On a related note to last post, any locals might want to keep their eyes open for an upcoming cryptoparty in your vicinity. Details Soon(tm).

Recently, cryptoparties have "gone viral" the world over. In short, they are gatherings where people with knowledge of crypto take the opportunity to spread that knowledge to others who has a need and/or interest, such as journalists, activists etc.

However, I hear from one of the originators, Asher Wolf …

Som bekant så är Umeå Hackerspace medlemsförening i Förbundet Unga Forskare. De söker just nu folk som är intresserade av att sitta i förbundsstyrelsen, eller som verksamhetsrevisor. Viktiga och intressanta saker, så om nån känner för att ställa upp, kolla in på sidan för intresseanmälan vetja.

This weekend - on Sunday at 13.00 CET - we're having a workshop in the hackerspace! The workshop is a three-parter and organized by Brian Oko, a student at the Umeå Institute of Design, and will explore what one can do with e-waste. The three sessions are separating, fixing and repurposing …

I går kväll genomfördes Umeå Hackerspace sitt årsmöte, med resultat att en ny styrelse valdes (med i stort sett samma människor som föregående år), samt en ny verksamhetsplan (med ungefär samma generella inriktning).

I korthet ser styrelsen numera ut såhär:

• Ordförande: pettter
• Kassör: e-rock
• Vice ordförande: J10
• Sekreterare: hyarion

Huvudsakligt …

Umeå Hackerspace ordnar öppet hus ikväll på källarvåningen Fabriksgatan 8b, där vi liveströmmar från hackerspacet Sparvnästets konferens ikväll: Power of Adhocracy.

Sändningarna börjar 18.00 och pågår till 22.00.

Can't attend? There will be a live stream of the talks.

17:00 - 18:00 : Socialize & Mingle

18:00 - 18 …

Till att börja med är Umeå Hackerspace medlemmar i Förbundet Unga Forskare.

FUFs styrelse har kallat till en extra distriktsstämma för distriktet Övre Norrland. Stämman hålls i Umeå Hackerspace lokaler på Fabriksgatan 8b kv. i Umeå klockan 19.00 tisdag 20 september 2011.

Alla tillhörande handlingar är bifogade i detta …

What do you do when you bought a wall-wart or car charger for your phone, and it doesn't work due to not following the USB Charger specification*? Well, you could open it and make it follow the spec, or you could build an universal adapter that converts any USB outlet …

We just got rid of a table and some crap. Time to celebrate the new empty space within Umeå Hackerspace!

Also, the police may have visited us, as can be seen on this surveillance tape.

The board of Umeå Hackerspace actually performed its function (to the surprise of many),  and held a meeting, laid some plans, and actually did something vaguely related to same.

Specifically, there is now a way to give us money (yay!), namely through Bankgiro 742-4690, meaning that we will soon begin …

Given that culture is no longer stored as a plastic disc, there's really no good reason to keep the old racks in your livingroom. But throwing stuff in the bin never feels quite right. Thus, the best solution is to simply renew the functionality of your hardware.

A creative hacker …

Skatteverket beslutade 23 mars 2011 att ideella föreningen Umeå Hackerspace skall tilldelas organisationsnumret 802458-8587. Föreningens interimstyrelse, med ordförande pettter, som valdes tidigare i år intervjuades av Mikael Hansson från Infotech Umeå strax efter det konstitutionerande mötet.

Med anledning av den officiella organisationen så fungerar föreningen enligt demokratiska principer och lyder …

Ever plugged in too much power into your electronic equipment? Or for some other reason seen smoke come out of it? A friend of Umeå Hackerspace had a Casio PT-1 that he apparently had tried to use with a bit too much power in the supply. Fortunately he hadn't caused …

A Class-D amplifier made with a LM324 Op-amp, a 555 timer and a N-channel FET.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJhOOJ4qTOc

I have no idea how something this simple and cheap can sound so good, and even without any kind of filter.

Time to test out som unconventional "speakers …

Arduinos are truly universal, this one is playing some fine music, almost makes you feel like dancing, doesn't it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX9eUR5EXOA

Used code and schematic from this site:
http://interface.khm.de/index.php/lab/experiments/theremin-as-a-capacitive-sensing-device/
Arrrr...duino!