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Umeå Hackerspace is closed.
Normal opening hours are:
The above opening hours are aspirational! Check the open status indicator here on the website before dropping by, since it's not guaranteed that anyone has arrived yet. Or just ask on IRC/XMPP.
There is a semi-frequently updated schedule with planned activities here: öppetschema.
We are also listed on spaceapi, which has phone apps available. Just search for "spaceapi" wherever you get your apps, install any one you like, then search for "Umeå Hackerspace".
Today we (tms, jonasbits, GINYFB and baader) sorted and packed stuff that had already been deemed trash and sent it to the great beyond. Some of the stuff was donated to Returbutiken.
There are still some more things to get rid of, like the old broken flatscreen TV, lots of …
Now that the pandemic is effectively over (or is it?) members have been returning to the space and noticed that lots of stuff has mysteriously accumulated over the last couple of years. Mostly in the form of cardboard moving boxes containing mysterious things. Luckily some members have been picking up …
Nu till helgen, fredag mer bestämt, så kommer det vara städdag i spacet! Vi kommer gå igenom gammalt stuff, måla lite, bygga lite stuff mm. Alla medlemmar är wälkomna att hjälpa till och jag uppmanar alla att lappa sina saker eller deltaga!
Mer info kommer!
Preliminärt kl 17-22 på fredag …
Just a quick update on two nice things after that latest cleaning. First, we now have space for a whiteboard and meetings in the lab:
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Lab with whiteboard and tables for meetings and courses[/caption]
Second and finally, the outside/entrance area is …
First some information about Saturday's space cleaning: we (me and Titanzi) have taken a trailer's worth of junk to the recycling centre already, meaning there's considerably less stuff to take away tomorrow. We've mostly gotten rid of all the empty server cases that were thrown in a big pile in …
Andrew Dubber of Music Tech Fest paid us a visit a few days ago and was given a grand tour. This resulted in a blog post titled "World’s northernmost hackerspace?" - go read it!
In other news, we're organizing a "trailer to junkyard" day in order to finally get rid …
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.
Arcade machines are a thing of the past, you might think. Big, clunky and expensive with a just about as lifelike experience as your old 15" CRT, except for the actual controls. And those only interest people with some sort of nostalgic feeling to the golden arcade days.
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