Iffy Books | 404 S. 20th St., PHL
hacking, free culture, gardening, zines
It’s almost time for this year’s BIG SUMMER BOOK SALE hosted by Ulises, Icebox Project Space, and FORTUNE with the support of Penn Treaty SSD! Mark your calendar for Sunday, […]
Time and Place: 2nd & 4th Tuesday each month 6:30–8:30 p.m. @ Iffy Books Beginning Tuesday, June 27th Contact: neoluddite@victorgom.es @notnaughtknot Discord: Email neoluddite@victorgom.es for an invite! You may have […]
Wednesdays 5–8 p.m. (5–7 p.m. the last Wednesday of the month) Come co-work with other writers in three 40-minute units of silent writing. Writers and projects of any type welcome. […]
Modular Synths 101: In this crash course you will learn the basics of sound design with a modular synthesizer. We will cover all the basic components from shaping sound waves […]
The Model Internet Club meets again on Friday, June 30th, 6–9 p.m. Our goal is to build an offline network for fun and learning. At our last meeting we all connected […]
![Flyer with a drawing of a person holding a torch in the style of indigenous Central American art. The text reads "Summer Solstice [June 24th is crossed out] Iglesias Gardens / 425 Arlington Street / Rain date July 1 / Food, music and good vibes / 2 PM to sundown"](https://iffybooks.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Iglesias_Solstice.png "Iglesias_Solstice")
The forecast is calling for rain and thunderstorms all weekend… While the plants are happy, this means we’ll have to reschedule our Solstice celebration to NEXT Saturday, July 1, 2pm […]
We’re hosting a virtual meetup on Thursday, July 6th at 7 p.m. to help Meshtastic users get connected. Our goal is to make a wireless chat network across the PHL area using low-power LoRa radios. To join the […]
On Friday, July 7th at 6 p.m. we’re hosting a meetup run by the Philadelphia Chapter of the Open Organization of Lockpickers. > Come join us for our monthly First Friday Open Pick […]
On Sunday, July 9th at 1:00 p.m. we’re hosting an introduction to Meshtastic, an application that lets you send private text messages over the air using pocket-sized LoRa radios. Here’s a link to our updated […]
Time and Place: 2nd & 4th Tuesday each month 6:30–8:30 p.m. @ Iffy Books Beginning Tuesday, June 27th ➡️ Virtual Meetup Link Contact: neoluddite@victorgom.es @notnaughtknot Discord: Email neoluddite@victorgom.es for an […]
Wednesdays 5–8 p.m. (5–7 p.m. the last Wednesday of the month) Come co-work with other writers in three 40-minute units of silent writing. Writers and projects of any type welcome. […]
On Thursday, July 13th 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 […]
The Model Internet Club meets again on Friday, July 14th, 6–9 p.m. Our goal is to build an offline network for fun and learning. At our last meeting we settled on […]
We're hosting an open zine printing session on Saturday, July 15th at 1:00 p.m.! We'll help you turn your zine design into a print-imposed PDF and print ~200 sheets for free. […]
On Sunday, July 16th at 1 p.m. we’re running a free workshop on the basics of recording audio. We’ll discuss mic technique, audio hardware, recording conditions, and software options. Everyone will get […]
Presented by Untitled Medical Collective in association with Philly SRA, Bleeding Control Basics will go over first aid as it applies to severe bleeding. We will cover scene safety, injury […]
Wednesdays 5–8 p.m. (5–7 p.m. the last Wednesday of the month) Come co-work with other writers in three 40-minute units of silent writing. Writers and projects of any type welcome. […]
Details: It's hot so come to China town, grab your favorite drink then meet us at Iffy Books for a hacker themed movie night. Details & registration on Meetup
Come out on Friday, July 21st and celebrate Iffy Books's 2nd birthday! We'll have music and drinks from 6–10 p.m. Hope to see you there! Photo by JanetMcK | CC BY […]
Our next permacomputing meetup is on Sunday, July 23rd at 1:00 PM EDT. You can join us in person at Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St. #2I, PHL) or via Jitsi […]
On Sunday, July 23rd at 3:30 p.m. we're hosting a workshop on creating charts and graphs with the Python programming language. We'll use the modules matplotlib and seaborn to create […]
Time and Place: 2nd & 4th Tuesday each month 6:30–8:30 p.m. @ Iffy Books ➡️ Virtual Meetup Link Contact: neoluddite@victorgom.es @notnaughtknot Discord: Email neoluddite@victorgom.es for an invite! You may have […]
Wednesdays 5–8 p.m. (5–7 p.m. the last Wednesday of the month) Come co-work with other writers in three 40-minute units of silent writing. Writers and projects of any type welcome. […]
On Wednesday, July 26th at 7:oo p.m. we'll meet to discuss The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin. See you there! Get the audiobook on Libro.fm.
On Thursday, July 27th from 6–8 p.m. we're hosting an open soldering session. If you've been meaning to get a soldering project done, now's your chance! We'll have soldering irons […]
We’re hosting a virtual meetup on Thursday, July 27th at 7 p.m. to help Meshtastic users get connected. Our goal is to make a wireless chat network across the PHL area using low-power LoRa radios. To join the […]
Bring your laptops and hang out with fellow community members of Philly JS Club for an evening of hacking on personal projects. ➡️ Register on Eventbrite The Philadelphia JavaScript Club, founded […]
Router Hack Day III is Saturday, July 29th! Now that we have a working OpenWRT firmware build for the routers we've been working on, we'll show everyone how to install […]
On Sunday, July 30th at 1:00 p.m. we’re hosting an introduction to Meshtastic, an application that lets you send private text messages over the air using pocket-sized LoRa radios. Here’s a link to our updated […]
Wednesdays 5–8 p.m. (5–7 p.m. the last Wednesday of the month) Come co-work with other writers in three 40-minute units of silent writing. Writers and projects of any type welcome. […]
We’re hosting a virtual meetup on Thursday, August 3rd at 7 p.m. to help Meshtastic users get connected. Our goal is to make a wireless chat network across the PHL area using low-power LoRa radios. To join the […]
The Philly 2600 meetup will be at Iffy Books on Friday, August 4th, starting at 6:00 p.m. > The Philly 2600 meeting is a monthly gathering of local hackers, phreaks, nerds, geeks, activists, tinkerers, […]
The Model Internet Club meets again on Saturday, August 5th, 1–5 p.m. Our goal is to build an offline network for fun and learning. We’re just getting started on building it, so […]