Events

Please join us to celebrate the release of Salmon and The Moan Wilds on May 25th at 7:30 p.m. With readings by Sebastian Castillo, Caroline Rayner, Ted Rees, Oscar d'Artois & Alina Pleskova. Hosted by Lucy K. Shaw.

• Command for opening serial connection with router: minicom -D /dev/ttyUSB0 -c on • Firmware download for Tenda FH1206 router • Docker command for decompressing firmware with unblob: docker run \ --rm \ --pull always \ -v /Users/iffybooks/Documents/Router_firmware/output:/data/output \ -v /Users/iffybooks/Documents/Router_firmware/input:/data/input \ ghcr.io/onekey-sec/unblob:latest --report firmware_reoirt.json /data/input/firmware.bin • Jim's unsqhashfs instructions On May 27th we're spending the […]

On Saturday, 5/27 we're screening the film Machines in Flames at 8 p.m., followed by a virtual Q&A with the filmmakers. Machines in Flames (2022, 50min) finds a secret history of destruction by following the footsteps of a clandestine group of French computer workers from the 1980s. In 1980s Toulouse, an elusive group began bombing […]

Hi all! I'm kind of feeling this "cold month of May" thing, reminds me of one of my favorite Cocteau Twins tracks. That said, anticipate a HOT HOT reading in the early evening of Sunday, May 28th, at Philadelphia's fabulous Iffy Books. I'm really humbled to be hosting some of my favorite poets! John DeWitt is a […]

We’re hosting a virtual meetup on Tuesday, May 30th 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 network, you’ll need a LoRa radio such as a Heltec LoRa32, LILYGO LoRa32, or LILYGO T-Beam. Here’s a full list of compatible devices. ➡️ Join the meetup

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. 10-minute breaks and accountability check-ins between units. BYO coffee, water, computer chargers, notepads, etc.

On Wednesday, May 31st at 7 p.m. we'll meet to discuss The Water Knife (2015) by Paolo Bacigalupi.

The Philly 2600 meetup will be at Iffy Books on Friday, June 2nd, starting at 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 Lockpickers: > Come join […]

On Saturday, June 3rd at 3:30 p.m. we're running a workshop on ImageMagick, an essential command-line tool for converting between image formats and applying custom compression and filters. Register:  

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. 10-minute breaks and accountability check-ins between units. BYO coffee, water, computer chargers, notepads, etc.

On Thursday, June 8th 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 […]

The Model Internet Club meets again on Friday, June 9th at 6 p.m. Our goal is to build an offline network for fun and learning. We’ll have routers, switches, servers, and plenty of Ethernet on hand.

Rail Park Block Party 2023 Sat, June 10th 12–5 p.m. at The Rail Park 1300 Noble Street, PHL Free What’s more Philly than a block party? Join us on June 10, 2023 for The Rail Park’s Annual Block Party for a day filled with live music, local vendors, food trucks serving up delicious treats and plenty of […]

On Sunday, June 11 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 a chance to make a recording with Audacity and start editing with Reaper. We’ll have a computer available for everyone who signs up. Register: […]

We’re hosting a virtual meetup on Tuesday, June 13th 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 network, you’ll need a LoRa radio such as a Heltec LoRa32, LILYGO LoRa32, or LILYGO T-Beam. Here’s a full list of compatible devices. ➡️ Meetup link

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. 10-minute breaks and accountability check-ins between units. BYO coffee, water, computer chargers, notepads, etc.

There are not many opportunities to learn the use of fuzzy logic without a detailed coding learning curve. This presentation makes an effort to provide the important and practical concepts of fuzzy logic while applying it to anti-phishing solutions. This discussion will take the form of both a presentation and a workshop. After some coverage […]

Our next permacomputing meetup is on Sunday, June 18th at 1:00 PM EDT. You can join us in person at Iffy Books (319 N. 11th St. #2I, PHL) or via Jitsi Meet. This month we'll discuss the new article Permacomputing Aesthetics: Potential and Limits of Design Constraints in Computational Culture by Mansoux, Howell, Barok, and Heikkilä […]

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 assessment, basic bleeding control, and tourniquet application. This class doesn’t provide any kind of certification, and is just meant to provide essential information to as […]

Join us at the Philly Free Library on Wednesday, June 21 from 10 a.m. to noon for the Philadelphia Bookstore Map release party! A grassroots project to showcase our 50+ brick & mortar bookstores, a keepsake quality map to be distributed FREE around the city. The map will include all of the city’s brick-and-mortar bookstores, […]

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. 10-minute breaks and accountability check-ins between units. BYO coffee, water, computer chargers, notepads, etc.

On Thursday, June 22nd 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 and solder to share for free, as well as DIY electronics kits for sale. If you're looking for a step-by-step introduction to soldering, we're hosting […]

On Friday, June 23rd 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 remember Ancestors and work together using Tools and Values to overcome a set of real-world Challenges. Through dialogue and collaborative […]

Here's a link with step-by-step notes on what we've done so far! On June 24th (1–6 p.m) we're meeting again to work toward installing open firmware such as OpenWrt or FreshTomato on an old FH1206 router. We have plenty of routers to go around, which we're selling for $8 each. Proceeds will be split evenly […]

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, June 25 from 11 AM–5 PM — there will be books, print and all things adjacent from: @allcapsstudio @theeroticprojectxo @firstlast.us @theheadandthehand @iceboxprojectspace @iffybooks @iota.editions @lotion_decarme […]

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 played around with chatGPT, or perhaps even used DALL-e to generate images from text. Though Large Language Models have been around since 2018, they're currently […]

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. 10-minute breaks and accountability check-ins between units. BYO coffee, water, computer chargers, notepads, etc.

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 to the end of chain effects, a little synth history, and debate west coast vs east coast style!  No experience needed. This is an introductory […]

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 to a wi-fi router (instead of using Ethernet and a switch like the last few meetings). As usual, most of us were using Linux Mint. […]

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 to sundown. Same live music, danza Azteca, barbacoa and sancocho, kids art activities and more! El pronóstico anuncia lluvia y tormentas eléctricas durante todo el […]

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 network, you’ll need a LoRa radio such as a Heltec LoRa32, LILYGO LoRa32, or LILYGO T-Beam. Here’s a full list of compatible devices. We recommend updating your Meshtastic firmware […]

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 Night at Iffy Books! Whether you’re a novice who just stumbled upon LockpickingLawyer, a seasoned safecracker, or somewhere in between, come join us for a […]

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 zine on LoRa + Meshtastic. (Print-imposed PDF coming soon!) If you have a LoRa radio (or reserve one below), we’ll show you how to flash the […]