Meetup to Organize Triangle Hackerspace

A meetup group has formed in the Triangle area that intends to start a hackerspace.  The kickoff meeting for the project will be on Fri Aug 6 @ 6:45 PM in Durham.

From their site:

This is a group formed to discuss the formation of a hackerspace in the triangle. Everyone is welcome to come to our meetings and get involved at the ground level.

Our goal is to form a hackerspace that is representative of an interdisciplinary community for learning, teaching, and creating. Instead of starting with a defined range of projects or programming, we want to create a hackerspace that is driven by its members. Hackerspaces, at any stage of their development, promote people to be hackers in the broadest sense: to learn all they can about the fields that interest them, explore their bounds, and create new and interesting ways to apply that knowledge. Here is what you need to know:

- EVERYONE is welcome. No exceptions.

- A hackerspace will be whatever its members and the community make it. That's why YOU should get involved. The more diverse, the better.

- We are leaning towards a member-driven community with sponsorship opportunities for local businesses

- The proposed location is Downtown Durham. The location is currently flexible.

TechShop RDU Grand Opening Celebration

Our friend and sponsor of Maker Faire:NC 2010, TechShop RDU, is having their grand opening celebration tomorrow (6/5/2010).  All day Saturday they'll be doing machine demonstrations, tours, big discounts on memberships, and serving food.  They suggest that you bring friends, neighbors, family members, coworkers, etc.

TechShop RDU is the same company as TechShop Durham.  The former location didn't quite suit their needs so they moved recently and freshened the name.  It's still the same group of nice makers, hackers, and enthusiasts just in a better building!

Here is our tentative schedule:
10:00 - Open for business
11:00 - First group tour
12:00 - 1:00 - Burgers, veggie burgers, hot dogs, sodas, water served
12:00 - Second group tour
1:00 - Third group tour
2:00 - Saw Stop demo
2:30 - Fourth group tour
3:30 - Open house closes
3:30 - 6:00 Business as usual
6:00 - Machines unplugged
6:00 - 9:00 - Members-only party w/ Burgers, veggie burgers, hot dogs, sodas, water, BEER served
9:45 - Cleanup
10:00 - TSRDU closes for the day

The new location is 5905 Triangle Drive in Raleigh located off of Highway 70 near Fred Anderson Toyota and The Angus Barn.  Contact them at (919) 782-2344 or via Twitter.

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Sugru Hackquaria to be Hosted at Maker Faire:NC!

Come out to Maker Faire:NC and see Sugru in action!  We have volunteers hosting Sugru Hackquaria throughout the day.  Bring something broken to fix or bring something working to hack BETTER!

Reminder: CarolinaCon 6 Starts Today in Raleigh

Raleigh's own original hacker conference, CarolinaCon, is back for its 6th year.  Registration starts at 6:00 tonight for this three-day conference.

When: CarolinaCon will be March 19th (7pm-10pm), 20th (10am-10pm), and 21st (10am-4pm)

Where: Holiday Inn at 4100 Glenwood Avenue; Raleigh, NC 27612

Cost: $20.00 for admission, the $20.00 covers all three days

www.carolinacon.org

CarolinaCon Hacker Conference Starts Friday 3/19

The very excellent CarolinaCon starts Friday night in Raleigh. Each year the conference gathers hackers and other technology enthusiasts in one space to hear presentations on everything from copyright law to lock picking. CarolinaCon is one of the last great tech bargains out there. Low travel costs, low entry fee, fascinating speakers, entertaining attendees, and cheap booze; how can you go wrong?

This year's call for presenters was so popular the organizers added another day of talks for no extra cost! Just check out this schedule of presenters and try to tell me this isn't worth $20.

We Don't Need No Stinking Badges - Shawn Merdinger	Smart People, Stupid Emails - Margaret McDonald
Locks: Past, Picking, and Future - squ33k	Mitigating Attacks with Existing Network Infrastructure - Omar Santos
Cybercrime and the Law Enforcement Response - Thomas Holt, Professor Farnsworth	OMG, The World Has Come To An End!!! - FeloniousFish
You Spent All That Money and You Still Got Owned - Joe McCray	Physical Manifestation of Software: Microcontrollers 101 - Nick Fury
Something Smells Phishy: The Evolution of Social Engineering - Chris Silvers and Dawn Perry	Protecting Systems through Log Management and System Integrity - David Burt
It's Not A Vulnerability, It's A Feature - Deral Heiland	Why Linux is Bad for Business - wxs
The Search for the Ultimate Handcuff Key - TOOOL	Hacking with the iPhone - snide
The Art of Software Destruction - Joshua Morin and Terron Williams	Metasploit - Ryan Linn
How the Droid Was Rooted - Michael Goffin