Gift Guide: Ideas For Makers and Hackers
Still looking for the perfect gifts for the makers and hackers on your list? It’s not too late! We’ve got suggestions.
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How a Hacker Slumber Party Gets Girls Into Code
When Gina Likins walked into Carroll Hall at the University of North Carolina, she was reminded of the sleepovers of her youth. But this was no ordinary slumber party.
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Vintage Tomorrows Connects Steampunk, Makers, and the Future of Technology
Vintage Tomorrows reaches into subcultures of the past, then gathers the steampunk subculture of today to talk about what steampunk is, why it’s important at this point in time, and what it can teach us about the technology of the future.
Continue ReadingGive Kids Arduino Adventures
Arduino Adventures: Escape from Gemini Station is a great introduction to Arduino robotics projects for kids (and adults who want an easy starting point.) The book was written by James Floyd Kelly and Harold Timmis and published by Apress.
Continue ReadingThe Open Hardware Summit: The Future of Manufacturing is Sharing
The Open Hardware Summit was held for the third time on Thursday in New York in advance of this weekend’s World Maker Faire in nearby Queens. Here are a few of the highlights from the event.
Continue ReadingTurn Your Kids Into Linux Hackers At SCALE: The Next Generation
The Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE) celebrates its tenth year with a new feature, called SCALE: The Next Generation. The free and open source community of today is reaching out to their future leaders by hosting this mini-event for kids within the larger Linux conference. Mimi Cafiero and Malakai Wade, eighth graders already with backgrounds […]
Continue ReadingApril Events Calendar–Where Will You Be?
Here’s what’s happening in the geek world this month. Got something to add? Let us know. WonderCon, San Francisco, CA April 1-3 It’s the 25th anniversary of this comics convention. Special guests include Sergio Aragonés, one of MAD magazine’s longest-running cartoonists; Berkeley Breathed of Bloom County; Joe Quesada, editor-in-chief of Marvel; and NYT bestseller Robert […]
Continue ReadingFUDCon Recap and How You Can Get Involved In Open Source
I spent last weekend in Tempe, Arizona, at FUDCon, the Fedora Users and Developers Conference. For the less technically adventurous among our GeekMom friends, Fedora is a distribution of Linux, the open source operating system. If you’re not familiar, you can learn more at fedoraproject.org. A BarCamp-style unconference FUDCon is an unconference, BarCamp-style. In this […]
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