Thanks to the Photoshop skillz of member Andy (aka The Hipster Robot), and local printer Commonwealth Press we have new t-shirts! These shirts come in men’s (Gildan brand) and women’s (Hanes Silver for Her) sizes, which we bought based on the pre-orders from the last t-shirt order. They are single color kinda-goldish on black, and [...]
November is going to be a busy month for HackPittsburgh. We’ve got classes happening almost every weekend this month!
Amateur Radio Study Sessions – Mondays, 7pm-8pm
Study for your FCC amateur radio license! We’re currently studying the Technician and General level material. These classes are free, but they are open to members only.
Intro to Soft Circuits – [...]
This past Wednesday, October 28th, we had our first ever fundraiser-event-slash-party at Brillobox, Hacky Halloween! It was flippin’ awesome!
Andy and the Shockers provided kickass live entertainment! They got everyone dancing, shouting, singin’ along, and making rude hand gestures, and we thank them for it. Thanks also to HackPittsburgh member Gwen for keeping the music going [...]
The leaves are turning, the weather is unpredictable, and pumpkins are appearing on porches all over Pittsburgh. Fall is here, at last!
Join HackPittsburgh member Andy Leer this Friday, October 23rd at 6pm for Fall Festivities at HackPittsburgh!
Carve a pumpkin! (BYOP and carving tools)
Make some fall decorations! (BYOFD and tools)
Drink mulled cider! (We’ll bring the cider!)
Enjoy [...]
Hacky Halloween at the Brillobox is only a week away! We still need raffle donations and people to help out at the event!
Other things you can be doing:
Working on your contest-winning DIY costume!
Printing out the event poster and putting it up all over Pittsburgh!
Planning which raffle prize you’ll buy the most tickets for!
Dining at the [...]
Interested in enhancing your clothing with electronics? In this introductory class, learn to create soft circuits by sewing with conductive thread. Students will create a light-up cuff bracelet from industrial felt, battery, and LEDs.
No previous experience with sewing, electronics, computing, or soldering is needed.
Participants with favorite sewing scissors and needlenose/beading pliers should bring them, however [...]
The minutes for our second October general member’s meeting are now up on the wiki.
We talked about a lot of upcoming events, so expect more blog and forum posts to follow this one!
If you were unable to attend the meeting, please take a few moments to read through the meeting minutes.
Come party with the HackPittsburgh crew for their first ever Halloween Party at Brillobox.
Don your Halloween finest for the DIY costume contest, enter to win prizes in our “Pick Your Prize” raffle, and groove to live music by Andy and The Shockers!
Details:
* Wednesday, October 28th
* 8:00 pm until 1:30am
* Brillobox – 4104 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh
* [...]
Starting Monday, October 12th, HackPittsburgh president Matt Stultz is running members-only training classes for Amateur Radio Service (a.k.a. Ham radio) license certification.
Yesterday marked the first of these classes, with Matt running about 5 students through some of the question pools for the Technician class examination. Matt drilled us on questions about FCC licensing requirements and [...]
Friday night, members of Hack Pittsburgh went out to the Pittsburgh Children’s Museum to support their fellow maker Matt Mets. Matt was commissioned to create a piece for the museum’s latest installment titled “Tough Art”. Friday night was the opening of the exhibit and what an opening it was! There was a very nice turn [...]