✨ NFC Sculpture Workshop
In this workshop we'll make little clay sculptures with NFC tags embedded inside, which you can use to trigger shortcuts on your phone. Fun! Here's a link to a blog post about this project. Register:
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Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States
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✏️ The Writing Room
Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United StatesCome co-work with other writers in three 40-minute units of silent writing. Writers and projects of any type welcome. 10-minute breaks and accountability check-ins between units. BYO coffee, water, computer chargers, notepads, etc.
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📼 Analog A/V Session
Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United StatesCome experiment with VHS tapes and audio cassettes! We'll have equipment on hand for analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog transfers. Register:
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🔊 DJ Basixxx with MIXXX
Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United StatesAn introduction to MIXXX, a free and open source DJ program for macOS, Linux, and Windows. It supports a wide range of DJ controller devices and audio file formats. You'll need to bring your own laptop and headphones for this workshop. We also recommend bringing a separate USB keyboard if you have one, ideally with […]
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🪐 Speculative Futures Reading Group: “The Ones Who Walk From Omelas” by Ursula Le Guin
Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United StatesOur June Le Guin will be the short story "The Ones Who Walk From Omelas," which we'll read alongside NK Jemisin's "The Ones Who Stay and Fight" and Isabel J. Kim's "Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole." All three stories are available at this list; there are a number of stories […]
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⚡️ Beginner Soldering: LED Spinning Top
Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United StatesFor this class we're building a spinning top toy with LED lights that flash when it spins. No previous soldering experience required! Registration
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💻 Cyberdeck Meetup
Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United StatesA cyberdeck is a DIY laptop based on a single-board computer (SBC) such as Raspberry Pi, with a tiny LCD screen and keyboard enclosed in a folding case. Bring an SBC to this meetup and start building your own! We'll have LCD screens and keybaords for sale, as well as wooden boxes in various sizes. […]
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👁️ Seen/Unseen Listening Session
Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United StatesLook around. What do you see? Look again. What stories are hidden in plain sight? Join us as we surface the power at work around us and within us, all the time. As we learn to read its myths loud in our landscapes and in our language, we see our society and ourselves being made. […]
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🏴 Anarchy Summer Reading Group
Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United StatesWe're meeting every two weeks to discuss classics of anarchist literature, starting with Anarchism and Other Essays by Emma Goldman and The Conquest of Bread by Peter Kropotkin. Stay tuned for more details!
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📚 ‘Here Where We Live is Our Country’ Reading Group
Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United StatesStay tuned for details!
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✏️ The Writing Room
Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United StatesCome co-work with other writers in three 40-minute units of silent writing. Writers and projects of any type welcome. 10-minute breaks and accountability check-ins between units. BYO coffee, water, computer chargers, notepads, etc.
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☀️ Solar Music Synth Workshop
Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United StatesJoin us and build a tiny solar-powered square wave generator on a breadboard. No soldering required! The workshop is free to attend, but you'll need to purchase a kit for $12.50 to complete the project. Here's a link to the how-to zine we'll use. And here's a diagram of the oscillator circuit we'll build: Register:
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📍 Offline GPS Unit Workshop
Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United StatesIn this workshop you'll build a device that displays your GPS coordinates and the current time, without connecting to the internet or transmitting anything. 100% passive and off-grid, no internet or cell connection needed! We'll use the MicroPython programming language and the Thonny IDE, following the instructions on this page. You'll need to purchase a kit to […]
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💻 Philly 2600 Meetup
Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States> The Philly 2600 meeting is a monthly gathering of local hackers, phreaks, nerds, geeks, activists, tinkerers, developers, infosec professionals, and other interesting people.
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🏠 IndieWeb Homebrew Website Club
Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United StatesHomebrew Website Club is a growing world-wide network of meetups for everyone who wants to take back their web experience from social media silos, and own their online identities & content, or just want support with blogging!
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☕️ Coffee Talk
Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United StatesA social hangout every first and third Monday for trans and non-binary people, their significant others, and allies. We have snacks and coffee.
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✏️ The Writing Room
Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United StatesCome co-work with other writers in three 40-minute units of silent writing. Writers and projects of any type welcome. 10-minute breaks and accountability check-ins between units. BYO coffee, water, computer chargers, notepads, etc.
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📼 Analog A/V Session
Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United StatesCome experiment with VHS tapes and audio cassettes! We'll have equipment on hand for analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog transfers. Register:
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🔊 DJ Basixxx with MIXXX
Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United StatesAn introduction to MIXXX, a free and open source DJ program for macOS, Linux, and Windows. It supports a wide range of DJ controller devices and audio file formats. You'll need to bring your own laptop and headphones for this workshop. We also recommend bringing a separate USB keyboard if you have one, ideally with […]
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💾☀️ Permacomputing + Solarpunk Meetup
Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United StatesThe Permacomputing + Solarpunk meetup is the first Wednesday every other month at Iffy Books! You can join us in person (404 S. 20th St., PHL) or remotely via Jitsi Meet. ➡️ Virtual meetup link From Permacomputing.net: Permacomputing is a more sustainable approach to computer and network technology inspired by permaculture. Permacomputing is both a concept and […]
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⚙️ Neo-Luddite Reading Group
Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States➡️ Virtual Meetup Link Discord: Email neoluddite@victorgom.es for an invite! Full schedule: victorgom.es/neoluddite If you're joining for the first time, I'd suggest you read this before anything else for brief context: What the Luddites Really Fought Against by Richard Conniff.The only expectation is that you read the chapter(s) of the book that's listed for that […]
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⚡️ Beginner Soldering: LED Spinning Top
Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United StatesFor this class we're building a spinning top toy with LED lights that flash when it spins. No previous soldering experience required! Registration
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☀️ Build a Solar-Powered Meshtastic Node
Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United StatesThis event will include an introduction to Meshtastic, followed by a beginner-friendly workshop where the attendees will build and take home a Meshtastic node of their own. Attendees will learn about Meshtastic, building a simple electronics project, and how to solder. Meshtastic nodes allow users to send text messages to each other using the LoRa […]
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🧵 Anarchist Sewing Club
Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United StatesInterested in learning to sew, mend or make clothes? Already know how and wanna hang out with people while sewing? Come and join us! Sewing supplies and a sewing machine will be available for anyone needing them. Image credit
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🏴 Anarchy Summer Reading Group
Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United StatesWe're meeting every two weeks to discuss classics of anarchist literature, starting with Anarchism and Other Essays by Emma Goldman and The Conquest of Bread by Peter Kropotkin. Stay tuned for more details!
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🚧 Make Your First Website
Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United StatesMake a home page like it's 1999! Join us at Iffy Books for a new workshop called Make Your First Website, led by Ragman a.k.a. Richard Green. You'll learn the basics of HTML and create a static site on the free hosting service Neocities. No experience necessary! Please bring a laptop if you have one. […]
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✏️ The Writing Room
Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United StatesCome co-work with other writers in three 40-minute units of silent writing. Writers and projects of any type welcome. 10-minute breaks and accountability check-ins between units. BYO coffee, water, computer chargers, notepads, etc.
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☀️ Solar Music Synth Workshop
Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United StatesJoin us and build a tiny solar-powered square wave generator on a breadboard. No soldering required! The workshop is free to attend, but you'll need to purchase a kit for $12.50 to complete the project. Here's a link to the how-to zine we'll use. And here's a diagram of the oscillator circuit we'll build: Register:
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📓 DIY Digital Notebook Workshop
Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United StatesIn this workshop you’ll build a digital notebook, a pocket-sized device for taking notes with a USB keyboard. We’re using affordable, widely available components: a Seeed XIAO ESP32-S3 microcontroller, a 1-inch OLED display, and a microSD card reader, arranged on a solderless breadboard. The ESP32-S3 connects to the display via the I2C (Inter-Integrated Circuit) protocol, […]
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🐌 Slow Living Support Group
Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United StatesFor people who value connection, sustainability, and creativity -- without AI. Bring: • writing projects • craft projects • books & book recommendations • CDs Do not bring: • screens Provided: • zine-making supplies • snacks
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🤔 FAFIO Beginner Tech Meetup
Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United StatesFAFIO is a meetup for folks who want to learn new tech skills, but aren't sure where to start. Let's fuck around and figure it out. FAFIO means there is no instructor. Instead we learn by talking and sharing knowledge, reading info in zines and online, and hands-on trial and error.
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📍 Offline GPS Unit Workshop
Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United StatesIn this workshop you'll build a device that displays your GPS coordinates and the current time, without connecting to the internet or transmitting anything. 100% passive and off-grid, no internet or cell connection needed! We'll use the MicroPython programming language and the Thonny IDE, following the instructions on this page. You'll need to purchase a kit to […]
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☕️ Coffee Talk
Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United StatesA social hangout every first and third Monday for trans and non-binary people, their significant others, and allies. We have snacks and coffee.