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Tag: open source

Gift Guide: Ideas For Makers and Hackers

December 10, 2014November 22, 2017Ruth Suehle1

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

May 9, 2014November 26, 2017Natania Barron

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

May 3, 2013November 24, 2017Ruth Suehle

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.

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Give Kids Arduino Adventures

April 5, 2013December 15, 2017Marziah Karch6

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.

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The Open Hardware Summit: The Future of Manufacturing is Sharing

October 3, 2012Ruth Suehle3

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.

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Turn Your Kids Into Linux Hackers At SCALE: The Next Generation

January 13, 2012Ruth Suehle

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 […]

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April Events Calendar–Where Will You Be?

April 4, 2011December 15, 2017Ruth Suehle

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 […]

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FUDCon Recap and How You Can Get Involved In Open Source

February 1, 2011Ruth Suehle3

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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