From cshields at gmail.com Mon Mar 4 09:27:56 2013 From: cshields at gmail.com (Corey Shields) Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 09:27:56 -0500 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] Ham study, test, clubs, and gear. Message-ID: Thanks to those who attended the ham cram on Saturday! Hopefully it will help you pass the test. I'm sending this out to the broader audience in case these links and info might be of use to someone else. *Study:* https://hamstudy.org/ Click Browse Pool, then Browse Technician. Any question you don't understand click the "explain it" link at the top of the card. If you create an account you can take practice tests. The questions are divided into pools (T1-T10) and sub-pools such that a small number are taken from each topical pool. *Clubs:* ** Bloomington Amateur Radio Club (BARC) - http://www.bloomingtonradio.orgmeetings 1st friday of the month, 7pm, Wegmiller auditorium in the bloomington hospital. Meetings are open to the public, if you want to join and help contribute to the club dues are $10/yr students, $20/yr everyone else. ** Indiana University ARC (K9IU) - http://www.indiana.edu/~k9iu $15/yr membership which gets you access to the radio room in the IMU (Good array of HF gear there! Get a feel for HF with your 10m privileges) ** Other clubs across Indiana can be found through http://www.inarrl.org/clubs.html *Upcoming test details:* The special test held this coming Sunday March 10th is at Maple Grove Church, 1503 W. Simpson Chapel Rd, Bloomington 47404. Registration begins at 4:00, testing begins at 4:30. $15 (might be $14, I'm getting conflicting answers). Bring photo ID. Calculators are allowed (remember ohm's law and 300/wavelength in m=freq in mhz). The church is at the diamond intersection with Simpson Chapel and Sample Road. Sample crosses IN 37 N at Wylie Floor Covering. It may only have a Co Road Number in your Garmin GPS. Take Sample west to a hard right, then to the Simpson-Sample intersection, bear left. Church is on left. The meeting room is in the building next to the airplane -- that'll be easy to spot! I plan to be there to help cheer you on. If you can't make that, the next Bloomington session will be the first Saturday of every month at First United Church, 2420 East 3rd St. at noon (come 20 mins early to fill out your application) *Gear:* I spoke a bit about your first VHF/UHF radio - and I really recommend getting a radio with both 2m/70cm capabilities. There is just too much activity split across each to miss out on one band. Beyond that, picking a radio comes down to your budget and what features you want and ease of use. The new, inexpensive chinese radios are flooding the market and they are sufficient in functionality, but can be difficult to program and use (Wouxon, Baufeng, TYT, Puxing). The more expensive "name brand" radios are typically Kenwood, Icom, and Yaesu. Look for 5 watts if you are going with an HT. If you go to http://www.eham.net/reviews/ you can find ratings and reviews on just about any kind of ham radio and accessory. Feel free to ask me too. Some things to look for: "dual band", typically meaning 2m and 70cm but be careful that those 2 bands are specified, some radios are coming out with 2m and 1.25m but pics advertise differently.. "dual vfo" means you can monitor 2 frequencies at the same time, or often scan through 2 banks of memories at the same time. The alternative to that would be a single VFO where only one frequency or scan group is shown and monitored at one time. Most of the name-brand radios have much greater receive capabilities and can double as a portable scanner (minus trunking and digital), and are built a little stronger. Also, some offer newer radio features like APRS or D-Star digital voice, but start small and stick to a simple radio until you find out what you want to get into. With that, here are some basic HTs to look at: ** Wouxon KG-UV3D ($120) Dual band, dual vfo: http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/ht/5003.html (programming cable is cheap, and recommended for this one) ** Baofeng UV-5RC ($65) Dual band, dual vfo (sortof): http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/ht/4133.html NOTE THE "FCC PART 90" here, meaning this radio has to be pre-programmed for each frequency you want to use. You can't just type in a frequency and use it. I recommend staying away from part 90 radios, but if your budget is tight it is better than nothing. You will have to buy the programming cable with this one ($20). There are other Baofeng radios even cheaper than this, typically putting out 1-2 watts max. Again, better than nothing if your budget is tight! ** Yaesu FT-60R ($160) Dual band, single vfo: http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/ht/0060.html ** Yaesu VX-7R ($370) Quad band, dual vfo: http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/ht/0777.html ** Icom IC-91A ($320) Dual band, dual vfo (Icom's equiv to the VX-7R, but upgradeable to D-Star) http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/ht/0091.html ** "mobile" radios (also used for home) - another area where the chinese manufacturers Wouxun and Anytone are undercutting the name brand manufacturers by $100+.. I've not had experience with these yet as they just hit the market, but I imagine they would be sufficient and work well. Here's a catalog of all vhf/uhf mobiles http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/fm_txvrs.html Check the eham reviews.. *Antennas:* Even if you go with an HT it would not hurt to put a simple antenna up at home, all HTs have removable rubber duck antennas and you can plug a coax with the right adapter straight into your radio. With a good antenna you can run your radio on its lowest power setting and make the battery last longer. While I love homebrew antenna building, the perfect inexpensive VHF/UHF starter antenna has got to be the Arrow Antennas J-Pole: http://www.arrowantennas.com/osj/j-pole.html for $39, or $30 if 10 people go in on a group order. We did the group order a few years back amongst the Bloomington clubs, and everyone is happy with their antennas. Solid construction, good performance. It is not as high-gain as some antennas can be but you're pushing $150+ for high gain. 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URL: http://www.bloominglabs.org/pipermail/bloominglabs-announce/attachments/20130306/a4f0c3a1/attachment.html From mistasteve at gmail.com Wed Mar 6 17:46:07 2013 From: mistasteve at gmail.com (SDC) Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 17:46:07 -0500 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] Louisville Arcade Expo Message-ID: Hey, is anybody checking out the Louisville Arcade Expo this weekend? I was thinking of heading down there Saturday. Sent from my iPad From jonschipp at gmail.com Wed Mar 6 17:54:10 2013 From: jonschipp at gmail.com (Jon Schipp) Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 17:54:10 -0500 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] Louisville Arcade Expo In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I was thinking about it. On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 5:46 PM, SDC wrote: > Hey, is anybody checking out the Louisville Arcade Expo this weekend? I was thinking of heading down there Saturday. > > Sent from my iPad > _______________________________________________ > Bloominglabs-announce mailing list > Bloominglabs-announce at bloominglabs.org > http://www.bloominglabs.org/mailman/listinfo/bloominglabs-announce From rdalton1 at gmail.com Wed Mar 6 18:36:41 2013 From: rdalton1 at gmail.com (Russ D) Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 18:36:41 -0500 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] Louisville Arcade Expo In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: My daughter and I are planning to go. I can fit 4 in my car if we are looking to car pool it (although I would much rather chip in for gas and let someone else drive.) On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 5:54 PM, Jon Schipp wrote: > I was thinking about it. > > On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 5:46 PM, SDC wrote: > > Hey, is anybody checking out the Louisville Arcade Expo this weekend? I > was thinking of heading down there Saturday. > > > > Sent from my iPad > > _______________________________________________ > > Bloominglabs-announce mailing list > > Bloominglabs-announce at bloominglabs.org > > http://www.bloominglabs.org/mailman/listinfo/bloominglabs-announce > _______________________________________________ > Bloominglabs-announce mailing list > Bloominglabs-announce at bloominglabs.org > http://www.bloominglabs.org/mailman/listinfo/bloominglabs-announce > -- Ha! Your common sense has no effect on me! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bloominglabs.org/pipermail/bloominglabs-announce/attachments/20130306/b9d8ec8c/attachment.html From mistasteve at gmail.com Thu Mar 7 09:38:03 2013 From: mistasteve at gmail.com (S Charlesworth) Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 09:38:03 -0500 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] Louisville Arcade Expo In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hey all, I think what I will do is leave at say 10am, thought I'm not sure how long I'll stay (till the afternoon at least but plan to play it by ear). My Prius holds 4 people and gas ends up being cheap as it doesn't use much. Anyhow if you are interested in meeting up Sat morning contact me directly and we'll go off list at this point. S On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 6:36 PM, Russ D wrote: > My daughter and I are planning to go. I can fit 4 in my car if we are > looking to car pool it (although I would much rather chip in for gas and > let someone else drive.) > > > On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 5:54 PM, Jon Schipp wrote: > >> I was thinking about it. >> >> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 5:46 PM, SDC wrote: >> > Hey, is anybody checking out the Louisville Arcade Expo this weekend? I >> was thinking of heading down there Saturday. >> > >> > Sent from my iPad >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Bloominglabs-announce mailing list >> > Bloominglabs-announce at bloominglabs.org >> > http://www.bloominglabs.org/mailman/listinfo/bloominglabs-announce >> _______________________________________________ >> Bloominglabs-announce mailing list >> Bloominglabs-announce at bloominglabs.org >> http://www.bloominglabs.org/mailman/listinfo/bloominglabs-announce >> > > > > -- > Ha! Your common sense has no effect on me! > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bloominglabs.org/pipermail/bloominglabs-announce/attachments/20130307/f898eef3/attachment-0001.html From zachiepompadore at yahoo.com Fri Mar 8 09:18:16 2013 From: zachiepompadore at yahoo.com (Zach Campbell) Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2013 06:18:16 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] Louisville Arcade Expo In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1362752296.84758.YahooMailNeo@web126204.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Can I ride with you Steve? ________________________________ From: S Charlesworth To: Russ D Cc: "bloominglabs-members at bloominglabs.org" ; "bloominglabs-announce at bloominglabs.org" Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2013 9:38 AM Subject: Re: [Bloominglabs-announce] Louisville Arcade Expo Hey all, I think what I will do is leave at say 10am, thought I'm not sure how long I'll stay (till the afternoon at least but plan to play it by ear). My Prius holds 4 people and gas ends up being cheap as it doesn't use much. Anyhow if you are interested in meeting up Sat morning contact me directly and we'll go off list at this point. S On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 6:36 PM, Russ D wrote: My daughter and I are planning to go.? I can fit 4 in my car if we are looking to car pool it (although I would much rather chip in for gas and let someone else drive.) > > > >On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 5:54 PM, Jon Schipp wrote: > >I was thinking about it. >> >> >>On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 5:46 PM, SDC wrote: >>> Hey, is anybody checking out the Louisville Arcade Expo this weekend? I was thinking of heading down there Saturday. >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Bloominglabs-announce mailing list >>> Bloominglabs-announce at bloominglabs.org >>> http://www.bloominglabs.org/mailman/listinfo/bloominglabs-announce >>_______________________________________________ >>Bloominglabs-announce mailing list >>Bloominglabs-announce at bloominglabs.org >>http://www.bloominglabs.org/mailman/listinfo/bloominglabs-announce >> > > >-- >Ha!? Your common sense has no effect on me! > _______________________________________________ Bloominglabs-announce mailing list Bloominglabs-announce at bloominglabs.org http://www.bloominglabs.org/mailman/listinfo/bloominglabs-announce -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bloominglabs.org/pipermail/bloominglabs-announce/attachments/20130308/0aa3ba2f/attachment.html From jwcrawley at gmail.com Thu Mar 14 02:54:33 2013 From: jwcrawley at gmail.com (josh crawley) Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 02:54:33 -0400 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] Have a seat available for Midwest RepRap Festival Message-ID: Hello, I'm Josh Crawley, the newest member to Bloominglabs! I'm attending a 'conference' up at Elkhart about the RepRap and 3d printers this Friday and Saturday (hours are from Friday noon to Sunday noon). There's no cost to attend. There's also free wifi and electricity, as well as space if you bring your 3D printer. See: http://midwestreprapfest.org/ Josef Prusa (one who developed a line of open documentation printers) will be there, as well as other prominent peoples. There's even a limited 3d printer buy-in where you buy a ticket (equal to parts for printer), and you assemble it there. I'll be leaving on Friday at 10am from Bloomington, and I have room in my car for someone else. I'm looking at getting back here around 'late Saturday' (will probably leave from up there at 7pm) . If anyone would like to come with, fire off an email to me. You can also call (317)376-8735, but phone is spottier than email. All the best, Josh Crawley -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bloominglabs.org/pipermail/bloominglabs-announce/attachments/20130314/065eb2a4/attachment.html From austintoombs at googlemail.com Tue Mar 19 17:05:00 2013 From: austintoombs at googlemail.com (Austin Toombs) Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:05:00 -0400 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] Hackerspace Study Message-ID: Dear Bloominglabs Members, I am a doctoral student in Human Computer Interaction Design in the School of Informatics and Computing, and am currently conducting a research study on the processes of making and hacking in the hackerspace. I plan to observe activities in the hackerspace during the Spring and Summer of 2013. I would like to discuss these observations and your potential participation or dis-interest in participation at the next public meeting at 8pm (tomorrow, March 20th). I may also request for you to participate in related interviews based on my observations. Additional details about the study are available in the attached information sheet. If you have any questions about this, feel free to email me. Best Regards, Austin Toombs altoombs at indiana.edu -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Jmw Sent from my iPhone On Mar 19, 2013, at 5:05 PM, Austin Toombs wrote: > Dear Bloominglabs Members, > > I am a doctoral student in Human Computer Interaction Design in the > School of Informatics and Computing, and am currently conducting a > research study on the processes of making and hacking in the > hackerspace. I plan to observe activities in the hackerspace during > the Spring and Summer of 2013. I would like to discuss these > observations and your potential participation or dis-interest in > participation at the next public meeting at 8pm (tomorrow, March > 20th). > > I may also request for you to participate in related interviews based > on my observations. Additional details about the study are available > in the attached information sheet. If you have any questions about > this, feel free to email me. > Best Regards, > > Austin Toombs > altoombs at indiana.edu > > _______________________________________________ > Bloominglabs-announce mailing list > Bloominglabs-announce at bloominglabs.org > http://www.bloominglabs.org/mailman/listinfo/bloominglabs-announce From austintoombs at googlemail.com Tue Mar 19 17:40:53 2013 From: austintoombs at googlemail.com (Austin Toombs) Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:40:53 -0400 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] Hackerspace Study In-Reply-To: <2E88FE1C-B4DB-4904-AB53-A3E478016BAB@gmail.com> References: <2E88FE1C-B4DB-4904-AB53-A3E478016BAB@gmail.com> Message-ID: Joshua, I do not see the harm in sharing the message, but I am not sure I see the overlap between my study and the work of the teachers you mentioned. Perhaps we can discuss this more outside of the listserv. :) Austin On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 5:35 PM, Joshua Wilcox wrote: > As a representative of another hackspace LVL1 I am interested in sharing this study. One of our sub groups Makers Ed is currently trying to promote hacking in the local school district. May I have your permission to share the details of this message with a group of elementary to highschool teachers who are currently trying to figure out a method of quantification for administrators and testing agencies. > > Jmw > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 19, 2013, at 5:05 PM, Austin Toombs wrote: > >> Dear Bloominglabs Members, >> >> I am a doctoral student in Human Computer Interaction Design in the >> School of Informatics and Computing, and am currently conducting a >> research study on the processes of making and hacking in the >> hackerspace. I plan to observe activities in the hackerspace during >> the Spring and Summer of 2013. I would like to discuss these >> observations and your potential participation or dis-interest in >> participation at the next public meeting at 8pm (tomorrow, March >> 20th). >> >> I may also request for you to participate in related interviews based >> on my observations. Additional details about the study are available >> in the attached information sheet. If you have any questions about >> this, feel free to email me. >> Best Regards, >> >> Austin Toombs >> altoombs at indiana.edu >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bloominglabs-announce mailing list >> Bloominglabs-announce at bloominglabs.org >> http://www.bloominglabs.org/mailman/listinfo/bloominglabs-announce From dosman at packetsniffers.org Wed Mar 20 14:45:59 2013 From: dosman at packetsniffers.org (dosman) Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:45:59 -0400 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] Space will be open at 7pm - Ice cream and video games! Message-ID: <8C04D9BA-2256-4375-8B5E-390411A0470F@packetsniffers.org> Greetings, Tonight at 6pm is another Geek Dinner at Max's Place down town. After having dinner there don't forget Bloominglabs is open to the public at 7pm, be sure to come over to for free ice cream and cookies! Also we have a fully functioning MAME arcade cabinet now which can play nearly any arcade game pre-1995. Please come on by! Thanks! -Nathan From mitprice at umail.iu.edu Wed Mar 20 19:20:14 2013 From: mitprice at umail.iu.edu (Mitchell Price) Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:20:14 -0400 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] RFduino (another arduino clone!) Message-ID: I know, it is ANOTHER arduino clone. But this one's special, I promise! It is super super super tiny, and it has support for Low Energy Bluetooth 4.0, which I think is quite awesome for just 19 dollars. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1608192864/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It > is super super super tiny, and it has support for Low Energy Bluetooth 4.0, > which I think is quite awesome for just 19 dollars. > > http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1608192864/ > > _______________________________________________ > Bloominglabs-announce mailing list > Bloominglabs-announce at bloominglabs.org > http://www.bloominglabs.org/mailman/listinfo/bloominglabs-announce > From jtillots at cogbots.com Fri Mar 22 15:54:47 2013 From: jtillots at cogbots.com (Jenett Tillotson) Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 03:54:47 +0800 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] Fwd: Party this Saturday (fwd) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The Dandelion EcoVillage is having a spring party tomorrow, Saturday, starting at noon. Bloominglabs has been invited. It's a cool group of people and should be a merry time. Hope to see you there. 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On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Josh Crawley wrote: > > 1. Tap and die kit, with English and metric taps and dies. Located under > metal lathe, in gray plastic molded box. > > 2. 16 port 10/100 switch, located on main table. Replaced 5 port switch. > > _______________________________________________ > Bloominglabs-announce mailing list > Bloominglabs-announce at bloominglabs.org > http://www.bloominglabs.org/mailman/listinfo/bloominglabs-announce > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bloominglabs.org/pipermail/bloominglabs-announce/attachments/20130324/e1763dbc/attachment.html From jtillots at cogbots.com Mon Mar 25 10:10:50 2013 From: jtillots at cogbots.com (Jenett Tillotson) Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:10:50 -0400 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] Wonderlab bugbot workshop this Saturday, March 30 from 1-4pm Message-ID: This is a reminder of the Wonderlab bugbot workshop we are hosting this Saturday. If you are planning on coming, please drop me a line. I need about 6 people in order to make this successful. I'm counting on you! :) If you have not done this workshop before, basically we will build bugbots with kids. Parents are required, so there isn't a lot of supervision required. We are mostly there to help with any problems and facilitate. There will be 20 kids there. It's a ton of fun and great to see kids get so excited about soldering. So, please drop me a note if you're going to be there. And thanks for volunteering! We get a lot of good press out of these events with Wonderlab. Jenett -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Jenett ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jacquard, Nicole Danielle Date: Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 2:23 PM Subject: IUMakes -- Second Lecture - Thurs March 28th, 5:30pm CIB *With just under 50 people in attendance at the first event we are * *happy to present the second lectures on March 28th.* UPCOMING LECTURES *Thursday March 28th* *5:30 - 6:30 pm* IQ Wall - Lobby Area Cyberinfrastructure Building (CIB) 2709 E. 10th Street *Martha MacLeish* - Fine Art, *Drawing in the Digital Age* *Steve Charlesworth* - *What is BloomingLabs?* *BloomingLabs Panel* - Including Steve Charelsworth & Jenett Tillotson ** *______________________________________________________________________* www.iub.edu/~iumakes Are you Interested in New Technology, Rapid Prototyping, Hacker Spaces, or Arduinos?* Or *do you you create things or want to learn more about these processes and capabilities? *IUMakes* is a new organization created by people from all over IU's campus in order to share events, work produced, and highlight work being made using innovative technologies. Our objectieves are to connect people and give them the details about individuals, organizations, and events happening throughout IU, the city of Bloomington, and the broader community. We strive to develop a community of sharing, networking, and having fun about the work that we MAKE. Part lectures, part demonstrations, part workshops *IUMakes* is a community of people who are interested in using innovative technologies and softwares along with traditional tools and materials to create things. *IUMakes* seeks to bring together these like minded researchers, students and the public in order to: 1. Identify what is currently being created at IU and the surrounding community 2. Create a forum to discuss and share the tools and technologies are being used to make things 3. Create a network for discussion, dialogue, and possible collaboration 4. Provide opportunities for hands-on learning through digital fabrication and prototyping IUMakes - Web shot.jpg www.iub.edu/~iumakes -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bloominglabs.org/pipermail/bloominglabs-announce/attachments/20130325/c678f3de/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 415929 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.bloominglabs.org/pipermail/bloominglabs-announce/attachments/20130325/c678f3de/attachment-0001.jpe From mistasteve at gmail.com Mon Mar 25 16:09:53 2013 From: mistasteve at gmail.com (S Charlesworth) Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:09:53 -0400 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] [Bloominglabs-members] Fwd: IUMakes -- Second Lecture - Thurs March 28th, 5:30pm CIB In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <-8909212897093776014@unknownmsgid> I bet we can draw more than 50 people if the word gets out. I am going to all these now I know they're open to the general public. S Sent from a smartphone. On Mar 25, 2013, at 4:03 PM, Jenett Tillotson wrote: The second IU Makes lecture is this Thursday. This time Bloominglabs will be part of the discussion and we will be giving a short presentation on hackerspaces and then Steve, Nathan, and I will be on a discussion panel. Please come by. Everyone is welcome. Jenett ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jacquard, Nicole Danielle Date: Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 2:23 PM Subject: IUMakes -- Second Lecture - Thurs March 28th, 5:30pm CIB *With just under 50 people in attendance at the first event we are * *happy to present the second lectures on March 28th.* UPCOMING LECTURES *Thursday March 28th* *5:30 - 6:30 pm* IQ Wall - Lobby Area Cyberinfrastructure Building (CIB) 2709 E. 10th Street *Martha MacLeish* - Fine Art, *Drawing in the Digital Age* *Steve Charlesworth* - *What is BloomingLabs?* *BloomingLabs Panel* - Including Steve Charelsworth & Jenett Tillotson ** *______________________________________________________________________* www.iub.edu/~iumakes Are you Interested in New Technology, Rapid Prototyping, Hacker Spaces, or Arduinos?* Or *do you you create things or want to learn more about these processes and capabilities? *IUMakes* is a new organization created by people from all over IU's campus in order to share events, work produced, and highlight work being made using innovative technologies. Our objectieves are to connect people and give them the details about individuals, organizations, and events happening throughout IU, the city of Bloomington, and the broader community. We strive to develop a community of sharing, networking, and having fun about the work that we MAKE. Part lectures, part demonstrations, part workshops *IUMakes* is a community of people who are interested in using innovative technologies and softwares along with traditional tools and materials to create things. *IUMakes* seeks to bring together these like minded researchers, students and the public in order to: 1. Identify what is currently being created at IU and the surrounding community 2. Create a forum to discuss and share the tools and technologies are being used to make things 3. Create a network for discussion, dialogue, and possible collaboration 4. Provide opportunities for hands-on learning through digital fabrication and prototyping IUMakes - Web shot.jpg www.iub.edu/~iumakes _______________________________________________ Bloominglabs-members mailing list Bloominglabs-members at bloominglabs.org http://www.bloominglabs.org/mailman/listinfo/bloominglabs-members -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bloominglabs.org/pipermail/bloominglabs-announce/attachments/20130325/3dce28a1/attachment.html From jtillots at cogbots.com Mon Mar 25 22:15:22 2013 From: jtillots at cogbots.com (Jenett Tillotson) Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:15:22 -0400 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] Fwd: Trained Eye Arts Center presents Blues on Blues In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I'm going to be stopping by this at some point on Friday evening. Looks interesting! Plus I can pass out Makevention cards and posters. :) Jenett ---------- Forwarded message ---------- On 25 March 2013 21:53, Jaimie Murdock wrote: Trained Eye Arts Center presents Blues on Blues ??????????????????????????????**??????? When: Friday, March 29, 6-9-ish. Where: The Back Door Cost: $5 Come get into the swing of Blues dancing! This blues dance and art event will feature a Blues dance lesson for beginners and experienced dancers to learn some skills and bust out some moves from back when old-school was new!!! Blues Acts include: The 123's and Blues Pianist Michael Trestman, Plus Blues DJ Josh "jazzy" Davis! Come see Local Muralist Mike Burchfield in action! He will be demonstrating the art of painting with shades of blue throughout the event in the Alley by Atlas. Come support your local Art Center, Trained Eye Arts Inc., and find out about our NEW location and how YOU can get involved in the hottest arts, music, and dance scene in B-town! Come on out to The Back Door 207 S. College, Bloomington, IN. +21 and over Just $5!!!! DANCING DEMOS LIVE ART LIVE MUSIC SOUTHERN CAJUN FOOD A SLEW OF DRINKS AND MUCH MORE!!!! DO YOU REALLY WANT TO MISS ANOTHER GREAT TRAINED EYE EVENT?? . . . . I DIDNT THINK SO. SEE YA THERE! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bloominglabs.org/pipermail/bloominglabs-announce/attachments/20130325/ccbffd66/attachment.html From jzdavis at gmail.com Tue Mar 26 07:25:35 2013 From: jzdavis at gmail.com (Josh Davis) Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 07:25:35 -0400 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] Fwd: Trained Eye Arts Center presents Blues on Blues In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Awesome! As it happens, I will be teaching the dance lesson, a quick introduction to the Blues dance style called Jukin'. If you want to catch the lesson, it starts at 5. Would be nice to see you guys, as it's been a while! Josh On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 10:15 PM, Jenett Tillotson wrote: > > I'm going to be stopping by this at some point on Friday evening. Looks > interesting! Plus I can pass out Makevention cards and posters. :) > > Jenett > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > On 25 March 2013 21:53, Jaimie Murdock wrote: > > Trained Eye Arts Center presents Blues on Blues > > ??????????????????????????????**??????? > > When: Friday, March 29, 6-9-ish. > Where: The Back Door > Cost: $5 > > Come get into the swing of Blues dancing! This blues dance and > art event will feature a Blues dance lesson for beginners and > experienced dancers to learn some skills and bust out some moves > from back when old-school was new!!! Blues Acts include: The > 123's and Blues Pianist Michael Trestman, Plus Blues DJ Josh > "jazzy" Davis! > > Come see Local Muralist Mike Burchfield in action! He will be > demonstrating the art of painting with shades of blue throughout > the event in the Alley by Atlas. > > Come support your local Art Center, Trained Eye Arts Inc., and > find out about our NEW location and how YOU can get involved in > the hottest arts, music, and dance scene in B-town! > > Come on out to The Back Door 207 S. College, Bloomington, IN. > +21 and over > Just $5!!!! > > > DANCING DEMOS > LIVE ART > LIVE MUSIC > SOUTHERN CAJUN FOOD > A SLEW OF DRINKS > AND MUCH MORE!!!! > > DO YOU REALLY WANT TO MISS ANOTHER GREAT TRAINED EYE EVENT?? . . > . . I DIDNT THINK SO. SEE YA THERE! > > > _______________________________________________ > Bloominglabs-announce mailing list > Bloominglabs-announce at bloominglabs.org > http://www.bloominglabs.org/mailman/listinfo/bloominglabs-announce > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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