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  • Flyer with a photo of a tiny mp3 player, a sparkle emoji, and the following text: Python Script-Along: Download Podcasts to an MP3 Player!
    🐍 Python Script-Along: Download Podcasts to an MP3 Player

    🐍 Python Script-Along: Download Podcasts to an MP3 Player

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    One of the reasons it's hard to leave home without a cell phone is that it's nice to listen to podcasts while you're walking around. In this workshop you'll learn to write a Python script that downloads the latest episodes of your favorite shows to an MP3 player (or a folder on your desktop if […]

  • Flyer with a photo of a tiny mp3 player, a sparkle emoji, and the following text: Python Script-Along: Download Podcasts to an MP3 Player!
    🐍 Python Script-Along: Download Podcasts to an MP3 Player

    🐍 Python Script-Along: Download Podcasts to an MP3 Player

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    One of the reasons it's hard to leave home without a cell phone is that it's nice to listen to podcasts while you're walking around. In this workshop you'll learn to write a Python script that downloads the latest episodes of your favorite shows to an MP3 player (or a folder on your desktop if […]

  • 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

    🚧 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 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. […]

  • Cartoon image of a smiling tofu cube with red cheeks and green onion on its head Credit to Vecteezy (vecteezy.com)

    🍴 Closed November 27th

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    We'll be closed on Thursday, November 27th. But we'll be here on Friday!

  • Flyer with 6 LED lights attached to a Pi Pico development board, with the following text: Pico LED Hourglass Workshop ⌛ Iffy Books A programmable timer for writing, cooking, games, etc.!
    ⏳ Pico LED Hourglass Workshop

    ⏳ Pico LED Hourglass Workshop

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Learn 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 $8.50 to complete […]

  • A one-time pad encoder/decoder sheet, with two 36x36 grids of letters and numbers, with the following text at the bottom right: There's no space character, so we'll use 0 (zero) instead. When digits appear in your cleartext message, skip the surrounding Os that would normally indicate spaces. Examples: MEETOATOPARK7PM CALLOCASEY2156823032 Pad the end of your message with Os to obscure the length. If your message ends with a digit, you can pad the beginning instead to avoid ambiguity. ALLOCLEAROFORONOW000 (padded to 20 characters)
    🗒️ One-Time Pad Encryption Workshop

    📝 One-Time Pad Encryption Workshop

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Join us for a workshop on one-time pad encryption! We'll walk you through a technique for sending truly private messages without a computer, using 6-sided dice to generate random numbers. We'll use an encoder/decoder sheet that fits on a single sheet of paper and can be recreated from memory. You can find the workshop materials […]

  • A king penguin head. Photo taken at Edinburgh Zoo, Scotland.
    🐧 Linux Lab

    🐧 E-Z Command-Line Encryption with OpenSSL

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    At this workshop you'll learn to create passphrase-protected files using OpenSSL, a command-line program that's probably already installed on your computer. With this technique you can send encrypted files via email/Dropbox, then share the passphrase with the recipient on a secure channel (e.g., Signal). Useful for avoiding surveillance & data mining! Save message: echo "My […]

  • Flyer with a green background and the following text: The Writing Room @ Iffy Books / Every Tuesday 5-7:30 PM / Come co-work with other writers in three 4-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.
    ✏️ The Writing Room

    ✏️ The Writing Room

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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.

  • Flyer with an icon of a laptop and the following text in pink outlined with green: FAFIO meetup fuck around and figure it out!
    🤔 FAFIO Meetup

    🤔 FAFIO Meetup

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    FAFIO is a new meetup for folks who want to learn new tech skills but aren't sure where to start. Let's fuck around and figure it out! Feel free to come and work on something else!

  • Picture of Benjamin Franklin wearing sunglasses in green on a black background. Parts of his face and clothes look like a circuit board. At the bottom it says "B-Sides Philadelphia"

    🎲 B-Sides Philly

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    See y'all at B-Sides!

  • '80s style pink glowing text reading "Homebrew Website Club" with a purple triangle and rainbow and grid receding into the background
    🏠 IndieWeb Homebrew Website Club

    🏠 IndieWeb Homebrew Website Club

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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!

  • Flyer with a green background and the following text: The Writing Room @ Iffy Books / Every Tuesday 5-7:30 PM / Come co-work with other writers in three 4-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.
    ✏️ The Writing Room

    ✏️ The Writing Room

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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.

  • The cover of a recent edition of 'Technics and Civilization' by Lewis Mumford, with blue and yellow overlapping circles superimposed on a photo from the '30s(?) of a train with a giant propeller on the front, with two people standing nearby
    ⚙️ Neo-Luddite Reading Group

    ⚙️ Neo-Luddite Reading Group: ‘Technics and Civilization’ by Lewis Mumford

    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 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 […]

  • A drawing of two smiling turtles facing each other, with a wi-fi symbol over their heads. One is wearing a cowboy hat and the other is wearing a little bowler. Both turtles have computers on their backs. The text "Model Internet Club" is at the bottom in a typewriter font.
    🚂 Model Internet Club

    🚂 Model Internet Club

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    The Model Internet Club is back! Join us every third Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for an informal meetup focused on building small-scale computer networks. No registration needed for this event! If we run out of space we can expand into our back yard area.

  • Closeup photo of a zine with the title "Draw with code! An intro to turtle graphics using Python." There's a turtle icon on the middle of the cover with a zig-zagging line coming out of its tail, and several lines of code on the left, such as "left(90)" and "forward(10)." Text on the right says "free zine!" The Iffy Books logo and address (319 N. 11th St. 2I, PHL) are at the bottom right corner.
    Private: 🐢 Draw with code! An intro to turtle graphics using Python

    🐢 Draw with code! An intro to turtle graphics using Python

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Drop in any time from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and learn to draw cool geometric pictures using Python! It's just like Logo, the turtle drawing program that introduced a generation of kids to computers in the '80s and '90s. ☀️ Draw with code! An intro to turtle graphics using Python ☀️ Screen reading PDF […]

  • Flyer with a green background and the following text: The Writing Room @ Iffy Books / Every Tuesday 5-7:30 PM / Come co-work with other writers in three 4-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.
    ✏️ The Writing Room

    ✏️ The Writing Room

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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.

  • Pi Pico Development board with red and black wires running to a USB port, attached to the Pico with twist tie wire
    🔄 Solder & Code: Pico Power Cycler

    🔄 Solder & Code: Pico Power Cycler

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    In this workshop you'll build a gadget that turns power on and off for a USB-powered device. Useful for rebooting solar-powered radios, making decorations blink, etc. No experience with soldering or programming required! You'll need to buy a kit for $11.50 to complete this project. Here's what it contains: - Pi Pico board with USB-C […]

  • Pi Pico Development board with red and black wires running to a USB port, attached to the Pico with twist tie wire
    🔄 Solder & Code: Pico Power Cycler

    🔄 Solder & Code: Pico Power Cycler

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    In this workshop you'll build a gadget that turns power on and off for a USB-powered device. Useful for rebooting solar-powered radios, making decorations blink, etc. No experience with soldering or programming required! You'll need to buy a kit for $11.50 to complete this project. Here's what it contains: - Pi Pico board with USB-C […]

  • Super close macro photo of a snowflake. CC-BY Alexey Kljatov https://www.flickr.com/photos/chaoticmind75/46796797182/

    ❄️ Closed December 25th

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    We'll be closed on December 25th. Sorry for the inconvenience! Photo CC-BY Alexey Kljatov

  • Flyer with a pink toy keyboard in the background and the following text: Toy Quieting Workshop December 27 & 28 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM 404 S. 20th St., PHL
    🧸 Toy Quieting Workshop

    🧸 Toy Quieting Workshop

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Does your kid have a toy that’s so loud it’s driving you up a wall? Are you just curious about electronics and sound? Join us for a hands-on workshop on how to quiet or silence kids’ electronic toys. Bring an electronic toy to modify and we’ll walk you through the steps. Register: coming soon!

  • Flyer with a pink toy keyboard in the background and the following text: Toy Quieting Workshop December 27 & 28 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM 404 S. 20th St., PHL
    🧸 Toy Quieting Workshop

    🧸 Toy Quieting Workshop

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Does your kid have a toy that’s so loud it’s driving you up a wall? Are you just curious about electronics and sound? Join us for a hands-on workshop on how to quiet or silence kids’ electronic toys. Bring an electronic toy to modify and we’ll walk you through the steps. Register: coming soon!

  • Flyer with an icon of a laptop and the following text in pink outlined with green: FAFIO meetup fuck around and figure it out!
    🤔 FAFIO Meetup

    🤔 FAFIO Meetup

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    FAFIO is a new meetup for folks who want to learn new tech skills but aren't sure where to start. Let's fuck around and figure it out! Feel free to come and work on something else!

  • Pi Pico Development board with red and black wires running to a USB port, attached to the Pico with twist tie wire
    🔄 Solder & Code: Pico Power Cycler

    🔄 Solder & Code: Pico Power Cycler

    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    In this workshop you'll build a gadget that turns power on and off for a USB-powered device. Useful for rebooting solar-powered radios, making decorations blink, etc. No experience with soldering or programming required! You'll need to buy a kit for $11.50 to complete this project. Here's what it contains: - Pi Pico board with USB-C […]