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July 2009 Workshops

By cleverdick, on 2009-06-23 19:48


The following workshops will occur in July as part of Foulabs ongoing Thursday night workshop and presentation series. Everybody is welcome to attend, please register at workshops at foulab.org.

Serial/Parallel Domination!! (Controlling Things With Serial and Parallel Ports)
July 2nd, 7pm
Suggested price: $15.00
Learn how to connect devices like dumb terminals, switches, LEDs, buttons, and other sensors using your computer's serial, parallel or joystick ports.Bring some weird old gear to connect, or use the provided switches, LEDs and other gadgets included in the workshop fee.

Arduino Jam
July 9th, 7pm
Suggested price: $15.00
An introduction to the Ardurino AVR platform development environment followed by an improvisational arduino jam. Please try to bring your own laptop (and Arduino if you have one!).

Exploring and Subverting Physical Security
July 16th, 7pm
Suggested price: $15.00
Learn the ins and outs of locksporting including a tools overview, demonstrations and hands on tutorials.

Linux Config Basics
July 23rd, 7pm
Suggested price: $15.00
This workshop will cover techniques fundamental to command-line Linux configuration. Topics to be explored include terminal commands, package management, and configuration files. Participants are encouraged to bring Linux laptops and specific configuration issues they wish to resolve.

Valkyrie needs food... Badly! A group discussion on ethical dilemmas and video-gaming
July 30th, 7pm
Admission by donation
Is there karmic virtue to the actions you take in a virtual (video game) environment? Does the good-vs-evil concept necessarily need to occur in real life for it to have real meaning? This group discussion will consider these question - both from the single-mindedness epic focus of traditional video games (Gauntlet, Double Dragon, Might & Magic) as well as more modern and/or nuanced gaming environment where moral choices and gray ethical areas are presented to the player (Ultima, Fallout, Baldur's Gate). We will also consider our sometimes nuanced, often ambiguous relationship to ethics.

Awesome Party

By guinness, on 2009-06-16 00:00


Foulab DIY Party II/Fridge Full Of Beer
The Foulabers want to thank everyone who came out Saturday. It was a blast and we'll do it again before the end of the summer. In the meantime, we are doing workshops every Thursday night so come visit us.

Foulab DIY Party II - Workshop Details

By cleverdick, on 2009-06-02 21:32


The following workshops will begin at 2pm on June 13th, prior to the DIY party itself which will begin at 7pm (click on a title for details):





To make sure we have seats for everybody please send an email to workshops at foulab.org with your name and the name of the workshop you would like to attend to.

Please note that the first two workshops will be given from 2pm to 4:30pm, and the other two workshops from 4:30pm to 7pm.


Upcoming Workshops

By cleverdick, on 2009-06-02 20:59


The following workshops will occur in June as part of Foulabs ongoing Thursday night workshop and presentation series. Everybody is welcome to attend, please register at workshops at foulab.org.

Pico Cricket Jam
Thursday, June 18th - 7pm
Cost: $15.00 suggested donation
Plug and play robotics with the Pico Cricket brick system. A few bucks of bricks equals a whole whack of robotic fun. Join in as we take an innocent children's toy and subvert it towards all sorts of nefarious ends.

DIY Screenprinting
Thursday, June 25th - 7pm
Cost: $15.00 suggested donation
The basics of DIY screen printing. Learn how to take a digital image and transfer it from a computer to a t-shirt via photographic emulsion and old skool screen printing. Bring t-shirts and other articles of clothing to imprint with the Foulab logo.

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