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Announcing Meeting #2 | |||||||||||
Who: | What: When: Where: Why: anybody interested in making stuff (or learning how to). | Part 1: un-Maker Faire, Part 2: Show-and-Tell (w/ Prizes) May 28, 2008 - 7:00 p.m. 171-69 46 Ave (meeting hosted by Big Apple Hobbies) because it's fun (Doh!)
| Part 1: un-Make Faire Learn to put things together by taking things apart ! One way to learn how to make your own creations is by studying other similar things that are all around you. (And anyway, you know you've always been curious about how your CD-ROMs work...) By taking old and busted stuff apart, we don't have to worry about putting it back together, we don't need no stinking diagrams and manuals, and if we see any bits we like, we get to keep them.
Soo..... if you have anything at all that's:
We will supply all the tools you might need, space to work, and people who can explain what some of the bits inside are all about, and how to get at them. If you don't have anything interesting to take apart, come down anyway, we have a pile of things here for you to work on. Do not bring old refrigerators - they're too big and there's nothing interesting in them. Washing machines are interesting, but still too big - you'll have to work on them on your own. Toys, printers, camcorders, VCRs, DVD players, walkmen, and other stuff like that is very good. Optical mice are pretty boring, but mechanical mice are very cool to peek inside and figure out.
| Part 2: Show-and-Tell Bring stuff you made and tell everybody about it. Win fabulous prizes! Since you're going to be all tired from taking things apart, we will provide free pizza and soda to get you re-energized and keep you going strong! | About Us: MakeNYC2 is a group of regular folks who like to make things for themselves. The links below go to other similar groups started in other US cities (and Brooklyn) (:-) all of them encouraged along by Make: magazine:
There is no membership fee, no dues, parking is free, and the direction the group will take is up to you. So come on down, bring some cool stuff you made (or cool stuff you started and never finished, (or cool stuff you thought of, but never got started on)), or whatever else tickles your fancy and tell everybody about it. (Psst.... another cool part of a group like this is that it's not just telling, but also asking. If you have a project that you can't figure out how to finish, we will have other Makers who can likely help steer you in the right direction.) Meetings are held at the Big Apple Hobbies hobby shop in Queens off Utopia Parkway. Please see this page for complete directions by car. Please contact us for any questions, suggestions about this meetings, about the group in general, or anything else that puzzles you. | ||||||
