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Workshops @ Rua Red

Robert and Jeffrey will be leading two workshops in RUA RED as part of the Glitch festival. Glitch  runs from the 11th May until the 16th June. It hosts artists who utilise both virtual and real spaces to create their work with a a focus on Collective Intelligence , Immersive Technology and  Open Source Technology.

 

Workshop 1 Soldering

 

This fun and hands on workshop will show you how to get started creating your own electronic creations. The workshop covers the basic techniques of soldering and how to make simple circuits. Participants will finish the workshop with a kit they can bring home.

Dates: Saturday 2nd June – 11am – 12.30pm & 1pm – 2.30pm

Cost: €5

Booking: http://ruared.ie/Soldering.html

 

Workshop 2 Arduino

Do you want to make things blink? Build interactive art? Construct robots to take over the world? Then Arduino is for you.

You don’t need to be a programmer or an electronics engineer just have an open mind.
You will start off using LED’s and LDR to make light bar graphs.
This workshop will give you the spring into the world of Arduino.

Dates: Saturday 9th June – 12pm – 3pm

Cost: €5

Booking: http://ruared.ie/Arduino.html

 

 

 

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Lockpicking a great success

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us at lockpicking last night in TOG.

I started off the night with an introduction into the different tools and locks available, as will as some ideas of what I would like the lockpicking group to do. We had 21 people in attendance! I couldn’t believe it. It was evident by me running out of picks for everyone. Thanks for understanding.

Sean uploaded some videos of the night here: http://vimeo.com/groups/142714


See you in two weeks  for the next session. We will be doing this every 2nd Tuesday. I will have more tools for everyone by then 🙂

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Lockpicking Reborn :)

picks

Back due to popular demand, Lockpicking Group shall reform to meet on a bi-weekly basis starting from Tuesday 22nd May 2012 from 7:30pm.

I will kick it all off with my presentation on lockpicking, going through the different types of tools and locks. Then after we will take out the box of locks and get our hands dirty, and (hopefully) pick some locks.

Beginners welcome, locks and tools are supplied.

 

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This event is open to the public and FREE. No booking required.

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Beginners’ Crochet Classes

Want to learn how to crochet?

Giant Granny Square
A granny square in progress

There will be two beginners’ classes run during May, one from 7pm on Thursday 24th and the other on Saturday 26th from 2pm.  Both classes will be identical and will run for two hours, so feel free to pick whichever date suits you better.

During the class you will learn the basics, how to hold the hook and yarn, how to do chain stitch, how to do double and treble stitches.  By the end of the class you should be well on your way to starting your first granny square. Continue reading “Beginners’ Crochet Classes”

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Stop motion Build Blacksmith forge

Today we made a blacksmith forge that worked quite well after looking at a few other designs and working with what we found around the space we where able to build a blacksmith forge.

Fan is from an old oil burner
Running fuel is just normal coal but there are better options.

Check out video and photos for more details or leave a comment down below.

 

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Security Series: Wireless Security Workshop (again)

IT Security
Next Saturday I am going to re-run my Wireless Security Workshop. Last time I had 16 attendees all busy hacking away at the different wireless access points I set up.

This is a hands on workshop. It is aimed at beginners and you will be following along with what I do on my screen on the projector.

I will cover:
* What wireless is
* Different security settings
* The insecurities of each
* Live demo’s of Open Wireless, WEP, WPA.
* Discussion of WPS

The duration of the class will be 4 hours with a small break in the middle. For the class you will be required to bring your own laptop with either airtools installed, a virtual machine with Backtrack running, or booting into Backtrack via USB/DVD.

This will be the final security course that I run free of charge. In future I will charge a fee that will go towards the running of TOG.

Date: 28th April 2012
Time: 1pm – 5pm
Seats are limited to 16

SOLD OUT – Please add yourself to the waiting list and I will let you know this evening if a place becomes free

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