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  • January 2027

  • Wed 6
    A sticker sheet for turning a USB keyboard into a DJ controller for the free program MIXXX, with labels such as LOAD, FX, CUE, etc.

    🔊 DJ Basixxx with MIXXX

    January 6, 2027 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm 🔊 DJ Basixxx with MIXXX
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    An introduction to MIXXX, a free and open source DJ program for macOS, Linux, and Windows. It supports a wide range of DJ controller devices and audio file formats. You'll […]

  • Mon 11
    Old-fashioned website screen capture with a repeated picture of a cloud in the background: Welcome To The *Making Your First Website* Workshop Learn HTML and create a home page on Neocities! Total beginners welcome! Iffy Books / Ragman WARNING: this page is under construction

    🚧 Make Your First Website

    January 11, 2027 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 🚧 Make Your First Website
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Make a home page like it's 1999! Join us at Iffy Books for a new workshop called Make Your First Website, led by Ragman a.k.a. Richard Green. You'll learn the […]

  • Wed 13
    Animated GIF of a small circuit board with two blinking LED lights, two transistors, two capacitors, and four resistors

    ⚡️ Beginner Soldering: Flashing LED Circuit

    January 13, 2027 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ⚡️ Beginner Soldering: Flashing LED Circuit
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    In this workshop you'll learn the basics of soldering by building a tiny oscillator circuit with two transistors and two LED lights. No previous experience needed! Register: coming soon!  

  • Wed 13
    An illustration of an assembled Digital Notebook Kit on a solderless breadboard: a microSD card port, an OLED screen, and an ESP32-C3 microcontroller unit, all connected with purple and orange wires

    📓 DIY Digital Notebook Workshop

    January 13, 2027 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm 📓 DIY Digital Notebook Workshop
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    In this workshop you’ll build a digital notebook, a pocket-sized device for taking notes with a USB keyboard. We’re using affordable, widely available components: a Seeed XIAO ESP32-S3 microcontroller, a […]

  • Wed 13
    The symbol of the permacomputing movement, a pixel art flower 7 pixels wide and 9 pixels tall, in white on a black background.

    💾☀️ Permacomputing + Solarpunk Meetup

    January 13, 2027 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm 💾☀️ Permacomputing + Solarpunk Meetup
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    The Permacomputing + Solarpunk meetup is the first Wednesday every other month at Iffy Books! You can join us in person (404 S. 20th St., PHL) or remotely via Jitsi Meet. […]

  • Thu 14
    Flyer with an illustration of two people trapped inside a gear, with the following text: Neo-Luddite Reading Group / Iffy Books

    ⚙️ Neo-Luddite Reading Group

    January 14, 2027 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm ⚙️ Neo-Luddite Reading Group
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    ➡️ Virtual Meetup Link Discord: Email neoluddite@victorgom.es for an invite! Full schedule: victorgom.es/neoluddite If you're joining for the first time, I'd suggest you read this before anything else for brief […]

  • Mon 18
    Coffee mug with the trans flag printed on it (pastel blue, pastel pink, and white stripes)

    ☕️ Coffee Talk

    January 18, 2027 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm ☕️ Coffee Talk
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    A social hangout every first and third Monday for trans and non-binary people, their significant others, and allies. We have snacks and coffee.

  • Wed 20
    A sticker sheet for turning a USB keyboard into a DJ controller for the free program MIXXX, with labels such as LOAD, FX, CUE, etc.

    🔊 DJ Basixxx with MIXXX

    January 20, 2027 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm 🔊 DJ Basixxx with MIXXX
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    An introduction to MIXXX, a free and open source DJ program for macOS, Linux, and Windows. It supports a wide range of DJ controller devices and audio file formats. You'll […]

  • Mon 25
    Orange rectangle with rounded corners in the background, with a blue music note, a celebration emoji, a smiling face, and the following text: Happy Birthday !!!

    🎬 Make a Hand-Coded SVG Animation!

    January 25, 2027 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 🎬 Make a Hand-Coded SVG Animation
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Learn to make an animated SVG file using a plaintext editor and web browser. No fancy tools needed! Geany text editor Sublime Text Happy Birthday example file Register coming soon!

  • Wed 27
    Animated GIF of a small circuit board with two blinking LED lights, two transistors, two capacitors, and four resistors

    ⚡️ Beginner Soldering: Flashing LED Circuit

    January 27, 2027 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ⚡️ Beginner Soldering: Flashing LED Circuit
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    In this workshop you'll learn the basics of soldering by building a tiny oscillator circuit with two transistors and two LED lights. No previous experience needed! Register: coming soon!  

  • Wed 27
    An illustration of an assembled Digital Notebook Kit on a solderless breadboard: a microSD card port, an OLED screen, and an ESP32-C3 microcontroller unit, all connected with purple and orange wires

    📓 DIY Digital Notebook Workshop

    January 27, 2027 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm 📓 DIY Digital Notebook Workshop
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    In this workshop you’ll build a digital notebook, a pocket-sized device for taking notes with a USB keyboard. We’re using affordable, widely available components: a Seeed XIAO ESP32-S3 microcontroller, a […]

  • Wed 27
    An artist's rendering of a black hole, with a large patch of bright white light on the right side and a dimmer area of light on the left.

    🪐 Speculative Futures Reading Group

    January 27, 2027 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm 🪐 Speculative Futures Reading Group
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    The Speculative Futures Reading Group meets on the last Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m.

  • February 2027

  • Mon 1
    Coffee mug with the trans flag printed on it (pastel blue, pastel pink, and white stripes)

    ☕️ Coffee Talk

    February 1, 2027 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm ☕️ Coffee Talk
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    A social hangout every first and third Monday for trans and non-binary people, their significant others, and allies. We have snacks and coffee.

  • Wed 3
    A sticker sheet for turning a USB keyboard into a DJ controller for the free program MIXXX, with labels such as LOAD, FX, CUE, etc.

    🔊 DJ Basixxx with MIXXX

    February 3, 2027 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm 🔊 DJ Basixxx with MIXXX
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    An introduction to MIXXX, a free and open source DJ program for macOS, Linux, and Windows. It supports a wide range of DJ controller devices and audio file formats. You'll […]

  • Mon 8
    Old-fashioned website screen capture with a repeated picture of a cloud in the background: Welcome To The *Making Your First Website* Workshop Learn HTML and create a home page on Neocities! Total beginners welcome! Iffy Books / Ragman WARNING: this page is under construction

    🚧 Make Your First Website

    February 8, 2027 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 🚧 Make Your First Website
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Make a home page like it's 1999! Join us at Iffy Books for a new workshop called Make Your First Website, led by Ragman a.k.a. Richard Green. You'll learn the […]

  • Wed 10
    Animated GIF of a small circuit board with two blinking LED lights, two transistors, two capacitors, and four resistors

    ⚡️ Beginner Soldering: Flashing LED Circuit

    February 10, 2027 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ⚡️ Beginner Soldering: Flashing LED Circuit
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    In this workshop you'll learn the basics of soldering by building a tiny oscillator circuit with two transistors and two LED lights. No previous experience needed! Register: coming soon!  

  • Wed 10
    An illustration of an assembled Digital Notebook Kit on a solderless breadboard: a microSD card port, an OLED screen, and an ESP32-C3 microcontroller unit, all connected with purple and orange wires

    📓 DIY Digital Notebook Workshop

    February 10, 2027 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm 📓 DIY Digital Notebook Workshop
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    In this workshop you’ll build a digital notebook, a pocket-sized device for taking notes with a USB keyboard. We’re using affordable, widely available components: a Seeed XIAO ESP32-S3 microcontroller, a […]

  • Mon 15
    Coffee mug with the trans flag printed on it (pastel blue, pastel pink, and white stripes)

    ☕️ Coffee Talk

    February 15, 2027 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm ☕️ Coffee Talk
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    A social hangout every first and third Monday for trans and non-binary people, their significant others, and allies. We have snacks and coffee.

  • Wed 17
    A sticker sheet for turning a USB keyboard into a DJ controller for the free program MIXXX, with labels such as LOAD, FX, CUE, etc.

    🔊 DJ Basixxx with MIXXX

    February 17, 2027 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm 🔊 DJ Basixxx with MIXXX
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    An introduction to MIXXX, a free and open source DJ program for macOS, Linux, and Windows. It supports a wide range of DJ controller devices and audio file formats. You'll […]

  • Sat 20
    Three question marks in an old-fashioned typographical style

    ⊕ Quarterly Bonus Workshop

    February 20, 2027 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm ⊕ Quarterly Bonus Workshop
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Our quarterly off-site bonus workshop for Patreon supporters. Check out our Patreon page for details! Questions? Email iffybooks@iffybooks.net

  • Mon 22
    Orange rectangle with rounded corners in the background, with a blue music note, a celebration emoji, a smiling face, and the following text: Happy Birthday !!!

    🎬 Make a Hand-Coded SVG Animation!

    February 22, 2027 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 🎬 Make a Hand-Coded SVG Animation
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Learn to make an animated SVG file using a plaintext editor and web browser. No fancy tools needed! Geany text editor Sublime Text Happy Birthday example file Register coming soon!

  • Wed 24
    Animated GIF of a small circuit board with two blinking LED lights, two transistors, two capacitors, and four resistors

    ⚡️ Beginner Soldering: Flashing LED Circuit

    February 24, 2027 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ⚡️ Beginner Soldering: Flashing LED Circuit
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    In this workshop you'll learn the basics of soldering by building a tiny oscillator circuit with two transistors and two LED lights. No previous experience needed! Register: coming soon!  

  • Wed 24
    An illustration of an assembled Digital Notebook Kit on a solderless breadboard: a microSD card port, an OLED screen, and an ESP32-C3 microcontroller unit, all connected with purple and orange wires

    📓 DIY Digital Notebook Workshop

    February 24, 2027 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm 📓 DIY Digital Notebook Workshop
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    In this workshop you’ll build a digital notebook, a pocket-sized device for taking notes with a USB keyboard. We’re using affordable, widely available components: a Seeed XIAO ESP32-S3 microcontroller, a […]

  • Wed 24
    An artist's rendering of a black hole, with a large patch of bright white light on the right side and a dimmer area of light on the left.

    🪐 Speculative Futures Reading Group

    February 24, 2027 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm 🪐 Speculative Futures Reading Group
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    The Speculative Futures Reading Group meets on the last Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m.

  • March 2027

  • Mon 1
    Coffee mug with the trans flag printed on it (pastel blue, pastel pink, and white stripes)

    ☕️ Coffee Talk

    March 1, 2027 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm ☕️ Coffee Talk
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    A social hangout every first and third Monday for trans and non-binary people, their significant others, and allies. We have snacks and coffee.

  • Wed 3
    A sticker sheet for turning a USB keyboard into a DJ controller for the free program MIXXX, with labels such as LOAD, FX, CUE, etc.

    🔊 DJ Basixxx with MIXXX

    March 3, 2027 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm 🔊 DJ Basixxx with MIXXX
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    An introduction to MIXXX, a free and open source DJ program for macOS, Linux, and Windows. It supports a wide range of DJ controller devices and audio file formats. You'll […]

  • Wed 10
    Animated GIF of a small circuit board with two blinking LED lights, two transistors, two capacitors, and four resistors

    ⚡️ Beginner Soldering: Flashing LED Circuit

    March 10, 2027 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ⚡️ Beginner Soldering: Flashing LED Circuit
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    In this workshop you'll learn the basics of soldering by building a tiny oscillator circuit with two transistors and two LED lights. No previous experience needed! Register: coming soon!  

  • Wed 10
    An illustration of an assembled Digital Notebook Kit on a solderless breadboard: a microSD card port, an OLED screen, and an ESP32-C3 microcontroller unit, all connected with purple and orange wires

    📓 DIY Digital Notebook Workshop

    March 10, 2027 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm 📓 DIY Digital Notebook Workshop
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    In this workshop you’ll build a digital notebook, a pocket-sized device for taking notes with a USB keyboard. We’re using affordable, widely available components: a Seeed XIAO ESP32-S3 microcontroller, a […]

  • Wed 10
    The symbol of the permacomputing movement, a pixel art flower 7 pixels wide and 9 pixels tall, in white on a black background.

    💾☀️ Permacomputing + Solarpunk Meetup

    March 10, 2027 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm 💾☀️ Permacomputing + Solarpunk Meetup
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    The Permacomputing + Solarpunk meetup is the first Wednesday every other month at Iffy Books! You can join us in person (404 S. 20th St., PHL) or remotely via Jitsi Meet. […]

  • Mon 15
    Coffee mug with the trans flag printed on it (pastel blue, pastel pink, and white stripes)

    ☕️ Coffee Talk

    March 15, 2027 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm ☕️ Coffee Talk
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    A social hangout every first and third Monday for trans and non-binary people, their significant others, and allies. We have snacks and coffee.

  • Wed 17
    A sticker sheet for turning a USB keyboard into a DJ controller for the free program MIXXX, with labels such as LOAD, FX, CUE, etc.

    🔊 DJ Basixxx with MIXXX

    March 17, 2027 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm 🔊 DJ Basixxx with MIXXX
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    An introduction to MIXXX, a free and open source DJ program for macOS, Linux, and Windows. It supports a wide range of DJ controller devices and audio file formats. You'll […]

  • Mon 22
    Orange rectangle with rounded corners in the background, with a blue music note, a celebration emoji, a smiling face, and the following text: Happy Birthday !!!

    🎬 Make a Hand-Coded SVG Animation!

    March 22, 2027 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 🎬 Make a Hand-Coded SVG Animation
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Learn to make an animated SVG file using a plaintext editor and web browser. No fancy tools needed! Geany text editor Sublime Text Happy Birthday example file Register coming soon!

  • Wed 24
    Animated GIF of a small circuit board with two blinking LED lights, two transistors, two capacitors, and four resistors

    ⚡️ Beginner Soldering: Flashing LED Circuit

    March 24, 2027 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ⚡️ Beginner Soldering: Flashing LED Circuit
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    In this workshop you'll learn the basics of soldering by building a tiny oscillator circuit with two transistors and two LED lights. No previous experience needed! Register: coming soon!  

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