Iffy Books | 404 S. 20th St., PHL
hacking, free culture, gardening, zines
We're calling off this workshop because we're doing one with Philly Community Wireless the following day, Saturday, March 1st. We're very sorry for the inconvenience. Join us for an introduction […]
Join us Saturday, March 1st at 2141 N. Howard St. to learn about Meshtastic and LoRa for building encrypted networks with Steve McLaughlin from @iffybooks! Meshtastic uses small radios to […]
The first Sunday of every month we'll host a self-guided tutorial for Linux beginners. On March 2nd we'll focus on no-frills encryption techniques using the command line. Stop by any […]
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 […]
Join us for a relatively quick and easy soldering workshop, suitable for total beginners! You'll strip some wires and solder 1/4-inch plugs to the ends, creating your own guitar cable. […]
Join us on the first and third Thursday of every month at 7 p.m. for a reading group on Capital by Karl Marx. We'll be reading Paul Reitter's recent translation […]
Join us for another beginner-friendly soldering project at Iffy Books! You'll assemble a DIY audio meter kit, which you can use to visualize an audio signal's amplitude. To complete this […]
> The Philly 2600 meeting is a monthly gathering of local hackers, phreaks, nerds, geeks, activists, tinkerers, developers, infosec professionals, and other interesting people.
In this workshop you'll build and program a customizable 3-button USB keyboard using a Pi Pico microcontroller. You can program each button to type a chunk of text (e.g., your […]
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 […]
We print a *lot* of zines at Iffy Books, which we distribute for free or by donation. That means we’re constantly folding and stapling, which takes patience. And we’re currently […]
Full schedule: victorgom.es/neoluddite ➡️ Virtual Meetup Link Time and Place: The 2nd Wednesday of each month 6:30-8:30 EST in-person at Iffy Books. There is also a virtual option for accessibility […]
Doors at 7, reading at 7:30!
Temple Electronics Faire Website Electronics are complex technical objects. They have militaristic and colonial origins, are made out of materials invasively extracted by western corporations on indigenous lands, have short […]
Vday was for the birds this year in Philly, so we are offering all our late blooming lovers a chance to join us for a our annual lovers market in […]
The Model Internet Club is back! Join us every third Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for an informal meetup focused on building small-scale computer networks. No registration needed […]
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 […]
Join us for a class on how to darn your clothes! Bring a garment with a small hole (dime-sized is ideal) or we'll provide a scrap you can use. We're […]
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 […]
Join us for a relatively quick and easy soldering workshop, suitable for total beginners! You'll strip some wires and solder 1/4-inch plugs to the ends, creating your own guitar cable. […]
The Permacomputing + Solarpunk meetup is every other third Wednesday at Iffy Books! You can join us in person (404 S. 20th St., PHL) or remotely via Jitsi Meet. ➡️ […]
Build a minimal e-reader with a 0.96" OLED screen, two buttons, and a knob to turn pages. Runs for several days on 3 AA batteries! This is an intermediate-level soldering […]
We're canceling this week's meeting due to an unforeseen issue. Very sorry for the delay! We hope you can make it on April 3rd. ̶J̶o̶i̶n̶ ̶u̶s̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶f̶i̶r̶s̶t̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ […]
Build a minimal e-reader with a 0.96" OLED screen, two buttons, and a knob to turn pages. Runs for several days on 3 AA batteries! This is an intermediate-level soldering […]
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 […]
Build a minimal e-reader with a 0.96" OLED screen, two buttons, and a knob to turn pages. Runs for several days on 3 AA batteries! This is an intermediate-level soldering […]
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 […]
Join us Wednesday, March 26th at 7 p.m. to discuss the novel Orbital by Samantha Harvey (2023). > Six astronauts rotate in their spacecraft above the earth. They are there […]
Come out and get some soldering practice! This time we're making a heart-shaped board with 22 LEDs, using an oscillator circuit to dim and brighten them at the speed you […]
Build a minimal e-reader with a 0.96" OLED screen, two buttons, and a knob to turn pages. Runs for several days on 3 AA batteries! This is an intermediate-level soldering […]
Bring a playlist on your phone/computer and we’ll help you record it to an audio cassette tape. We have plenty of tapes to share! Register: coming soon!
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 […]
Build a minimal e-reader with a 0.96" OLED screen, two buttons, and a knob to turn pages. Runs for several days on 3 AA batteries! This is an intermediate-level soldering […]