Iffy Books | 404 S. 20th St., PHL
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DC215 Meetup
Welcome to the DC215 Meetup at Iffy Books! This month, we’re having a redo of our Meshtastic talk! Join us while we dive into Meshtastic and LoRa nodes, a powerful […]
Buzz & Beep: Make a Custom Alarm with an ESP32-C3
Build and program an alarm that makes sound and vibrates! No soldering required! We'll be using Micropython. To complete this project you'll need to buy a kit for $12.95. Here's […]
Capital Reading Group
Join us on the first and third Thursday of every month at 7 p.m. for a reading group on Capital by Karl Marx. Reading for April 3rd: • The Buying […]
Buzz & Beep: Make a Custom Alarm with an ESP32-C3
Build and program an alarm that makes sound and vibrates! No soldering required! We'll be using Micropython. To complete this project you'll need to buy a kit for $12.95. Here's […]
Philly 2600 Meetup
> The Philly 2600 meeting is a monthly gathering of local hackers, phreaks, nerds, geeks, activists, tinkerers, developers, infosec professionals, and other interesting people.
Buzz & Beep: Make a Custom Alarm with an ESP32-C3
Build and program an alarm that makes sound and vibrates! No soldering required! We'll be using Micropython. To complete this project you'll need to buy a kit for $12.95. Here's […]
Book Launch for ‘Why we fear AI’ by Hagen Blix & Ingeborg Glimmer
On Saturday, April 5th at 5:00 p.m. we'll host a book launch event for 'Why we fear AI' by Hagen Blix & Ingeborg Glimmer, published by Common Notions Press. Victor […]
Linux Lab: Search your system with find & grep
The first Sunday of every month we'll host an event for Linux beginners. Stay tuned for more details! Photo CC-BY-SA Mark Dickson
Beginner Soldering: USB Data Blocker
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 […]
Beginner Soldering: USB Data Blocker
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 […]
The Writing Room
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 […]
Neo-Luddite Reading Group: ‘Obfuscation: A User’s Guide for Privacy and Protest’ by Finn Brunton & Helen Nissenbaum
Full schedule: victorgom.es/neoluddite 
Virtual Meetup Link Time and Place: The 2nd Wednesday of each month 6:30-8:30 ET in person at Iffy Books. There is also a virtual option for […]
Meshtastic 101
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 […]
Beginner Soldering: USB Data Blocker
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 […]
Digital Synth Workshop
Design your own digital synthesizer in a wooden box using a Pi Pico clone board! We'll have soldering irons, hot glue, and all the other supplies you'll need. It's an […]
Solder & Code: Make a 3-Button Keyboard with a Pi Pico
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 […]
Buzz & Beep: Make a Custom Alarm with an ESP32-C3
Build and program an alarm that makes sound and vibrates! No soldering required! We'll be using Micropython. To complete this project you'll need to buy a kit for $12.95. Here's […]
The Writing Room
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 […]
Beginner Soldering: Make a DIY Guitar Cable
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. […]
Capital Reading Group
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 post the sections we're covering before […]
Digital Synth Workshop
Design your own digital synthesizer in a wooden box using a Pi Pico clone board! We'll have soldering irons, hot glue, and all the other supplies you'll need. It's an […]
TOOOL Lock Picking Meetup
Join us from 6–8 p.m. for a meetup run by the Philadelphia Chapter of the Open Organization of Lockpickers. > Come join us for our monthly open pick night at […]
Buzz & Beep: Make a Custom Alarm with an ESP32-C3
Build and program an alarm that makes sound and vibrates! No soldering required! We'll be using Micropython. To complete this project you'll need to buy a kit for $12.95. Here's […]
Model Internet Club
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 […]
The Writing Room
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 […]
Beginner Soldering: USB Data Blocker
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 […]
Beginner Soldering: USB Data Blocker
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 […]
Soldering Practice: FM Radio Transmitter
Come out and get some soldering practice! This time we're assembling a short-range FM transmitter kit with a built-in mic and a 1/8" audio input jack. This project is recommended […]
Soldering Practice: LED Heart Board
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 […]
Overflowing Poetry: Mark Francis Johnson, Ryan Skrabalak, Jen Soong & Ted Rees
Doors at 7, reading at 7:30!
Cassette Mixtape Session
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!
Meshtastic 101
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 […]
Pico MP3 Sampler Workshop
Create your own digital audio sampler using a Pi Pico clone board! This project requires some soldering. It's recommended for folks who have soldered once or twice before, but beginners […]
