The Dublin Hackerspace
Following on from the recent Blogger-Twitter-Whatever event, I’m going to take part in Movember to help raise money for Action Prostate Cancer a programme of The Irish Cancer Society.
You can follow my progress and donate through Robert Fitzsimons’s mospace page. Or find out more about my team beard.ie.
Sometimes it’s hard to keep track of the great things your fellow space-members are up to. One of our members, Adam Sheridan, solved that problem by getting interviewed on Midlands radio last week (listen here).
His site, Selfficiency, is a mixture of brief articles on eco-technology and self-sufficiency, and some great in-depth projects. He makes paper logs, has a recipe for bio-diesel, and is working on converting two cars; a Fiat Punto and a Nissan Serena, to electric. He provides very detailed videos that show you all the steps, even the important ones that normally get cut out in “here’s one I made earlier” style. The whole site is living and breathing, and updated regularly, but if that’s not enough you can also get your Twitter fix.
As part of two very interesting weeks coming up soon, Science and Innovation Weeks, Adam will be giving a talk at TOG on producing your own bio-diesel. For more details on that, and the many other events, stay tuned!
Speaking of TOG, Adam managed to bring up Irish hackerspaces, in his interview, talking about the advantages of having a diverse community around you who can often help whenever you get stuck. Overall a glowing endorsement, thanks Adam! We look forward to seeing how your projects grow!
There has been a fair amount of work recently on the TOG network. We have the normal wireless and then a number of wired network points that allow people to plug their machines into the TOG LAN.
But what mysteries lie behind this amazing service? Curious? Of course you are. But fret not, all mysteries shall be revealed.
An “Intro to the TOG network” will be held on Wednesday 11th August 19:00 IST.
Topics discussed will be
This is only intended as an intro, just a “here it is” rather than a “how it’s made” discussion.
Please reply if you’re interested so space available can be assessed.
For now check out the photos of the TOG server room which you’ll get a tour of on the night.
http://gallery.tog.ie/v/serverroom/
Schrodinger.
After putting out to list of full members there was a great response on getting a fabfun set-up to buy some useful machinery for space.
On the initial list of things to buy are:
MakerBot http://store.makerbot.com/featured-products/cupcake-cnc-basic.html
Home Made CNC http://www.cncroutersource.com/homemade-cnc-router.html
RepRap http://reprap.org/bin/view/Main/WebHome
Anything else people come up with Comments below on what you think.
Reprap
Sometimes you simply like to learn something from scratch. Here is your chance.
TOG proudly presents PHP for Beginners.
In 5 weeks we will cover the basics of PHP development. The classes are 2 and a half hours long. We’re keeping the class size small, with 6 participants. The course costs €30 for non-members and is free for TOG members. Participants must be at least 18 years old.
There’s going to be an OpenStreetMap mapping party (What is OpenStreetMap? What’s a mapping party?) on Saturday and Sunday 6th/7th February 2010, based in TOG.
On Saturday 6th, there’s a related event, re:public, that’s having a talk on OpenStreetMap workshop and talks as part of their broader event. (slightly more info)
On Sunday 7th, there’ll be a proper mapping party, starting off in TOG at 12noon, and then mapping the local area.
All are welcome to attend.