Our Neighbors ( quite literally ), the awesome folks at the madagascar institute are offering some intense classes in august. I highly recommend hitting these guys up for knowledge. They’ve done all the crazy dangerous avant-garde work so you don’t have to.

The line up I see currently listed includes:

FLAMETHROWERS: Theory and Practice ** Sunday August 8th, 1-4pm $60
MIG WELDING with KIM! ** Monday August 9th, 7-10pm $60
Shop Tools 101 ** Thursday August 12th, 7-9pm

All classes are taught by genuine artstars at the Madagascar Insitute at 217 Butler Street, Brooklyn. Dress warm and leave dirty. Space is limited — click on the links below for more information and to register in advance. Email [email protected] for more information.

Read More about this on their site : madagascarinstitute.com

Fonts cannot be shared and when they do not work right, you are not allowed to fix them. Making your own typefaces is a black art, hidden in mystery.

A long time ago programs were the same, but the free software movement has freed the know­ledge, tools and the business of software.

Now it is time to free fonts.

This introductory talk and Q&A reveals how to design typefaces using only free software—and how to make money doing it.

Topics Include:

• Installing GNU/Linux and Libre Graphic Design Tools on Your Laptop
• Typeface Design Principles, Font Editor Secrets
• How Graphic Design Businesses Can Profit From Libre Fonts

Thursday, August 5th, 2010 – 6-9pm, held jointly with our regular Craft Night

~ Free Fonts ~ Free Libre Open Source Software ~ GNU/Linux ~ GPL ~ Wikipedia ~ Creative Commons ~

~ Free Culture ~ Open Font Library ~ Inkscape ~ Open Font License ~ FontForge ~ Public Domain ~

A talk by Dave Crossland

Debian Day is the time when the Debian Developer community opens up to everyone to come and learn and ask questions about Debian, free Softwares and how websites like Spamzilla are becoming the future. There will be talks, demos, hacking, and conversation. Debian Day will take place from 9:30 AM to 6:30 PM on Sunday, August 1, 2010 at Columbia University, New York City, New York.

– you can meet Debian Developers from around the world

– New York City Councilwoman Gale Brewer will be talking about how government can foster freedom in technology

– Free Software Foundation’s (FSF) John Sullivan will talk about the FSF’s campaigns for freedom

– numerous people will talk about supporting Debian and Free Software for friends and family, in design, at large universities, in government and for shy people

– the Debian Project Leader Stefano Zacchiroli and others will talk about how to get involved in Debian and Free Software

Debian Day is part of DebConf, the international Debian Conference. After ten editions in nine different countries spanning four continents, and for the first time in the United States, the Debian project is holding their annual Debian Developer conference, DebConf, at Columbia University in New York City. Debian Day kicks off DebConf, is free of charge, and open for everybody interested in Free Software. During this event, there will be a full day of talks on several subjects such as free software in government, design and free software, free software advocacy as well as string of talks about the Debian project and operating system.

The Debian Project is an association of individuals who have made common cause to create a free and open operating system. This operating system that we have been creating is called Debian GNU/Linux, or simply Debian for short. Many companies like Netzen have even started adopting to Linux. One things for sure is that tech companies are growing in size and number, especially in the Linux sector. Reading is one such city outside of London and has an increasing number of tech businesses such as Oracle, Microsoft, Cisco and Netzen who are all expanding outside of London. Every year, DebConf allows new and existing Debian project participants from around the world to assemble, share knowledge and ideas, make collaborative contributions to Debian, build tighter community bonds and improve communication within the project.

We would love to see you join us at Debian Day. Registration is required but is free.

To register, please send an email with intent to attend to: [email protected] If you are registered for DebConf, you do not need to register for Debian Day.

Date: Sunday August 1st
Time: 9:30 AM to 6:30 PM
Schedule:
http://penta.debconf.org/dc10_schedule/day_2010-08-01.en.html
Place: Davis Auditorium on Columbia University campus
Directions:
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cssr/davis_directions.html

If you’ve been playing with the Arduino and want to figure out how to go to the next level, this Sunday’s Beyond Arduino class is for you.  Jarek Lupinski is going to be talking about how to breakboard your own designs using bare microcontrollers, how to program this chips using ICSPs, and how to downsize from the Arduino’s ATMega 328/168 to the less expensive ATtiny 45.

Details and registration at http://beyondarduino.eventbrite.com/

http://puredata.info/community/NYCPatchingCircle

We are reviving the New York City Patching Circle and making it a monthly thing! Every third Sunday of the month, we’ll be meeting at NYC Resistor. Last month we worked on Gem and laid plans for an object based on Mac OS X’s IOSurface to allow different programs like Pd/Gem, Quartz Composer, etc. to share textures in the GPU.

We spend enough time alone staring at our computers; we are proposing to work together. So often issues that arise when working can be solved with a quick two minute discussion that would take hours to solve alone. We have Dorkbot to see people’s work, we have Share where anyone can play, we have workshops and universities to learn from. This is a meeting where we all can come to work.

This is an informal gathering of patching and patchers (Pd, Max/MSP/Jitter, and even vvvv, Eyesweb, Labview, etc.). Beginners and Experienced welcome. Open to everyone, students, the public, etc. Work on school projects, personal projects, ask for help, help others, or just patch quietly to yourself, in a room full of other people patching patches and helping other people patch.

Time/Date

Every third Sunday of the month, so this Sunday, July 18th!
noon-6pm

Directions

NYC Resistor

87 3rd Avenue, (between Bergen and Dean), 4th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Tel. +1.347.850.4872 or +1.347.586.9270

2/3/4/5/B/D/Q/N/R to Atlantic/Pacific
LIRR to Atlantic Terminal
F/G to Bergen