12.01.2010
Kelly Egan
The Node is moving up in the world. Our new space two floors up in the Load of Fun building is a whopping 1600 square feet. Thats a 240% increase on our current space.
We are still in the processing of moving. Stop by tonight (Wednesday Dec 1.) to help us finish moving our stuff from the first floor or come out tomorrow night (Thursday Dec. 2) to help us unpack at our first open hack in the new space.
We will be doing even more hacking to improve the space the weekend of Dec. 11-12 as we participate in a mini hackathon with other hackerspaces to create a RFID lock system for the new space. We can use your help!
You can find the SketchUp file for the picture to the left on the Nodes wiki:
3rd Floor Planning
11.29.2010
6cef
The Node is moving! Tomorrow, 11/30, and Wednesday, 12/1, we’ll be moving from the 1st floor of the Load of Fun building to a much larger space on the 3rd floor. Please come by (5pm till late) and lend a hand as we transition to Phase III of the Node World Domination Plan.
11.17.2010
Adam
Just got done with the second workshop in my thrilling “Linux For People” bi-fecta, “Using the Hell Out of Vim”. Thanks to all who came out, it was good to see brand new faces out at the space along with the regulars. Hopefully there was no boredom, only the awesome intake of Vim knowledge that I like to imagine happens every time I take a deep breath and start spouting the effusive praise of the tools I use.
Vim is awesome, by the way. You can check out the presentation at http://using-vim.heroku.com/, arrow keys to step through, “c” to open a table of contents. If that’s down, the presentation source is available at https://github.com/abachman/using-the-hell-out-of-vim. If I continue to offer the workshop, it will continue to evolve, but the slide show and the Readme should give you the general idea.
10.14.2010
mehuman
The first Baltolug meeting being host at the Node is happening next Tuesday. Brian will be presenting a talk on everyone’s (and I mean everyone RMS) favorite editor Vi/Vim.
Even tarsiers love vi.
10.06.2010
Adam
Posting the materials from our “Intro to the Command Line” class. A slideshow:
“Intro to the Command Line”
And a document version (with fewer sweet graphics).
If you couldn’t make it this time and would like to attend at some point in the future, contact me or post to the mailing list with the times that work for you. If there’s enough interest we may run the class again.
Alternatively, if you’re interested on getting command line / system administration lessons, contact me and I’ll see what we can set up. I’m not at every Open Hack, but I usually make it to one or two a month.
Peace, love, and unicorn blood to you.
09.23.2010
justin
It wasn’t that you were not good stuff. All of you at some point were used and loved. But now requirements are different. The big picture fits together differently than when you started. We looked at the little parts through to the case, raw materials to component and asked our self do we have room? Is there time in our short blip of a lifetime to find purpose in these bits? What is the historic and cultural significance vs monetary outset to replace?
Sadly not everything we were given, with the best of intentions could stay.
To the sad pile going to the next phase of existence, I hope you don’t poison and hurt people processing you to be the new newness.
A toast to organization and other things!
09.18.2010
mattyfo
You should follow Maker Bot #131 at twitter.com/makerbot_131
Wednesday, September 29th at 7:00pm Dorkbot will be hosting Marty McGuire who will be giving a talk on desktop 3D printing and giving a live demonstration on his printer.
Details as per him:
Rapid digital prototyping and fabrication technologies such as 3D printing and milling have existed for decades, but have been so expensive that they have remained largely in the hands of big manufacturers or researchers. Now, thanks to open source hardware initiatives like RepRap, 3D printing has become a hobby that you can do at home.
Marty will talk a bit about the current state of commercial, community, and desktop 3D printing, and how one kit company in NYC, MakerBot Industries, is trying to turn this hobby into a revolution. He’ll also give a live 3D printing demonstration on his printer, MakerBot #131.
Marty McGuire lives in Baltimore and is a web developer for MakerBot Industries. He rides the Bolt Bus quite often.
See you there!
09.12.2010
Marty
Thanks to everyone who came out to the Baltimore/DC area RepRap Users Group today at Baltimore Node. It was the first in a long while!
Marty McGuire and Anderson Ta brought their MakerBot’s (#131 and #1727, respectively), and a bunch of folks interested in 3D printing descended on Baltimore Node to share technology, knowledge, and bottle openers!
A good (and educational!) time was had by all, so we hope to host more of these events in the future. 3D-printing enthusiasts: take note!
09.09.2010
Marty
RepRap! Darwin! Mendel! Cupcake! Huxley?
What does it all mean?
A RepRap Users Group is a group of enthusiasts for Desktop 3D printers – 3D printers that you can build and run at home to make whatever you want out of plastic!
This Sunday at 2pm, come on down to the Baltimore Node and join us for a Baltimore/DC Area RepRap Users Group meetup! Learn what this stuff is all about!
A RepRap Users Group meetup is a chance for operators, developers, or just plain curious people to meet and show off their printers, share tips and tricks, learn more about building their own, or just chat about how exciting the world of do-it-yourself 3D printing has become!
Operators: bring a machine if you can! Everyone loves (and learns more) by seeing these things in person. I’ll be there with MakerBot Cupcake CNC #131, for sure!
Not an operator? Just bring yourself! We love to answer questions and encourage folks to get involved!
Recap:
What: A meetup of RepRap/RepStrap operators and anyone curious about desktop 3D printing
When: Sunday, September 12th from 2PM to 4PM
Where: Baltimore Node (120 W. North Ave., a few blocks from Penn Station)
Bring: Your 3D printer, your projects (or ideas), and your questions!
Hope to see you there!
08.22.2010
Adam
Unfortunately Joshua Penrose, the artist who was going to come out and chat with us about Max/MSP and his work in new musical interfaces and interactive art installations was stranded in Morgantown, WV due to car trouble (complete thermal failure) and had to return to his home in Columbus, OH. Since I suck at Max/MSP I’ve got nothing to talk about and we’ll have to do it another time.
Joshua used to live in Baltimore and would love to come back and visit, but with the fall semester starting up pretty soon his schedule is tightening up. The event scheduled for Monday, August 23 at the Node is off and I’ll post an announcement if we’re able to reschedule the event in the fall or winter.
In happier news and for those who missed it, Jesse Kriss’ talk a couple weeks ago rocked. A power outage shifted us down to The Windup Space, but we still got to see Jesse’s work from the installation artwork he wrote the code for (“Dreaming F.I.D.S.” pics and video of the piece) and bug him with questions about details of the project and creative programming in general. It’d be cool to have more artists stopping by the Node to talk about their work. If you’re an artist or know about someone awesome living in or stopping through Baltimore, give us a shout via email or the mailing list.
