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The Last Hope – Call for Participation and Hackerspace Village

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Feb 282008
 

The last hope is a hacker convention in NYC and they just put out their call for participation. A good chunk of it seems to be about hackerspaces, so we’re going to have to show up and represent. It’s July 18th – 20th.

Do you have a lab, factory, warehouse, or other “hacker space”? Do you know there are other hackers in your area who want to build one? The Last HOPE is building the first “hackerspace village” to help bring together existing project spaces and inspire efforts to build them. Show hackers from around the world how you built your space, what you’re doing with it, or what you would do if you had one! Learn about, build, and help grow the global hackerspace movement. E-mail [email protected] with some details about your space or plans for building one! – Link

RepRap First Print!

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Feb 212008
 

I moved all my robots into the space this previous weekend, and it took much less time than I thought. This was great because it left me with 2 more days to code and work on my robot. You see, I’ve been participating in the RepRap open source project to create a self-copying 3D printer for quite a while. I finally found enough time to fix some bugs that were preventing me from printing.

If you’re interested, read more on the RepRap Builders blog entry.

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NYC Resistor is now a Hacker Space

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Feb 042008
 

Hacker space signed and paid.Yes!

Today, the core members of the NYC Resistor group put down a good chunk of money on a space in Downtown Brooklyn. It turns out it was the first space that Dave found! – Link

It will be a space for monthly public meetups and much hacking.

It started with George, Peter and I at Chaos Computer Club Cologne. We had just been to the Chaos Communications Camp and were on a tour of hacker spaces in Europe when we decided that NYC needed a place for hackers to meet and share ideas and make things. We sat down and put together a good chunk of infrastructure and now, five months later, we have formed a strong core group and found a space and we start moving in later this month at 397 Bridge Street.

The last month has been quiet on the site while the core group has been busy behind the scenes developing infrastructure, starting an LLC to make it happen legally, and doing lots of planning.

Now that we have a space, we have a lot more hard work ahead of us, but there is no going back now! Stay tuned!

24th Anniversary Macintosh

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Jan 132008
 

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This is a Macintosh 512k which I upgraded to run OS X by replacing the innards with a modern Mac Mini and various supporting components, including a grayscale CRT monitor, an LS-120 floppy disk drive, and a microcontroller-based USB device that interfaces the Mini to the original keyboard and mouse. Why? Mainly because I wanted to experiment with creating a custom USB device. Also I guess I wanted to waste hundreds of dollars and countless hours building a semi-useless computer with a 9 inch black and white screen and no arrow keys.

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Clubhouse Option #2

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Jan 072008
 

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Pat and I checked out another space today. It’s in a loft building in the Northeast corner of DUMBO, near (actually, surrounded by) the big power transfer station. The F train is a few blocks away and the A/C a walkable distance. The rent is $2300/month with a 1 or 2 year lease. The owner listed the size as 1100sf, so it’s probably more like 1000 in real life. The space is divided into 3 windowed rooms (2 are about 9×15, the third is about 12×10) plus a center hall/room (10×10) where we could have lockers or rolling storage units. The views are pretty good. There is a large private bathroom and a second small sink. The layout is not ideal for having big classes but could be good if several people wanted to work independently and had different music tastes, for example.

Overall I’d say that this is a nice space, but probably not the best for our needs. Option #1 has similar space, a more flexible layout, and much better train access. Gowanus has similar train access but more space and other benefits for less money.

More photos after the jump…

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Clubhouse Option #1

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Jan 062008
 

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I looked at an L-shaped loft today on the 5th floor of a commercial building on Bridge St. between Willoughby and Fulton Mall in downtown Brooklyn. The rent is $2200/month with a 1 year lease and no fee. It is 900 sf (my measurements) with high ceilings and good light. The location is extremely convenient to trains and also happens to be close to a good hardware store, a Radio Shack, and Polytechnic University. The surrounding buildings are mostly commercial and low-rent retail, although this is a gentrifying area and some luxury condos are being built up the street. Rent includes heat 9-5 M-F but nothing else. There is a small bathroom down the hall which is shared with 2 other tenants, but there’s no shower or kitchenette. Since this is the first space we’ve really seen, I can’t say how it stacks up in terms of value, but it certainly seems like a viable option based on our criteria. More photos after the jump…

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The Search For Space

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Jan 062008
 

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We are beginning our search for a space for our club. Here’s our criteria:

+Multiple rooms for breakout sessions, video games, and separate meetings.
+A big space for presentations, general work, with a white wall for projection and a big table.
+Closet for servers.
+Windows for blinkenlight style projects.
+A kitchen
+A shower
+A benevolent landlord
+Tolerant neighbors

For location, we’re open to most places as long as it’s convenient via transit and not creepy. Mostly right now we’re looking in dumbo because a bunch of our core members live in the Park Slope area and it’s super close to Manhattan.

Should we add anything else to the criteria?

Got any leads?

Update: Christian Decker created the dreamy floorplan above!

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