[hackerspaces] How did you all first find out about Hackerspaces?

[matt]

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.

http://www.resistors.org/index.php/History_of_the_R.E.S.I.S.T.O.R.S.

Hackerspaces have been around a long time... in fact facilities much like
hackerspaces formed a large part of the ACTUAL renaissance.


-Matt


On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 6:05 PM, Arclight <arclight at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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 programmer/geeks
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Their sister location is still around, supported by the mostly-Asian
> community they are located in. Check it out:
>
> http://www.youthsciencecenter.org/
>
> 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.
>
>
> Arclight
> 23b Shop
> Fullerton, CA
>
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