Here’s the schedule for tonight’s event! Directions on how to get to Splat Space can be found here: http://splatspace.org/location

–7:30pm
Welcome, Impromptu Talk Signups, Introduction to Splat Space & food/drinks (potluck style)

–7:45pm
Scott Hall – Lightning Talk Timer Circuit

–8:00pm
Dean Segovis – You bought it, pwn it and hack it!
Jeff Crews – Fab Lab Carolinas
Peter Reintjes – Stretching Homologies to the Breaking Point
Shannon Prue – Augmented Reality Will Save the Human Race!
Rodney Radford – Bowl Turning
Dane Summers – diy electronics
Peter Reintjes – Definite Clause Grammars, or the prettiest program I
ever (re)wrote
Scott Hall – The 555 Timer
Alan Dipert – Learning Stuff and Making Decisions in the Age of
Light-speed Crap, or Skepticism Makes a Comeback

–8:45
10 minute break & last minute impromptu sign-ups

–9:00pm
Impromptu talks

See you there!

It’s that time again… Get your Friday Night Geek on at Splat Space. This Friday, February 25th @ 7:30 pm.

We’re having our second ever series of Lightning Talks here at Splat Space. Lightning talks are 3-5 minute talks about anything you’re interested in, projects you’re working on, or things you think are just plain awesome. Technical and non-technical topics equally encouraged. We want to hear about what YOU think is awesome, so come out and share! Don’t like public speaking? Well, we can’t promise you a more welcoming crowd than what you’ll find here.

Last event was tons of fun, with a wide range of topics from Burning Man to to Android Development to Tips on How To Get Your Next Job. A plethora of awesome impromptu talks came out of the woodwork in the latter half of our event too, from Getting Started With Arduino to Hacking Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Our last event will be hard to beat, but we challenge you to come out on Friday night and test the waters. If you’d like to give a prepared talk with slides, we ask that you send in your proposed topic, along with your slides, before 11:59 pm on Thursday, February 24th. We’re not asking much advance notice, we just want you involved. If you miss the deadline, don’t worry. We’ll plan an extra half hour at the end of the event for Impromptu Talks, if being unprepared is more your thing. (We won’t hold it against you, we understand.)

The event is FREE, and it starts at 7:30 pm. The talks will begin at 8pm sharp. This event will be a “potluck style,” and attendees are encouraged (but not required) to bring a food item, and your beverage of choice (BYOB). There will be some food and refreshments provided as well.

See you here! Oh, and RSVP not required, but greatly appreciated!

Event brought to you in part by the gracious folks who donated to the Splat Space projector fund. 🙂

Splat Space will be participating in the global hackerspaces.org monthly hackathon this Saturday, January 15th. Join us at Splat Space at 1pm for a full day of collaboration and innovation. We will be hosting an Arduino Hack Afternoon as part of the hackathon as well!

During the hackathon, we’ll be working together on the hackerspaces.org Cupcake Challenge. For this event, all the hackerspaces in the world have been challenged to ship a cupcake over 1,000 miles to another hackerspace in tasty and pristine condition.

Since additional points are accrued for the distance the cupcake travels, we contacted some friends over at the Tokyo Hackerspace and will be sending our SplatCake overseas, approximately 7,000 miles! More details on the challenge can be found here. Come out on Saturday to participate or follow the excitement on uStream!

The Cupcake Challenge

Rules

• * Cupcake must be a standard sized or larger cupcake with frosting and at least one sugar based topper/decoration.
• * The cupcake should be home made or in the hackerspace.
• * Distance sent must exceed 1000 miles, bonus points for over seas.
• * The package can have dimensions up 1ft by 1ft by 1ft and weight up to 4lbs.
• * The package must be sent by a reasonably priced shipping method, days in transit will be considered in the scoring.
• * A video must be taken while the receiving hackerspace is opening the package and uploaded.
• * All participating spaces must also participate in the Synchronous Hackathon.

Judging Criteria

• * The creativity of method used to stabilize the cupcake
• * The stability of mixture / quality of ingredients
• * Appearance
• * Taste
• * Condition

Our first Learn to Solder class took place on Saturday, November 13th, at 2pm. Big thanks to NickFury for teaching this class! We had a great turnout!

For those who couldn’t make it on Saturday, we’ll be hosting a second Learn to Solder class taught by Splat Space member Scott Hall following our weekly meeting on Tuesday, November 16th, at 8pm. Event details can be found at http://bit.ly/940ctp. See you there!

The Grand Opening Lightning Talk event at Splat Space was a huge success! Thanks to everyone who came out to talk about something they’re interested in or passionate about. The diversity of topics made the night unique and interesting. Based on reviews and applause for the event, we’ll be having another lightning talk event in January. (Date TBA)

We have video of all of the presentations, to be uploaded soon. For now, here are some pictures from a few of the talks:

This Saturday, October 16th, Splat Space will be participating in the hackerspaces.org Synchronous Hackathon. We’ll be at Splat Space all day hacking on projects and streaming video of it. Some of the projects being worked on include:

– Setting up the Arduino-controlled door access system for the space
– Setting up the website payment subscription service using Ruby on Rails
– Halloween Craft Hacking
– Setting up a small lab of computers inside Splat Space & basic computer building
– Linux installfest at 7pm

We’ll be watching streaming video from other hackerspaces around the world as well. Come check it out!

More details on the event here: http://bit.ly/9HKZ9z