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April 10th, 2011 by Paul Sobczak
Saturday, April 30 · 8:00pm – 11:00pm
Hack Factory
3119 east 26th street
Minneapolis, MN
John Keston
http://audiocookbook.org/
Kris Peck
Xenharmonic Instruments
Adam Loper
DIY MIDI controller MCTC student sound synthesis
This Handmade Music Minneapolis 6 is free, byob if you would like to, bring your own inventions if you would like to show them off.
April 2nd, 2011 by metis
Twin Cities Maker has been open for over a year now, and we’ve seen a boat load of fantastic growth. We’ve more than doubled our monthly membership, and offer a wide variety of tools and equipment that have for the most part been driven by individual member’s interests. When there were fifteen of us sitting around one big table it was easy to discuss that we wanted a drill press, or a welder, but with almost fifty members working in wood, metal, electronics, plastics, paint, tile, locks, sculpture, art, bows, CNC and a myriad of other fields, it’s now difficult for all of us to keep track of all of the varied interests in the community.
We defined ourselves as a “Twin Cities based community to Make, Share, and Learn.” A big part of community is knowing your neighbors, and friends. To facilitate that the Board of Directors has created a few polls that should take about five to complete. We hope this will tell us what you’ve been up to, and what sorts of things you’d like to see in the future. These polls aren’t mandatory, or perfect, but it’s our hope that members will complete them and give us a healthy compost of ideas to nurture our next year’s growth.
We’ve got (3) polls, (2) for members, and (1) for non-members. The polls will be open for a few weeks, and we will release statistical data after that, but not any personally identifiable information. (e.g. We will show “x% of our members use $tool weekly”, but not “1 member from $town wants $tool”)
The Members Use and Access Poll and Members Info Update Form are for current members (or those who have lapsed, but intend to restart their membership in the near future).
The Non-Members Poll is for folks who are not current members of Twin Cities Maker. This is mostly targeted at folks located in and around the greater Twin Cities metropolitan area, but if you’re farther afield we’re still interested in your answers.
Thanks for taking the time to tell us about your interests.
April 1st, 2011 by metis
It’s taken a bit of time, but we’re starting a monthly locksport open house.
What is locksport you ask? Locksport is the amateur study of how locks and locking systems work, and how to defeat them. It’s not how to break into a soda machine, but the study of the little mechanical puzzles that we rely on for so many things in daily life. You’ve probably seen lock picking in movies and on TV, and may have seen bump keys on the news, but this is your chance to find out more about how all of that works, or if you already know, to maybe show off your collection of antique lever locks, or just hang out and chat with other lock enthusiasts.
The first Tuesday of each month we’ll have a brief presentation, and then mill about and pick, snap, rake, bump, impression, disassemble, and generally embarrass some little chunks of brass. We’ll kick things off on April 5th at 7PM.
This month I’ll present a brief introduction into locksport, touching on ethics, how various types of locks work, and a bucket of the varieties of exploits that can open them. The evening is open to the public, with a small cash donation appreciated, but not required, from non-members.
March 29th, 2011 by videoman
Ignite Minneapolis #3 is coming up on April 21st!
Our president is going to be presenting this time! If you want tickets, signup for the mailing list!
http://ignitempls.org/
March 9th, 2011 by Paul Sobczak
The Roundabout Dog winner on display in the basement of the hack factory. More information about the Roundabout Dog Challenge, who the winner is, and a google maps mash up showing all the dogs entered here. Thanks to all of those who entered.
February 19th, 2011 by Paul Sobczak
Due to some confusion it turns out that Handmade Music is Tomorrow (2/20/11) not April 20th as shown on the Handmade Music Minneapolis Blog. Sorry for the short notice, but the show must go on.
HMMM5 Lineup:
Paul Sobczak (TCMaker Member) will be showing off what he has done to expand the Vidisynth.
You, if you want to show something that you have been working on.
Pictures and more on Handmade Music Minneapolis Blog
As always Handmade Music is free here in Minneapolis, but please do donate to Twin Cities Maker if you are not a member. If you want to become a member try and corner Paul or one of the other members there to inquire.
February 17th, 2011 by Paul Sobczak
The Roundabout Dog Challenge is scheduled to wrap up on next Wednesday on (2/23/11), the entries are starting to trickle in, get yours in before it’s too late.
The challenge got re-blogged at Make and over and Hackerspace Challenge Blog
Announcing the wall: This lonely, soon to be covered wall, is going to be the home of the framed roundabout dog challenge winner. It’s in the basement of the Hack Factory, you can get a better idea of where it is by watching a recent video made of the place.
Bonus: Proof that filling a tape casted roundabout dog with expanding foam doesn’t work that well.
February 7th, 2011 by Orkraider
Lots going on at the Hack Factory on a Sunday!
Click through for a roundup, and here’s a taste:
February 3rd, 2011 by videoman
Holly cow, The Hack Factory has been open a year now, and we got tons of new people exploring the space, and lots of really cool things going on!
So we decided to make a new Tour of our space..
Hack Factory Tour 2011 from David Bryan on Vimeo.
A tour of the Hack Factory in Minneapolis.
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Music by Imogen Heap.
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