Update: November 8th Meeting 6pm @ Hack Factory
We will not be meeting at Elsie’s on Nov 8th. Why? Scheduling conflicts…. Elsie’s is kind enough to let us use their banquet room for free, so when a customer willing to pay for the room requests the banquet room, we get the boot. There was originally a party that was taking place on Nov 8 in the banquet room until 6:30pm, however they have extended their party, forcing us out.
Instead:
This month we are going to be building some throwing star lan taps that we never got around to doing last month, and working on any other projects that we haven’t had time to work on. We will be meeting at the Hack Factory at 6pm. Feel free to bring any project you want to work on, or even one you already completed, but think it is worth showing off. Or if you want, just come and hang out.
As always, The Hack Factory doesn’t have a bar, so bring your own food & beer and remember, there are no maids on the Hack Factory payroll, so you need to clean up after yourself.
Agenda:
6PM-??? – LAN Tap builds/Other projects
See you Thursday!
-DC612
Hack Factory is located in the Seward neighborhood.
DC612 Day of Learning
We are looking at putting together a “Day of Learning” and would like to gauge the amount of interest. This would be similar to the hands-on challenge walk-through meetings we have had recently during DC612, except an entire day. This is not like a typical conference where the presenter talks about a topic and you sit and listen. The DC612 day of learning will consist of 3 or 4 sessions of actual hands-on activities being led by a presenter.
Please fill out the form located at the following url to help us gauge the amount of interest in an event like this:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGdtb1ZmLXdtR1lyUHJPallEVndUVGc6MQ
Thanks in advance,
-DC612
Oct 13th Balloon Launch Change in Location
The location of the balloon launch this Saturday, October 13th has changed to Lake Junior High School in Woodbury. We received a call from the City of Woodbury informing us that there will be little league games at Bailey Elementary, so we decided to move it. Address below:
11 am – balloon launch
11:30 – ????? Tracking the payload
Lake Jr. High
3133 Pioneer Drive Woodbury, MN 55125
Everyone is welcome. See you there!
-DC612
Oct 11th Meeting 6pm @ Hack Factory
This month we are going to be doing another project night and prepping for the launch of our video/picture taking space-bound sounding balloon. We are planning on launching the balloon Saturday Oct 13th at 11am from Bailey Elementary School in Woodbury. So what is this whole balloon thing? Several people have done it before and it sounded cool, so we decided that we wanted to do it too. The plan is to fill a HUGE balloon with helium and attach a payload including a camera and a cell phone with GPS tracking into space to get some cool pictures/video. Sound like fun to you? We will be getting last minute prep done during DC612 on the 11th, then launching it on the 13th.
*Note: We are still awaiting final approval from the FAA for the launch. We have to get their approval as the balloon is expected to burst at 68,000+ feet.
As always, The Hack Factory doesn’t have a bar, so bring your own food & beer and remember, there are no maids on the Hack Factory payroll, so you need to clean up after yourself.
Agenda:
6PM-??? – Project Night/Balloon Prep
See you Thursday!
-DC612
Hack Factory is located in the Seward neighborhood. Enter via the yellow side door.