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  • February 2026

  • Mon 9
    Old-fashioned website screen capture with a repeated picture of a cloud in the background: Welcome To The *Making Your First Website* Workshop Learn HTML and create a home page on Neocities! Total beginners welcome! Iffy Books / Ragman WARNING: this page is under construction

    🚧 Make Your First Website

    February 9 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 🚧 Make Your First Website
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Make 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 […]

  • Tue 10
    Flyer with a green background and the following text: The Writing Room @ Iffy Books / Every Tuesday 5-7:30 PM / Come co-work with other writers in three 4-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.

    ✏️ The Writing Room

    February 10 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm ✏️ The Writing Room
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Come 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 […]

  • Wed 11
    Animated GIF of a heart-shaped printed circuit board with red LEDs around the edge, slowly turning on and off

    ❀️ Soldering Practice: LED Heart Board

    February 11 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm ❀️ Soldering Practice: LED Heart Board
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Come out and get some soldering practice! This time we're making a heart-shaped board with 22 LEDs, using an oscillator circuit to dim and brighten them at the speed you […]

  • Thu 12
    The cover of 'Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist' by Liz Pelly, with 11 rounded squares containing colorful geometric patterns or stock photos of people listening to music.

    βš™οΈ Neo-Luddite Reading Group: ‘Mood Machine’ by Liz Pelly

    February 12 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm βš™οΈ Neo-Luddite Reading Group
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    ➑️ 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 […]

  • Fri 13
    Photo of blurry spinning top with colorful LEDs, and the following text: LED Top Soldering Kit Motion-activated spinning top w/ flashing lights! β†’ Includes two CR2303 coin cell batteries

    ⚑️ Beginner Soldering: LED Spinning Top

    February 13 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ⚑️ Beginner Soldering: LED Spinning Top
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    For this class we're building a spinning top toy with LED lights that flash when it spins. No previous soldering experience required! Registration    

  • Fri 13
    Animated GIF of a heart-shaped printed circuit board with red LEDs around the edge, slowly turning on and off

    ❀️ Soldering Practice: LED Heart Board

    February 13 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm ❀️ Soldering Practice: LED Heart Board
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Come out and get some soldering practice! This time we're making a heart-shaped board with 22 LEDs, using an oscillator circuit to dim and brighten them at the speed you […]

  • Sat 14
    A drawing of two smiling turtles facing each other, with a wi-fi symbol over their heads. One is wearing a cowboy hat and the other is wearing a little bowler. Both turtles have computers on their backs. The text "Model Internet Club" is at the bottom in a typewriter font.

    πŸš‚ Model Internet Club

    February 14 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm πŸš‚ Model Internet Club
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    The Model Internet Club is back! Join us every second Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for an informal meetup focused on building small-scale computer networks. No registration needed […]

  • Tue 17
    Flyer with a green background and the following text: The Writing Room @ Iffy Books / Every Tuesday 5-7:30 PM / Come co-work with other writers in three 4-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.

    ✏️ The Writing Room

    February 17 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm ✏️ The Writing Room
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Come 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 […]

  • Thu 19
    Product tag with a photo of a Pi Pico microcontroller board with an HDMI/DVI port on the end, and an illustration of a purple snake in front of a computer monitor, and the following text: HDMI Video Throwie Kit Display text and images via DVI/HDMI using a Pi Pico! β€’ Pi Pico board w/ microUSB port β€’ Pico DVI video sock β€’ insulated wire (4") β€’ heat shrink tubing (3")

    πŸ‘Ύ HDMI Video Throwie Workshop

    February 19 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm πŸ‘Ύ HDMI Video Throwie Workshop
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    In this workshop you’ll use a Pi Pico microcontroller to send low-res (320Γ—240) digital video to an HDMI display. Despite its limitations, the cool thing about this device is that […]

  • Thu 19
    Flyer with an icon of a laptop and the following text in pink outlined with green: FAFIO meetup fuck around and figure it out!

    πŸ€” FAFIO Beginner Tech Meetup: Learn BitTorrent!

    February 19 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm πŸ€” FAFIO Meetup
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    FAFIO is a new 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! Feel free to […]

  • Fri 20
    Animated GIF of a heart-shaped printed circuit board with red LEDs around the edge, slowly turning on and off

    ❀️ Soldering Practice: LED Heart Board

    February 20 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm ❀️ Soldering Practice: LED Heart Board
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Come out and get some soldering practice! This time we're making a heart-shaped board with 22 LEDs, using an oscillator circuit to dim and brighten them at the speed you […]

  • Fri 20
    Product tag with a photo of a Pi Pico microcontroller board with an HDMI/DVI port on the end, and an illustration of a purple snake in front of a computer monitor, and the following text: HDMI Video Throwie Kit Display text and images via DVI/HDMI using a Pi Pico! β€’ Pi Pico board w/ microUSB port β€’ Pico DVI video sock β€’ insulated wire (4") β€’ heat shrink tubing (3")

    πŸ‘Ύ HDMI Video Throwie Workshop

    February 20 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm πŸ‘Ύ HDMI Video Throwie Workshop
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    In this workshop you’ll use a Pi Pico microcontroller to send low-res (320Γ—240) digital video to an HDMI display. Despite its limitations, the cool thing about this device is that […]

  • Sat 21
    Three question marks in an old-fashioned typographical style

    βŠ• Quarterly Bonus Workshop

    February 21 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm βŠ• Quarterly Bonus Workshop
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Our quarterly off-site bonus workshop for Patreon supporters. Check out our Patreon page for details! Questions? Email iffybooks@iffybooks.net Register

  • Sun 22
    Flyer with a green cross-stitch border, a picture of a cross-stitch house, and cross-stitch text reading "Host a website at home." At the bottom right there's a list of the following items with a square check box next to each one: - install Ubuntu Server - set up a firewall - make a web page - install & configure Apache HTTP Server - set up port forwarding - set up DDNS

    🏠 Host a Website at Home

    February 22 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm 🏠 Host a Website at Home
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Join us for the workshop Host a Website at Home! You’ll learn to run a web server using Apache on a single-board computer, letting you host a website from your […]

  • Mon 23
    Old-fashioned website screen capture with a repeated picture of a cloud in the background: Welcome To The *Making Your First Website* Workshop Learn HTML and create a home page on Neocities! Total beginners welcome! Iffy Books / Ragman WARNING: this page is under construction

    🚧 Make Your First Website

    February 23 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 🚧 Make Your First Website
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Make 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 […]

  • Tue 24
    Flyer with a green background and the following text: The Writing Room @ Iffy Books / Every Tuesday 5-7:30 PM / Come co-work with other writers in three 4-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.

    ✏️ The Writing Room

    February 24 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm ✏️ The Writing Room
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Come 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 […]

  • Wed 25
    An artist's rendering of a black hole, with a large patch of bright white light on the right side and a dimmer area of light on the left.

    πŸͺ Speculative Futures Reading Group: ‘The Land of Milk and Honey’ by C Pam Zhang

    February 25 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm πŸͺ Speculative Futures Reading Group
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    The Speculative Futures Reading Group meets on the last Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m.!

  • Thu 26
    Photo of a freshly baked loaf of bread

    πŸŽ™οΈ Wholesome Tech Podcast

    February 26 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm πŸŽ™οΈ Wholesome Tech Podcast Taping
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    A new podcast project produced at Iffy Books. Stay tuned for details!   Photo CC-BY Abi Porter

  • Fri 27
    Animated GIF of a heart-shaped printed circuit board with red LEDs around the edge, slowly turning on and off

    ❀️ Soldering Practice: LED Heart Board

    February 27 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm ❀️ Soldering Practice: LED Heart Board
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Come out and get some soldering practice! This time we're making a heart-shaped board with 22 LEDs, using an oscillator circuit to dim and brighten them at the speed you […]

  • Sat 28
    Product tag with a photo of a Pi Pico microcontroller board with an HDMI/DVI port on the end, and an illustration of a purple snake in front of a computer monitor, and the following text: HDMI Video Throwie Kit Display text and images via DVI/HDMI using a Pi Pico! β€’ Pi Pico board w/ microUSB port β€’ Pico DVI video sock β€’ insulated wire (4") β€’ heat shrink tubing (3")

    πŸ‘Ύ HDMI Video Throwie Workshop

    February 28 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm πŸ‘Ύ HDMI Video Throwie Workshop
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    In this workshop you’ll use a Pi Pico microcontroller to send low-res (320Γ—240) digital video to an HDMI display. Despite its limitations, the cool thing about this device is that […]

  • March 2026

  • Sun 1
    '80s style pink glowing text reading "Homebrew Website Club" with a purple triangle and rainbow and grid receding into the background

    🏠 IndieWeb Homebrew Website Club

    March 1 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 🏠 IndieWeb Homebrew Website Club
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Homebrew 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 & […]

  • Tue 3
    Flyer with a green background and the following text: The Writing Room @ Iffy Books / Every Tuesday 5-7:30 PM / Come co-work with other writers in three 4-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.

    ✏️ The Writing Room

    March 3 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm ✏️ The Writing Room
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Come 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 […]

  • Wed 4
    The symbol of the permacomputing movement, a pixel art flower 7 pixels wide and 9 pixels tall, in white on a black background.

    πŸ’Ύβ˜€οΈ Permacomputing + Solarpunk Meetup

    March 4 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm πŸ’Ύβ˜€οΈ Permacomputing + Solarpunk Meetup
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    The Permacomputing + Solarpunk meetup is the first Wednesday every other monthΒ at Iffy Books! You can join us in person (404 S. 20th St., PHL) or remotely via Jitsi Meet. […]

  • Fri 6
    Product tag with a photo of a Pi Pico microcontroller board with an HDMI/DVI port on the end, and an illustration of a purple snake in front of a computer monitor, and the following text: HDMI Video Throwie Kit Display text and images via DVI/HDMI using a Pi Pico! β€’ Pi Pico board w/ microUSB port β€’ Pico DVI video sock β€’ insulated wire (4") β€’ heat shrink tubing (3")

    πŸ‘Ύ HDMI Video Throwie Workshop

    March 6 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm πŸ‘Ύ HDMI Video Throwie Workshop
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    In this workshop you’ll use a Pi Pico microcontroller to send low-res (320Γ—240) digital video to an HDMI display. Despite its limitations, the cool thing about this device is that […]

  • Fri 6
    The words "Philly 2600" in an old-school digital font

    πŸ’» Philly 2600 Meetup

    March 6 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm πŸ’» 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.

  • Sat 7
    The Meshtastic logo, with the word "Meshtastic" in black

    πŸ“‘ Meshtastic 101

    March 7 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm πŸ“‘ Meshtastic 101
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Join us for an introduction to Meshtastic, an application that lets you send private text messages over the air using pocket-sizedΒ LoRa radio transceivers. We’ll show you how to flash the […]

  • Sun 8
    Flyer with an illustration of a circle A anarchy symbol made of cross-stitch Xes, with the following text: ANARCHIST SEWING CLUB 2nd Sundays 3–5 pm Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., PHL

    🧡 Anarchist Sewing Club: Clone Your Clothes

    March 8 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Anarchist Sewing Club
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    For March we're teaching folks to copy their existing clothes. So bring a garment that fits well! We'll provide paper for creating a pattern. Interested in learning to sew, mend […]

  • Mon 9
    Old-fashioned website screen capture with a repeated picture of a cloud in the background: Welcome To The *Making Your First Website* Workshop Learn HTML and create a home page on Neocities! Total beginners welcome! Iffy Books / Ragman WARNING: this page is under construction

    🚧 Make Your First Website

    March 9 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 🚧 Make Your First Website
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Make 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 […]

  • Tue 10
    Flyer with a green background and the following text: The Writing Room @ Iffy Books / Every Tuesday 5-7:30 PM / Come co-work with other writers in three 4-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.

    ✏️ The Writing Room

    March 10 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm ✏️ The Writing Room
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Come 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 […]

  • Thu 12
    Book cover for 'The Real World of Technology' by Ursula Franklin, with an etched illustration of some big ol' gears

    βš™οΈ Neo-Luddite Reading Group: ‘The Real World of Technology’ by Ursula Franklin

    March 12 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm βš™οΈ Neo-Luddite Reading Group
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    ➑️ 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 […]

  • Sat 14
    A drawing of two smiling turtles facing each other, with a wi-fi symbol over their heads. One is wearing a cowboy hat and the other is wearing a little bowler. Both turtles have computers on their backs. The text "Model Internet Club" is at the bottom in a typewriter font.

    πŸš‚ Model Internet Club

    March 14 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm πŸš‚ Model Internet Club
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    The Model Internet Club is back! Join us every second Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for an informal meetup focused on building small-scale computer networks. No registration needed […]

  • Tue 17
    Flyer with a green background and the following text: The Writing Room @ Iffy Books / Every Tuesday 5-7:30 PM / Come co-work with other writers in three 4-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.

    ✏️ The Writing Room

    March 17 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm ✏️ The Writing Room
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Come 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 […]

  • Thu 19
    Flyer with an icon of a laptop and the following text in pink outlined with green: FAFIO meetup fuck around and figure it out!

    πŸ€” FAFIO Beginner Tech Meetup

    March 19 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm πŸ€” FAFIO Meetup
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    FAFIO is a new 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! Feel free to […]

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