Well, as you know, MakerSpace Urbana is on the Amtrak (Canadian National) line between Pumping Station One (Union Station) and Arch Reactor (St. Louis). We'd all love to host you here again. Hope to see you soon.<br>
<br>Cheers,<br><br>-Stewart, <a href="http://us.imdb.com/Name?Stewart+Dickson">http://us.imdb.com/Name?Stewart+Dickson</a><br>Host of "TechKnowLedge" Thursday mornings from 8 to 9 on WRFU-LP 104.5 FM, Urbana<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 6:18 PM, Mitch Altman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:maltman23@hotmail.com" target="_blank">maltman23@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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I bought a 45-day Amtrak USA Rail Pass. <br> <br>I will be starting by going from San Francisco to New York City on 27-June. I have a few plans already, but if people/hackerspaces are interested, I'd love to do lots of workshops in cities with hackerspaces (or forming hackerspaces) in cities nearby Amtrak stations.<br>
<br>Jimmie Rodgers will be joining me, and so will other cool people -- for either all or part of this Hackers on a Train Workshop Tour 2012.<br> <br><img src="" style="width:248px;min-height:157px" alt="" height="183" width="275"> <br>
<br>Our workshops are for all ages, and all skill levels.<br> <br><img src="" style="width:230px;min-height:162px" alt="" height="194" width="259"> <img src="" style="width:219px;min-height:161px" alt="" height="262" width="300"> <img src="" style="width:230px;min-height:167px" alt="" height="194" width="259"><br>
<br> <br>Would you be interested in having us do workshops at your space?<br> <br>Would you be interested in joining us for all or part of the HoaT Workshop Tour 2012?<br> <br>Lemme know!<br> <br>I have the following plans so far -- and there's room for plenty more!<br>
July 1 -- arrive in NYC<br> July 7 -- workshop at The Hacktory, Philadelphia<br> July 13-15 -- HOPE #9, New York City<br> July 21-22 -- Awesome Foundation Summit, Boston<br> July 27-29 -- World Future Society conference, Toronto<br>
August 8-12 -- ToorCamp, NW corner of Washington state<br> <br>We'll be bringing lots of our kits, all designed for total beginners, but fun and intriguing enough for everyone. We can teach anyone and everyone how to solder -- <a href="http://mightyohm.com/blog/2011/04/soldering-is-easy-comic-book/" target="_blank">soldering actually is easy</a>! And we can teach more advanced topics, too. I can also give my "<a href="http://www.cornfieldelectronics.com/downloads/tvbg_arduino/tvbg_arduino_workshop.htm" target="_blank">Arduino For Total Newbies</a>" workshop. And Jimmie can give his "Circuit Bending" workshop. We can also give talks, if there's interest. Anything that can help out your hackerspace!<br>
<br><a title="Arduino for Total Newbies Workshop at Noisebridge" href="https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/File:Arduinos_For_Total_Newbies_workshop.jpg" target="_blank"><font face="Arial" size="3"></font></a> <img src="" style="width:276px;min-height:183px" alt="" height="183" width="276"><br>
<br>Here's some of the kits that will be available:<br> <br><div><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">* <span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b>TV-B-Gone</b>
-- (turn off any TV in public places!)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></span>* <b>"Hi My Name
Is" badge</b> -- (you may have seen me wearing mine)</span><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">* <b>Brain Machine</b> --
(Meditate, Hallucinate, and Trip Out!)</span><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">* </span><b>Mignonette Game</b> --
(build your own handheld game console!)</span><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">* </span><b>Trippy RGB Waves</b>
-- (interac tive blinky lights!)</span><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">* </span><b>LEDcube</b> --
(animated 3D cube of LEDs!)</span><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">* </span><b>MiniPOV</b> -- (more
cool blinky lights!)</span><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">* </span><b>BoArduino</b> --
(solderless breadborad Arduino!)</span><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">* </span><b>Diavolino</b> --
(shield compatible Arduino from Evil Mad Science!)<br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">* </span><b>OpenHeart</b> -- (animate fun patterns in the shape
of a heart!)</span><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">* </span><b>LoL Shield</b> --
(Lots of LEDs for your Arduino!)</span></div><div><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">* <b>Atari Punk Console</b> -- (make noise!)</span><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">* </span><b>microcontroller programmer (USBtinyISP)</b>
-- (program all your AVR family chips!)<br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span></font><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b>And more!</b></span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
</span></div> <img src="" style="width:189px;min-height:267px" alt="" height="267" width="189"><br> <br>Workshops are great ways to get new people to your hackerspace, and to energize people already at the space. You can also use them to raise funds, if you like.<br>
<br>Me and Jimmie don't make money from our workshops. The money we charge ($10 to $35, depending on the kit) pays for kit parts and travel. We do this because we love teaching people how to make cool things! And we love helping hackerspaces.<br>
<br>Here are a few links to articles from our Midwest tour a couple summers ago:<br><a href="http://blog.makezine.com/2010/08/12/coming-to-you-town-the-midwest-work/" target="_blank">http://blog.makezine.com/2010/08/12/coming-to-you-town-the-midwest-work/</a><br>
<br><a href="http://forum.archreactor.org/FUDforum2/index.php/m/5955/" target="_blank">http://forum.archreactor.org/FUDforum2/index.php/m/5955/</a><br> <br><a href="http://pumpingstationone.org/2010/08/mitch-altman-jimmie-p-rodgers-to-join-circuit-hacking-wednesday/" target="_blank">http://pumpingstationone.org/2010/08/mitch-altman-jimmie-p-rodgers-to-join-circuit-hacking-wednesday/</a><br>
<br><a href="http://www.lvl1.org/2010/08/17/fun-with-the-lolshield/" target="_blank">http://www.lvl1.org/2010/08/17/fun-with-the-lolshield/</a><br> <br> <br>I'd love to add your hackerspace to our tour. Please let me know if you're interested, and I'll reply with an email with a minimal list of what's required on your end.<br>
<br>And please let me know if you'd like to join us on the HoaT Workshop Tour 2012.<br> <br>Cheers,<br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Altman" target="_blank">Mitch</a>.<br> <br> <br> <br> </div>
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