From mm3dv3d at gmail.com Sat May 16 13:52:43 2009 From: mm3dv3d at gmail.com (Michael Medved) Date: Sat May 16 13:52:53 2009 Subject: [dorkbotsocal-blabber] All about LEDs Message-ID: A class on LEDs (and related topics like I/O multiplexing or high-current output, of interest to anyone furthering their knowledge of electronics) at The Public School next Saturday: http://la.thepublicschool.org/class/256 "All you can learn about LEDs (light-emitting diodes) in a one-session course. Find out about the physical and optical properties of LEDs; manipulating light intensity and color; how to control a large number of individual LEDs, clusters, segment and matrix displays; how to choose the parts and where to get all this stuff. This intermediate-level class will be part of the 8-bit Lab, an ongoing series of electronics workshops at The Public School. Some experience with digital electronics is recommended for sign-up." DATE: May 23, 2009 at 11:00am - 2:00pmLOCATION: 972B Chung King Road (enter from the alley between Chung King Road and Hill St)FEE:$50 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotsocal-blabber/attachments/20090516/b57e6e3e/attachment.html From tedwards at gmail.com Tue May 19 00:01:07 2009 From: tedwards at gmail.com (Thomas Edwards) Date: Tue May 19 00:01:21 2009 Subject: [dorkbotsocal-blabber] Douglas Repetto on NYT video Message-ID: <2fd1fa350905182101u2e523dfaoe6989268b38f8083@mail.gmail.com> Here is a link to a video of a "review" of Wolfram Alpha featuring Douglas Repetto, the founder of Dorkbot: http://is.gd/Bda2 -Thomas http://www.t11s.com From kallahar at quickwired.com Tue May 19 13:26:42 2009 From: kallahar at quickwired.com (Kallahar) Date: Tue May 19 13:26:52 2009 Subject: [dorkbotsocal-blabber] Layer1 this weekend Message-ID: The Layer1 computer security conference is this weekend in Anaheim. Schedule: http://layerone.info/?page_id=36 Cost is $120 for the entire weekend. On sunday, 23b will be hosting the official afterparty at our industrial hackerspace in fullerton. Everyone is invited to come, even if you don't go to the conference. We've got an entire industrial shop set up with welders, machining tools, etc. We'll probably get there around 6pm Sunday, and we'll be there until late monday night. No charge, bring your own alcohol, feel free to sleep on the floor/shelves/etc. http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/23b_Shop Kallahar From tedwards at gmail.com Fri May 29 20:26:55 2009 From: tedwards at gmail.com (Thomas Edwards) Date: Fri May 29 20:27:02 2009 Subject: [dorkbotsocal-blabber] Monochrom @ Machine Project June 6 Message-ID: <2fd1fa350905291726o733dcce9gf076c2973ed04dfa@mail.gmail.com> [The Monochrom folks are awesome. -Thomas] http://machineproject.com/events/2009/06/06/i-can-count/ ?I can count every star in the heavens above but I have no heart I can?t fall in love?? The image of computers in popular music Saturday, June 6th, 2009 8pm A talk (with audio examples) by monochrom, presented by Johannes Grenzfurthner Bourgeois culture was paralyzed and finally overrun by modern technologies which broke through the traditional class barriers. It went into a panic and produced these very stupid technophobic manifestos and images e.g. of ?the computer?. Pop music discovered and explored the computer not only as a musical instrument but also as something to sing and reflect about in a less aversive way. In doing so it influenced the conception people had of computers. The public image of computers was shaped by groups such as Kraftwerk as well as through obscure Schlager songs such as France Gall?s ?Computer No. 3?. Not only was that image influenced by high culture computer panic but also by na?ve technomania, and so it delivered the very dialectics of the computer as a means of cultural technology in capitalist society. monochrom is an art-technology-philosophy group having its seat in Vienna: http://monochrom.org/english/