Bleeding Control Basics

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

Presented by Philadelphia 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 doesnโ€™t provide any kind of certification, and is just meant to provide essential information to as many people as possible. This workshop […]

๐ŸŒง Closing at 8 p.m. due to unpleasant weather

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

We're closing up an hour early tonight (at 8 p.m.) so we can get home before the worst of the cold. See you next week in our new space!

Closed December 24th & 25th

We're closed December 24th and 25th. Sorry for the inconvenience! We'll reopen Wednesday, December 28th in room #2I, our new space on the second floor.

โœ๏ธ The Writing Room at Iffy Books

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

Want to get some writing done? Come co-work with other writers from 5โ€“8 p.m. at Iffy Books. Writers and projects of any type are welcome. The session will be organized into three 40-minute units of silent writing with 10-minute breaks and accountability check-ins in-between. BYO coffee, water, computer chargers, notepads, etc. See you there!

๐ŸŽŠ We’re open on New Year’s Day

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

We'll be open from noon to 6 p.m. on New Year's Day! Stop by and see our new space on the second floor (room 2I).

โœ๏ธ The Writing Room at Iffy Books

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

Want to get some writing done? Come co-work with other writers from 5โ€“8 p.m. at Iffy Books. Writers and projects of any type are welcome. The session will be organized into three 40-minute units of silent writing with 10-minute breaks and accountability check-ins in-between. BYO coffee, water, computer chargers, notepads, etc. See you there!

๐Ÿ”“ TOOOL Lock Picking Meetup

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

On Friday, January 6th we're hosting a TOOOL meetup from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Stop by and get some lock picking practice! All are welcome, including beginners.

๐Ÿงธ Toy Quieting Workshop

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

Does your kid have a toy that's so loud it's driving you up the wall? Are you just curious about electronics and sound? Join us January 7th at 1 p.m. for a hands-on workshop on how to quiet or silence kids' electronic toys. Bring an electronic toy to modify and we'll walk you through the […]

โœ๏ธ The Writing Room at Iffy Books

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

Want to get some writing done? Come co-work with other writers from 5โ€“8 p.m. at Iffy Books. Writers and projects of any type are welcome. The session will be organized into three 40-minute units of silent writing with 10-minute breaks and accountability check-ins in-between. BYO coffee, water, computer chargers, notepads, etc. See you there!

๐Ÿ’ป Command Line Beginners Meetup

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

On Thursday, January 12th from 6โ€“8 p.m. weโ€™ll host a meetup for folks who are learning about the command line. Bring a laptop if you have one! Any OS is fine: macOS, Windows, or Linux. This will be an informal meetup, without a set program or start time. Weโ€™ll have a few command-line experts on […]

๐ŸŽ‰ Spacewarming Party on the Second Floor

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

On Friday, January 13th we're having a party in our new space. It's bigger, with windows! We're in the same building, on the second floor in 2I. Stay tuned for more details.

Workshop: Spread ideas with a pocket wi-fi portal

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

On Saturday, January 14th (3:30โ€“5:30 p.m.) we're running our workshop Spread ideas with a pocket wi-fi portal. You'll learn to program a Wemos D1 development board (based on an ESP8266 chip) to make a wi-fi access point with a web server. Anyone who connects to the wi-fi network will see a web page made by […]

โšก๏ธ Beginner Circuit Workshop

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

Onย Sunday, January 15th at 3:30 p.m. weโ€™re hosting an electronics workshop for beginners! Weโ€™ll use A Beginnerโ€™s Guide to Circuits by ร˜yvind Nydal Dahl as our guide. This workshop is free to attend, but you'll need to buy an electronics kit for $10 to complete the projects. The kit contains the parts you'll need to […]

โœ๏ธ The Writing Room at Iffy Books

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

Want to get some writing done? Come co-work with other writers from 5โ€“8 p.m. at Iffy Books. Writers and projects of any type are welcome. The session will be organized into three 40-minute units of silent writing with 10-minute breaks and accountability check-ins in-between. BYO coffee, water, computer chargers, notepads, etc. See you there!

Bleeding Control Basics

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

Presented by Philadelphia 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 doesnโ€™t provide any kind of certification, and is just meant to provide essential information to as many people as possible. This workshop […]

๐Ÿ”Š Cassette + Vinyl Digitization Clinic

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

On Saturday, January 21st weโ€™re running an audio digitization clinic! Bring a cassette tape or record from noon to 7 p.m. and weโ€™ll help you make a digital copy. If you bring a laptop, we'll show you how to do it yourself. We'll also have a computer available to share. Sign up for for a […]

๐Ÿ’พ๐ŸŒพ Permacomputing Meetup

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

We're hosting a permacomputing meetup on Sunday, January 22nd at 1:00 PM EST. You can join us in person at Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St. #2I, PHL) or via Jitsi audio stream. โžก๏ธย Jitsi Stream Link Here's a recording from our December Meetup: https://kolektiva.media/w/84RnX8VkpePQsG3P7Kt9Jv

๐Ÿ“š Reading Group: ‘Too Like the Lightning’ by Ada Palmer

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

For our January reading group, we'll discuss Ada Palmer's Too Like the Lightning, a utopian vision of a world that has radically reimagined, among other things, transportation, citizenship, and communication. See you Wednesday, January 25th at 7 p.m.! This event is free. Donations accepted.

Game Night: Solarpunk Futures

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

Onย Thursday, January 26th 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 rememberย Ancestorsย and work together usingย Toolsย andย Valuesย to overcome a set of real-worldย Challenges. Through […]

Philadelphia Creators Meetup

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

A new meetup for creators in Philly! You can find more info on Facebook: Philadelphia Creators Meetup

โœ๏ธ The Writing Room at Iffy Books

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

Wednesdays 5โ€“8PM (except the last week 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.

Letter Writing for 6 Forest Defenders in Atlanta Denied Bail

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

On Thursday, February 2nd at 6 p.m. we're hosting a letter writing event for six Atlanta Forest defenders who have been denied bail. Bring a pen!

๐Ÿ”“ 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, February 3rd, starting around 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 […]

๐Ÿงฒ Data Destruction Day

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

On Saturday, February 4th we're hosting a data destruction event at Iffy Books. Join us at 1 p.m. for a workshop on several command-line tools for securely deleting data on magnetic drives (shred, wipe, and srm). We'll also discuss full-disk encryption. Bring a laptop and/or external hard drive for hands-on practice! From 2 p.m. to […]

๐Ÿ”Š Make your own MP3 boombox

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

Join us at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 5th and make your own MP3 boombox! We'll use the DFPlayer Mini MP3 player board (below), which has an SD card slot and a built-in 3-watt amplifier. You'll set up the MP3 player controls on a breadboard, connect speakers and a battery, and mount everything in a […]

Philly ABC Letter Writing for Alex Stokes

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

Philly ABC is back with our regular letter-writing events this month featuring Alex Stokes, an antifascist prisoner sentenced to 20 years for defending himself and others from armed Proud Boys at the New York State Capitol on January 6th. Alex is a journalist and artist from Albany, NY. He began documenting social unrest in 2014, […]

โœ๏ธ The Writing Room at Iffy Books

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

Wednesdays 5โ€“8PM (except the last week 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.

โšก๏ธ 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 (starting February 2023). 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 […]

๐Ÿ˜ An introduction to Mastodon & the fediverse

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

Are you curious about Mastodon and the fediverse? Join us Saturday, February 11th at 1:00 p.m. for an introduction to federated social media with Nelson Chu Pavlosky. Nelson is an admin and moderator at jawns.club, a Philly-centric Mastodon server. Youโ€™ll learn about Mastodon's history, how it compares to legacy social media (e.g., Twitter), and how […]

๐Ÿ”ฅ Make a DIY Tent-Safe Heater Pt. 1

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

On February 11th and 12th we're hosting a two-day workshop on how to build a tent-safe heater that can burn isopropyl alcohol or ethanol. Workshop Day 1: Making the burner Workshop Day 2: Testing, wicking, cagingย  Register: Note: We have limited supplies for this event. Don't register unless you're sure you can make it to […]

๐Ÿ’พ๐ŸŒพ Permacomputing Meetup

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

Our next permacomputing meetup is on Sunday, February 12th at 1:00 PM EST. You can join us in person at Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St. #2I, PHL) or via Jitsi audio stream.โžก๏ธ Jitsi Stream Link From Permacomputing.net: Permacomputing is a more sustainable approach to computer and network technology inspired by permaculture. Permacomputing is both […]

๐Ÿ”ฅ Make a DIY Tent-Safe Heater Pt. 2

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

On February 11th and 12th we're hosting a two-day workshop on how to build a tent-safe heater that burns isopropyl alcohol or ethanol. Workshop Day 1: Making the burner Workshop Day 2: Testing, wicking, cagingย  โžก๏ธ Register here image by heater bloc viaย twitter

โœ๏ธ The Writing Room at Iffy Books

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

Wednesdays 5โ€“8PM (except the last week 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.