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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

✏️ 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 chargers, notepads, etc.

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

🚧 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 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. […]

Photo of a DIY macro keyboard sitting next to a laptop: a block of oak wood with two mechanical keyboard switches mounted on top, connected to a Raspberry Pi Pico device on the rear side. The key caps are mint green and pastel orange.
⌨️ DIY Macro Keyboard Workshop

⚙️ DIY Macro Keyboard Workshop

Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

For this workshop you'll use a Pi Pico board and CircuitPython to create a programmable mechanical keyboard with two keys. No soldering experience necessary! To complete this project you'll need to buy a kit for $14. Here's what's included: • RP2040/Pi Pico board • 2 mechanical keyboard switches • 2 key caps • oak base […]

Zine cover for "Build a Solar-Powered Music Synth," with the Iffy Books logo in the lower left corner. In the middle of the page there's a black-and-white drawing of cute hamsters assembling electronic components on a breadboard. A spiral sun is overhead, with a curving arrow pointing at a pair of music notes.
☀️ Solar Music Synth Workshop

☀️ Solar Music Synth Workshop

Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

Join 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:

Flyer for the People Power Media Fest, with red- and pink-tinted photos of people making audio and video recordings with the following text: FREE SPEECH, REAL TALK. A convening for content creators, media makers, and activists to reimagine media as a bold space for diverse voices, fresh ideas, and powerful perspectives. Saturday Oct 25, 2025 699 Ranstead St, Philadelphia PRESENTED BY PHILLYCAM

🎤 Tabling at PPM Fest

Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States +1 more

On Saturday, 10/25 we'll be tabling at the People Power Media Fest, presented by PhillyCAM. Stay tuned for details!

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

✏️ 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 chargers, notepads, etc.

The cover of 'The Tainted Cup' by Robert Jackson Bennett, with an illustration of uprooted flowers with skulls on them and a sideways golden cup by the roots
🪐 Speculative Futures Reading Group

🪐 Speculative Futures Reading Group: ‘The Tainted Cup’ by Robert Jackson Bennett

Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

For our October 29th meeting we'll discuss The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett. (We originally planned to read Planetes Book 1 by Makoto Yukimura this month, but we moved it to November 26th.) 🎧 Get the audiobook on Libro.fm In Daretana's greatest mansion, a high imperial officer lies dead--killed, to all appearances, when a […]

A cartoon drawing of a pro wrestling championship belt with a design including gold pens and pencils, and the text "Philly Zine Fest" in the center

🍂 Philly Zine Fest

Mitten Hall at Temple Univesity 1913 N Broad St., Philadelphia, PA, United States

Join us for another Philly zine fest! Saturday November 1st, 2025 at Temple University’s Mitten Hall from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.! Organized by Philly Soapbox.

'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

🏠 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 & content, or just want support with blogging!

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

✏️ 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 chargers, notepads, etc.

The symbol of the permacomputing movement, a pixel art flower 7 pixels wide and 9 pixels tall, in white on a black background.
💾☀️ Permacomputing + Solarpunk Meetup

💾☀️ Permacomputing + Solarpunk Meetup

Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

The 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 a […]

The words "Philly 2600" in an old-school digital font
💻 Philly 2600 Meetup

💻 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.

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.
🚂 Model Internet Club

🚂 Model Internet Club

Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

The Model Internet Club is back! Join us every third 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.

Photo of a USB port with exposed terminals next to a USB plug, with black and red lines indicating wires connecting them. Next to the black wire is text reading "GND to GND," and next to the red wire is "VCC to VCC"
🚫 USB Data Blocker Soldering Class

🚫 USB Data Blocker Soldering Class

Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

Charging your phone in a public place can be stressful. What if someone is collecting your metadata for marketing purposes? What if they're copying your files or installing malware? A USB data blocker can help! It's a little adapter with the data terminals left disconnected, so you can charge your phone anywhere without fear. This […]

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

✏️ 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 chargers, notepads, etc.

Book cover for 'The Whale and the Reactor A Search for Limits in an Age of High Technology' by Langdon Winner, with yellow line illustrations on a red background: leaky oil drum, wind turbine, internal combustion engine, CFL light bulb, amoeba, oil pump, oil well, missile launcher, solar panel, gas mask
⚙️ Neo-Luddite Reading Group

⚙️ Neo-Luddite Reading Group

Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

➡️ Virtual Meetup Link “In an age in which the inexhaustible power of scientific technology makes all things possible, it remains to be seen where we will draw the line, where we will be able to say, here are possibilities that wisdom suggest we avoid.” First published to great acclaim in 1988, Langdon Winner’s groundbreaking […]

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.

❌ Home Ad Blocking with Pi-hole

Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

On Thursday, November 13th at 6:30 p.m. we're hosting a presentation on network-wide ad blocking with Pi-hole and AdGuard Home led by Dave Slinger. No registration needed for this one!          

The Meshtastic logo, with the word "Meshtastic" in black
📡 Meshtastic 101

📡 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-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. […]

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

✏️ 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 chargers, notepads, etc.

Photo of a DIY macro keyboard sitting next to a laptop: a block of oak wood with two mechanical keyboard switches mounted on top, connected to a Raspberry Pi Pico device on the rear side. The key caps are mint green and pastel orange.
⌨️ DIY Macro Keyboard Workshop

⚙️ DIY Macro Keyboard Workshop

Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

For this workshop you'll use a Pi Pico board and CircuitPython to create a programmable mechanical keyboard with two keys. No soldering experience necessary! To complete this project you'll need to buy a kit for $14. Here's what's included: • RP2040/Pi Pico board • 2 mechanical keyboard switches • 2 key caps • oak base […]

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

✏️ 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 chargers, notepads, etc.

'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

🏠 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 & content, or just want support with blogging!

Flyer with an illustration of two people trapped inside a gear, with the following text: Neo-Luddite Reading Group / Iffy Books
⚙️ Neo-Luddite Reading Group

⚙️ 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 […]

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.
🚂 Model Internet Club

🚂 Model Internet Club

Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

The Model Internet Club is back! Join us every third 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.