Iffy Books | 404 S. 20th St., PHL
hacking, free culture, gardening, zines
Join us for an introduction to Meshtastic, an application that lets you send private text messages over the air using pocket-sized LoRa radio transceivers. We’ll show you how to flash the latest Meshtastic firmware to the device, customize the settings, and start chatting with your friends. Here’s a link to our zine on LoRa + Meshtastic. […]
This is the story of the most dangerous triple-agent in US history. Peter Lance, author of the highly acclaimed "1000 Years for Revenge and Cover Up", returns to uncover the story of Ali Mohamed, a trusted security advisor of Osama bin Laden who hoodwinked the United States for more than a decade. As Lance reveals […]
In this workshop you'll learn the basics of soldering by building a tiny oscillator circuit with two transistors and two LED lights. No previous experience needed! Register:
If you haven't already installed Python on your computer, join us for an installation session!
One of the reasons it's hard to leave home without a cell phone is that it's nice to listen to podcasts while you're walking around. In this workshop you'll learn to write a Python script that downloads the latest episodes of your favorite shows to an MP3 player (or a folder on your desktop if […]
If you haven't already installed Python on your computer, join us for an installation session!
One of the reasons it's hard to leave home without a cell phone is that it's nice to listen to podcasts while you're walking around. In this workshop you'll learn to write a Python script that downloads the latest episodes of your favorite shows to an MP3 player (or a folder on your desktop if […]
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 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. […]
We'll be closed on Thursday, November 27th. But we'll be here on Friday!
Learn to make a programmable game timer and dice with a Pi Pico microcontroller! First you’ll solder six LEDs, two switches, and a vibration motor to the board’s GPIO pins. Then you’ll install and customize the CircuitPython code that makes it work. No experience needed! You’ll need to buy a kit for $8.50 to complete […]
Join us for a workshop on one-time pad encryption! We'll walk you through a technique for sending truly private messages without a computer, using 6-sided dice to generate random numbers. We'll use an encoder/decoder sheet that fits on a single sheet of paper and can be recreated from memory. You can find the workshop materials […]
At this workshop you'll learn to create passphrase-protected files using OpenSSL, a command-line program that's probably already installed on your computer. With this technique you can send encrypted files via email/Dropbox, then share the passphrase with the recipient on a secure channel (e.g., Signal). Useful for avoiding surveillance & data mining! Save message: echo "My […]
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 chargers, notepads, etc.
The Speculative Futures Reading Group meets on the last Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m.! This month we're discussing Planetes Book 1 by Makoto Yukimura. (Illustrated by Makoto Yukimura, translated by Yuki Johnson, adapted by Anna Wenger & Brendan Wright.)
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! This month we'll be learning some basic command-line skills! Feel free to come and work on something else!
See y'all at B-Sides!
> The Philly 2600 meeting is a monthly gathering of local hackers, phreaks, nerds, geeks, activists, tinkerers, developers, infosec professionals, and other interesting people.
Learn to make an animated SVG file using a plaintext editor and web browser. No fancy tools needed! Geany text editor Register
Learn to make an animated SVG file using a plaintext editor and web browser. No fancy tools needed! Geany text editor Register
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 & content, or just want support with blogging!
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 chargers, notepads, etc.
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 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. […]
Learn to make an animated SVG file using a plaintext editor and web browser. No fancy tools needed! Geany text editor Sublime Text Happy Birthday example file Register
➡️ 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 […]
➡️ 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 […]
In this workshop you'll learn the basics of soldering by building a tiny oscillator circuit with two transistors and two LED lights. No previous experience needed! Register:
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 for this event! If we run out of space we can expand into our back yard area.
Drop in any time from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and learn to draw cool geometric pictures using Python! It's just like Logo, the turtle drawing program that introduced a generation of kids to computers in the '80s and '90s. ☀️ Draw with code! An intro to turtle graphics using Python ☀️ Screen reading PDF […]
We're canceling the Writing Room this week due to the freezing weather, and we're taking the next couple weeks off for the holidays. We'll be back in January! 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 […]
In this workshop you'll build a gadget that turns power on and off for a USB-powered device. Useful for rebooting solar-powered radios, making decorations blink, etc. No experience with soldering or programming required! You'll need to buy a kit for $11.50 to complete this project. Here's what it contains: - Pi Pico board with USB-C […]
This month we're readingThe Achilles Trap Saddam Hussein, the United States and the Middle East, 1979-2003 by Steve Coll 🎧 Get the audiobook on Libro.fm The Achilles Trap masterfully untangles the people, ploys of power and geopolitics that led to America's disastrous war with Iraq and, for the first time, details America's fundamental miscalculations during […]
In this workshop you'll build a gadget that turns power on and off for a USB-powered device. Useful for rebooting solar-powered radios, making decorations blink, etc. No experience with soldering or programming required! You'll need to buy a kit for $11.50 to complete this project. Here's what it contains: - Pi Pico board with USB-C […]
In this workshop you'll learn the basics of soldering by building a tiny oscillator circuit with two transistors and two LED lights. No previous experience needed! Register: