Unpatched Tuesdays
by Leigh Honeywell on Nov.02, 2008, under Events, Unpatched Tuesdays
Are you curious about the space and want to come check it out, but fear that you won’t know anyone or have anything to do? Are you afraid of showing up in Kensington and knocking on the door only to find it locked?
Fear not! Unpatched Tuesdays are just the thing for you.
Every Tuesday from 6(ish) to late in the evening we have an “open lab” night. It has varied between a mostly social event and a productive work party depending on what people are up to, but the key thing about it is that the door is open to all comers. Show up with a Linux or BSD question, an interesting piece of hardware, a technical problem, or your new widget that you want to show off. The Tuesday night crowd is a resourceful and friendly bunch, and it’s always great to see some new faces.
You’re also welcome to show up empty-handed, but we might put you to work! There are a bunch of ongoing hardware and infrastructure projects at the lab, so expect to be assigned a bug on our bugtracker :)
The other important thing to note is that you don’t need to be a 5up3r 31337 hax0r to come out on Tuesdays. Just be friendly and interested and you’re totally welcome. There’s no minimum height, age, or skill level required to participate.
There are also other events going on at the lab. Go Night on Mondays, and irregularly scheduled classes which all get posted on the calendar and announced on our pretty low-traffic mailing list. We usually post about them on the blag too, so subscribe to any of those to keep up to date.
-Leigh
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The Third Bit » Blog Archive » Unpatched Tuesdays
November 3rd, 2008 on 11:51 am[…] folks who run the Hacklab in Toronto’s Kensington Market have an open lab night every Tuesday. Everyone is welcome: come on out, see what’s what, and meet some very friendly people. And […]
November 2nd, 2008 on 11:43 pm
I think anyone that is even remotely interested in DIY and/or “hacking” and/or plain good old geekery fun should come out. I moved to the city in September and the first new people I met were at hacklab.
Awsome people and awesome place!
November 3rd, 2008 on 10:15 pm
I’ll bring along my sony reader tonight… epaper is strange stuff.