Picture this:
Planet Earth.
Enhance!
The United States of America.
Enhance!
Washington, D.C.
Enhance!
Columbia Heights. Tivoli Square. 3333 14th St. NW, Suite M110.
New main quest unlocked: Welcome to HacDC’s Hacker Happenstance!
Ladies, gentlemen, and those in between, otherwise, and elsewhere, welcome to your friendly neighborhood hackerspace’s latest endeavor — A new blog post series! From re-screenings of the 1995 cult classic Hackers to repairs to our server The Gibson, we’ve been quite busy this month! Before we dive in, this is your regularly scheduled reminder that we are an amazing community, and you (yes, you, the reader!) should totally stop by and check us out! Take a look at our calendar to find a time that works for you. We can’t wait to see you there!
Without further ado, here’s what we’ve been up to:
Hack the planet!
On August 10th, at exactly 1786417200 Unix time (7pm EDT that day), we ran a Hackers movie night (again). Sure, we’ve done it before, but it’s such an awesome movie that we did it once more, and certainly not for the last time! We had a pretty good turnout, and we can’t wait for Mike Videopunk to do his live re-scoring if it sometime in September! We offered popcorn and other snacks this time around, so make sure to be there next time around. It was lots of fun!
Bringing HOPE to D.C.
Several of our members attended the Hackers Of Planet Earth conference in NYC, and they brought home some of the key points and presented them to our community on Monday the 24th. They summarized the talks with their own flair for those who couldn’t make it to HOPE. It was awesome to hear their perspectives on the talks in the Big Apple. It was the next best thing to attending HOPE, so thanks to everyone who presented! Some topics covered were how to avoid repeating work for community-focused tech projects, privacy/security, and using your knowledge of the great information superhighway for the good of your neighbors!
Rapid Fire
- Our 3D printer fleet is ever-expanding. Namely, our largest printer Wrew is now fully operational, and several other Ender 3-based machines are also ready for action!
- We had some troubles with our Proxmox/AI server rig, but our members got right on the issue, so downtime was minimal.
- We now have a gaming PC in the space with so much RGB lighting it’ll make your head spin!
Lots more is brewing that couldn’t be packed into this article. Remember, HacDC is your hackerspace, so make sure to check us out if you haven’t already. We’re excited to meet you!
August nears its end,
Autumn approaches us all.
“We have no names, man!”