Crypto/privacy night at DSL

A busy Dim Sum Labs for Luis Felipe Murillo’s crypto/privacy night. Thanks to Franta and Gniibe for the talks and Luis Felipe for organizing! One thing I (//tom, who feels the Dreamcast was sorely underrated) feel obliged to point out is that Gniibe is literally the guy that made Linux on DC! SO AWESOME to welcome him …

USB GPG Token (FST-01) Workshop and Cryto/Privacy talk

*When:* Friday October 18th, 8.00pm *What:* Learn how to use a USB token for GNU Privacy Guard (GPG) encryption. Instructions on how to install a random number generator on devices such as the FST-01 and the STM8S development kit will be also given. General discussion about privacy and information security will also take place. *Everyone …

Dim Sum Labs at Maker Faire Bay Area!

Here are members Chi Hung Ma and Tom Grek and now sadly departed member Katia Canepa Vega (not dead just left Hong Kong) setting up Red Bear Lab’s (Chi’s company’s) booth. The first time for all of us to the faire, it’s just immense and insanely busy, but we had great fun. Also spotted a …

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” …

The Loop, a recurring Free Software hackfest

Hacking is no boring science. It is essentially a creative activity, much like painting or writing. In fact, it is a form of Art. And above anything else, it can be a lot of fun.

We are a group of people passionate about Free Software, and we meet every two weeks on Wednesday evenings, from 8pm to 10pm to hack together on various projects.

So come and have fun with us!

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 …