PHL Virtual Meshtastic Meetup

Jitsi Meet (iffybooks.club)

We’re hosting a virtual meetup on Tuesday, May 16th at 7 p.m. to help Meshtastic users get connected. Our goal is to make a wireless chat network across the PHL area using low-power LoRa radios. ➡️ Jitsi Meet Link To join the Meshtastic chat, you’ll need a LoRa radio such as a Heltec LoRa32, LILYGO LoRa32, or LILYGO T-Beam. Here’s a full list of compatible devices. If […]

✏️ The Writing Room at Iffy Books

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Wednesdays 5–8 p.m. (5–7 p.m. the last Wednesday of the month) 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.

⚡️ Beginner Soldering Workshop

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

On Thursday, May 18th at 6:00 p.m. we’re running a soldering workshop for beginners! Anyone can attend for free, but you’ll need to buy a circuit board with components for $6 to complete the project. Here’s what’s included in the kit: 1 x Weevil-shaped PCB 2 x LEDs 1 x 47k Ohm resistor 1 x […]

📡 Meshtastic 101

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

On Friday, May 19th at 6:00 p.m. we're hosting an introduction to Meshtastic, an application that lets you send private text messages over the air using pocket-sized LoRa radios. Here's a link to our updated zine on LoRa + Meshtastic. (We're still working on it; we'll post a PDF version soon.) If you have a […]

🪡 Hands-On Darning Workshop

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

On Saturday, May 20th at 1:00 p.m. we’re hosting a darning workshop and mending session. Total beginners welcome! Register:

💾🌾 Iffy Books Permacomputing Meetup

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Our next permacomputing meetup is on Sunday, May 21st at 1:00 PM EDT. You can join us in person at Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St. #2I, PHL) or via Jitsi audio stream. ➡️ Jitsi Stream Link From Permacomputing.net: Permacomputing is a more sustainable approach to computer and network technology inspired by permaculture. Permacomputing is […]

Bleeding Control Basics

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Presented by Untitled Medical Collective in association with Philly SRA, Bleeding Control Basics will go over first aid as it applies to severe bleeding. We will cover scene safety, injury assessment, basic bleeding control, and tourniquet application. This class doesn’t provide any kind of certification, and is just meant to provide essential information to as […]

✏️ The Writing Room at Iffy Books

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Wednesdays 5–8 p.m. (5–7 p.m. the last Wednesday of the month) 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.

⚡️ Chip Set: A DIY Electronics Meetup

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Chip Set is a DIY electronics meetup at Iffy Books on the second and fourth Thursday of each month. If you’re interested in circuits, microcontrollers, and/or single-board computers, stop by and make some friends! All ages and skill levels are welcome, including total newbies.This is an informal meetup, without a set topic or agenda. Feel free […]

📙 Sebastian Castillo & Caroline Rayner Book Release

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Please join us to celebrate the release of Salmon and The Moan Wilds on May 25th at 7:30 p.m. With readings by Sebastian Castillo, Caroline Rayner, Ted Rees, Oscar d'Artois & Alina Pleskova. Hosted by Lucy K. Shaw.

💻 Router Hack Day & Used Electronics Sale

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

• Command for opening serial connection with router: minicom -D /dev/ttyUSB0 -c on • Firmware download for Tenda FH1206 router • Docker command for decompressing firmware with unblob: docker run \ --rm \ --pull always \ -v /Users/iffybooks/Documents/Router_firmware/output:/data/output \ -v /Users/iffybooks/Documents/Router_firmware/input:/data/input \ ghcr.io/onekey-sec/unblob:latest --report firmware_reoirt.json /data/input/firmware.bin • Jim's unsqhashfs instructions On May 27th we're spending the […]

🎥 Machines in Flames (2022)

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

On Saturday, 5/27 we're screening the film Machines in Flames at 8 p.m., followed by a virtual Q&A with the filmmakers. Machines in Flames (2022, 50min) finds a secret history of destruction by following the footsteps of a clandestine group of French computer workers from the 1980s. In 1980s Toulouse, an elusive group began bombing […]

📙 A Poetry Reading with John DeWitt, Mark Francis Johnson & Rosa van Hensbergen

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Hi all! I'm kind of feeling this "cold month of May" thing, reminds me of one of my favorite Cocteau Twins tracks. That said, anticipate a HOT HOT reading in the early evening of Sunday, May 28th, at Philadelphia's fabulous Iffy Books. I'm really humbled to be hosting some of my favorite poets! John DeWitt is a […]

📡 Virtual Meshtastic Meetup

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

We’re hosting a virtual meetup on Tuesday, May 30th at 7 p.m. to help Meshtastic users get connected. Our goal is to make a wireless chat network across the PHL area using low-power LoRa radios. To join the network, you’ll need a LoRa radio such as a Heltec LoRa32, LILYGO LoRa32, or LILYGO T-Beam. Here’s a full list of compatible devices. ➡️ Join the meetup

✏️ The Writing Room at Iffy Books

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Wednesdays 5–8 p.m. (5–7 p.m. the last Wednesday of the month) 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.

🔐 Philly 2600 Meetup + TOOOL Meetup

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

The Philly 2600 meetup will be at Iffy Books on Friday, June 2nd, starting at 6:00 p.m. > The Philly 2600 meeting is a monthly gathering of local hackers, phreaks, nerds, geeks, activists, tinkerers, developers, infosec professionals, and other interesting people. We’re also hosting a meetup for the Philadelphia Chapter of the Open Organization of Lockpickers: > Come join […]

🪄 Intro to ImageMagick

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

On Saturday, June 3rd at 3:30 p.m. we're running a workshop on ImageMagick, an essential command-line tool for converting between image formats and applying custom compression and filters. Register:  

✏️ The Writing Room

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Wednesdays 5–8 p.m. (5–7 p.m. the last Wednesday of the month) 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.

⚡️ Beginner Soldering Workshop

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

On Thursday, June 8th at 6:00 p.m. we’re running a soldering workshop for beginners! Anyone can attend for free, but you’ll need to buy a circuit board with components for $6 to complete the project. Here’s what’s included in the kit: 1 x Weevil-shaped PCB 2 x LEDs 1 x 47k Ohm resistor 1 x […]

🚂 Model Internet Club

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

The Model Internet Club meets again on Friday, June 9th at 6 p.m. Our goal is to build an offline network for fun and learning. We’ll have routers, switches, servers, and plenty of Ethernet on hand.

🎉 Rail Park Block Party 2023

The Rail Park 1300 Noble Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Rail Park Block Party 2023 Sat, June 10th 12–5 p.m. at The Rail Park 1300 Noble Street, PHL Free What’s more Philly than a block party? Join us on June 10, 2023 for The Rail Park’s Annual Block Party for a day filled with live music, local vendors, food trucks serving up delicious treats and plenty of […]

🎤 Audio Recording Basics

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

On Sunday, June 11 at 1 p.m. we’re running a free workshop on the basics of recording audio. We’ll discuss mic technique, audio hardware, recording conditions, and software options. Everyone will get a chance to make a recording with Audacity and start editing with Reaper. We’ll have a computer available for everyone who signs up. Register: […]

📡 Virtual Meshtastic Meetup

Jitsi Meet (iffybooks.club)

We’re hosting a virtual meetup on Tuesday, June 13th at 7 p.m. to help Meshtastic users get connected. Our goal is to make a wireless chat network across the PHL area using low-power LoRa radios. To join the network, you’ll need a LoRa radio such as a Heltec LoRa32, LILYGO LoRa32, or LILYGO T-Beam. Here’s a full list of compatible devices. ➡️ Meetup link

✏️ The Writing Room

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Wednesdays 5–8 p.m. (5–7 p.m. the last Wednesday of the month) 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.

🐡 Hackers’ Assembly: Streamlined Fuzzy Logic Inference Development for Anti-Phishing

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

There are not many opportunities to learn the use of fuzzy logic without a detailed coding learning curve. This presentation makes an effort to provide the important and practical concepts of fuzzy logic while applying it to anti-phishing solutions. This discussion will take the form of both a presentation and a workshop. After some coverage […]

💾🌾 Iffy Books Permacomputing Meetup

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Our next permacomputing meetup is on Sunday, June 18th at 1:00 PM EDT. You can join us in person at Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St. #2I, PHL) or via Jitsi Meet. This month we'll discuss the new article Permacomputing Aesthetics: Potential and Limits of Design Constraints in Computational Culture by Mansoux, Howell, Barok, and Heikkilä […]

Bleeding Control Basics

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Presented by Untitled Medical Collective in association with Philly SRA, Bleeding Control Basics will go over first aid as it applies to severe bleeding. We will cover scene safety, injury assessment, basic bleeding control, and tourniquet application. This class doesn’t provide any kind of certification, and is just meant to provide essential information to as […]

📍 Philadelphia Bookstore Map Release Party

The Skyline Room, Parkway Central Library 1901 Vine St., Philadelphia, PA, United States

Join us at the Philly Free Library on Wednesday, June 21 from 10 a.m. to noon for the Philadelphia Bookstore Map release party! A grassroots project to showcase our 50+ brick & mortar bookstores, a keepsake quality map to be distributed FREE around the city. The map will include all of the city’s brick-and-mortar bookstores, […]

✏️ The Writing Room

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Wednesdays 5–8 p.m. (5–7 p.m. the last Wednesday of the month) 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.

⚡️ Open Soldering Session

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

On Thursday, June 22nd from 6–8 p.m. we're hosting an open soldering session. If you've been meaning to get a soldering project done, now's your chance! We'll have soldering irons and solder to share for free, as well as DIY electronics kits for sale. If you're looking for a step-by-step introduction to soldering, we're hosting […]

🌇 Game Night: Solarpunk Futures

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

On Friday, June 23rd at 6:30 p.m. we’ll play a round of the tabletop storytelling game Solarpunk Futures.Solarpunk Futures is a storytelling game where players imagine the pathways to a desirable world from the perspective of a utopian future. Players use a deck of cards to remember Ancestors and work together using Tools and Values to overcome a set of real-world Challenges. Through dialogue and collaborative […]

💻 Router Hack Day

Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St.) 319 N. 11th St. #2I, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Here's a link with step-by-step notes on what we've done so far! On June 24th (1–6 p.m) we're meeting again to work toward installing open firmware such as OpenWrt or FreshTomato on an old FH1206 router. We have plenty of routers to go around, which we're selling for $8 each. Proceeds will be split evenly […]