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This Friday: Fusion 360 Study Group/Mentorship
by Sonia Serba on Mar.06, 2018, under Uncategorized
Norm guides this study group for beginners, intermediate, and experienced users. Come and work on your projects, help others out, learn new skills, or just get started with a super basic project. Learn workflows to 3D printers, the laser cutter, and engraver. Exchange ideas, and gain confidence to build your next projects.
Fusion 360 is the first 3D CAD, CAM, and CAE tool of its kind. It connects your entire product development process in a single cloud-based platform that works on both Mac and PC. Beginners can download an educational version from https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/fusion-360/learn-explore/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/How-to-activate-start-up-or-educational-licensing-for-Fusion-360.html
Free workshop, suggested $5 donation to Hacklab.to. Bring snacks, pop for sale $1.
Eventbrite page: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/fusion-360-workshop-study-and-mentorship-group-tickets-41858290273
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/400667247056473/?event_time_id=400667263723138
*New* Internet Privacy Workshop: March 8th
by Sonia Serba on Feb.22, 2018, under Announcements, Events, Internet, Workshops
An introductory seminar on how to protect your privacy online.
Todd, a systems administrator for a security training firm and an advocate for digital privacy, will help you identify some common risks to your basic privacy, walk you through keeping your everyday communications secure, and show you some easy-to-use top-notch tools recommended by experts in the field.
From Facebook to iMessage, we could be exposing private data through the software we use every day and Todd will show you how it happens, and how you can optimize your devices, both laptop and mobile, to protect your privacy through PowerPoint visuals and in-class practical examples.
There will a Q & A after the presentation. Students are encouraged to bring laptops and mobile devices for optimization, however Todd will not be available for tech support of infected devices.
Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/internet-privacy-basics-tickets-43024247683
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/163341417644579/
JUST ANNOUNCED: Junk Independence Day!
by Sonia Serba on Feb.08, 2018, under Events, Projects
It’s everyone’s favourite time again: the first Junk Independence Day of 2018! Coming up on February 18th from 2pm-7pm (or later). Bring your e-waste and dig through other people’s for treasures. On previous Junk Independence Days, people have walked away with an iPod touch, a 1TB hard drive, working classic iMacs, bubblejet printers, a Sony mini-DV camcorder, stereo amps, speakers, a desktop computer and even walk/don’t walk streetlights! Not to be forgotten, there are always lots of little chips and bytes for random hacking, too.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1574038156049596/
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/junk-independence-day-tickets-43005470520
Anything left at the end will be picked up on Monday, 19th of February and responsibly recycled by Revolution Recycling, who has been participating in our Junk Independence Days since the first one. Thanks Revolution!!
Come hang out with some fellow hackers and search for hidden treasures! Tickets are not necessary but Eventbrite is a great way to sign up and get reminders. You can also RSVP via our Facebook event. See you at JID!
[edit: Monday the 19th is a holiday in Ontario so junk will be picked up on Tuesday morning, the 20th.]
Fusion 360 Monthly Workshop, Study Group and Mentorship Starting January 12, 2018
by Sonia Serba on Jan.04, 2018, under Events
Fusion 360 study group – for beginners, intermediate, and experienced users. Come and work on your projects, help others out learn new skills, or just get started with a super basic project. Learn workflows to 3d printers, the laser cutter, and engraver. Exchange ideas, and gain confidence to build your next projects.
Fusion 360TM is the first 3D CAD, CAM, and CAE tool of its kind. It connects your entire product development process in a single cloud-based platform that works on both Mac and PC. Beginners can download an educational version from https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/fusion-360/learn-explore/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/How-to-activate-start-up-or-educational-licensing-for-Fusion-360.html
Free workshop, suggested $5 donation to Hacklab.to. Bring snacks, pop for sale $1.
Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/fusion-360-workshop-study-and-mentorship-group-tickets-41858290273
Familiar: A Tarot Reader’s Study Group Wednesday January 17, 2018
by Sonia Serba on Jan.04, 2018, under Events
Hacklab goes analog with a study group for the 78 cards of the traditional tarot deck. Join Sonia as we learn the themes of numerology, Jungian archetypes, the Hero’s Journey, astrology, Kabbalah and elemental astrology using Rider-Waite-Smith as a framework.
The group is totally free, snacks provided, pop for sale $1 and tea will be served. Suggested $5 donation to Hacklab.
Tarot is the mystic art of reading energies that layers ancient systems of gnosis including astrology, numerology, Kabbalah, Jungian psychology and symbology. These days, card producers are interpreting the deep symbolism through so many cultural and artistic lenses it’s getting hard to keep track, and each lens offers us a new way of interpreting our cards and readings!
Let’s come together and share every month on the Wednesday closest the new moon so we can deepen our understanding and relationship with our own practice. Bring your cards, bring your books, bring your friends (furry ok on a leash). Tarot decks & books swap too! All levels of reader welcome. The format is loose, but suggestions are welcome.
January’s session we’ll be learning about the High Priestess and the twos of the minor arcana.
Eventbrite RSVP https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/familiar-a-tarot-readers-study-group-tickets-41775610977