Hackaday event brings over 70 guests!
by av on Apr.16, 2015, under Events
There was a huge turnout at our event yesterday in collaboration with Hackaday! Check out some photos.
Hacklab and Hackaday: Bring a Hack Meetup April 15th
by mrericboyd on Mar.30, 2015, under Announcements, Events, Projects
Hacklab.TO and Hackaday are hosting a Bring A Hack meetup on April 15th! Doors 7pm, talks start 8pm. Party till late. Please RSVP on eventbrite: Bring a Hack, this will let us buy the right amount of beer and pizza :-)
We’ll have drinks, snacks, hacks and swag. It’s a Bring A Hack style meetup, where you bring the project you’re working on and show it off to enthusiastic supporters.
There will also be lightening talks, which are short talks about projects or ideas you’re working on.
Sophi from Hackaday will be in town to talk about the Hackaday Prize, the engineering competition that sends you to Space (SERIOUSLY). http://hackaday.io/
In fact, Hacklab entered the competition last year and will talk about their project, Retro Populator. Want to get on the talks list? Let us know! (contact sophikravitz at hackaday dot com)
UPDATE: just to be clear, you can totally just come to see the talks and hacks, you don’t need to bring your own, and nor do you need to be a hacklab member. Just RSVP and come have some fun!
Junk Independence Day: Sunday March 22nd 2-7pm
by mrericboyd on Mar.20, 2015, under Events
Junk independence day at hacklab again, Sunday March 22nd! 2-7pm. Bring your e-waste, root around in other people e-waste, and walk home with new treasure! On previous junk independence days people have gone home with wonderful treasures like a 1TB HD, an iPod touch, a decent desktop computer, a classic Macintosh, and various pieces for projects… Anyway, come with your e-waste and have some fun at hacklab! All e-waste will be responsibly disposed of by Revolution Recycling, they are scheduled to pickup stuff at hacklab on Monday March 23rd. Thanks Revolution!
This is the sort of thing we get up to after-hours
by Nicholas D on Feb.28, 2015, under Uncategorized
Just in case you were wondering.
Saturday Open-House, Feb 28 2pm until late!
by Nicholas D on Feb.23, 2015, under Uncategorized
Location: 1266 Queen Street West, Unit #6
When: Feb 28, 2pm until 8pm (or later if there are still lots of people around)
How to get in: use the buzzer panel beside the door to call for entry
Good news for all the folks who can’t make it out for our weekday open-houses: this Saturday February 28, Hacklab will be hosting a weekend open-house from 2pm until late! Scheduled end-time is 8pm, but it could go on longer depending on how many people show up.
This is an all-ages event, and is open to everyone regardless of experience or technical skill level. We love meeting new people and seeing regulars, so come and check us out. Bring your projects to show off, your laptops to hack/code on, or something you’re curious about. Hacklab has an electronics/coding area, a large classroom, a wood-shop, a kitchen, a lounge, and a sewing area, all of which are open for use.
There will be some free vegan food, but if you feel moved to bring some noms to share, we encourage that.
See you all there!
RSVP with Eventbrite (not required, but encouraged)
Crosstalk; Repair Cafe.
by Adam Evenden on Feb.22, 2015, under Events
On Saturday the Repair Cafe had a successful repair clinic at Hacklab Toronto.
Many came through the lab for a tour while waiting for their spot in line to start
work on their personal treasures to be repaired, and to learn a little about
repair themselves. Like those articles and photo narratives, in the past
crosstalk has featured other spaces, how others engage with the wider community.
This successful Repair Cafe was hosted by Hacklab Toronto, and allowed the lab
to give back to a community that does great work.
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- This little sucker is getting diagnosed. Soon the vacuums problem will be known.
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- Diagnosing the problem is a Blend of skill and knowledge.
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- Large turn out for the Repair Cafe.
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- Trapped VHS getting some hands on rewinding.
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- This Chicken clock keeps on Clucking thanks to the Repair Cafe.
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- Success! Another repair complete.
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- Another Successful repair at the repair cafe. As the sign in the background says, lets hope for more successful events such as this one.
Pie Day Party & HPMOR Wrap Party
by mrericboyd on Feb.16, 2015, under Events
Come celebrate Pi Day (March 14th, 3/14, 3.14…) at hacklab! Bring a pie and get in free, otherwise admission is $10/person at the door. All types of Pie welcome – e.g. Shepherds pie, quiche, Australian meat pie, and of course fruit pies, lemon meringue, etc. We’ll be baking pies starting at 1:59pm if you want to join that. Main party starts at 6pm (dinner will be pies, of course!). Bring friends and feast. BYOB, stay tuned for more details.
This will also be a Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality wrap party, one of many dozens occurring all over the world on Pi Day. For those who don’t know it, you can read it in full at hpmor.com. It’s a fanfic of Harry Potter raised in a scientific household. Totally awesome read. The author will be posting the final chapters over the next month, so we’ll be celebrating the end of the story. (There are 100+ chapters, so if you haven’t started, you might still be able to catch up.) We might share favourite passages or try to experiment with magic ourselves. :-)
On the other hand, even if you’re not an HPMOR fan, there’ll be pie, and that’s a good enough reason to come and have fun!
Repair Café Toronto at Hacklab.to! Feb 21 2015
by Scott Sullivan on Feb.14, 2015, under Announcements, Events
Hacklab is excited to host Repair Café Toronto this February!
The Repair Café is a monthly gathering where there will be volunteer fixers available for computers, electronics, small appliances, clothes, books, among others. For whatever you need fixed, bring it on! You can learn how to fix it while enjoying a cup of coffee or tea, or see what’s possible with the 3D printer or laser cutter on site. To avoid lineups, please arrive early. It would be best to arrive before 3 p.m. so that there is enough time for the fixer to examine your item.
When: Saturday, February 21, 2015 – 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Where: HackLab.TO, 1266 Queen Street West, 2nd Floor (buzz Unit #12)
Cost: Free (Donations are welcome!)
Learn Lockpicking at Hacklab.to! Feb 14 2015
by Nicholas D on Feb.10, 2015, under Announcements, Events, Lockpicking, Workshops
Lockpicking is a fun and unusual skill, and can help people get a better grasp of their physical security situation. Come to one of Hacklab’s two lockpicking workshops and learn a skill which is applicable for physical/digital security experts, security-minded home-owners, and anyone who wants to survive the zombie apocalypse!
Hacklab is running two Lockpicking workshops on February 14, the first running from noon until 2pm and the second running from 3pm until 5pm. This event is open to all ages and all interested parties. Free signup at EventBrite is mandatory — there are only 5 spots available at each workshop. This event is Pay-What-You-Can, with a suggested donation of $10 or more to help us keep the lights on. Nobody will be turned away for lack of funds.
If you don’t get a ticket, don’t worry: we’ll be running this workshop again soon!
Raspberry Pi Workshop: Sun Feb 15th
by mrericboyd on Feb.05, 2015, under Workshops
Raspberry pi: getting started with physical computing – Sun Feb 15th 2-5pm, in the hacklab classroom.
Getting started with Raspberry Pi physical computing workshop. All are welcome. We will show you how to start working with Raspberry Pi and get it to interact with the physical world. This will include setting up the Pi, connecting some electronic components to it and doing a “Hello World” project.
Please bring a laptop and a Pi if you have one, we will have a number of them provided, but probably not enough for everyone. You can buy one at Creatron at 255 College Street or online at http://canada.newark.com . The new version of Pi just came out, but is still on backorder at Newark(element14), so it will be a dilemma for you – get an “older” B+ or wait for new Rpi2 :)
If you have any ideas for a project, bring it along with any components you might need and we will help you get started with that!
Finding Hacklab: We’re at Queen and Dufferin, NW corner, buzz unit #12.
A PWCY (pay what you can) donation of $10 is suggested. Nobody turned away for lack of funds.
