Iffy Books

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404 S. 20th St.
Philadelphia, 19146 United States Get Directions
Phone 2153953956
Website https://iffybooks.net

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  • A washed-out image of the Sphinx in Egypt, screen captured from an analog video tape

    📼 Analog A/V Session

    📼 Analog A/V Session
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Come experiment with VHS tapes and audio cassettes! We'll have equipment on hand for analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog transfers. Register:

  • Flyer with a photo of a QWERTY keyboard with stickers on some keys, and the following text: DJ Basixxx with Mixxx Iffy Books • Sun, July 19 at 4 pm • Weds, July 22 at 2 pm • Sun, Aug 2 at 4 pm • Weds, Aug 5 at 2 pm • Sun, Aug 16 at 4 pm Sign up at iffybooks.net!

    🔊 DJ Basixxx with Mixxx

    🔊 DJ Basixxx with MIXXX
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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 […]

  • Photo of a purple TP4056 lithium-ion battery connected to a TP4056 charge controller and a PH2.5 connector, which is plugged into a LoRa radio node with the green power light on

    🔋 Beginner Soldering: Li-Ion Battery Pack

    🔋 Beginner Soldering: Li-Ion Battery Pack
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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 […]

  • The words "Philly 2600" in an old-school digital font

    💻 Philly 2600 Meetup

    💻 Philly 2600 Meetup
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    > The Philly 2600 meeting is a monthly gathering of local hackers, phreaks, nerds, geeks, activists, tinkerers, developers, infosec professionals, and other interesting people.

  • Flyer with an illustration of a circle A anarchy symbol made of cross-stitch Xes, with the following text: ANARCHIST SEWING CLUB 2nd Sundays 3–5 pm Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., PHL

    🧵 Anarchist Sewing Club

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

    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

  • 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. […]

  • 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.

  • Zine cover for "Build a Solar-Powered Music Synth," with the Iffy Books logo in the lower left corner. In the middle of the page there's a black-and-white drawing of cute hamsters assembling electronic components on a breadboard. A spiral sun is overhead, with a curving arrow pointing at a pair of music notes.

    ☀️ Solar Music Synth Workshop

    ☀️ Solar Music Synth Workshop
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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:

  • An illustration of an assembled Digital Notebook Kit on a solderless breadboard: a microSD card port, an OLED screen, and an ESP32-C3 microcontroller unit, all connected with purple and orange wires

    📓 DIY Digital Notebook Workshop

    📓 DIY Digital Notebook Workshop
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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, […]

  • Photo of a purple TP4056 lithium-ion battery connected to a TP4056 charge controller and a PH2.5 connector, which is plugged into a LoRa radio node with the green power light on

    🔋 Beginner Soldering: Li-Ion Battery Pack

    🔋 Beginner Soldering: Li-Ion Battery Pack
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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 […]

  • Cover of the mass market edition of 'The Technological Society' by Jacques Ellul, with a photo of an IBM reel-to-reel tape machine with the reels colored purple and yellow

    ⚙️ Neo-Luddite Reading Group: ‘The Technological Society’ by Jacques Ellul

    ⚙️ Neo-Luddite Reading Group
    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 Neo-6M GPS device, with a blue microcontroller board connected by a wire to a square metal antenna unit

    📍 Offline GPS Unit Workshop

    📍 Offline GPS Unit Workshop
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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 […]

  • The Meshtastic logo, with the word "Meshtastic" in black

    📡 Meshtastic 101

    📡 Meshtastic 101
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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. […]

  • Five DIY Digital Picture Frame kits from Iffy Books in small cardboard boxes with pink wraparound labels. The label says "View 16-bit 320x240 images on any display with HDMI input!" followed by a list of included parts

    🖼️ DIY Digital Picture Frame Workshop

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

    In this workshop you'll build a device that displays a 320x240 photo slidshow on any TV/monitor with HDMI input! Soldering is required for this project. We recommend bringing a laptop (macOS, Linux, or Windows), but you'll be OK without one. ➡️ Workshop instructions Register Coming soon!  

  • Flyer with a photo of a QWERTY keyboard with stickers on some keys, and the following text: DJ Basixxx with Mixxx Iffy Books • Sun, July 19 at 4 pm • Weds, July 22 at 2 pm • Sun, Aug 2 at 4 pm • Weds, Aug 5 at 2 pm • Sun, Aug 16 at 4 pm Sign up at iffybooks.net!

    🔊 DJ Basixxx with Mixxx

    🔊 DJ Basixxx with MIXXX
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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 […]

  • Coffee mug with the trans flag printed on it (pastel blue, pastel pink, and white stripes)

    ☕️ Coffee Talk

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

    A social hangout every first and third Monday for trans and non-binary people, their significant others, and allies. We have snacks and coffee.

  • 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 for the Slow Living Support Group, with illustrations of a fountain pen, a journal, yarn with knitting needles, and the following text: For people who value connection, sustainability, and creativity -- without AI. Bring: - writing projects - craft projects - books & book recommendations - CDs Do not bring: - screens Provided: - zine-making supplies - snacks

    🐌 Slow Living Support Group

    🐌 Slow Living Support Group
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    For people who value connection, sustainability, and creativity -- without AI. Bring: • writing projects • craft projects • books & book recommendations • CDs Do not bring: • screens Provided: • zine-making supplies • snacks

  • Photo of a purple TP4056 lithium-ion battery connected to a TP4056 charge controller and a PH2.5 connector, which is plugged into a LoRa radio node with the green power light on

    🔋 Beginner Soldering: Li-Ion Battery Pack

    🔋 Beginner Soldering: Li-Ion Battery Pack
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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 […]

  • 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 Beginner Tech Meetup

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

    FAFIO is a 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. FAFIO means there is no instructor. Instead we learn by talking and sharing knowledge, reading info in zines and online, and hands-on trial and error.

  • 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.

  • Photo of a purple TP4056 lithium-ion battery connected to a TP4056 charge controller and a PH2.5 connector, which is plugged into a LoRa radio node with the green power light on

    🔋 Beginner Soldering: Li-Ion Battery Pack

    🔋 Beginner Soldering: Li-Ion Battery Pack
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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 […]

  • A Neo-6M GPS device, with a blue microcontroller board connected by a wire to a square metal antenna unit

    📍 Offline GPS Unit Workshop

    📍 Offline GPS Unit Workshop
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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 […]

  • Photo of a cyberdeck, i.e. a DIY laptop with a tiny screen. This one is running Kali Linux.

    💻 Cyberdeck Meetup

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

    A cyberdeck is a DIY laptop based on a single-board computer (SBC) such as Raspberry Pi, with a tiny LCD screen and keyboard enclosed in a folding case. Bring an SBC to this meetup and start building your own! We'll have LCD screens and keybaords for sale, as well as wooden boxes in various sizes. […]

  • A black QWERTY keyboard with stickers on some of the keys, turning it into a low-cost DJ controller for the open source program Mixxx

    🔊 DJ Basixxx with Mixxx

    🔊 DJ Basixxx with MIXXX
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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 […]

  • 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.

  • Photo of a purple TP4056 lithium-ion battery connected to a TP4056 charge controller and a PH2.5 connector, which is plugged into a LoRa radio node with the green power light on

    🔋 Beginner Soldering: Li-Ion Battery Pack

    🔋 Beginner Soldering: Li-Ion Battery Pack
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    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 […]

  • The words "Philly 2600" in an old-school digital font

    💻 Philly 2600 Meetup

    💻 Philly 2600 Meetup
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    > The Philly 2600 meeting is a monthly gathering of local hackers, phreaks, nerds, geeks, activists, tinkerers, developers, infosec professionals, and other interesting people.