A special announcement regarding tomorrow's Hackspace Hack evening!

[Jonty Wareing]

Afternoon hackers!

We've got a special guest attending tomorrow's
event; Mitch Altman, inventor of the TV-B-Gone
and co-founder of the Noisebridge hacker space
in San Francisco! He'll be running small
workshops for people who want to have a go at
building kit forms of the inventions he's come
up with.

If you want to have a go, these are the things
he'll have with him for you to build and play
with:

- TV-B-Gone kit -- £12
- TV-B-Gone keychain (not a kit) -- £12
- Brain Machine kit -- £15
- Mignonette Game kit -- £18
- MiniPOV3 kit -- £12
- Trippy RGB Waves kit -- £6
- Trippy RGB Light kit -- £12
- BoArduino kit -- £12
- FTDI USB serial cable -- £12
- USBtinyISP kit (AVR microcontroller
programmer) -- £12

We'll be providing as much of the necessary gear
as we possibly can for people who want to have a
go at this, but if you have any of the following,
please bring it in case we run out:

- Soldering irons
- Wire cutters
- Wire strippers
- Solder (Electrical)
- Hot glue gun
- Hot glue sticks
- Long nose pliers

We also have a large box of assorted electronic
bits and ten Arduinos that are free for anyone to
use in any way they like. If you have any random
components that might be fun to play with, please
bring them along!

We're also looking for some large toolboxes to
hold all the gear we're quickly accumulating, so
if you have one spare please donate it.

As for the food and drink tomorrow, we'll be
supplying the beverages and will put out an honesty
bucket for people to pay what the drinks are worth,
or more if you want to donate a bit of money to
hackspace! We'll also be ordering in pizza from
the place downstairs.

The venue is behind Angel tube station down the end
of the street, we'll try and put out an obvious
indicator on the door (look for flashing lights).
Come all the way up the stairs, we're on the top
floor.

Thanks again to The Hub for hosting this event,
they've been amazing and we can't recommend them
enough!

The address and all the other information you might
need are on the upcoming page:
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2973128/

And here's a google map, just in case:
http://bit.ly/hubislington

As a last resort if you can't find it, give me a
bell on my mobile: 07793223857

Hope to see you there with your projects!
--jonty

[Earthshine Design]

I thought last night was really good. It was interesting to hear Mitch
Altman talk about his projects.

The space was excellent, plenty of room, ventilation, lots of desks
and seats. Really enjoyed it. Massive improvement on The Regent.