The Dublin Hackerspace
After putting out to list of full members there was a great response on getting a fabfun set-up to buy some useful machinery for space.
On the initial list of things to buy are:
MakerBot http://store.makerbot.com/featured-products/cupcake-cnc-basic.html
Home Made CNC http://www.cncroutersource.com/homemade-cnc-router.html
RepRap http://reprap.org/bin/view/Main/WebHome
Anything else people come up with Comments below on what you think.
Reprap
We would like to welcome Bitbucket to the hackerspace community.
Bitbucket is the latest space to open up in Dublin City Centre. They are located on the top floor, at number 33-34 on Wicklow Street. You can get in contact with them on there irc channel on irc.bitbucket.ie on #bitbucket .
One of our members setup an IKEA Lack coffee table server rack. Here it is housing TOG and members servers.
Sometimes you simply like to learn something from scratch. Here is your chance.
TOG proudly presents PHP for Beginners.
In 5 weeks we will cover the basics of PHP development. The classes are 2 and a half hours long. We’re keeping the class size small, with 6 participants. The course costs €30 for non-members and is free for TOG members. Participants must be at least 18 years old.
Happy Birthday to TOG…. Happy Birthday to TOG…
One year ago on the 29th of January 2009, 17 people came together with a common goal of setting up a shared work space.
We met in the bar area of a hotel in Dublin and started TOG. It started with very little structure, design and almost no plan. It was a blank piece of paper just waiting for the TOG members to design what they wanted from a workspace.
Lots of people at the time (not including our first members) that we pushed the idea to said it would never work… that it could not be done. Sorry to all of you – we proved you wrong. The meetings continued with no space for a few months while we created both our plans and our funding. In May 2009 we opened the door on the first workspace.
If you look back at the minutes from the first few meetings the space has evolved into a pretty close match for what people wanted.
A BIG thank you go out to all our members for paying for the space, for working ‘on’ and ‘in’ the space and for believing in the project from day 1.
Happy Birthday…. and here’s to the next year and the years that follow.
There’s going to be an OpenStreetMap mapping party (What is OpenStreetMap? What’s a mapping party?) on Saturday and Sunday 6th/7th February 2010, based in TOG.
On Saturday 6th, there’s a related event, re:public, that’s having a talk on OpenStreetMap workshop and talks as part of their broader event. (slightly more info)
On Sunday 7th, there’ll be a proper mapping party, starting off in TOG at 12noon, and then mapping the local area.
All are welcome to attend.