Thursday 31 December 2015

The Top Ten Most Popular Make: Posts for 2015

sliding-bookcase-doorFind out what the top ten most popular articles where on the site this year

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Wednesday 30 December 2015

Build a Giant Collapsible Vortex Air Cannon You Can Take Anywhere

Finished Vortex Air CannonBuild a giant vortex air cannon made from PVC pipe, plywood, and tarps that disassembles to fit inside a medium sized car.

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Noodle-Legged Robot Will Seek Out Legs to Cuddle With, Drool On

toesImagine, a small crab-like robot walks up to you and leans on your leg...

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Tuesday 29 December 2015

Apply to our 2016 Artist in Residence Program!

 

Click the link below for more details and the application form!

Kwartzlab Artist in Residence Call 2016



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ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD!



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NYE Craft Night!

There has been some question around whether NYC Resistor is open for New Years Eve so pay attention cause we are open.

And there will be music.

NYE Craft Night!

And there will be science.

NYE Craft Night!

And there will be dancing

NYE Craft Night!

So get over here and join us for the last craft night of 2015!

NYE Craft Night!



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Bye Bye Cubify, 3D Systems Discontinues Consumer Division

CubePrinter3d systems discontinues the consumer line of printers

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Robotics Course

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This is not a public eventMembers may use the garage space, but office will be reserved.



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Robotics course

01/16/2016 14:00
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This Mirror Is Made of Hundreds of Pompoms

pompommirrorDaniel Rozin reinvents the mirror with furry pompoms and an Xbox Kinect.

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Monday 28 December 2015

Arduino U – 19:30, Wednesday 30th December


Roll Up! Roll Up! The last Arduino U for 2015 is on at 1930 on Wednesday the 30th of December.

All welcome – bring in your own project to boast, explain or seek assistance.

Please don’t forget to BRING YOUR LAPTOP if you want to get the most out of your visit.

$10 in the tin supports the existence of our geek-friendly makerspace.

 

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No Makerspace No Problem: Maker Cart Takes Workshop Education to Go

grand canyon 1The ED Cart will be a great way to reach students without the cost of a full Makerspace and can seed the way for Maker learning for all.

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Build a Classic Wobble Duckie Pull Toy

20151128_150959 (1)Kids will be sure to love this homemade classic duckie pull toy that wobbles as you roll it. Just print the template and do some simple woodwork.

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Sunday 27 December 2015

Create Stunning Illuminated Art from Rasterbated Images

8ht1CvGIt doesn't take advanced tools or expertise to make a beautifully unique piece of art using rasterbated images.

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Saturday 26 December 2015

Flight Manual: Do’s and Don’ts for the New Drone Pilot

A drone's-eye view of Ocean City, MD, taken by the Kilbys.If you've recently become a drone owner, there's a lot to learn about safety, maintenance, and the regulation of the skies. Read on to find out what you need to know.

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Live Interpretations at 32c3

Following a couple of years of tradition, we will, at 32c3, interpret
all the talks.
Yeah, all of them. Live. German-English, English-German.
For you as a participant that means:

You can listen in on the streams by either selecting the appropriate
stream, or by changing the stream audio channel (if your player allows).
If you are on the Eventphone DECT network, you can dial in to various
streams: 8011 for Saal 1, 8012 for Saal 2, 8014 for Saal G, and 8016 for
Saal 6.

But that’s not all. In order pull this off, we need help. Never tried ?
Don’t worry, we’ll help you to find out if you’re talented. Expert
interpreter? Even better. So if you speak great English AND German
please contact us via e-mail: lingo-content@lists.ccc.de
or via twitter: c3lingo.
We usually meet twice per day, so don’t worry if you miss a meeting.
Just register at the heaven and ask for guidance.

Oh and if you use our services and like what we do, please let us know.
If you don’t like what we do, please tell us how you think we can improve.



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Friday 25 December 2015

Screen Printing? We do that too…

After having many people ask about the screen printing machine, I figured I should do a demo, which turned into a class, and a few members got to learn a lot about screen printing, and how they can use the vinyl cutter to prep screens for printing.

I’ve got a post on my own blog about the demo, but I figured I’d add a photo of some of the results. Above is a shirt printed by one of our members, and below is a poster I printed for our “Wall of Stuff” in the lobby.

If you’re interested in screen printing, just get in touch with me, and I’ll share what I know.

Screen Printing? We do that too…



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#32C3 lecture streaming and recording

Dear Congress visitors and those who didn’t make it: Like in the previous years, the Video Operation Center will provide you with live streams and recordings of all main lecture halls (1, 2, G and 6) and the stage at Sendezentrum. As usual, you’ll find the video and audio streams at http://ift.tt/1OROBtu and the recordings at http://ift.tt/1Po4dGH. We also publish to our YouTube Channel media.ccc.de to cater to those with broken playback devices. We’ll continually be publishing the recordings there during Congress. Please avoid linking other channels which reupload our work (with ads).

If you are unable to join us at the CCH you can also participate in 32C3 remotely as part of Congress Everywhere and meet up at a hackerspace to watch the streams, drink some Mate and ask questions via IRC or Twitter.

Again, we’re happy to be able to bring you additional content: Audio from the “Podcaster-Tisch” (Podcasting-Table) of the Sendezentrum as well as music from the Chaos-West Assembly, the Lounge, the Anti-Error-Lounge and from the Dome on the roof of the CCH.

#32C3 lecture streaming and recording Like at the previous Congress and this year’s Camp, all videos will be produced and published in HD and we try hard to ensure the best image quality and correct metadata on the files. Thus, we ask you not to record the streams (or at least not to publish such recordings), as those do not live up to the standards we set for our recordings. For the time between a talk and when we publish the recording, you can use the Relive system. We wrote more on the topic of stream dumps in this blog post.

We also did some upgrades with the live subtitles. They should now work on more devices and also when watching the video stream in fullscreen mode. The subtitles team will focus this time exclusively on halls 1 and 2 and wants to cover those 100%. In both halls the live subtitles can be watched on two screens in the front rows as well as on an arbitrary device via a web frontend. For this Angels are still wanted, both for live transcription and as responsible contact person for a hall.
Twitter: @c3subtitles
IRC: #subtitles auf hackint.org

32C3 Video Operation Center

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Search, find and be found: c3nav – 32C3 Indoor Navigation

Deutsche Version weiter unten.

Even for regular visitors the CCH building with all it’s corridors, foyers, and halls can be a hard to navigate maze. Thankfully some hacker was too lazy to think about how to get someplace and thus built the first congress indoor navigation system.

Check it out at https://c3nav.de/.

In order for your favourite places to be found c3nav needs your help. Go to the project’s github page and create a pull request with your favorite place’s position. Or drop them a tweet to get in touch. And then you can create a QR code encoding that position, hang it up and every visitor can find out exactly where she is by just scanning that QR code.

If you own an Android device you can also install the c3nav app from F-Droid and Google Play or as .apk and use wireless location instead of scanning QR codes to enter your current position. The app also supports sharing of routes and positions, which is really great if you want to help someone finding you. Just send them a c3nav link with your current position. You can also add your favourite places as a quick link to your homescreen, so you can find your way to them with a single touch.

Well, isn’t that pretty cool? Unfortunately it seems like iOS doesn’t offer a wireless scan API, so some hacker has to take a look at that.


Search, find and be found: c3nav – 32C3 Indoor NavigationSelbst für regelmäßige Congress-Besucher ist das Gebäude des CCHs mit seinen ganzen Korridoren, Foyers und Sälen ein schwierig zu navigierendes Labyrinth. Glücklicherweise war eine Haeckse zu faul darüber nachzudenken, wie sie irgendwo hinkommt und hat deshalb das erste Congress-Indoor-Navigationssystem gebaut.

Schau’s dir an auf https://c3nav.de/.

Damit auch Dein Lieblingsort gefunden werden kann, braucht c3nav Deine Hilfe. Gehe auf die github-Projekt-Seite und mache einen Pull-Request mit der Position Deines Lieblingsortes. Oder tweete sie an, um mit ihnen in Kontakt zu kommen. Und dann erstelle einen QR-Code mit der Position Deines Lieblingsortes, hänge ihn auf und jede Besucherin kann ihn scannen und genau herausfinden, wo sie gerade ist.

Falls Du Besitzer eines Android-Devices bist, dann kannst Du die c3nav-App von F-Droid oder Google Play oder als .apk installieren und auch WLAN-basierte Ortung benutzen, statt QR-Codes zu scannen, um Deine aktuelle Position herauszufinden. Die App kann außerdem Routen und Orte teilen, was zum Beispiel ziemlich großartig ist, wenn Du jemandem helfen möchtest, Dich zu finden: einfach ihr einen c3nav-Link mit Deiner Position zusenden. Du kannst auch Deine Lieblingsorte als Quick-Link auf Deinen Homescreen packen, so dass Du mit nur einer einzigen Berührung dorthin navigieren kannst.

Ist das nicht ziemlich cool? Leider scheint iOS keine WLAN-Scan-API anzubieten, also mĂĽsste sich irgendeine Haeckse das mal anschauen.



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Turbocharge a Pencil Sharpener with an R/C Car Engine

ST5DcfwWish your pencil sharpener had more power? Well, we've got the hack for you.

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Thursday 24 December 2015

Santa and a Sleigh of Three Tiny Robo-Reindeer

roboReindeer_1Don't be spooked by the lifelike appearance. These robots are a gift.

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Banana-Chopping Corset Is the Ultimate Chastity Belt

McAllenInstallation-461x312You might experience your own cremesteric reflex when you see what this corset can do to a banana.

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Johnson County Library’s Listen Local Project: An Update

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by Bryan Voell

Since its inception in January 2015, Johnson County Library’s Listen Local project has featured more than fifty of the Kansas City area’s finest songwriters, composers and musical noisemakers. As I wrote back in March 2015, the overarching goal of Listen Local is to help educate our community on the breadth of talent in our collective backyards – everything from rock, pop, folk and blues to contemporary classical, experimental, electronic, hip-hop and jazz – and to do this in a way that aligns with Johnson County Library’s strategic plan.

Two questions lay at the heart of this project:

  • When fewer and fewer artists are producing and selling physical CDs of their work, how does the library collection best represent the rich diversity of original music being made locally?
  • In the absence of a dedicated digital platform to provide streaming or downloadable local music, what can Johnson County Library do to help spread the word about these artists and connect our community with their work?

JCL_listen_local2Listen Local is the first step toward addressing these questions. There are serious advantages to offering a digital resource over a purely physical CD-based music collection. We’re able to feature artists regardless of whether or not they have the ability or resources to mass produce a compact disc. We’re also able to provide, through interviews with the artists, some insight into the creators and the experiences behind their creations. A great by-product of this project is that artists often offer copies of their CDs to the Library. This is a great example of how a perceived limitation—not being able to build a satisfactory CD collection of local music—led to a creative solution.

Listen Local averages between 300 and 400 visits a week, making it one of our most successful blogs. Sharing new posts through social media not only alerts library users to new content, but the artists themselves regularly share these updates, bringing their friends, family, and fans to the library website. In addition to an interview and embedded links to music, every artist post features personal recommendations from our catalog, tying everything back to the collection. Another tie-in is our monthly Listen Local performance series, where featured artists perform for an hour or so in one of our thirteen locations.

The response to this project has been overwhelmingly positive. Here are some of the comments we’ve received so far:

“Thank you for this opportunity. Seriously this is a much needed thing you are doing for artists.”

“This interview series is awesome. I loved going back and reading the previous posts. What a great thing for the community!”

“I checked out Listen Local and feel honored to be a part of it! It really helps up and coming artist get their name out there.”

Since January, we have featured a wide variety of songwriters and composers, from high schoolers to senior citizens. For example, immensely talented teens like Grant Sharples, Bailey West, Kate Cosentino, Isaac Barkley, Kate Rose and Gracie Schram, all in the early stages of their music careers, sit alongside more established, and in some cases internationally-recognized, artists like Mara Gibson, Calvin Arsenia, Thom Hoskins and Ingrid Stolzel. We’ve included groups like the Midwest Chamber Ensemble and their Composer-In-Residence Joseph Kern, the wacky-and-educational Electric Needle Room and the highly respected jazz ensemble Shades of Jade. Through Listen Local we are creating a growing resource that strives to represent the richness and diversity of the Kansas City area music scene.

 

Bryan Voell is currently the Local Arts Librarian for the Johnson County (KS) Library. He received his MLIS from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2007 and has worked for public, academic, and research libraries in various capacities since 1997. He is also a collage artist and you can see more of his art here.



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See How These Beautiful Leather Notebook Cases Were Crafted

moleskine-finalDoes your notebook need a little classy customization? Jacques Kilcher shows his process for making stylish notebook cases out of leather.

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Wednesday 23 December 2015

We’re Open!

NYC Resistor will be open as usual for Craft Night on Thursday, December 24th. Woohoo!



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This Beautiful Spinning Egg Ornament Just Won an Ultimaker!

OrnamentsCheck out the winners of Make:'s 3D printed holiday ornament contest.

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Last Minute Holiday Dinner Recipes

ho-ho-hoagies-3Still trying to figure out what to serve for Christmas and New Year's? Check out these dinner recipes.

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Why It’s So Hard to Land a Rocket on Its Tail

23802552292_9e69cd52bd_oOn Monday history was made. For the first time ever a rocket stage that delivered a payload to orbit turned around and returned, landing safely on its tail.

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How I Made a Makey BB-8 Hybrid Rubber Stamp

IMG_0309I decided to use the Silhouette Mint to give BB-8 a little remix in rubber stamp form.

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Use Math to Design Mazes in OpenScad

image number 4If you've ever wanted a way to create unique, randomly generated mazes, here's how to do it in OpenSCAD.

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Aesthetics of Research at Columbia College Library

Today’s feature comes to us from Kristy Bowen, Co-Curator of the Aesthetics of Research project at Columbia College Library in Chicago. We were so excited to hear about this project, which explores the library as an incubator for creativity through exhibitions, events, and other “shenanigans” as Kristy says! Enjoy! ~Laura

by Kristy Bowen

Initiated in early 2014, The Aesthetics of Research, in residence at the Columbia College Chicago Library, is an ongoing series of exhibits, events, and other shenanigans dedicated to exploring the role that libraries play in artistic process, creative community building, and resource-sharing in the arts.

The Aesthetics of Research art vending machine. Photo provided by Columbia College Library.

The Aesthetics of Research art vending machine. Photo provided by Columbia College Library.

Founded by library Access Department staff members Jennifer Sauzer and Kristy Bowen, both alumni of the college and artists themselves looking for a way to bridge their own artistic practice with their love of libraries, the program has grown from a small rotating gallery-style exhibit of work and artists’ bibliographies  into a multi-platform entity, which includes not only a blog (aestheticsofresearch.com) devoted to exploring the intersections of creativity and research, but also ongoing initiatives in the campus library, including art vending machines, a Zine Exchange and The Library Sketchbook Project, a collection of volumes scattered throughout the library to collect and display student work.

Aesthetics of Research Book Wrecking workshop. Photo provided by Columbia College Library.

Aesthetics of Research Book Wrecking workshop. Photo provided by Columbia College Library.

This fall, in conjunction with Chicago Artists Month, the Aesthetics of Research sponsored their first annual ARTCACHE event (an art exhibit/scavenger hunt/geocache) hidden in the library and accessible by clues using available online resources.  With the goal of nurturing a creative community anchored in the library, the program has also sponsored a multitude of other campus events, including a week of LGBTQ community-focused programming, a series of informal How-To workshops devoted to art & craft-making, as well as A Little Indie Press Fair, highlighting the diverse wealth of Columbia-related indie publishing–literature, zines, comics, and book arts.   Future plans include a Holiday Artists Tree featuring work from CCC artists, as well as a month long February program celebrating Surrealist Andre Breton’s birthday, with a number of Surrealism inspired creative games and activities scattered throughout the library.

Aesthetics of Research exhibition. Photo provided by Columbia College Library.

Aesthetics of Research exhibition. Photo provided by Columbia College Library.

With the recent addition of another Access staff member to the team, Joy Thornton, whose specialty is music, they are also looking toward opportunities to add musical and performance oriented programming to the roster in the coming year, as well as foster relationships with faculty for collaborative initiatives reinforcing the campus library as a creative and generative space.

 



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Tuesday 22 December 2015

32C3 Congress Everywhere

Nicht jeder schafft es dieses Jahr auf den 32C3. Wenn ihr dennoch in gemĂĽtlicher hackerspace Stimmung einen Stream ansehen wollt, kommt vorbei. „dritter“ wird dafĂĽr sorgen dass sie auf den Beamer und Monitor zu sehen sind.

32C3 Congress Everywhere



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No Aim Required: Building the Z6 Riot Control Baton from Episode VII

trooperthumbWe've never seen a stormtrooper yield a weapon like this, so our own Caleb Kraft set out to build his own.

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What Happens When You Pour Molten Aluminum into Water Polymer Beads?

waterBeamExperiment_4The Backyard Scientist strikes again and ends up producing some very cool aluminum sculptures

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Building and Flying a 15′ Long Star Destroyer Multirotor

flite test star destroyerTerrifying as they may be, it's actually quite simple to build an Imperial Star Destroyer.

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A Maker’s Misadventures in Airport Security

Mims_Amateur_Scientist_MAKE_50_Fig_AAirport security is already a hassle for most people. When you're a scientist traveling with electronic components, it's a nightmare.

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This Pedal-Powered Tractor Takes the Fuel Out of Farming

01 Bicitractor Cover - STEFANO BORGHIAnyone can build this open source bike-tractor hybrid for sowing, weeding, hoeing, harvesting open lines, and carrying loads.

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Art(work) in the 21st Century Library

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Screenshot: Capital City’s discovery platform, created with MUSICat

by Kelly Hiser and Lisa Hollenbach

It’s no secret to readers of the Library as Incubator Project that libraries today are engaging with art and artists in new and exciting ways. Indeed, LAIP and The Artist’s Library: A Field Guide are influential sources in this space, promoting projects and recommending best practices. We’ve seen libraries become publishers (like the Provincetown Public Press) and art galleries (like Edmonton Public Library’s Milner Gallery), host artists-in-residence (like the Bubbler at Madison Public Library), and put on concert series (like Nashville Public Library’s Courtyard Concerts). And of course at Rabble, we’re especially excited about our work empowering libraries to license and share local music through our open-source software MUSICat.

But in the age of shrinking library budgets and cuts to public funding, how do librarians make these projects sustainable and successful?

But in the age of shrinking library budgets and cuts to public funding, how do librarians make these projects sustainable and successful? Do new arts initiatives require that librarians and libraries do more with less? And–from our perspective as a partner in these projects–how can we help?

In our experience with Madison PL’s Yahara Music Library and Edmonton PL’s Capital City Records, a few factors are critical to success. For one, buy-in from library management and local government is essential. As Guy Hankel explains about his experience managing the Yahara Music Library, the project relies on the support of “forward-thinking management that see value in [Yahara], and understand how it fits in not only with the library’s purpose and mission, but also with the city’s cultural plan.” Staff needs to be on board too, as they help integrate digital collections with existing library technology and teach communities about new resources. Alex Carruthers, who manages Capital City Records at EPL, notes that CCR is “included in the yearly goals of a number of different departments and everyone is excited about it and excited to help.” The success of these projects also rests on support from their communities, which, according to Alex and Guy, has been easy to secure. “Once people discover [Yahara],” Guy says, “they immediately recognize the value and connections it affords.”

Once people discover [Yahara], they immediately recognize the value and connections it affords.

Enthusiasm, though, is not enough. It takes work to build and sustain these projects. Alex’s role at EPL as the Digital Public Spaces Librarian is a great example of sustainable support in the form of a dedicated staff position. Yet as Rabble moves forward on projects with new partner libraries, we’re finding that many institutions face significant challenges in allocating ongoing staff time and funding.

…we’re working hard to give librarians tools that make project management easier.

So, what are we doing to help? For starters, we’re working hard to give librarians tools that make project management easier. All of our development work happens in conversation with librarians to ensure that the tools we build are both useful and usable. MUSICat admin tools support every aspect of library collection development, from submission calls and jurying, to collection of media, metadata, and site content, to licensing and publishing. When we build those tools right, they save librarians a significant amount of time; it’s much, much easier, for example, to get fifty musicians to sign licenses online than to get fifty signatures down on paper.

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Screenshot: the admin side of Capital City’s local music platform

But technology has its limits, and MUSICat can’t magically replace librarian labor. Nor should it.

But technology has its limits, and MUSICat can’t magically replace librarian labor. Nor should it. New digital art initiatives like Yahara and Capital City Records are exciting because of the connections they form between virtual and physical spaces and among musicians, libraries, and communities. Technology is certainly important to these projects. Websites that are easy and fun to use go a long way toward encouraging folks to engage in these new collections. But technology itself is not the point—the music is.

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The Balweg Gallery at Madison Public Library.

Perhaps most importantly, we can help by being vocal advocates for public libraries themselves. In particular for a tech startup like Rabble, we need to acknowledge that online collections cannot, and should not, replace brick-and-mortar libraries that bring communities together and work towards narrowing the digital divide. Nor can projects like the Yahara Music Library and Capital City Records succeed outside of institutions with robust public funding. As librarians in the twenty-first century continue to re-imagine the scope of services they provide to their communities, those of us who partner and work with libraries owe it to them to state these things, and state them often.

Want more?

For more posts from the Rabble team on their projects, philosophy, and software-as-service model for MUSICat, check out our ongoing series HERE.

 

lisa-hollenbach-headshotLisa Hollenbach is a Ph.D. candidate in English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. As a 2015-2016 Public Humanities Fellow at Rabble, she loves finding ways to make libraries noisier. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin, and recently completed a dissertation about the poets, independent record labels, FM radio networks, and readers and listeners that made poetry central to the sound of dissent in the 1950s and 1960s.

 

 

headshot 2013aKelly Hiser is co-founder and CEO of Rabble, a startup dedicated to empowering libraries to support and sustain their local creative communities. Kelly holds a Ph.D. in music history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and embraces work at the intersections of arts, humanities, and the public good.



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Making a Captain Phasma Chrome Helmet

phasma-2Before the movie had even hit the screens, Shawn Thorsson made this stunning replica of Captain Phasma's chrome helmet.

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Democracy – Rausch der Daten

English version below.

Filmplakat „Democracy – Im Rausch der Daten“

Im Rahmen des Chaos Communication Congress wird am Dienstag, den 29. Dezember, im Abaton-Kino der Dokumentarfilm „Democracy – Im Rausch der Daten“ (mp4) gezeigt. Wer ihn bisher noch nicht sehen konnte, hat während des 32C3 die Gelegenheit, das Real-Life-Drama um die sogenannte „Datenschutzgrundverordnung“ (EUDataP) zu genieĂźen. Das Abaton-Kino ist nur etwa fĂĽnfzehn Minuten zu FuĂź vom CCH entfernt, nahe der Uni Hamburg.

Der Film begleitet den grünen Europa-Abgeordneten und EUDataP-Verhandlungsführer Jan Philipp Albrecht und die Abgeordnete Viviane Reding sowie Mitstreiter und andere Akteure und eröffnet so seltene Perspektiven auf das Brüsseler Raumschiff: im Verhandlungssaal, auf den Gängen und bei den Diskussionen mit unzähligen Brüsseler Lobbyisten. Wer macht eigentlich in Brüssel wie Gesetze? Wer versucht, Interessen durchzusetzen, und welche und wie? Der Dokumentarfilm des Regisseurs David Bernet zeigt den politischen Kampf um das neue Datenschutzgesetz in der EU.

Ralf Bendrath, Akteur im Film und Mitarbeiter von Jan Philipp Albrecht, steht nach dem Film fĂĽr Fragen und Kommentare im Kino bereit.

Kino:
Abaton-Kino, Allendeplatz 3, 20146 Hamburg,
Filmbeginn: 29. Dezember, 18:30 Uhr

Film:
Originalton (verschiedene Sprachen),
Englische Untertitel (OmenglU)

Treffpunkt:
Wer zuvor eine Karte beim Abaton-Kino reserviert hat, kann natürlich auch selber direkt zum Kino gehen (Karte mit Fußgänger-Route vom CCH zum Abaton-Kino). Ansonsten:

Democracy – Rausch der Daten

Treffpunkt: Fairy Dust.

Treffpunkt vor dem CCH, an der Fairy-Dust-Rakete um 17:15 Uhr.

Wer noch kein Kino-Ticket oder keine Reservierung hat und zum Treffpunkt kommt, kann also mit uns zusammen um 17:30 Uhr zum Abaton-Kino laufen. Man kann aber vorab ein Ticket direkt beim Abaton-Kino zu reservieren.

Ticket-Reservierung:
Preis: 8 EUR, fĂĽr 32C3-Besucher: 7,50 EUR
Um den ermäßigten Preis von 7,50 EUR zu erhalten, muss an der Kinokasse das 32C3-Eintrittsband vorgezeigt werden.

Am Treffpunkt vor dem CCH werden wir auch ein paar Freikarten fĂĽr 32C3-Besucher, bevorzugt SchĂĽler, Studenten und freundliche Menschen verteilen.

Der Kartenverkauf an der Kinokasse findet vor Ort ab sofort statt oder online (auch Cinecard).
Auch telefonische Kartenreservierung ist möglich: +49 40 41 320 320 (Mo-Fr ab 15.30 Uhr bis ca. 22.00 Uhr, Sa+So ab 13.30 Uhr). Reservierungen müssen spätestens fünfzehn Minuten vor Filmbeginn an der Kino-Kasse abgeholt werden.


„Democracy“

In the course of the 32C3 a cinema nearby is going to show the documentary film „Democracy – Im Rausch der Daten“ (mp4) on December, 29th. The Cinema is in a walking distance of about fifteen minutes away from the CCH, near the University of Hamburg. There is no need to worry about the German title, the audio will mostly be mixed between English, German and other European languages and there will be English subtitles.
Following the screening there will be a Q&A-Session with Ralf Bendrath, one of the protagonists in the film and a staff member of Jan Philipp Albrecht, Member of the European Parliament.

The film captures the work of the chief negotiator Jan Philipp Albrecht, MEP, and Viviane Reding, MEP, as well as other stakeholders and participants during their work in the conference hall, on the corridors and in debates with many lobbyists in Brussels. Who makes the laws in Brussels and how? Who tries to ensure which kind of interests? Director David Bernet gives an inside view into the political process about the new data protection law in the EU, a topic which concerns us all.

Cinema:
Abaton-Kino, Allendeplatz 3, 20146 Hamburg,
Film starts December, 29th, at 18:30.
Who already got a reservation (see below) can also go directly to the cinema, of course, here is a map with pedestrian route from the CCH to the Abaton cinema.

Film:
original audio (different languages)
English subtitles (OmenglU)

Gathering point:
In front of the CCH, at the Fairy dust rocket at 17:15.

Democracy – Rausch der Daten

Gathering point: Fairy Dust.

Who doesn’t already have a cinema ticket or reservation should come to the gathering point. Nevertheless it’s better to get a reservation directly from the cinema (see below).
At 17:30 we walk together from the gathering point to the Abaton cinema.

ticket reservation:
Price: 8 EUR, for 32C3 visitors: 7,50 EUR.
To get the reduced 7,50 EUR price, show your 32C3 ribbon at the cinema’s cash desk.
We’ll also give a few free tickets to 32C3 visitors, favored pupils, students, etc. at the gathering point at the CCH.

Tickets can be bought directly at the cinema’s cash desk from now on or online.
Ticket reservation via telephone (Englisch and German): +49 40 41 320 320, Mo-Fr starting at 15.30 until nearly 22.00, Sa+Su starting at 13.30. Reservations have to be bought at the cinemas cash desk, at least 15 minutes before the film starts. Because of the queue at the cash desk, better be there 30 minutes before the film starts.



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Monday 21 December 2015

No Ticket? Try Congress Everywhere!

Deutsche Version weiter unten.

Can’t be in Hamburg? No Ticket? No Problem. Try Congress Everywhere!

Congress everywhere
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There are still various reasons to experience the Congress from a safe distance. Family, job, travel expenses or this year again, no ticket. We are very sorry but the capacity of the building is limited. But we invite all interested people to attend the 32C3 via Congress Everywhere. Watch the streams, participate via twitter or IRC, celebrate your own Hackcenter experience, drink Tschunk, cook together and have a good time.

You can ask a question to a speaker via IRC or Twitter, you can listen the audio streams and the simultaneous translations via phone (also SIP). You can join the 32C3 network via VPN. You can dispatch a signal angel to an area in the CCH. For an online interactive coming together just use the IRC-channel #32C3-everywhere at hackint.

No 32C3 location in your city? Create a new Congress Everywhere space and add the location in the wiki. During 29C3 we had 34 places in 9 countries, last year even so 31. This year we are very happy to say hello to the already announced spaces in Graz (Austria), Antwerp (Belgium), Sofia (Bulgaria) and in Germany: Berlin, Bochum, Darmstadt, DĂĽsseldorf, Erfurt, Freiburg, Heilbronn and Siegen.

Please, participate and add your own location!


Nicht in Hamburg? Kein Ticket? Kein Problem. Probiere doch Congress Everywhere aus!

Es gibt viele GrĂĽnde, den Congress aus der Ferne miterleben zu wollen oder zu mĂĽssen. Familie, Beruf, Reisekosten oder – in diesem Jahr wieder aktuell – kein Ticket. Es tut uns sehr leid, aber die Gebäudekapazität ist begrenzt. Wir laden aber alle ein, via Congress Everywhere am 32C3 teilzunehmen. Schaut die Streams, beteiligt Euch via Twitter oder IRC, macht Eure eigenen Hackcenter-Erfahrungen, trinkt Tschunk, kocht zusammen und macht Euch eine schöne Zeit.

Du kannst ĂĽber Twitter oder IRC Fragen zu einem Vortrag an Referenten stellen. Du kannst Dir die Vorträge und SimultanĂĽbersetzungen per Telefon (auch SIP) anhören. Du kannst Dich per VPN mit dem Congressnetz verbinden oder einen Signal-Engel bitten, vor Ort im CCH etwas fĂĽr Dich zu tun. Der zentrale Online-Treffpunkt ist der IRC-Kanal #32C3-everywhere auf hackint.

Es gibt noch keinen Treffpunkt in Deiner Nähe? Dann starte Deinen eigenen „Congress Everywhere“-Space und trage ihn im Wiki ein. Während des 29C3 gab es 34 Spaces in 9 Ländern, im letzten Jahr immerhin 31. In diesem Jahr können wir jetzt schon die ersten Spaces begrĂĽĂźen, und zwar in Graz (Ă–sterreich), Antwerpen (Belgien), Sofia (Bulgarien) sowie in Deutschland in Berlin, Bochum, Darmstadt, DĂĽsseldorf, Erfurt, Freiburg, Heilbronn und Siegen.

Wir freuen uns, wenn Du Deinen „Congress Everywhere“-Ort hinzufĂĽgst!



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We Registered on the FAA’s Drone Registry; Here’s How It Works

faa-drone-registration-01Starting today, the FAA's UAV and drone registration portal is live.

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VHS Talks to CBC News About the New Pi Zero: A $5 Computer

 

Hackspace director Rob Mackenzie holds a Raspberry Pi. New versions are just $5 and have 512MB of SDRAM, a micro-SD card slot, a mini-HDMI socket for video output and micro-USB sockets for data and power. (Chris Corday, CBC)

CBC news recently interviewed some of our members about all the cool things you can do with a Raspberry Pi from setting up a computer to building your own photo booth, pinball machine, and loads more. And now, with the new Pi Zero, you can set up your own computer for around $5.  Don’t forget to come on down to one of our FREE open nights  to learn about RPis and all the other things we do at VHS.

VHS Talks to CBC News About the New Pi Zero: A $5 Computer

Jon Grieman is using the Raspberry Pi as the brains behind a pinball machine he’s developing at Vancouver Hackspace (Chris Corday, cbc)

VHS Talks to CBC News About the New Pi Zero: A $5 Computer

Luke Cyca, a Hackspace member showing off his camera that looks old fashioned but is powered by a Raspberry Pi, for self. Photo courtesy of CBC.

 

 



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10 Tips for Organizing Your Workshop

firefly3Here are some of our favorite ideas for organizing your workshop and workflow

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6 Fake Christmas Trees You Can Fold, 3D Print, or Wire Up at Home

PegboardChristmasTree_Main02Actual trees are so last season. Spruce up your Christmas with a DIY fake tree inspired by these builds.

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Hit This Mario Mystery Block To Power Up Your Computer

qb1Bending beneath your desk to turn on your computer can be so tedious. This Mario mystery block button makes turning on your computer fun!

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