Qik - MCU Study Group March 11th by Keith Chester

Qik - FUBARlabs Arduino Course by Keith Chester

FUBAR Labs had its first Arduino class today - I had the day off so I popped in and offered help where I could. The class was a huge success! We're looking forward to doing it again and offering other, more advanced classes in the near future.

IRC Bot Template - March Madness Entry 5

For the upcoming Python study group for FUBAR, I decided to focus the group onto a sole project or Python module that we can all learn together, and then work on to expand in different directions with our own creativity. To try out this new model of handling the study group, I decided to have the group create their own respective IRC bot. Together we would figure out how to get them online, parse data, and talk back in the chat. After that, we can have each member implement their own cool bot features - the options really are limitless.

March Madness Entry 1

And so I tried something simple to stretch my muscles before taking on the marathon that is March Madness.

The goal? Make a simple twitter client that would share my exercise information - what cardio I did, how long I did it, and the distance I went because of it.

March Madness Launches Monday

A reminder - March Madness for FUBAR Labs will launch on Monday, March 1st. Sweet! Expect a sudden surge in blog activity.

Qik - Fubar Labs - Beer and tech projects in my dining room

From the lessons of peers

FUBARLabs has twice a month a Python study group, where we teach other various tricks of the trade in Python and cover many of the all-too-cool Python modules out there. All skill levels are welcome, but those of us that regularly attend tend to be regular code monkeys. Here's some of the things we've covered (so you don't think I've been lazy - ha!):

Happenings at FUBARlabs

As I've mentioned before, I have been helping start up a new hackerspace in central New Jersey - FUBAR Labs. We're still filing for a non-profit corporation status, but we're beginning to move ahead with a number of plans, some of which I came up with or have been put in charge of. Here's some of the cool events I'll be working on for them.

The future lies in hackerspaces

Not even two weeks prior to this post, the last I read of hackerspaces was one of two things. It was either the ideal description of a place that seemed to have goals too lofty to believe, or a random place where a cool, 15-minutes of internet fame project was hosted - usually a major hackerspace like NYC Resistor. For some reason I had been set in the belief that the major hackerspaces were few, rare, and far between, capable of surviving only in special circumstances and large cities. Still more I had the pessimistic belief that the lofty goals and ideals of a hackerspace - existing solely to push the education and application of technology for common people of all skillsets - to be useless. While my own interests cause me to greatly anticipate any way to further educate myself on technical matters, rarely did I see the same diligent spirit in others.

Imagine my surprise when I found out that I was completely wrong.