December 2009

on 2009/12/29 by rubin110, [Syndicated]

20091228 Got yelled at by the landlord.

on 2009/12/23 by rubin110, [Syndicated]

20091222 Communication. Brisk ride down Broadway into Downtown Oakland. At Noisebridge eating left over tofu scramble and staying warm.

on 2009/12/13 by aniniow, [General]

Happy Holidays! In celebration of the winter festivities and do-ocracy, several members (Josh Meyer, Jonathan Foote, Michael Toren and Ani Niow) decided to buy a bunch of strings of LED lights from the local Walgreens, hook them up to a relay switch that's connected to a small webserver. There are two sets around each of [...]

on 2009/12/12 by aniniow, [Event]

A couple weeks ago Jennifer Granick of the EFF gave an open Q&A about legal issues that people in hackerspaces might face. You can see it here: http://blip.tv/file/2949647 It's a long video but well worth the watch, especially if you're a member of a hackerspace like Noisebridge. The talk is also CC licensed so feel free to distribute [...]

on 2009/12/06 by maltman23, [General]

For three days, 400 people created projects, attended presentations, and made cool things at Codebits, the annual hacker conference in Lisbon.  It is put on by SAPO, the Portuguese phone company.  They flew me out here to set up a Hardware Hacking Area.  And they asked me to give a presentation.  I asked if I [...]

on 2009/12/01 by maltman23, [General]

It’s Portuguese Independence Day, and as I write, fireworks are going off like crazy outside my window, overlooking what looks similar to the Golden Gate Bridge, but was called Salazar Bridge, after the scary dictator (but renamed to 25 de Abril Bridge, in more recent finer times). I got here today.  Rather than sleep, which [...]