Hi,<br><br>Do we want to convene a meeting to get consensus on the workshop (if) we want Mitch to conduct at the MakerSpace?<br>It will have to be during one of the days Sunday Feb 26-Thursday, March 1, because he is committed to the Unit One <br>
programs every evening (from 7:00 on, I believe). We'll have to work out the schedule.<br><br>Also, consensus on loaning out our soldering irons to use at Unit One Allen Hall one of those evenings?<br>(I'll volunteer to shepherd them from the MakerSpace to Allen Hall and back as necessary.)<br>
<br>Thanks,<br><br>-Stewart<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 12:44 AM, Mitch Altman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mitch@cornfieldelectronics.com">mitch@cornfieldelectronics.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Hi Stewart,<br>
<br>
I'd love to do a workshop at MakerSpace Urbana. Maybe my Arduino
For Total Newbies workshop? That one is 3 hours long. I can teach
up to 50 at once (if there are 50 soldering irons and 50 wire
cutters). And it always fills up. Teaching is free, materials are
$35.<br>
<b> Itinerary for workshop:</b><br>
<ul>
* We will start by learning to solder. Don't let this scare you!
I've taught well over 33,500 people to solder, many of whom have
never made anything before in their lives. It is actually a very
easy skill to learn. It is also very useful.<br>
* Very short lesson to learn everything you need to know about
electronics!<br>
* Then we will each make our own Arduino clone from a kit made by
Ladyada: <a href="http://www.adafruit.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=19&products_id=72" target="_blank">BoArduino</a><br>
* Now that we each have our own Arduino, we will set up the free
and open-source software on our laptops (if you bring one) --
Windows, MacOS, or Linux are all fine!<br>
* And then its time to make something and learn how easy it is to
use Aruino! I'll (very easily!) show you how to read schematic
diagrams, and you'll put together your own TV-B-Gone remote
control using your BoArduino. We will use a solderless breadboard.
These are really useful, and provide a fast, and very easy way to
put circuits together without needing to solder.<br>
* Target practice!<br>
</ul>
Here's more info on it:<br>
<a href="http://www.tvbgone.com/downloads/tvbg_arduino/tvbg_arduino_workshop.htm" target="_blank">http://www.tvbgone.com/downloads/tvbg_arduino/tvbg_arduino_workshop.htm</a><br>
<br>
If 3 hours is too long for folks, then I could bring a few different
kits for people to choose from to make, and I can do a "Learn to
Solder, and Learn to Make Cool Things" workshop. Teaching is free,
kits are anywhere between $10 and $30. Here's kits I can bring:<br>
<ul>
<li><i><b>TV-B-Gone</b></i> (turn off TVs in public places!)</li>
<li><i><b>Brain Machine</b></i> (Meditate, Hallucinate, and Trip
Out!)</li>
<li><i><b>Mignonette Game</b></i> (play fun games!)</li>
<li><i><b>Trippy RGB Waves</b></i> (interactive blinky lights!)</li>
<li><i><b>LEDcube</b></i> (animated 3D cube!)</li>
<li><i><b>MiniPOV</b></i> (more cool blinky lights!)</li>
<li><i><b>MintyBoost</b></i> (charge your USB enabled gadgets!)</li>
<li><i><b>microcontroller programmers</b></i> (program all your
AVR family chips!)</li>
<li><i><b>Arduino clones</b></i> (make just about anything!)</li>
</ul>
<br>
I can also give a talk, if folks are interested.<br>
<br>
I've been emailing with Jonathan Manton, who works with UofI, and
who seems to know MakerSpace folks. He said he can scare up some
soldering irons and wire cutters. You have some too? You think I
could borrow them for Unit One people to use?<br>
<br>
You think it might be cool for me to bring Unit One people to
MakerSpace, and/or also to the FabLab?<br>
<br>
I'm excited to be there!<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Mitch.<br>
<br>
<br>
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On 1/22/2012 3:04 PM, Stewart Dickson wrote:
<blockquote type="cite">Hi,
Mitch,
<br>
<br>
A month and four days until you're in-residence at Allen Hall,
UIUC.
<br>
Any thoughts about specific events at the MakerSpace? Any
preparations
<br>
you'd like us to make in advance?
<br>
<br>
Thanks,
<br>
<br>
-Stewart
<br>
<br>
On 12/13/11 6:01 PM, Mitch Altman wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">Hello Everyone,
<br>
<br>
I'm cc-ing everyone on the two separate email threads here,
after
<br>
originally emailing Makerspace Urbana and UC Mini Maker Faire.
But, if
<br>
course, everyone knows each other. :)
<br>
<br>
I am way into being on TechKnowledge. Just let me know when.
<br>
<br>
I am also happy to give a talk for the space, as well as a
workshop, or
<br>
whatevre folks there would like. We can use whatever we do to
attract
<br>
attention to Makerspace Urbana, and hopefully attract some new
members.
<br>
<br>
Maybe bringing in Unit One people for a visit would also be
good?
<br>
<br>
Here's my cell phone, in case anyone wants to call:
<br>
415-377-599e
<br>
<br>
Cheers,
<br>
Mitch.
<br>
<br>
<br>
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<br>
<blockquote type="cite">Hello, Mitch,
<br>
<br>
End of February/Beginning of March is about one month ahead
the
<br>
Champaign Mini Maker Faire,
<br>
which will be hosted by the MakerSpace-Urbana at the
Independent Media
<br>
Center in mid-April.
<br>
<br>
What did you have in mind for a workshop? They are few and
far between
<br>
enough here that I'm sure it will be welcome.
<br>
<br>
Can I entice you into joining me for an hour on
"TechKnowLedge" on
<br>
WRFU-LP FM 104.5 from 8-9 Thursday morning? :)
<br>
<br>
Cheers,
<br>
<br>
-Stewart, <a href="http://us.imdb.com/Name?Stewart+Dickson" target="_blank">http://us.imdb.com/Name?Stewart+Dickson</a>
<br>
<a href="http://www.wrfu.net/node/1417" target="_blank">http://www.wrfu.net/node/1417</a>
<br>
<a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/10/vedic_math_machines_and_3d_zoetrope.html" target="_blank">http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/10/vedic_math_machines_and_3d_zoetrope.html</a>
<br>
<a href="http://www.ucimc.org/content/makerspace-urbana-will-bring-tech-knowledge-uc" target="_blank">http://www.ucimc.org/content/makerspace-urbana-will-bring-tech-knowledge-uc</a>
<br>
<a href="http://boingboing.net/2011/06/17/jeff-bezos-co-to-bui.html" target="_blank">http://boingboing.net/2011/06/17/jeff-bezos-co-to-bui.html</a>
<br>
<a href="http://longnow.org/clock/prototype1" target="_blank">http://longnow.org/clock/prototype1</a>
<br>
<a href="http://emsh.calarts.edu/%7Emathart/Clock_Cam.html" target="_blank">http://emsh.calarts.edu/~mathart/Clock_Cam.html</a>
<br>
<a href="http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/author.html?author=Stewart+Dickson" target="_blank">http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/author.html?author=Stewart+Dickson</a>
<br>
<br>
On 12/12/11 8:50 PM, MakerSpace Urbana wrote:
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">Dude!
<br>
<br>
This is awesome! I think that Becky Stern hinted that you
were coming
<br>
down the pike as she was leaving.
<br>
Didn't expect to hear from you so soon! When Gareth Branwyn
was here,
<br>
he gave a "Polka-Dot-Bag" lunchtime lecture at the School
for
<br>
Designing a Society. I'm sure everyone would love to hear
about
<br>
Hackerspaces in Africa!
<br>
(For example...) I, for one would not miss your visit. I
think
<br>
that I can guarantee at least a handful of dedicated
<br>
MakerSpace members will be on-hand as well. So looking
forward to it!
<br>
<br>
Cheers,
<br>
<br>
-Stewart
<br>
<br>
On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Mitch Altman
<br>
<<a href="mailto:mitch@cornfieldelectronics.com" target="_blank">mitch@cornfieldelectronics.com</a>
<br>
<a href="mailto:mitch@cornfieldelectronics.com" target="_blank"><mailto:mitch@cornfieldelectronics.com></a>> wrote:
<br>
<br>
Hello,
<br>
<br>
I'm going to be a Unit One resident at the end of
February and
<br>
beginning of March, and would love to visit Urbana
Makerspace
<br>
while I'm in town. Maybe I could do a workshop there,
too, if you
<br>
think that'd be helpful.
<br>
<br>
Please let me know if people will be around.
<br>
<br>
Best,
<br>
Mitch.
<br>
<br>
--
<br>
<br>
Mitch Altman, inventor of TV-B-Gone universal remote
controls
<br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Altman" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Altman</a>
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