Freeside Atlanta

We are now streaming from the space and the Flash Talks should be starting in the next 15-30 minutes. Click here to watch!

First Friday Flash Talks 10 Presenters. 10 Topics. 5 Minutes Each. (Learning and Debauchery will Ensue) Topics This Month Include... "Dollar Bill: Intuition and Faith" "How to Count Cards" "Origami How-To" "Bio-Signature on Alien Planets" This Friday, February 5, 2010. @ 7:30pm Free and Open to the Public. Food, Drink, and General Merriment will be Provided. 675 Metropolitan Parkway, Suite 6066. Atlanta, GA 30030 For more information on upcoming events at Freeside Atlanta, go to http://wiki.freesideatlanta.org

The year is off to a great start and it is almost February, which means it is almost time for our next Circuit Bending Workshop. Calling all Noise Makers, Hackers, Makers, and DIYers to Freeside Atlanta next Saturday, February 6th from 3-5 pm. Toys will be available to hack and bend for a small donation. As always Workshop and Classes are free and open to the public at Freeside Atlanta, however in order to keep Freeside Open we are asking for a $5 donation for this Workshop. This workshop is taught on beginner to intermediate level.

In conjunction with a previous, more informational post, this is an RSVP reminder for Sewing Lab 1: Machine Basics , this Saturday starting at 12pm. If you are interested in coming, please RSVP here . Also, if you are bringing your own machine it would be recommended to come a few minutes early to set up, and don't forget some bobbins. All other supplies will be provided! This event is on the Makezine Event Calendar for this week! For more information about the space, and how to get there, head on over to our wiki page . Hope to see you there!

Just a couple of pics from the beginning of the dog house that I'm building for both the dogs. The idea is to build the dog house and then to add touches like temperature controlled fan and solar panels so it won't run off a/c power.

Great Turnout for the Welding class today. We all got a chance to weld and as a group we added some features to the space art piece. Coming along nicely I might add.

Good turn out tonight for the Freeside Social. Lots of new faces, to many to remember. Hope to see the same new faces come the next meeting.

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The circuit bending class had a great turn out yesterday. Here are some pics of the bending in action. Dantheman, succesfully completed a published hack on his korg keyboard, while the other students of have class got a basic lesson on bending in action and made some pretty unique sounds.

Justin and I greeted the visit by the Makers Local 256 crew last night. They were on their way to a concert in Atlanta and stopped by for a quick visit. During they visit, Justin and I gave them a tour of the space as well as about a 25 minute Q& A session about space politics and projects. Got a lot of good feedback that was mentioned on the public mailing list. Posting some pictures below that Justin captured. Sorry that I can make them smaller, selected the smallest posting size with the blogger: