Iffy Books | 404 S. 20th St., PHL
hacking, free culture, gardening, zines
Our 5th birthday party is Friday, September 25th from 8 p.m. 'til midnight at Vox Populi! Hope to see you there! Preparing is a big job, so we've decided to close the shop for the day. Sorry for the inconvenience! We'll be back Saturday morning at 10 a.m.
🎶 Join us for a dance party celebrating 5 years of Iffy Books! We'll be at the Vox Populi Black Box space (down the hall from our first location) on Friday, September 25th from 8 p.m. 'til midnight. DJ sets by Nila Paradise, Ishtar Sr., and more! 📍 This event will be at the Vox Populi […]
An introduction to Mixxx, a free and open source DJ program for macOS, Linux, and Windows that supports a wide range of DJ controller devices and audio file formats. You'll be beatmatching in no time! You'll need to bring your own laptop and headphones for this workshop. We also recommend bringing a separate USB keyboard […]
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.
Come experiment with VHS tapes and audio cassettes! We'll have equipment on hand for analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog transfers. Register:
The Speculative Futures Reading Group meets on the last Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. September's book is The Fortunate Fall by Cameron Reed
Please join us at the wonderful Iffy Books for this month's edition of our livecoding jam! We will be making music using strudel. NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED! If you have any questions, or want to help with jam setup, please join our discord! Organized by the Philly Electronic Music Club
> The Philly 2600 meeting is a monthly gathering of local hackers, phreaks, nerds, geeks, activists, tinkerers, developers, infosec professionals, and other interesting people.
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!
A social hangout every first and third Monday for trans and non-binary people, their significant others, and allies. We have snacks and coffee.
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.
For this class we're building a spinning top toy with LED lights that flash when it spins. No previous soldering experience required! Registration No registration needed for this one, just stop by!
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.
We'll be tabling at the Icebox Project Space from 12–6 p.m. on Sunday, October 11th for PRINT TIME AFTER TIME: The Fair from Many Futures, part of the Collective Future festival. Stay tuned for details!
Interested 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
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. […]
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.
Come experiment with VHS tapes and audio cassettes! We'll have equipment on hand for analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog transfers. Register:
We're reading the final third of the book for this month! Check out the full schedule at victorgom.es/neoluddite ➡️ Virtual Meetup Link Discord: Email neoluddite@victorgom.es for an invite! 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 […]
Make a 3.5mm audio aux cable with a volume knob and a low-pass capacitor port! This workshop is suitable for total beginners. Registration
Stay tuned for details!
A social hangout every first and third Monday for trans and non-binary people, their significant others, and allies. We have snacks and coffee.
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.
Come experiment with VHS tapes and audio cassettes! We'll have equipment on hand for analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog transfers. Register:
For 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
An introduction to math with Python for total beginners! You'll write a script that adds up expenses and revenue for an event and calculates a range of outcomes depending on how many people show up. Registration
An introduction to math with Python for total beginners! You'll write a script that adds up expenses and revenue for an event and calculates a range of outcomes depending on how many people show up. Registration
In 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, […]
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.
Come experiment with VHS tapes and audio cassettes! We'll have equipment on hand for analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog transfers. Register:
The Speculative Futures Reading Group meets on the last Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. October's book is Akira: Volume 1 by Katsuhiro Otomo
FAFIO 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.
Make a 3.5mm audio aux cable with a volume knob and a low-pass capacitor port! This workshop is suitable for total beginners. Registration