and did some Arduino networking.

Craft Night People, Come on Down!

No normal craft night tonight! Instead anyone that feels so inclined can come by to New Resistor and help us paint the floor and the walls. Also maybe do some carpentry. It would be much appreciated, and this is your…

Make:NYC Meeting on Feb 4th

Our friends with Make:NYC are having their next open meeting on Thursday, February 4th.  It looks quite awesome — you get together and build something in a couple of hours to compete for fame and glory!  Here’s the details: Make:NYC…

E-Waste Recycling in January

We got word today of a few e-waste recycling events coming up, sponsored by the nice people at the Lower East Side Ecology Center.  All collection sites run from 10am to 4pm. Saturday, January 9, 2010 @ Riverside Drive at…

January is Music Month at Resistor

On Saturday, January 9th, we’ve got a great workshop called “CMOS Music : 1-Bit Chiptunes” taught by Phillip Stearns a.k.a Pixel Form. You’ll make a simple music synthesizer using a combination of analog and digital electronics. No programming here, just…

No Craft Night on Dec 24th or 31st

Holiday time again. NYC Resistor will be suspending the regular Craft Night on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve so we all can spend time hacking interesting things with our families. We’ll resume regular Thursday night open sessions on January…

Awesome Paper Crafting Class this Saturday

If you’ve not been closely watching our calendar, you might have missed Shelby’s DIY Paper Engineering class that’s this Saturday, December 5th. Shelby is a new member of the group and a frequent Craft Night attendee. Her day job is…

No Craft Night on Thanksgiving

If you’d been planning on coming to Resistor this Thursday after filling your belly full of bird or tofurkey, stay at home! We’re not going to be there. We will resume Craft Night on December 3rd!