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This workshop is postponed 'til September. Stay tuned for the new date! We apologize for the inconvenience. ̶J̶o̶i̶n̶ ̶u̶s̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶T̶h̶u̶r̶s̶d̶a̶y̶,̶ ̶A̶u̶g̶u̶s̶t̶ ̶2̶1̶s̶t̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶l̶e̶a̶r̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶b̶a̶s̶i̶c̶s̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶b̶l̶o̶c̶k̶ ̶p̶r̶i̶n̶t̶i̶n̶g̶!̶ ̶W̶e̶'̶l̶l̶ ̶u̶s̶e̶ ̶S̶p̶e̶e̶d̶y̶-̶C̶a̶r̶v̶e̶ ̶b̶l̶o̶c̶k̶s̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶c̶r̶e̶a̶t̶e̶ ̶d̶e̶s̶i̶g̶n̶s̶,̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶n̶ ̶w̶e̶'̶l̶l̶ ̶m̶a̶k̶e̶ ̶p̶r̶i̶n̶t̶s̶ ̶u̶s̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶a̶ ̶m̶a̶n̶u̶a̶l̶ ̶p̶r̶e̶s̶s̶.̶ ̶F̶u̶n̶!̶     Photo CC-BY mosmanlibrary

The third annual Philly Bookstore Crawl is on Saturday, August 23rd. Can't wait to see y'all!

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

For this workshop you'll use a Pi Pico board and CircuitPython to create a programmable mechanical keyboard with two keys. No soldering experience necessary! To complete this project you'll need to buy a kit for $14. Here's what's included: • RP2040/Pi Pico board • 2 mechanical keyboard switches • 2 key caps • oak base […]

Join us and build a tiny solar-powered square wave generator on a breadboard. No soldering required! The workshop is free to attend, but you'll need to purchase a kit for $12.50 to complete the project. Here's a link to the how-to zine we'll use. And here's a diagram of the oscillator circuit we'll build: Register:

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:  

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 latest Meshtastic firmware to the device, customize the settings, and start chatting with your friends. Here’s a link to our zine on LoRa + Meshtastic. […]

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:  

The Homebrew Website Club is canceled this month! See y'all on October 5th. Homebrew Website Club is a growing world-wide network of meetups for everyone who wants to take back their web experience from social media silos, and own their online identities & content, or just want support with blogging!

11Learn to make a programmable game timer and dice with a Pi Pico microcontroller! First you'll solder six LEDs, two switches, and a vibration motor to the board's GPIO pins. Then you'll install and customize the CircuitPython code that makes it work. No experience needed! You'll need to buy a kit for $9 to complete […]

Join us Thursday, September 11th at 6:30 p.m. ET for a discussion on Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered by E. F. Schumacher. ➡️ 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 […]

Join us and build a tiny solar-powered square wave generator on a breadboard. No soldering required! The workshop is free to attend, but you'll need to purchase a kit for $12.50 to complete the project. Here's a link to the how-to zine we'll use. And here's a diagram of the oscillator circuit we'll build: Register:

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:  

Join us Wednesday, September 17th at 7 p.m. for a discussion on the second half of The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century by Tim Weiner (2025). 🎧 Get the audiobook on Libro.fm At the turn of the century, the Central Intelligence Agency was in crisis. The end of the Cold War had robbed […]

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 for folks who have soldered at least once or twice before. If you're brand new to soldering, we recommend taking a beginner class first. Register: […]

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 latest Meshtastic firmware to the device, customize the settings, and start chatting with your friends. Here’s a link to our zine on LoRa + Meshtastic. […]

The Speculative Futures Reading Group meets on the last Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m.! 🎧 Get the audiobook on Libro.fm In a city addled by climate change and populated by intelligent robots called ‘hums,’ May loses her job to artificial intelligence. In a desperate bid to resolve her family’s debt and secure their […]

Join us and build a tiny solar-powered square wave generator on a breadboard. No soldering required! The workshop is free to attend, but you'll need to purchase a kit for $12.50 to complete the project. Here's a link to the how-to zine we'll use. And here's a diagram of the oscillator circuit we'll build: Register:

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:  

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. ➡️ Virtual 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 […]

Microsoft announced that the BinaryFormatter class is insecure and cannot be made secure, but how bad can it be? How about a remote code execution exploit? Join us at DC215 where you’ll see a demo of this attack and how it’s also exposed through JSON and Newtonsoft. Demos and code samples are in C#, but […]

Join us on Thursday, October 2nd from 5:30–8:30 p.m. and learn the basics of block printing. We'll use Speedy Carve blocks to create designs, then we'll make prints using a manual press. Thanks to Bryn for putting it together! Register:   Photo CC-BY mosmanlibrary