From dorkbotdc at dorkbot.org Fri Apr 18 17:55:53 2008 From: dorkbotdc at dorkbot.org (Dorkbot DC) Date: Fri Apr 18 17:56:10 2008 Subject: [dorkbotdc-announce] Next Dorkbot DC meeting Tuesday, April 29, 7PM Message-ID: <480918E9.7010501@dorkbot.org> April's Dorkbot DC Meeting! Tuesday, April 29, 2008 7 PM - 9 PM Always FREE and open to anyone. Spread the word! Smith Hall of Art, Room 114 George Washington University 801 22nd St NW Washington, DC 20037 (Maps and more information: http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotdc/) *** PRESENTATIONS: * STEVE HERNANDEZ * : Machine to Machine (M2M) Communication Utilizing GSM Cellular Networks M2M communication is the process of allowing two or more machines to communicate with each other to exchange data and can encompass both voice and data communications. Steve's going to discuss using the GM862 Cellular Quad Band Module, manufactured by Telit, and available from SparkFun Electronics (http://tinyurl.com/qt6jl), in your projects. * Jay Swift * : Bringing Up Darwin The second in our continuing presentations on the RepRap project's (http://tinyurl.com/56sr5p) plan for world domination and the good people that are making that possible, Jay--a member of the Baltimore/Washington RepRap Users' Group (http://forums.reprap.org/list.php?39)--will have us oohing and ahhing as he shows us his neonatal Darwin 1.0 and tells us where RepRaps come from. *** Ad hoc presentations If you've got an interesting announcement or something to share (3 minutes or less), we'll make time to fit you in. *** Afterdork After the presentations, the exchange continues over food and drink at a nearby eatery (more information on our website). *** Subscribe to, or manage, your Dorkbot DC Mailing Lists: Dorkbot DC-Announce: Announcements of events (low traffic) http://dorkbot.org/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotdc-announce Dorkbot DC-Blabber: General Dorkbot DC discussion (light traffic) http://dorkbot.org/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotdc-blabber *** DorkbotDC website generously designed by http://www.ratchetdesign.com/ From dorkbotdc at dorkbot.org Thu Apr 24 08:55:38 2008 From: dorkbotdc at dorkbot.org (Dorkbot DC) Date: Thu Apr 24 08:55:52 2008 Subject: [dorkbotdc-announce] HacDC Parts Party Announcement Message-ID: <4810834A.3020408@dorkbot.org> HACDC presents: "PRE-GRAND OPENING PARTS PARTY" HacDC's first public event! When: April 27, 2008 - 2:00PM Where: 1525 Newton St NW Washington, DC 20010 Who: HACDC Co-Founders and YOU! Cost: FREE, but please bring a tool/furniture/electronic scrap to donate! What: A PARTS PARTY?! Why: We started HacDC to give DC a place to make, build, disassemble, code, learn and do all the awesome things you can do in a "hacker space". Like nycresistor.com in New York and thehacktory.org in Philly, DC now has its own collaboration and creative space, HacDC! However, we can't do it without your support. We rely on you! How: Get to our party and bring something to help build our space. Anything from: * Tools! (Power tools, electronic test equipment, soldering irons, etc.) * Furniture (especially folding chairs and shelving!) * Electronics (working and non-working things we can disassemble!) * Food and Beverages (to keep us going while we work on projects!) We're also looking for charter members, people who are dedicated to building a stronger DIY/Hacker community in DC. We are a non-profit DC organization seeking 501(c)(3) status, and all of our work goes directly back into the community through educational, scientific and cultural channels. Questions? Comments? E-mail info@hacdc.org http://hacdc.org/ From dorkbotdc at dorkbot.org Thu Apr 24 23:52:33 2008 From: dorkbotdc at dorkbot.org (Dorkbot DC) Date: Thu Apr 24 23:53:26 2008 Subject: [dorkbotdc-announce] REMINDER - Next Dorkbot DC meeting Tuesday, April 29, 7PM Message-ID: <48115581.9040405@dorkbot.org> April's Dorkbot DC Meeting! Tuesday, April 29, 2008 7 PM - 9 PM Always FREE and open to anyone. Spread the word! Smith Hall of Art, Room 114 George Washington University 801 22nd St NW Washington, DC 20037 (Maps and more information: http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotdc/) *** PRESENTATIONS: * STEVE HERNANDEZ * : Machine to Machine (M2M) Communication Utilizing GSM Cellular Networks M2M communication is the process of allowing two or more machines to communicate with each other to exchange data and can encompass both voice and data communications. Steve's going to discuss using the GM862 Cellular Quad Band Module, manufactured by Telit, and available from SparkFun Electronics (http://tinyurl.com/qt6jl), in your projects. * Jay Swift * : Bringing Up Darwin The second in our continuing presentations on the RepRap project's (http://tinyurl.com/56sr5p) plan for world domination and the good people that are making that possible, Jay--a member of the Baltimore/Washington RepRap Users' Group (http://forums.reprap.org/list.php?39)--will have us oohing and ahhing as he shows us his neonatal Darwin 1.0 and tells us where RepRaps come from. *** Ad hoc presentations If you've got an interesting announcement or something to share (3 minutes or less), we'll make time to fit you in. *** Afterdork After the presentations, the exchange continues over food and drink at a nearby eatery (more information on our website). *** RIDESHARE FROM BALTIMORE *** Those of you traveling by automobile from the Baltimore area and willing to give fellow Baltidorks a ride, please pipe-in on the blabber list. We have some dedicated Dorkbotters that brave MARC and are forced to skip out on the valuable one-on-ones of Afterdork because they have to get to the train after the meetings. It would be great to give them the opportunity made possible by some of you dinosaur-squeezins-powered attendees. Those that need rides AND those that can provide them: Please let us know by writing to the blabber list, dorkbotdc-blabber@dorkbot.org. *** Subscribe to, or manage, your Dorkbot DC Mailing Lists: Dorkbot DC-Announce: Announcements of events (low traffic) http://dorkbot.org/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotdc-announce Dorkbot DC-Blabber: General Dorkbot DC discussion (light traffic) http://dorkbot.org/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotdc-blabber *** DorkbotDC website generously designed by http://www.ratchetdesign.com/