Join us at HackPittsburgh this Friday, April 30th at 7 PM and get your hands dirty making seed bombs. Seed bombs are compact clusters of wildflower seeds and compost that can be tossed into vacant lots, median strips, or your own back yard. Ever wanted to try your hand at guerrilla gardening? Now is your [...]
This Saturday, a group of us from HackPittsburgh took a road trip out to the Mid-Atlantic Mini Maker Faire, to partake in the festivities and to meet our counterparts at Baltimore Node, Harford Hackerspace, and HacDC. After the festivities, we headed out to Node for some awesome risotto and a tour of their space. Photos [...]
Join us at HackPittsburgh this Friday, April 23rd, at 7pm and meet Dan Rugh of Commonwealth Press! Commonwealth Press is a fantastic screen printing and media design company located across the river from HackPittsburgh in Pittsburgh’s South Side. Dan will talk about his background and how Commonwealth Press came to be, he’ll show some examples [...]
Our DIY flame cannon class starts this Sunday, have you signed up yet? There are still a few seats left, but hurry and get your tickets now! Learn the theory and practice of building a propane-based flame cannon. This class will be taught in two parts. On the first class date (4/18/2010 10am), you will [...]
HackPittsburgh now has WOODEN NICKELS! These nickels will be used for various reason. One of the primary reason will be for calling cards. The nickels were made by member Andy Leer on and Epilog Mini 45 watt laser. Currently there are only ten in circulation, but more will be made. The design for the front [...]
Friday night we had an impromptu Chat Roulette Party. Many that had already came out for no reason, joined in and helped make the chat roulette experience more enjoyable for those on the other end. While we came across a large number of wrong-doers, we also came across a bunch of interesting people as well. [...]
We’re excited to announce that the second meeting for our local Make enthusiast group, Make: PGH, will be held here at Hack Pittsburgh on Tuesday, April 13th! At this event, we will have talks by Dave Findlay and Eric Singer, and then break out the LEDs to try our hands at making light graffiti. If [...]
Calling all zombies and zombie uprising survivors! We’re excited that former HackPittsburgher Bonnie Bogovich is well along the way to producing her first opera, titled Evenings in Quarantine. Yes, this is an opera about zombies! Production is set to happen shortly, and they are looking for leads and extras for the film portion of the [...]