From pvenstra at indiana.edu Fri Jul 1 09:49:26 2011 From: pvenstra at indiana.edu (Venstra, Peter Nicklaus) Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 13:49:26 +0000 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] 3rd of july party at Nick's farm Message-ID: <84261ECE420AD8458D3573597FAFA91D1686E25E@IU-MSSG-MBX106.ads.iu.edu> Hi all, I am having a get together at my farm on the 3rd of July. Here are directions. For those who like Geo-cache, 39? 05?47.40 N 86?44?21.29 W Elevation 801ft For everyone else here are directions. West 3rd street west. 6 miles after you cross 37. Turn left at the Marathon Gas station. [cid:image003.jpg at 01CC37CA.17BC4E40] Go another 7.2 miles. Come to the electrical substation. The highway turns right in front of the Sub Station stay on high way. [cid:image006.jpg at 01CC37CA.17BC4E40] Stay on the highway for another 600 Ft or so and driveway is on the left at the end of the chain link fence. Take the drive way down the hill a little. It has all been mowed down there so there is plenty of room to park either between the barns or behind them. Party starts around 6 or 7, when ever people start showing up. If you own a guitar or banjo or glockenspiel or talking drum please bring them. Ok not the glockenspiel, that would be a bit much. There will be a couple of grills and a bonfire and ample opportunity to burn meat. Bring your favorite food or may be your 2nd favorite will do. Heck if you find something along the road that looks like it is fresh enough, we are not too picky. Fireworks will be provided, but that is no reason not to bring some more if you want. Bales of hay will be available as lawn chairs, tables, furniture, sculpting medium, cannon fodder? for anyone who foolishly forgot to bring lawn chairs, tables ect? A good time should be had by all who are creative enough to deserve a good time. See ya, Nick V. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks! -Nathan http://www.bloominglabs.org From jtillots at gmail.com Sat Jul 9 22:10:48 2011 From: jtillots at gmail.com (Jenett Tillotson) Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 22:10:48 -0400 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] Reminder Message-ID: We found the space unlocked and with the lights and fans on today. Please remember to lock the space up when you leave and turn off the lights, fans, and AC. We don't want a robbery nor high utility bills. Also, I picked up a lock box at Staples today and mounted it on the wall. It's a gray box with a slot for donations. I'll get a sign on it soon to that effect. Jenett -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://www.bloominglabs.org/pipermail/bloominglabs-announce/attachments/20110712/2cb8d6d0/attachment.html From jtillots at gmail.com Thu Jul 14 18:34:53 2011 From: jtillots at gmail.com (Jenett Tillotson) Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:34:53 -0400 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] Open House Message-ID: I've been thinking about food for the open house, and I'm hoping we all just bring something to eat and drink to share. We have plenty of beer in the fridge, but could use some non-alcoholic beverages. I know dosman is going to be grilling up some hotdogs out back and I'll be bringing some fruit. If you aren't sure what to bring, chips and cookies (or similar sealed up things) would be fine. But please don't feel obligated. We built and tested the water rockets last night. They work great! I'm hoping we make it greater by having kids make their own rockets. But to do that we need more 2-litre bottles. So if you can bring in some 2-litre bottles, I'd appreciate it. Coke and 7-up (and other bottles with the same sized opening) work best, but I'll take whatchya got. Please make sure they are rinsed out. We have a member who did this in Science Olympiads and he might even bring in *his* rocket. Sweet! I've put up the things that I'm going to do for the open house on the wiki at: http://www.bloominglabs.org/index.php/OpenHouse Members, feel free to add to this. If you like any of my ideas and want to steal them, I'm fine with that too. If you need an account, drop a note to contact at bloominglabs.org. Jenett -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bloominglabs.org/pipermail/bloominglabs-announce/attachments/20110714/59c4aa96/attachment.html From dosman at bloominglabs.org Thu Jul 21 10:51:43 2011 From: dosman at bloominglabs.org (dosman at bloominglabs.org) Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:51:43 -0400 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] Bloominglabs Open House - July 23rd Message-ID: <9488A4C7-4BC8-4267-8F99-1F7121576E98@bloominglabs.org> Greetings everyone! To celebrate our new location (with 1000 square feet!) we are having an open house July 23rd from 10am to 4pm. Our new space is located at 3927 W. Roll Avenue, Bloomington Indiana (USA). This event is open to the public, everyone is welcome to come. There will be grilled food and plenty to drink. We will also be having plenty of activities going on: Build area where you can make speakers or build a water rocket Soldering station with beetlebot parts (build a robot in an hour!) Water rocket launching Twinkie launchers Soap molding - make your own plastic form and then cast soap in it Flight Simulator on a projector Two Free Arduino workshops: ? One class will be 11am to noon and one class will be 2pm - 3pm. ? Classes are limited to six people each. These are first come, first serve and there will be a sign up sheet in the space on the day of the open house. Make sure to get there early to get a seat in the class. ? Who should attend: People who want to learn how to get started using the arduino board. Attendees will learn ? How to get the arduino software ? Where to order a board ? How to connect the board to the computer ? The very basics of electronics to learn how to connect LEDs to the board ? The very basics of programming to write a small program to flash the LEDs. ? The class attendees will be using a computer so basic knowledge of Windows and typing skills would be required. Kids are welcome but they should be at least 10 years old. ? Attendees are not required to bring anything and will leave with a hand out of material of the class. ? Questions about the workshop? Contact jsissom at bloominglabs.org Other questions or comments? Feel free to reach us at contact at bloominglabs.org See you there! -dosman http://www.bloominglabs.org From jtillots at gmail.com Wed Jul 27 14:25:37 2011 From: jtillots at gmail.com (Jenett Tillotson) Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:25:37 -0400 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] Tonight's meeting Message-ID: Wow what an open house that was! Lots of new people came to the space and fun was had by all. Just a reminder and hopefully an invite to any new subscribers for our public meeting tonight. I'll be doing the drawing for the door prizes from the open house. See you around 7pm and bring ideas for projects! Jenett -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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