Iffy Books | 404 S. 20th St., PHL
hacking, free culture, gardening, zines
On Thursday, November 30th we're hosting an event with José Alaniz, author of the new book "Puro Pinche True Fictions" (FlowerSong Press). Author/cartoonist José Alaniz has released a new prose/comics collection titled Puro Pinche True Fictions. The hybrid book collects short stories and comics, mostly set in the Rio Grande Valley along the Texas/Mexico border. […]
This will be the last Philly 2600 meetup at the old Iffy Books location, 319 N. 11th St. #2I. Should be a good one! > The Philly 2600 meeting is a monthly gathering of local hackers, phreaks, nerds, geeks, activists, tinkerers, developers, infosec professionals, and other interesting people. Next week we're moving Iffy Books to […]
Philly Zine Fest is on Saturday, December 2nd from 10–5 p.m. at Temple's Mitten Hall (1913 N. Broad Street). See you there! Organized by The Soapbox. Sponsored by Temple University Libraries, with additional support provided by The Center for Humanities at Temple.
On Sunday, December 3rd at 1 p.m. we're hosting a meetup for folks who use federated services like Mastodon, Lemmy, and Pixelfed, as well as anyone who's curious about learning more. Hope to see you there!
We had to cancel this event due to unforeseen circumstances. Sorry for the inconvenience!
Our current book for the Neo-Luddite Reading Group is The Human Use of Human Beings by Norbert Wiener (1950, revised 1954). On Tuesday, December 5th we’re meeting to discuss chapter 8 through the end of the book. Meetup link After this book we’ll read Race After Technology by Ruha Benjamin (could maybe pair it with […]
Iffy Books is moving to a storefront! Very exciting! Starting on Wednesday, December 6th we'll be at 404 S. 20th St., half a block from Rittenhouse Hardware. For the rest of December we'll be open Wednesday–Sunday, 12–7 p.m. See y'all in the new space!
We'll be at BSidesPhilly 2023 on Friday, December 8th! Stay tuned for more details. ➡️ Call for Speakers
On Saturday, December 9th from 1–3 p.m. we're hosting an informal meetup at Iffy Books for Meshtastic users. Stay tuned for details! Meshtastic: An open source, off-grid, decentralized, mesh network built to run on affordable, low-power devices
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 Sunday, December 10th from 1–3 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 […]
On Sunday, December 10th at 3:30 p.m. we’re hosting a darning workshop and mending session. Total beginners welcome! Here's our darning how-to zine. Register:
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.
We're postponing this workshop. Stay tuned for updates! On Wednesday, 12/13 at 6 p.m. we're hosting a workshop on how to make glitchy, distressed images using the command-line program ImageMagick. We'll be using Ubuntu Linux for the workshop, but it's also available for macOS and Windows. We'll provide computers. If you've never used the command […]
On Thursday, December 14th at 6:00 p.m. we’re running a soldering workshop for beginners! Anyone can attend for free, but you’ll need to buy a circuit board with components for $6 to complete the project. Here’s what’s included in the kit: 1 x Weevil-shaped PCB 2 x LEDs 1 x 47k Ohm resistor 1 x miniature photocell […]
The Two Decades of subVersion Riot Porn Jamboree Join the subMedia crew this December as we celebrate two decades cranking out anarchist propaganda. That's right, subMedia has finally made it through its angsty teenager years. Before you know it, we'll be setting riot porn to soft jazz! So before that happens and to mark this […]
The Model Internet Club meets again on Saturday, December 16th, 1–5 p.m. Newcomers are welcome. The network is up and running! We now have a DHCP server, a DNS server with custom domain names, and handful of websites running as virtual hosts in Apache. There’s a local bulletin board in the works, and we’re considering our […]
Our next permacomputing meetup is on Sunday, December 17th at 1:00 PM EST. You can join us in person at Iffy Books (404 S. 20th St., PHL) or via Jitsi Meet. ➡️ 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 community of […]
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 Sunday, December 17th from 3:30–5:30 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 […]
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.
On Friday, December 22nd at 6:00 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 remember Ancestors and work together using Tools and Values to overcome a set of real-world Challenges. Through dialogue and […]
We'll be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, December 24th! Our new address is 404 S. 20th. St, PHL.
On Wednesday, December 27th from 3–5 p.m. we’re running 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 recording with Audacity and start editing with Reaper. Register:
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.
We've postponed this event until Saturday, January 27th. Sorry for the inconvenience! Join us from 1–3 p.m. on Saturday, December 30th for the first meeting of the Direct Solar Power Working Group. (We can change the name if people don't like it.) Our plan is to discuss & experiment with methods for using solar energy […]
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.
Does your kid have a toy that’s so loud it’s driving you up a wall? Are you just curious about electronics and sound? Join us Sunday, January 7th from 1–3 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 […]
This will be our first meeting of the new Philly Socialists Reading Group. Before jumping into our first book, Hinterland: America’s New Landscape of Class and Conflict by Phil A. Neel, we are meeting to discuss how we will approach this book together and why struggles over space are important for us to study as […]
On Thursday, January 11th at 6:00 p.m. we’re running a soldering workshop for beginners! Anyone can attend for free, but you’ll need to buy a circuit board with components for $6 to complete the project. Here’s what’s included in the kit: 1 x Weevil-shaped PCB 2 x LEDs 1 x 47k Ohm resistor 1 x miniature photocell […]
Our next permacomputing meetup is on Sunday, January 14th at 1:00 PM EST. You can join us in person at Iffy Books (404 S. 20th St., PHL) or via Jitsi Meet. ➡️ 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 community of […]
Our current book for the Neo-Luddite Reading Group is Race After Technology (2019) by Ruha Benjamin. We'll meet Tuesday, January 16th at 6:30 p.m. to discuss the introduction through chapter 2. Meetup link ➡️ Official schedule"Remember to imagine and craft the worlds you cannot live without, just as you dismantle the ones you cannot live […]
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.
We're closing at 4 p.m. on Friday, January 19th due to forecast snow. Sorry for the inconvenience! The TOOOL lock picking meetup scheduled for tonight has been rescheduled for next Friday, January 26th.
On Sunday, January 21st from 1 to 3 p.m. we're hosting a workshop on the audio synthesis program SuperCollider, led by William Hazard. This workshop assumes no prior knowledge of SuperCollider, computer music, or coding generally. Beginners as well as seasoned SuperCollider pros are completely welcome — we’ll meet where we’re at and work from […]