The Dublin Hackerspace
Join us for a night of inspiring talks. Each speaker will only have 15 minutes to convey to you their passion and enthusiasm on a given subject. With seven talks on the night you will introduced to a diverse range of subjects.
Date: Thursday 15th November 2012
Time: Open from 18.30, Talks begin 19.15
Cost: Free
No Signup required.
Information on the talks after the break.
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ggplot2 is the renowned R package used for high quality data visualization.
ggplot2 simplifies many of the details of creating statistical graphics while using the power of the underlying R graphics system to ensure those graphics are both beautiful and meaningful. The class will focus on how to produce many commonly used graphical procedures (histograms, scatterplots, bar charts), and how to enhance those plots according to the user’s wishes.
Attendees will require some basic knowledge of R (i.e. getting your data into R), but ggplot2 is a mini-language specifically tailored for producing graphics, and that will be the focus of the class. (See syntax example.) This workshop is run in conjunction with Dublin R.
When? Tuesday, October 23rd from 19:30 till 21:30
Cost: €5 for non-members, free for members
Please use the form below the cut to sign up.
TOG is delighted to be hosting the Ubuntu-ie community as they celebrate the upcoming release of Quantal Quetzal. Ubuntu 12.10 will be released on the 18th October 2012, and the party to celebrate will coincide with our usual Open Social night on Saturday, 20th October.
On the night there will be a number of demo machines set-up showing the latest offering, and members of the Ubuntu-ie community will be available to answer any questions you might have.
But of course it’s also our normal Open Social night so feel free to drop by see the space, chat to TOG members and share some food and drink. It promises to be a good night.
Date: 20th October
Time: From 7.00pm
Saturday night is our quiz night. The great thing about our quiz is we encourage all the hackerspaces around Ireland to take part. We set up a conference call and our dedicated quiz master dishes out the questions across various topics. We will kick start to meet up at 7:30pm, and all going well (ha) we will start at 8pm. Members of the public are of course invited to take part in the quiz so please come along.
Details for connecting to the call are here
This Wedensday as part of Irish Hackerspaces Week to are having a Gastro Night.
We have lined up 3 interesting topics to be presented on the night:
Tríona from scienceisdelicious.com will discuss some of the science behind food, examining how heat changes our food and what exactly it is that the proteins in our food do. Whether or not you’re an expert in the kitchen, understanding some basic science can make cooking an even more satisfying experience.
Espresso? Latte? Kenco? No machines or electricity are required to spruce up your daily cup of ‘joe. Rob Gallagher will attempt to demonstrate some of the lost arts of brewing coffee.
The process of beer brewing will be discussed by Dan, our resident brewer.
Click through for schedule
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As part of Irish Hackerspaces Week we are running a Night of Short Talks in TOG on Thursday 20th Septempter 2012 kicking off at 7:30pm. This is an event we should do more often as we always get a great varity of topics from some great speakers. Here is a list of talks in no particular order (order decided closer to the time) :
Colm will discuss Ditch Medicine
Treating genuine life or death injuries without fancy pants show off shiny toys, like bandages.
Chebe will give us An Introduction to ZigBee, XBees, and their Security.
ZigBee is a wireless radio frequency protocol developed to suit the need for large mesh networks of sensors or actuators. XBees are affordable ZigBee devices made by Digi that are often used with Arduinos. We’ll take a look at why you’d want them, how they work, and what security features are available as a hobbyist.
Namit will talk about a topic that always lights up everyones eyes, Fire.
Everyone loves to play with fire. Come along to this talk and you might even get to play with some.
We will go through the top 10 things you can do with simple household materials and a few projects we have been working on in TOG.
We will teach you things things you never knew about fire with a very interactive and entertaining discussion.
You might even have some fun.
Claudio Pisa will discuss Wireless Community Networks built by end users.
Claudio is a ph.d student in telecommunications engineering and a member of ninux.org, a wireless community network in Rome, Italy. Wireless community networks are built by end users to interconnect among themselves, without any intermediary and with no central ownership or management. Let’s take a look at the situation in Europe.
Jules will discuss Garden Hacking.
Rose will reveal the dark and terrible secrets of ducks.
Dan will discuss RFID, how they have become more of an every day thing, as well as some of his recent trials of some of the latest hacks.
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