From dosman at packetsniffers.org  Thu Aug 12 14:07:45 2010
From: dosman at packetsniffers.org (dosman)
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:07:45 -0400
Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] Soldering workshop with Mitch Altman August
	19th
Message-ID: <28C5C9F1-B4EF-4E00-9152-1A32A313AB9A@packetsniffers.org>

Come learn how to solder at The Collaboration Room and Bloominglabs on  
August 19th from 6:30 to 9pm! Mitch Altman, creator of the TV-B-Gone  
and founder of the hackerspace NoiseBridge, will be leading this  
workshop along with members of Bloominglabs. Attendance is free,  
however workshop participants will be able to purchase a variety of  
electronics kits directly from Mitch. No prior experience is  
necessary! Tools and hardware will be provided, however if you happen  
to have a soldering iron please bring it with you! All ages are  
welcome; children age 15 and younger should be accompanied by an adult.

Here is a list of the soldering kits Mitch will have with him:

* TV-B-Gone (turn off TVs in public places!)
* Brain Machine (Meditate, Hallucinate, and Trip Out!)
* LEDcube (cool cube of blinky lights!)
* Mignonette Game (play fun games!)
* Trippy RGB Waves (interactive colored blinky lights!)
* MiniPOV (more cool blinky lights!)
* MintyBoost (charge your USB enabled gadgets!)

We ask that you RSVP to rsvp at bloominglabs.org if you plan to attend,  
space will be limited.

Thanks!
-Nathan
http://www.bloominglabs.org


From dosman at packetsniffers.org  Wed Aug 18 03:05:57 2010
From: dosman at packetsniffers.org (dosman)
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 03:05:57 -0400
Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] Upcoming events
Message-ID: <8FE7D981-5CAF-4068-84EB-2A63CC5F710E@packetsniffers.org>

Hi everyone,
We will have our regular public meeting from 7pm to 9pm Wednesday  
(8-18).

Also, don't forget about the soldering workshop on Thursday (8-19)  
hosted by Mitch Altman and Jimmy Rogers. Additionally, Matt Mets of  
Make Magazine will be there as well to blog about the event. There's  
still some room left on the RSVP list, be sure to get in while there's  
still time! (rsvp at bloominglabs.org). Mitch and Jimmy will have a  
gaggle of electronics kits with them for your soldering pleasure, a  
list is available on the front page of the Bloominglabs wiki.

I would like to ask that if you have a soldering iron to spare we  
would be grateful to borrow it for Thursday. I think there's a  
reasonable chance we could best last months attendance record.


Other things going on in and around Bloomington:
I thought I'd mention that Ignite3 is soliciting 5 minute talks and is  
slated to happen September 10th at IU's Alumni Hall. This time Ignite  
is part of a larger tech conference called The Combine which spans  
several days here in town:
http://www.ignitebloomington.dreamhosters.com/2010/08/15/submit-your-proposal-3/
http://www.thecombine.org/

Lastly, there is a free Texas Instruments 430 microcontroller workshop  
being held in Indianapolis on September 15th. They will be selling  
several variations of this microcontroller line at discounted rates as  
well (including the eZ430-Chronos watch platform):
http://focus.ti.com/general/docs/gencontent.tsp?contentId=68502&DCMP=Embedded_Series&HQS=Other+OT+embeddedseries

Thanks,
-Nathan
http://www.bloominglabs.org