Crash Space Announcements Google Group

This Week @ Crash Space (2011-10-12 - 2011-10-18)

at0mb...@googlemail.com (Michelle Leonhart) — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:08:30 UT

Greetings, all! Welcome to another issue of This Week @ Crash Space!

Our Quest for Non-Profit Status

...is still underway! We're 25% of the way to our $5K goal. If you'd like
to help support us and our mission to infiltrate all of west LA with science
and technology, please sign up for one of our classes<[link]>,

This Week @ Crash Space (2011-09-28 - 2011-10-04)

at0mb...@googlemail.com (Michelle Leonhart) — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:25:47 UT

Greetings, from Crash Space!

Another fine week or making and breaking has taken place at your friendly
neighbourhood hackerspace! Allow me to fill you in...

Mark Frauenfelder of MAKE Magazine Visits Crash Space!

Members and the public were invited to come and show off the fruits of their

This Week @ Crash Space (2011-09-20 - 2011-09-27)

at0mb...@googlemail.com (Michelle Leonhart) — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 07:48:19 UT

Many a fine project has taken place at your Friendly Neighbourhood
Hackerspace this past week.

The Highlights(!):

*Crash Space's Quest for Non-Profit Status *

DONATE!<[link]>

This Week At Crash Space

theron.trowbri...@gmail.com (Theron) — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 20:42:54 UT

This upcoming week at crashspace has the following events and
activities:

Wednesday the 9th: What's Up Wednesdays at 8pm-10pm
A discussion of current events from a hackers perspective. Includes
commentary on legislation, police actions, and civil unrest around the
world.

Thursday the 10th: Troop 400 earns the Inventing Merit Badge 7-9pm

The Handmade Music Rundown for TONIGHT!

carlyn....@gmail.com (Carlyn maw) — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 16:09:12 UT

Fresh last night from Kevin...
---------- Forwarded message ----------
To: crashspace@googlegroups.com
So, a little program of events might be in store.. It's going to be a
preetttty busy night.
In no particular order we'll have:
*Craque* is probably the most acoustic of the bunch, with a healthy dose of

This Week at CRASH Space, February 22nd Edition

crashspac...@gmail.com (Crash Space) — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 05:49:23 UT

The return of the monthly annual weekly email the only way this will ever
get written!
This week in CRASH space... LIVE! From the Meeting!
*The last weeks recap:*
Newest toe hold on the web… *Thingiverse*!
[link]
For those of you who don't know:
"Thingiverse is a place for you to share your digital designs with the

Last Call Prototyping in Hardware class!

carlyn....@gmail.com (carlyn) — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 03:53:42 UT

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To: Crash Space <crashspace@googlegroups.com>

Hi folks,

We still have a few slots left it my Prototyping in Hardware class,
where we're building a simple weather station. It's on the 22nd,
Saturday afternoon.

For more information on the class, see the blog post: [link]

Doh. Never NEW ADDRESS for this list...

carlyn....@gmail.com (carlyn) — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 18:18:45 UT

Update your links...

The spelling error in the group name has been finally fixed! Did you
catch it?

Doh.

This week at CRASH Space: Nov 11 edition

carlyn....@gmail.com (Carlyn maw) — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:08:15 UT

Recap:
Lots happened at CS this week, most important of which was:
[link]
Oh and Sean was kinda vaguely awesome in the GOOD interview:
[link]
Oh, and yeah. We haz working Laser cutter, just so you know. We'll cut you.

This week at CRASH Space: October 28th - Nov 5th

carlyn....@gmail.com (Carlyn maw) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:34:48 UT

Time for another addition of the Monthly This Week at CRASH Space email...
We've had some great progress moving around some of the organizational stuff
about the space.
We've got some, shall we say, areas of influence, Hubs really, with
Superconnectors who are the point people if you have questions about

The Crash Space eiposide of Take on the Machine is LIVE

mike...@gmail.com (Mike Outmesguine) — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 22:49:51 UT

[link]
Part 1:
[link]
Part 2:
[link]
Watching now...

No Audio Night Tonight

carlyn....@gmail.com (Carlyn maw) — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:11:18 UT

Vance has been hacked. A flu virus has infected his OS.
Feel better Vance!

Fwd: [crash] Correction to this week's schedule

carlyn....@gmail.com (Carlyn maw) — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 07:06:10 UT

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To: crashspace@googlegroups.com
Hey Crashers!
Earlier this week Carlyn sent out next weeks schedule and it listed
that Johannes from monochrom was going to be giving a talk at the
space on Tuesday. Unfortunately he had a scheduling conflict and won't
be able to make it Tuesday, but luckily he's going to be able to give

This week at CRASH Space: October 6th - 13th

carlyn....@gmail.com (Carlyn maw) — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:48:49 UT

Hey all,
I'm back from the brink of death, as those of you seeing this on the
discussion list know from the binge of emails I sent the other night. So now
you all are getting sending another update.
We've change the [link] page to be more of a
list of events. In future developments it will get some love on the style

if you haven't been to a radio mondays yet... this might be the one!

carlyn....@gmail.com (Carlyn maw) — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 17:50:52 UT

We just got a fabulous donation of equipment this weekend and sounds like
Justin is going to show it off!
Enjoy!
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To: crashspace <crashspace@googlegroups.com>
One of the most interesting topics I know is the subject of motors. In the
end, it's all about mass and energy. Every kind of motor has its strengths

This week at CRASH Space: Sept 10th - Sept 16th

carlyn....@gmail.com (Carlyn maw) — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 23:18:47 UT

So,
The big news at CS this week is that we've changed our structure a bit by
popular request. There is now a "keyless" membership for 37 dollars/ month
-
[link]
You can be here if a key-holding member is here, come to events guilt free,
get a discount on classes... Let us know what you think!

Interactive Hackerspace Challenge Unveiling Party at Crash Space

mike...@gmail.com (Mike Outmesguine) — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 04:49:02 UT

Crashers and Friends!
We are having a party on Saturday, August 28th starting at 5:00pm to show
off the project we built for the Vimby/Scion Hackerspace Challenge!
It’s interactive. It’s audible. It’s visual. It’s fun. It’s free.
So come out in the daylight. Bring the kids and your friends. Bonus: See how

This week at CRASH Space (August 19th - August 26)

carlyn....@gmail.com (Carlyn maw) — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:21:43 UT

Hey CRASHers -
She's back... didya miss me?
Okay the space has been humming while I wasn't looking... awesome job. Clive
has gotten his cnc's almost up and running. (Look for a class on them coming
soon) Theron is planning for a Makerbot class and Chris did our TALLEST
print ever: (
[link]). Matt

This week at CRASH Space: July 8st - July 15th

carlyn....@gmail.com (Carlyn maw) — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 01:36:29 UT

Hey All,
Sorry for the delayed message this week, but it's all about building
anticipation. The change to our member meeting format went really well.
Matt Pinner is now the Signage & Art Node Ninja and Zeve is the Telepresence
Robot Wrangler and I am continuing to bend wordpress to my will for
crashspace.org 1.5 (It's not HackerspaceOS, but it will do for this round)

This week at CRASH Space: July 1st - July 8th

carlyn....@gmail.com (Carlyn maw) — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:45:14 UT

Hey CRASHers -
So apparently I goofed. I've been writing up these "This Week at CRASH
Space" emails and the discussion list hasn't been getting them! For the
time being I'm going to go ahead and send them to both the discussion list
and the announce list, so please forgive the double post.
We had a FABULOUS six month anniversary week. Hand Made Music on the 25th,

This week at CRASH Space - June 24th - July 1st

carlyn....@gmail.com (Carlyn maw) — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:58:46 UT

Hey CRASH-Friends -
So in addition to the newly loved addition to the CNC Mill in the back we
have gotten in a drill press and perhaps a band saw is coming and most
importantly we have our instant documentation camera with Eye-Fi Card to
record it all! As Theron noted in his post to the discussion list -

This week at CRASH Space June 17th to June 24th + A little after

carlyn....@gmail.com (Carlyn maw) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:30:16 UT

Hey Guys,
Busy week coming up, but we especially want to point out that we are having
a class on wearables/sof cicuits the 27th - check it out at the bottom of
the email.
Thursday, June 17th, 8pm: *Linux Night* - Chirs Sloan will be hosting the
only Linux Night in June, it returns to its 1st and 3rd placement in July

This week at CRASH Space June 10th to June 17th

carlyn....@gmail.com (Carlyn maw) — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:22:18 UT

Hey Folks,
Fun meeting on Tuesday, you should check out Kevin's witty notes on
the wiki: [link]
As for upcoming events this Saturday we are full to the gills!
- Starting in the morning we have the Mega Take Apart which is part
eWaste drop off, part swap meet, part part harvesting

THIS WEEK AT CRASHSpace June 3rd - June 10th

carlyn....@gmail.com (carlyn) — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:47:50 UT

Sorry about it being less than 7 days! I think we're gonna go with
an On-Thursday schedule for this in the future so I thought I'd go
ahead and start with that now...

This Week:

Thursday, June 3: So TONIGHT is the Steve Lampen talk on The Joy of
Wire

Saturday, June 5: Unhosted MAKE IN (YOU are the make-in, but we've got

This week at CRASHSpace June 3rd to June 10th

carlyn....@gmail.com (carlyn) — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:27:02 UT

Sorry about it being less than 7 days! I think we're gonna go with
an On-Thursday schedule for this in the future so I thought I'd go
ahead and start with that now...

This Week:

Thursday, June 3: So TONIGHT is the Steve Lampen talk on The Joy of
Wire

Saturday, June 5: Unhosted MAKE IN (YOU are the make-in, but we've got

This week at CRASH Space May 30th - June 5th

carlyn....@gmail.com (carlyn) — Sun, 30 May 2010 02:25:03 UT

Hey Everyone

Here's a recap for what's going down at CRASH Space this week.

SUNDAY - TOMORROW: 1pm - 4pm LA Microcontrollers Meeting
Are you interested in working with microcontrollers? Do you have an
art project that you would like to be interactive? Do you build
robots? The Los Angeles Microcontroller club will be having its next

Wednesday! Ghost Hunting!

s...@seanbonner.com (Sean Bonner) — Wed, 19 May 2010 01:18:31 UT

Hey Crashers!

Tomorrow night for our Wednesday Speaker Series we have a real live
ghost hunter coming in to talk about the science and tech of what he
does. More info here:

[link]

8pm, free for members, $10 suggested donation for the general public.

This Week At Crash Space

s...@seanbonner.com (Sean Bonner) — Mon, 10 May 2010 18:45:52 UT

Crashers!!

Lots going on this week at the space, hope you make some of it...

Tonight! (Monday): Radio Mondays 8pm
- Ongoing series, open the the public. Free for members, suggested
donation for non members. Justin usually sends out a note about this
sometime during the day so stay tuned.

Tonight! Speaker series: What the heck is a quantum computer?

s...@seanbonner.com (Sean Bonner) — Wed, 05 May 2010 18:10:19 UT

Crashers!!

Our Wednesday Speaker Series continues tonight with Bilal Shaw

[link]

Who will be talking about what the heck a quantum computer is...

[link]

This will be a very short and introductory talk. He will first give an

Monochrom at Crash Space

s...@seanbonner.com (Sean Bonner) — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:40:52 UT

Crashers!
We're going to have a special presentation this week by Johannes
Grenzfurthner from monochrom who is in town visiting from Vienna. He's
going to give a workshop called "Of drunken machines and horny relays"
in which he'll be talking about two of his on going
conferences/project Roboexotica (which explores the under appreciated

Public Night Tonight!

seanbon...@gmail.com (Sean Bonner) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:50:17 UT

Hey Everyone!
I know this announcement only list is pretty quite (all the heated
conversation takes place on the discussion list) but I wanted to make
sure anyone who cared knew that tonight, yes tonight, is our once a
month open-to-the-public meeting at the space followed immediately by
the ever popular Take Apart Tuesday. This starts around 8pm and the

Tuesday Dec 29th BIG MEETING!!

seanbon...@gmail.com (Sean Bonner) — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:09:21 UT

Hey Crashers!
If you've been to previous meetings you know we've decided on a
meeting schedule of Tuesday nights, with the once a month big
decisions board meeting on the last Tuesday of each month. This being
the first last Tuesday we've been in the space, tomorrow will be the
first of these big meetings.