Iffy Books | 404 S. 20th St., PHL
hacking, free culture, gardening, zines
Face masks required! 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 […]
On Saturday, July 20th we're having a party from 5–9 p.m. to celebrate 3 years of Iffy Books. We'll have drinks, snacks, and prizes. Hope you can stop by!
We’re reading Neither Vertical nor Horizontal: A Theory of Political Organization by Rodrigo Nunes. How do we organize in a world after both Occupy and the Sanders campaign? A decade […]
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 […]
On Wednesday, July 24th at 2:00 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. We’ll show you how […]
2nd and 4th Wednesday each month 6:30-8:30 @ Iffy Books ➡️ Virtual Meetup Link Discord: Email neoluddite@victorgom.es for an invite! The issues and harms surrounding emerging technologies are especially concerning […]
We host an intermediate soldering class on the fourth Thursday of every month. We’ll have soldering irons and solder to share for free, as well as DIY electronics kits for […]
Join us for a 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 […]
Join us to hear Prof. Rob Drew trace the history of the cassette tape, a cheap, low-fidelity music medium that fans grew to love. Rob will discuss how cassettes upended […]
This workshop approaches one of the most fundamental components of electronic music-making -- the sequencer -- as a potential creative collaborator. Leveraging a handful of simple algorithms, participants will develop […]
The Iffy Books Permacomputing Meetup is every fourth Sunday at 1:00 PM ET. You can join us in person at Iffy Books (404 S. 20th St., PHL) or via Jitsi […]
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 […]
Bring a playlist on your phone/computer and we’ll help you record it to an audio cassette tape. We have plenty of tapes! We’ll host two sessions, at 1 p.m. and […]
On Wednesday, July 31st at 7 p.m. we’ll meet to discuss Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer. See you then!
> 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 reading Neither Vertical nor Horizontal: A Theory of Political Organization by Rodrigo Nunes. How do we organize in a world after both Occupy and the Sanders campaign? A decade […]
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 […]
On the second Thursday of every month we run a soldering workshop for beginners! Anyone can attend for free, but you’ll need to buy a circuit board with components for […]
Join us on Tuesday, August 13th for a book talk with Adam Greenfield, author of Lifehouse: Taking Care of Ourselves in a World on Fire. Doors at 6:30, talk at […]
2nd and 4th Wednesday each month 6:30-8:30 @ Iffy Books ➡️ Virtual Meetup Link Discord: Email neoluddite@victorgom.es for an invite! The issues and harms surrounding emerging technologies are especially concerning […]
The third Friday of every month from 6–8 p.m. we host a meetup run by the Philadelphia Chapter of the Open Organization of Lockpickers. > Come join us for our […]
We’re reading Neither Vertical nor Horizontal: A Theory of Political Organization by Rodrigo Nunes. How do we organize in a world after both Occupy and the Sanders campaign? A decade […]
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 […]
▶ How-to zine on GitHub Join us on Wednesday, August 21st at 2:00 p.m. for the workshop Host a Website at Home. You’ll learn to run an Apache web server on […]
Once a niche interest of avant-garde electronic musicians, the practice of modular synthesis has flourished in the hands of a vibrant international community of artists, hobbyists, and weirdos. Electronic Music […]
We host an intermediate soldering class on the fourth Thursday of every month. We’ll have soldering irons and solder to share for free, as well as DIY electronics kits for […]
Saturday, August 24th is the Philly Bookstore Crawl! Stay tuned for more details.
The Iffy Books Permacomputing Meetup is every fourth Sunday at 1:00 PM ET. You can join us in person at Iffy Books (404 S. 20th St., PHL) or via Jitsi […]
Bring a playlist on your phone/computer and we’ll help you record it to an audio cassette tape. We have plenty of tapes! We’ll host two sessions, at 1 p.m. and […]
2nd and 4th Wednesday each month 6:30-8:30 @ Iffy Books ➡️ Virtual Meetup Link Discord: Email neoluddite@victorgom.es for an invite! The issues and harms surrounding emerging technologies are especially concerning […]
On Wednesday, August 28th at 7 p.m. we’ll meet at Iffy Books to discuss All Systems Red by Martha Wells. See you there! In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions […]
> The Philly 2600 meeting is a monthly gathering of local hackers, phreaks, nerds, geeks, activists, tinkerers, developers, infosec professionals, and other interesting people.
Philadelphia’s first annual Fungadelphia Festival is coming to the Schuylkill Center this September! 🎉 It’ll be a family-friendly, fungi fun filled day with lectures, workshops, vendors, food, crafts, and more. […]
