[Imc-makerspace] hacker at Allen Hall next week

[Jimmie Rodgers]

Great meeting you as well. See you tomorrow evening!

Jimmie

On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 10:30 PM, Stewart Dickson <mathartspd at gmail.com>wrote:

> **
> Hi, Jimmie,
>
> It was great meeting you and hearing your introductory talk at Allen Hall
> tonight.
> As we discussed, I will be bringing 10 to 12 soldering irons, diagonal
> cutters and solder
> from the MakerSpace to set up for your workshop between 6:00 and 6:30 in
> the South Rec Room at Allen
> Hall.  You will be using the soldering irons for his Monday, Tuesday and
> Wednesday night workshops.
> Thank you also for agreeing to be with me on TechKnowLedge from 8-9 am
> Thursday on WRFU-FM 104.5
> I will post something about you and your residency at the blog I keep for
> the show:
> http://tech-knowledge.tumblr.com  I'm looking for ward to it!
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Stewart, http://www.wrfu.net/node/1417    http://www.makerspaceu.org
>
>
> On 10/14/12 4:22 PM, Jimmie Rodgers wrote:
>
> Hey Jeffery,
>
>  I would love to swing by the makerspace sometime this week, and would
> love to have some members join in on the workshops!
>
>  Thanks,
> Jimmie
>
>  On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 5:46 PM, Jeffrey Putney <quaker at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Jimmie,
>>
>>  I'm so excited to hear that you're coming, we had a wonderful time with
>> Mitch when he visited Allen Hall.  And when Mitch came through he knew
>> Stewart(one of the makerspace urbana founders) and he asked our makerspace
>> for volunteers to help teach workshops. We were able to have a few members
>> show up each night to help teach and we would love to do the same with you
>> if that sounds like it would be helpful. Just let us know.
>>
>>  Also, I don't know how packed your schedule is but if you would like to
>> visit the makerspace urbana at some point and maybe get to meet some of the
>> members I'm sure we could set that up. Personally I would love to hear how
>> the "Hackers on a Train Workshop" turned out. Our space did request to be a
>> stop but it didn't fit the schedule :-(.
>>
>>  And fyi Laura had asked about borrowing soldering irons and we have
>> about 12 solder stations and at least as many wire clippers we can lend you
>> for the week.
>>
>>  Thanks! Looking forward to meeting you,
>>  Jeff
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 10:22 AM, Haber, Laura Gwen <lhaber at illinois.edu>wrote:
>>
>>>  Hi,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We are bringing another hacker to Allen Hall who you might be interested
>>> in. Below is his schedule. I’m wondering if any of you are interested in
>>> coming to help out like you did with Mitch Altman? No pressure. This is
>>> very last minute! But if it is of interest to you, we’d love to have you.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Also, maybe you’d like for him to visit the Urbana Makerspace? I’m
>>> cc’ing him on this e-mail in case you’d like to communicate directly.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> -Laura
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ***********************
>>>
>>> *Jimmie Rodgers *
>>> *hacker, artist, musician, open hardware developer, and techno-nomad*Unit One Guest-in-Residence
>>> Sunday, October 14 – Thursday, October 18
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sunday, October 14
>>> 7pm – *Opening Program: Meet Jimmie Rodgers* *(in the South Rec Room)*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Monday, October 15
>>> 7pm - *Atari Punk Console Workshop*: *build a basic synthesizer or
>>> optical theremin* *(south rec room)
>>> *The Atari Punk Console is an easy to build synthesizer that you can
>>> use to make lots of fun sounds. *Bring your own case - Altoids tins,
>>> cigar boxes, or anything else that has at least the internal volume of a
>>> pack of playing cards.*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 10pm – *tea time: building custom electronic instruments* (guest
>>> apartment)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Tuesday, October 16
>>>
>>> 7pm - *Building Contact Mics Workshop* *(south rec room)*
>>> Learn how easy it is to build your own contact mics. We'll then explore
>>> finding sounds in everyday objects, and some fun things to do with those
>>> found sounds. If you have your own amp, then please bring it!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 9:30pm *Depression Meetup* *(guest apartment)*
>>> Depression can be a hard burden to bear, both for people who suffer
>>> directly, and people who help to support them. Come and talk about it with
>>> Jimmie Rodgers, who has been dealing with depression since he was a
>>> teenager. He has spoken at a number of events about depression, and has
>>> been an advocate of speaking openly about its effects and treatments.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Wednesday, October 17
>>>
>>> 7pm – *Circuitbending Workshop **(south rec room)*
>>> Circuitbending is the art of modifying toys, synthesizers, effects
>>> pedals, and anything electronic that makes noise or shows video. You'll be
>>> bending a Staples Easy button, and learn enough of the basics to go
>>> exploring on your own after this workshop.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 10pm - *Noise Night* (main lounge)
>>> Bring your electronic instruments, noise makers, mixers, amps, effects
>>> pedals, hookup cables, and anything you can make sound with. People will
>>> hook their noise makers together and just jam. An open mind
>>> and tolerance for crazy sounds encouraged.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thursday, October 18
>>>
>>> 7pm - *Building (and Playing) Quality Didgeridoos out of PVC* *Workshop
>>> *(south rec room)
>>> Learn how to quickly and cheaply make good sounding didgeridoos out of
>>> PVC and to play them. Advanced techniques will be covered, so you can
>>> continue to make nice didgeridoos long after the workshop.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 10pm - *Drone Night* (south rec room)
>>>
>>> Bring your acoustic instruments, drums, didgeridoos, singing bowls, and
>>> anything else that can make a trance-like sound. Beginners welcome,
>>> and experimentation will be encouraged.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Laura Haber
>>>
>>> Program Director of Unit One
>>>
>>> University of Illinois
>>>
>>> 68 Allen Hall, MC-050
>>>
>>> 1005 W. Gregory Drive
>>>
>>> Urbana, IL 61801
>>>
>>> (217) 244-2317 <%28217%29%20244-2317>
>>>
>>> lhaber at illinois.edu <lhaber at uiuc.edu>
>>>
>>> www.housing.illinois.edu/unitone
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   --
>> Jeffrey Putney
>> Senior Software Engineer
>> Diagnostic Photonics
>> 217-766-6580
>>
>>
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