TOG members will be taking part in the international hackerspaces.org Synchronous Hackathon over the weekend of the 20th and 21st of Febuary from about 12:00 to late and same again on Sunday.
Engineers Week Roundup
Wow! What a week in TOG. For Engineers Week we ran nine events over seven days. Throughout the week we had sixty nine people attending talks and workshops covering radio , pcb’s, arduino , robots and soldering . It has been a great success for all involved, for many participants it was their first time visiting TOG, many found the talks and workshops a great avenue to furthering their interests. Visitors were encouraged by the ethos of the hackerspace and enjoyed the “hack to learn” aspect of the community.
Throughout the coming year TOG will be continuing to host a number of events to foster innovation in science, technology, modern culture and creative arts.
Starting of a FabFund
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
And then there was two….
We would like to welcome Bitbucket to the hackerspace community.
Bitbucket is the latest space to open up in Dublin City Centre. They are located on the top floor, at number 33-34 on Wicklow Street. You can get in contact with them on there irc channel on irc.bitbucket.ie on #bitbucket .
Lack Server Rack
One of our members setup an IKEA Lack coffee table server rack. Here it is housing TOG and members servers.
php for beginners
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.