Iffy Books | 404 S. 20th St., PHL
hacking, free culture, gardening, zines
In this workshop we'll make little clay sculptures with NFC tags embedded inside, which you can use to trigger shortcuts on your phone. Fun! Here's a link to a blog post about this project. Register: Registration is closed for this event. Stay tuned for the next one!
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.
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 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 1-inch OLED display, and a microSD card reader, arranged on a solderless breadboard. The ESP32-S3 connects to the display via the I2C (Inter-Integrated Circuit) protocol, […]
Our July book is Ada Hoffman's new Ignore All Previous Instructions, and we'll wrap up our summer with Louise Erderich's Future Home of the Living God in August.
Make a rechargeable battery pack for your LoRa node, a microcontroller such as an ESP32 or Pi Pico, or anything that runs on 3–4 Volts. Perfect for folks who've never soldered before! To complete this project you'll need to buy a li-ion battery pack kit for $3.99. Here's what it includes: • 18650 battery clip […]
Please join us at the wonderful Iffy Books for this month's edition of our livecoding jam! We will be making music using strudel. NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED! If you have any questions, or want to help with jam setup, please join our discord! Organized by the Philly Electronic Music Club
In this workshop you'll build a device that displays your GPS coordinates and the current time, without connecting to the internet or transmitting anything. 100% passive and off-grid, no internet or cell connection needed! We'll use the MicroPython programming language and the Thonny IDE, following the instructions on this page. You'll need to purchase a kit to […]
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. […]
If you're curious about DJing but don't have money to drop on equipment, this workshop is for you! You'll learn to use Mixxx, a free and open source DJ program for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Mixxx supports a wide range of DJ controller hardware, but to make it more accessible we're using regular QWERTY keyboards […]
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!
A social hangout every first and third Monday for trans and non-binary people, their significant others, and allies. We have snacks and coffee.
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.
Come experiment with VHS tapes and audio cassettes! We'll have equipment on hand for analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog transfers. Register:
If you're curious about DJing but don't have money to drop on equipment, this workshop is for you! You'll learn to use Mixxx, a free and open source DJ program for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Mixxx supports a wide range of DJ controller hardware, but to make it more accessible we're using regular QWERTY keyboards […]
Make a rechargeable battery pack for your LoRa node, a microcontroller such as an ESP32 or Pi Pico, or anything that runs on 3–4 Volts. Perfect for folks who've never soldered before! To complete this project you'll need to buy a li-ion battery pack kit for $3.99. Here's what it includes: • 18650 battery clip […]
For this class we're building a spinning top toy with LED lights that flash when it spins. No previous soldering experience required! Registration
> The Philly 2600 meeting is a monthly gathering of local hackers, phreaks, nerds, geeks, activists, tinkerers, developers, infosec professionals, and other interesting people.
Interested in learning to sew, mend or make clothes? Already know how and wanna hang out with people while sewing? Come and join us! Sewing supplies and a sewing machine will be available for anyone needing them. Image credit
We're meeting every two weeks to discuss classics of anarchist literature, starting with Anarchism and Other Essays by Emma Goldman and The Conquest of Bread by Peter Kropotkin. Stay tuned for more details!
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 basics of HTML and create a static site on the free hosting service Neocities. No experience necessary! Please bring a laptop if you have one. […]
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.
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 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 1-inch OLED display, and a microSD card reader, arranged on a solderless breadboard. The ESP32-S3 connects to the display via the I2C (Inter-Integrated Circuit) protocol, […]
Make a rechargeable battery pack for your LoRa node, a microcontroller such as an ESP32 or Pi Pico, or anything that runs on 3–4 Volts. Perfect for folks who've never soldered before! To complete this project you'll need to buy a li-ion battery pack kit for $3.99. Here's what it includes: • 18650 battery clip […]
➡️ 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 context: What the Luddites Really Fought Against by Richard Conniff.The only expectation is that you read the chapter(s) of the book that's listed for that […]
In this workshop you'll build a device that displays your GPS coordinates and the current time, without connecting to the internet or transmitting anything. 100% passive and off-grid, no internet or cell connection needed! We'll use the MicroPython programming language and the Thonny IDE, following the instructions on this page. You'll need to purchase a kit to […]
Our quarterly off-site bonus workshop for Patreon supporters. Check out our Patreon page for details! Questions? Email iffybooks@iffybooks.net
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. […]
If you're curious about DJing but don't have money to drop on equipment, this workshop is for you! You'll learn to use Mixxx, a free and open source DJ program for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Mixxx supports a wide range of DJ controller hardware, but to make it more accessible we're using regular QWERTY keyboards […]
A social hangout every first and third Monday for trans and non-binary people, their significant others, and allies. We have snacks and coffee.
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.
Come experiment with VHS tapes and audio cassettes! We'll have equipment on hand for analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog transfers. Register: