Author Archives: tdr

ILUG AGM & Talks

  The Irish Linux User Group (ILUG) will have their AGM  in TOG on Sunday 24th from 3pm.  The format of the event will be a number of interesting talks followed by a short AGM. The event is open to anyone and free. And for those who are new to or completely inexperienced in Linux: Be not afraid! The event [...]

Accepted to Maker Faire UK

We are ecstatic to have been accepted to this year’s Maker Faire UK. The event takes place in Newcastle on Saturday / Sunday  27th/ 28th of April. This event back in 2011 got many of us in TOG interested in Maker Faires. It inspired us to go on and showcase our projects at two other Maker Faires,  Dublin and New York. We [...]

Science Hack Day Dublin

Science Hack Day brings together designers, developers, scientists, and other geeks in the same physical space for a brief but intense period of collaboration, hacking and building cool stuff. This year’s Dublin event will take place on 2nd & 3rd March in  DCU. A 36 hours hackathon lets people develop ideas into projects with the help of a [...]

Bridge Building Competition

TOG will be running its first ever bridge building competition.  The competition is to build the best bridge out of the materials provided. The competition will have two hours of building and a half an hour of judging. The prize for the over all winner is a raspberry pi. Don’t worry about being a super civil engineer, the event is open to people of all ages and skills [...]

Dublin Mini Makerfaire: Call for Makers

The Dublin Mini Makerfaire is back this year in the grounds of TCD on the July 27th. They have just open their call for makers. We plan on submitting again this year.  For those who don’t remember last year we have some great projects from the diverse groups within TOG. Check out the sideshow after the break for some cool photos of the [...]

Random Hacks of Kindness Dublin

TOG will be proudly hosting the upcoming Random Hacks of Kindness Global event in Dublin. SocialCoding4Good has teamed up with Mifos and the Community for Open Source Microfinance to help build a world where each person has access to the financial resources needed to create a better life for themselves and their family. Mifos is an open source platform currently being used [...]