Greg and Nick have so far tried their hand at laying out the project on off the shelf PCBs, both from radioshack. Greg used the $2 2"x3" PCB with DIP traces. Nick used one-half of the dual-pcb perf boads, also $2. Both boards require too many soldering points for a beginner's class. We'll definitely need [...]
The OpenHack is where we welcome all non-members to come join in the fun. Here’s what what got in store this week at the openhack. If you have something you want to work on or discuss, reply to this post or just come down to the shop during the OpenHack. Saturday June 4, 2011 [100-130] meet and [...]
Hi all, I fixed a couple things with our dokuwiki installation. We're using keeyai authentication to integrate with wordpress but it has a problem with wordpress magic quotes. From comments on keeyai's site I could see others were having the same problem. WordPress was applying a filter with magic quotes to escape single and double [...]
Over the past year or so i've tried to make an effort to reduce my spending and live a simple lifestyle. I haven't used my credit card(s) in over 4 years. Usually the urge to buy and consume does win out in the end but at least if i do buy something i make sure [...]
This Saturday is Stamp Out Hunger day. You may have received a grocery bag in your mailbox this week. Fill it with food and leave for your mailman on Saturday morning. Also, we’ve made some calls and 10BitWorks should be getting a mailbox of our own soon, yay! More info on Stamp Out Hunger Day [...]
Reminder, next week, May 21st, The Girl Scouts of San Antonio’s FRC team, Kobayashi Maru, will be down at 10BitWorks to present their robot. [http://frcteam3529.org/] There were a couple of internet pieces this past week that go along nicely with this reminder: Zombie Marie Curie http://xkcd.com/896/ Girl Scouts create prosthetic hand device http://news.cnet.com/girl-scouts-create-prosthetic-hand-device/8301-17938_105-20058749-1.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&tag=nl.e703
based on Greg’s logo, our first shirt is for sale on cafepress! http://cafepress.com/10bitworks anyone familiar with cafepress? i’ve created two designs but only one shows up. i’ve saved over and over again and had to re-create the 2nd design over and over again. Each time i log back in the 2nd design has disappeared.
Saturday is Free Comic Day at participating local comic book stores (LCBSs). Personally, I’m looking forward to Atomic Robo! Also, Sunday is Mother’s Day. Have you forgotten??? Bring a shiny penny and use our drill press (–after you’ve signed a waiver–) to make her a nice pendent! [http://www.instructables.com/id/Dimpled-Pendant/] The OpenHack is where we welcome all [...]
hi all, If you hadn’t noticed, we have not been charging dues for the past couple of months because we have been trying to move to a better system. Now we have finally moved to a new payment system. If you haven’t already, please sign up to pay your monthly membership dues starting for the [...]
[UPDATE] The open hack is Apr 30, not the 29th. Sorry. The open hack is where we welcome all those curious to come join in the fun. Here’s what some members will be working on this week at the open hack. If you have something you want to work on or discuss, leave a note [...]