There is now a July laser class on the schedule, hooray! These classes fill up fast, so grab your seat now.
July Fire the Lazor Class
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Jun 212009
Book Review: MythOS
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Jun 172009
This is the first of possibly many book reviews, or possibly the last of them.
MythOS is the fourth installment in the masterful Web Mage book series written by Kelly McCullough. Here at NYCR we are no strangers to this series, and anyone who has ever spent considerable time in our bathroom is well acquainted with the books. Blending ancient Greek mythology with modern technocracy has produced a profound work of literature that finds a balance in classical interpretation of drama and tragedy with the common parlance of our times. As true today as it was two millennium ago, the Greek’s hallmark style of story telling and character development has inspired Ms McCullough to craft a masterwork in the genre of science fiction. The primary character is Ravirn, or Raven. We are taken through a roller coaster love affair with Hellenic age foes, and divine heroines whose allure wafts from the pages like a fine perfume. As you are introduced to this magical world of web goblins and code spells, you find yourself gripping the pages like the last stable purchase holding you to your mundane reality and saving you from the adventure within. But you wish for nothing more than to let go.
Simple Serial Display
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Jun 082009
Simple Serial Display
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The Simple Serial Display is the result of a quick hack that I put together with Hilary Mason one April evening after a run by the river in Manhattan. Hilary and I were discussing ways of keeping an eye on long-running processes without constantly squinting at a computer screen from across the room. This slideshow was presented at barcampNYC4. Continue reading »
Time Lapse Video How-To
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Jun 072009
So during the Thursday craft night we received a request from one of the hackerspace folks for some time lapse videos of the space over a 24 hour period. They are working on a project that will no doubt be stupendous and magnificent. However this spawned a quick project.
PHP Classes this weekend!
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May 282009
There are still a few spots left in this weekend’s PHP Classes, so if you’ve always wanted to learn PHP here’s your chance!
Beginning PHP runs from 1pm to 3pm on Saturday and covers basic PHP syntax, functions, etc. It’s perfect for people with little to no previous programing experience.
Object Oriented PHP is a class for folks who already know their way around PHP and want to learn object oriented programming to go with it. We’ll cover the basics of OOP, and some of PHP’s OO excentricities. It runs from 1pm to 3pm on Sunday.
Snag your spot now before they fill up!
Foulab Video
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May 252009
From foulab.org: Jack Oats made a mini documentary called “repurpose” about the montreal based foulab. We got a shout out, which is very cool. It’s awesome to know that our talk at hope helped in some small way make this happen.
Anyways awesome job foulab!
Life Size Katamari
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May 242009
Ok maybe it’s a little smaller than life-size, but it’s a hella fun way to play Katamari.
More details on how it’s put together can be found on my blog, kellbot.com
2am iPod Sequencers
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May 212009
Widget and Hans stayed up til 2am hacking up some iPod sequencers at NYC Resistor. We are using pdPod on iPodLinux. You can hack your own iPods too, as part of the re-ware project, we are trying to make it easy: http://re-ware.org
Thanks to Bre Pettis for his camera work.
Swap Night == Success!
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May 212009
Our first swap night was a success! There were lots of goodies being traded: mysterious old EPROMs, old iPods, a steam engine, a laser barcode scanner, resistors by the reel, even a Wii. Most folks left with a little more than they came in with… but at least it was different stuff!
If you didn’t make it you missed out an a lot of cool stuff, but don’t worry; We’ll likely have another one in the future!
Swap Night Tomorrow!
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May 192009
Don’t forget, NYCR’s first Swap Night is tomorrow! 6:30 PM! So bring your odds n’ ends and see if you can’t find a new home for them!
If you haven’t already, RSVP so we know how many folks to expect! We’re not going to register individual stuff this time around, so just bring a bag ‘o useful things and prepare to make some friends. We’ll have nametags to make things a little easier. Plus who doesn’t love nametags?