HackerspaceSG: Thu, 17th Dec – Some Stories about Context Hacking and Asia

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Dec 152009
 

Sorry guys, but this is a super last minute event from HackerspaceSG which we just got word from Johannes Grenzfurthner yesterday of his intention to rant with us about his experience with context hacking.

For those who are unfamiliar with the rant: it is a tradition of performance art which was developed in Europe in the 19th century and successfully ported to the Internet in the early-to-mid 1990s. It is now being introduced to Asia by aesthetic pioneers like Johannes Grenzfurthner.

In recognition of Singapore’s leading position as the financial and cultural capital of Asia, and of Hackerspace.SG as the leading hackerspace in Singapore, he has chosen Hackerspace.SG as the venue for his first Singapore performance of this artwork.

We invite all members of Hackerspace.SG and the related community to attend this rant.

There is no fee, though we wish to thank in advance all the wonderful people who consume beer, wine, or soft drinks, for their cash donations into the little glass that says “your donations are welcome.”

For the purposes of licensing under Chapter 257 Section 319, this is an exempt entertainment as defined by the Public Entertainments and Meetings (Specified Arts Entertainment) (Exemption) Order 2005.

Details follow.

monochrom and the East: Some stories about Context Hacking and Asia
A tour-de-farce by Johannes Grenzfurthner of monochrom

monochrom is a worldwide operating collective dealing with technology, art and philosophy and was founded in 1993. So to sum up, monochrom is an unpeculiar mixture of proto-aesthetic fringe work, pop attitude, subcultural science, political activism and technological disaster.

Johannes wants to tell us stories about monochrom’s “context hacking” projects that specifically deal with our focus on contemporary Asian topics.

The term context hacking—like its mimetic sibling “communication guerrilla”—refers to unconventional forms of communication and/or intervention in more conventional processes of communication. Context hacking is a specific style of political action that observes and makes visible the paradoxes and absurdities of power. Context hacking uses absurdities as the starting point for interventions by playing with representations and identities, with alienation and over-identification.

HackerspaceSG: Events of Week 51 (Dec 14 – Dec 20)

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Dec 142009
 

We had a great time over the weekend at Neoteny Singapore Camp 1 and everyone was very excited about HackerspaceSG. Apparently everyone who attended NSC1 are all hackers themselves and don’t want to leave our HackerspaceSG. So here are the events of this week.

Make cool things with Mitch Altman
Mon, Dec 14 6:00 pm to Late

Wow! Did I mention people don’t want to leave HackerspaceSG? Well, you shouldn’t! Because one of the founders of Noisebridge, Mitch Altman, is in the house! Yes, you heard me. He’ll be teaching us how to make awesomely cool things with micro-controllers! YES! If you’re one of those interested, you’ll be learning from the man himself. Come! Join us for this experience of a lifetime. There will be kits available for purchase on the spot. They are all priced in SGD.

LED Cubes, TV-B-Gone,Brain Machines, Drawdio, Mini POVs  ( $30 each )
Trippy RGB lights ( $15 )
Boarduino – $30
AVR Programming Boards – $30

Check out http://www.ladyada.net/make or http://www.tvbgone.com/cfe_mfaire.php if you’re unsure what the above are. But I’m sure you already know where to look for information.

Pivotal Labs Seminar on Next-Generation Software Engineering with Ruby and other languages
Mon, Dec 14 7:30 pm Mon, Dec 14 11:00 pm

If you’re not interested with micro-controllers and robots, you might be interested in some software engineering. We have Pivotal Labs, software ninja SWAT team of the Internet, joining us to share their valuable knowledge with us. They are the guys who saved Twitter. Yes, that’s right, the famous Twitter that everyone uses. They are in town for NSC1 and would like to meet the local community of developers to talk about software engineering best practices, agile development methodologies, and scaling Ruby. If you think of yourself as the Tiger Woods (sans drama) of software development, or would like to one day be one of the best, join us. If you think of yourself as a CMM Level 0 up-all-night rebel superhero, this session may inspire you to realize your potential through discipline … kind of like a self-taught street punk going to train under kung fu masters at Shao Lin. Just join us! No registration required.

Hackerspace Hack Time
Tue, Dec 15 6:00 pm Wed, Dec 15 12:00 am

We’ve moved our Hack Time from Monday to Tuesday this week simply because we have too many awesome people in our home who are excited to share and discuss with us. So after learning all that cool robotic micro-controller mayhem, together with your ninja software engineering skills, why don’t cool off by working on your own projects? We have reserved this day just for you.

Hackerspace.SG Christmas Party
Fri, Dec 18 7:00 pm Fri, Dec 18 11:30 pm

Jingle bells, jingle bells. Yes, we’ve survived our first month of HackerspaceSG without a celebration of our very own Christmas Party. If you have always been thinking of popping by HackerspaceSG to see the space itself, this party will be a great time to do so. You don’t really have to RSVP, but sometimes it is always good to know who might be coming. Post your suggestions on how we can do this. I hope to do a PotLuck Style with people bringing food, together with some basic catered food. Plus our usual drinks, beer, wine and alcohol in the house. As usual, we hope you can contribute to our pot of donations. I’ll see all of you there at the party!

Hacking Sexual Morality Through The Ages
Sat, Dec 19 19:30 Sat, Dec 19 22:30

If our own Christmas party hasn’t gotten you worn out yet, you can join us again next evening for a meeting on sexual morality.

So we all know that Religions tell their faithful: No fornication, no adultery, no anal sex, no oral sex, no homosexuality, no pants, no short skirts, etc. Secular humanists however have no prescribed text to follow, no holy men to guide us in the finer points of dating and sex. Does this imply a no holds barred approach? How should Humanists navigate the minefields of love and lust? How should Humanists manage relationships with people of faith?

HackerspaceSG: Events of Week 50 (Dec 07 – Dec 13)

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Dec 072009
 

The previous week of events went very well indeed. So what’s up this week?

Hackerspace Hack Time
Mon, Dec 07 6:00 pm Tue, Dec 08 12:00 am

This is our every monday regular scheduled reserved time for our members to get anything done. So come join in and hack on any of your projects!

Hackerspace Robots Time
Tue, Dec 08 7:00 pm Tue, Dec 08 10:00 pm

Yes. You heard me. Robots Time! We’re setting up the rocket launcher sponsored by MakeAffinity and he’s going to teach us how to set up the remote controlling of our rocket launcher. So for those robot enthusiasts, join us in setting up this commemorative  moment where we open our space to the folks on the internet to shoot at whoever is in Hackerspace with the rocket launcher! Of course, discuss about robots till your hearts content.

Java User Group (JUG) Singapore December Meetup
Wed, Dec 09 07:00 pm Wed, Dec 09 10:00 pm

Java developers rocking in the house! We have Stephan February, one of our very own members of Hackerspace.SG, talking about Groovy and Grails in this JUG meetup. Groovy is an agile and dynamic language on top of the JVM, allowing you to write dynamic code while still letting you have the stability of the JVM. If you like Ruby, you’ll love Groovy. What’s Groovy if there isn’t a Rails implementation? Grails is your answer! RSVP here now and join us for a grooooovy night.

NSC1 Party
Sat, Dec 12 06:00 pm Sat, Dec 12 11:00 pm

On the very same day in the morning, the first Neoteny Singapore Camp (NSC1) is being held at the SMU Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship campus in Singapore. Naturally, after a full day of listening, talking and discussing about entrepreneurship and incubations, you want to sit back, chill out with a drink… and continue listening, talking and discussing. Join these folks at Hackerspace and get great insight from these wealth of experience and knowledge.

HackerspaceSG: Events of Week 49 (Nov 30 – Dec 6)

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Nov 302009
 

I thought I’ll try this out for size and see how people responds.

So upcoming for week 49 (yes, it is week 49 of year 2009), we have…

Hackerspace Hack Time
Mon, Nov 30 6:00 pm Tue, Dec 1 12:00 am

This is our every monday regular scheduled reserved time for our members to get anything done. So come join in and hack on any of your projects and prepare for the next day’s Show and Tell!

SHOW AND TELL with Carl Coryell-Martin and Vikram Rangnekar
Tue, Dec 1 8:00 pm 11:00 pm

Our very first “SHOW AND TELL” event by Hackerspace.SG. Carl has created a very interesting iPhone application. I’m not too sure what Vikram is doing. Joash Chee will probably be showing his Chordica Touch. We will have some British entrepreneurs in the house on Tuesday who might join us too. And a guest, Brad Greenspan (Founder of MySpace), might just drop by to say hi. This event is open to anyone who wants to show off what they have created! Come join us!

Singapore Ruby Brigade Meetup
Wed, Dec 2 7:00 pm 10:00 pm

The usual Singapore Ruby Brigade meeting, but with a different twist. This time round it is going to be a free form discussion and impromptu presentation. If you love really great geek discussions, join us for this meeting!

Singapore Perl Mongers Meetup
Sat, Dec 5 3:00 pm 7:00 pm

Singapore Perl Mongers is back for their 3rd meetup! For those Perl language enthusiasts, this is the chance for you to discuss with your peers on all things Perl. Geek out at the geekiest Perl meetup yet. RSVP on Facebook or their mailing list.

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