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DIY heat exchange system

namit — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:43:46 +0000

Thanks to all that came to social last week we are almost there with the DIY heat exchange system we are going to put on roof and start to heat the space.

Will be trying to finish off this weekend at Hackathon if anyone is about drop in and bring a project.

Hackathon Pallet bucket seat

namit — Sun, 22 May 2011 22:14:18 +0000

This weekend we worked on a few project

This chair is made from a pallet, some foam & red velvet, check out insctructable for how we made it.

Working on a heat exchange for roof, it works off 350 cans painted black mounted on roof of TOG and then heat is pumped back into space. Will keep you up to date when we get further on with project main need is to fill up frame then take out bottom and top of cans.

Ubuntu Rocks

tdr — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:30:55 +0000

Thanks to our local loco Ubuntu-ie we now have lots of new Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal cds. Desktop Kubuntu and even Server. So if you around town drop in and pick one up.

Also this weekend (Saturday 21st) members of Ubuntu-ie will be meeting in TOG to work on there team re-approval during the hackathon. More details can be found here -> http://t9.ie/y

Unfortunately not everyone in TOG thinks Ubuntu rocks. Check out the video after the break.

Synchronous Hackathon 12: Hallowe’en

chebe — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 12:51:01 +0000

Hey all, just a few pieces of information first.
- Our esteemed Membership Secretary Jeffrey will be very busy over the next while, so he’s divided up some responsibilities among other members. This does unfortunately mean that you’re stuck with me as acting Blog Queen (… no-one ever gets that joke *sigh*).
- To that end, I thought it’d be nice to have a page here on the website that gathered together feeds from blogs with connections/similarities to tog. If you’d like to take part please send us a link to your blog for consideration (I say consideration, because if your blog is about economics and politics, while I’m sure it’s very insightful, it won’t be of much interest to most of the tog-sphere).
- Next, we now have a boards.ie forum! Go visit it, it’s kinda quiet at the moment. (Also, boards.ie made it onto the XKCD online communities map, which is just all kinds of awesome. Bottom-left of the Forums close-up: http://xkcd.com/802/.) You’ll find a running thread there with details of events on each week.

Which brings me to the real reason for this post! It’s October, Hallowe’en is fast approaching, and we’ve a Synchronous Hackathon this weekend! Of course, you don’t have to do Hallowe’en themed projects, but I encourage you to have a little fun and try out animatronic ghosts and Arduino pumpkins! Need EL wire for a costume idea? We’re just the people to see about that. Also, it’s the 12th event, next month is the 1-year anniversary! Time to start thinking up something big! So come, hack, create, have fun in the company of fellow hackers!

Synchronous Hackathon

tdr — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:39:04 +0000

Its that time of the month again. The 9th Synchronous Hackathon is on this weekend Saturday the 17th and Sunday the 18th. The space will be open to all from about 12.03pm until late each day. Its a great chance for anyone with a project to come long and work on or just for a chat.

Some on going projects, home brew CNC, Maker bot , lasagna or if there sun a bbq, firewall, Spark & RISC servers.

Synchronous Hackathon – June 2010

robfitz — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:57:34 +0000

Warm up your soldering irons, thread your needles and fill the fridge with your beverage of choice. The 8th Synchronous Hackathon takes place this weekend.

We are kicking things off with an open social night on Friday from 7.30pm. If you haven’t been to the new space, it’s a great chance to drop in for a chat and have a look around. We promise we wont make you do any painting, well only if you want to .

On Saturday and Sunday the hackathon starts at about 1pm each day until late. Feel free to come along and work on your own project for a few hours or give a hand around the space. There will be members hacking the space over the weekend running cable, power points, painting, putting together furniture and all sorts of things.

As always are events are open to all at no cost (expect classes).

update: Also will be having bit of a BBQ tomorrow starting around 5 ish see you there.