Recently, Dave (W2VV) and I (KC2UHB) went to Turks and Caicos to operate ham radio and get a little winter time sun. We were given a temporary prefix VP5 to operate under making us VP5/W2VV and VP5 We did some…

Dylan Tweney wrote a fantastic article on Wired.com about hackerspaces in the US. NYCResistor was profiled along with Hack DC and Noisebridge. A fun and interesting read… While many movements begin in obscurity, hackers are unanimous about the birth of…

We mourn the passing of the Club Mate and a cloud hangs over our hackerspace.

So, both of my grandfathers were engineers in their own way. My grandfather on my father’s side (Ed Joyce) was a mechanic in the merchant marine during “the” war. My grandfather on my mother’s side (Ed Latimer.. what are the…

Confused/excited about all the cool things happening in Arduino-land lately? Well, luckily for you we’ve taken a look at the various Arduino families and blogged them over at the MakerBot Industries blog. The result? They’re each awesome and it’s pretty…

In celebration of Lady Ada day, a day to celebrate women in technology, here’s a spotlight on the ladies of Resistor! Kellbot – Tinysaur champion and creator of a glowing pacman cupcake. Pip – She’s the lab in the word…

We had our spring cleaning at NYCR and swept and mopt and chased all the dust bunnies down and killed their processes. Shelves were built and empires extended.

photo by Scott Beale / Laughing Squid Monochrom will be coming to NYCResistor to give a performance and bring the joys of Communism to NYC. Having just launched their propaganda rich communist video game, they are now on a worldwide…

I’m going to be teaching folks how to solder and each student will be provided with a TV-B-Gone kit to solder together. You’ll learn the basics of using molten metal to make electronics projects come to life. You’ll also learn…