MakerMonday Highlights: 2013-05-14

MakerMonday #1 (Urban Farming) Was a Resounding Success!   Thank you to everyone who attended our inaugural MakerMonday.   ChianlySĂ‚ – Dim Sum Labs cannot thank you enough for preparing a wonderful presentation!   The presentation video has been posted to YouTube   The presentation slideshow has been posted to   ??? – Your “own grown” …

HackJam Highlights: 2013-05-07

HackJam 2013-05-07 was a great success!  The room was packed with people planning project, starting projects, working on projects, demonstrating nearly finished projects, evaluating and receiving commercial products and visiting to see what all the excitement was about.  It went great!       HughW leading a NINJA BLOCKS workshop and also a NETDUINO demo …

HackJam Highlights: 2013-04-30

  HackJam 2013-04-30 was a great success!  The room was packed with people working on projects, demonstrating nearly finished projects, receiving products and visiting from overseas.  There wasn’t an empty seat! We had two great guys come by, visiting as guests for the first time.  They were referred to us by our friends at Cocoon: …

HackJam Highlights: 2013-04-24

HackJam 2013-04-24 was a great success.  The room was packed with people working on projects, demonstrating nearly finished projects, receiving products and visiting from overseas.  There wasn’t an empty seat!     Makibox (in the form of Jon Buford) was in the house, delivering some freshly manufactured units to members who have been eagerly awaiting their units. …

Quick guide to DimSumLabs’ Github

I needed to upload my code for “Chef”, the newly wall-mounted internet connected LED matrix scroller at DimSumLabs (see picture), so that other people can hack it. We have a github account. I’m not a professional or social coder, so I am unfamiliar with git. Here’s what I did to get the code online, for …