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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I first found out about a hackerspace
via The Geek Group, they moved into town and i started helping out
with them. Then started hanging out with Grand rapids Linux users
group (GRLUG) and GRLUG morphed into GRMakers, and now I'm solely
with GRMakers and enjoying every minute of it.<br>
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Kelly<br>
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<div>It's worth mentioning that NYC Resistor was made aware of
The Resistors, another MUCH older hackerspace form the North
East by one of their former members. <br>
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Hackerspaces have been around a long time... in fact
facilities much like hackerspaces formed a large part of the
ACTUAL renaissance. <br>
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On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 6:05 PM, Arclight <span dir="ltr"><<a
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<div>I used to hang out a place called the Youth
Science Center. It was sort of a relic left over
from the space race, when American parents cared
about their kids learning about science and such.
It was a non-profit that got a free disused
classroom and was staffed by what I would now
identify as hackers. One of the guys who helped run
it had repeatedly and aggressively applied to NASA,
trying to be the youngest astronaut at the time,
another was a mad scientist who invented a bunch of
medical equipment, and several others were
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I learned BASIC on a TI-99/4a, we set things on fire
all the time, and they had an awesome once-a-year sale
of surplus lab junk from Beckman and Hughes where some
of the benefactors of the place worked. They would
also pay the bills by renting more classrooms and
off-duty teachers during the Summer and putting on
math, science and other classes.<br>
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Eventually, the school kicked them out due to
overcrowding and not seeing much value in their mission.
The sports teams that used the surrounding fields and
facilities also saw it as a big nuisance. <br>
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<div>Their sister location is still around, supported by
the mostly-Asian community they are located in. Check it
out:<br>
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target="_blank">http://www.youthsciencecenter.org/</a><br>
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<div>As for our space: We were into BBSs in the early 90s.
I started one in my town, and we would have user meets
every Tuesday. Years later, we all had Internets,the
BBS was gone but we were still having user meets and
parties. Eventually, we decided to get a space and do
something like we always heard about the CCC, L0pht and
other folks doing. Have run our current space for about
6 years.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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Fullerton, CA<br>
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