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Blue Hackers Meet Up

by robin on January 18, 2012

in News

Blue Hackers MeetUp
Sunday, February 12, 2012
4:00-6:30pm
Jigsaw Renaissance
(at the Inscape Building, 815 Seattle Blvd S, 98134)

Depression, anxiety,bi-polar, Asperger’s, ADHD, and more…

Hackers, makers, and geeks are not immune from mental health challenges. In fact, our subculture brings with it specific challenges related to breaking down barriers to accessing support for mental health issues.

Join us for a guided discussion on:
-risks and benefits of seeking support
-how to survive when your brain wants you to die
-how to manage someone else’s crisis without creating one of your own
-when to hire a professional brain hacker (psychiatrist/therapist)
-next steps to increase support in our community for mental health concerns.

Led by Robin DeBates, treasurer and chaos wrangler at Jigsaw Renaissance, clinical social work associate; and Willow Bl00, organic chat client and robot from the future.

This event is affiliated with the work that Arjen is doing over at http://www.bluehackers.org to improve visibility of mental health and geek culture.

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SCoW canceled

by mpark on January 18, 2012

in News

No SCoW tonight on account of…

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On Saturday, 2012-01-14, Jigsaw Renaissance hosted the convening team for EverFree NW, a family-friendly conference for My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.  /]*[\

The board for Everfree, fielding questions.

A Dealer-to-Be, showing off the costume-play wings he's developing to sell at the convention.

Tiara hugs Twilight Sparkle as the event winds down.

ALSO:  We made arrangements for a Pony-related drawing & sculpting class!

The class will be given by Mike Humes, who studies art at the Art Institute of Seattle.  Note the date!  February 4th, Saturday, from 1:00 – 4:30 PM.

If you are interested in the sculpting portion of the class, you’ll need “Sculpey.”  We’re taking orders this week, and allowing about 10 days for delivery, so if you are interested in getting Sculpey, email Mike Humes at piro2247@hotmail.com with your pledge to pay $10 on February 4th at the event.

Wanna sketch ponies? Sculpt? Come Feb 4th!

 

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SCoW Report 2012-01-11

by mpark on January 12, 2012

in Events,Projects

Can you believe it? Ned brought in not one, but two more oscilloscopes! I think we should diversify into some other types of scopes, such as micro-, kaleido-, or colono-.

Danny, Lawrence, Ned

Lawrence and Danny continued their effort to transform a toaster oven into a soldering oven. Meanwhile, in the classroom: an actual class(!) Well, really just a dry run for my long-delayed Propeller class. Joshua and Josh (a new visitor) volunteered to be guinea pigs. It turned out to be a learning experience more for me than for them. Sorry about that, guys, but thank you for the valuable feedback.

Two Joshes "learning" about the Propeller, Budi in background

Btw, there were ladies in the house too (Hi Nancy and Laura!). Unfortunately my photo of Laura knitting a skirt didn’t come out well.

Budi has plans to add computer control to the currently dumb robot arm. The first step was to repair the darn thing—the joints would only move in one direction and not reverse. It turned out there was a loose connection from the negative power supply.

Budi and robot friend


Budi kept the space open for Danny and Lawrence after I had to leave. Thanks, Budi!

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Free Geek Seattle

2012.January.10

Free Geek Seattle met in JR’s classference room last night. They didn’t have any computers to refurbish, so it was mostly an administrative meeting (I think—I only peeked in occasionally). One member brought his two Free Geeks-in-training. They grabbed an electronics kit off the shelf and went to town.

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SCoW/Dorkbot 2012-01-04

2012.January.5

JR has been the site of Dorkbot meetings for many moons now, but last night was the first Dorkbot in the new space. Aside from a few technical difficulties with the projector, everything went well. We might need some more folding chairs, though; the unofficial head count was 38 (neck and neck with the Pony Party!). There [...]

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Property Tags (aka Parking Tickets)

2012.January.4

Ned printed up a bunch of colorful property tags. These should help us distinguish between junk and stuff people are working on. The tags are stored at the office supply shelf. Grab a few and unleash your inner meter maid. Here are a few in action:

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Membership meeting pix

2012.January.4

By the way, Roy brought in the massage chair as a fundraising device. Next time you’re in the space, plug in the chair and put in a dollar.

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