Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 29th, 2010
On September 18 each year, people all over the world celebrate Software Freedom Day. It’s a day when free software developers and users raise awareness in their local community of the benefits software freedom brings. Some cities have huge events with music, talks, vendors, even cheerleaders, parades, and feasts. Dallas SFD events, on the other [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 17th, 2010
Art conspiracy is a local 501(c)(3) non-profit that organizes a big fund raising event for a different North Texas charity each year. They’ve raised over $70,000 for local groups so far. To cover their annual operating expenses, they also hold an annual art auction called the Art Con SEED event. For SEED 2010, Art Conspiracy [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 11th, 2010
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 3rd, 2010
The TEDxSMU conference is coming up in October and they’ve issued a call for artists. They’re looking for individuals or groups to propose interactive art installations that relate to the theme of their upcoming conference, and which TED participants can interact with over the course of the event. As usual, we’re late on the uptake [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 28th, 2010
Time for a Dallas Makerspace update! Next Meeting: Topics: New space, Makerbot, ArtCon SEED clock, and more When: Thursday, July 1, 7pm Where: XMaxGames, 1931 Skillman St., Dallas, TX, 75206 Map: http://bit.ly/aOCUrw Art Con SEED Clock Project Art Conspiracy is a local 501(c)(3) non-profit that organizes a big fund raising event for a different North [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 18th, 2010
Hi everyone, Glenn, Alan, and I visited another building in the complex as the previous building. It looks to be a winner! I’m coordinating with the leasing agent. It is 1680sqft and is going for a discounted rate of $700/mo. The address is: 11020 Audelia Rd Suite C103 Dallas, TX 75243 Mark, Peter, and I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 13th, 2010
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 11th, 2010
Here’s an update for those who didn’t make the meeting last night. Peter and Mark put the final touches on the CupCakeCNC/Makerbot last night. By the end of the evening, Glenn had the tables moving in X, Y, and Z axis. The heater element would start heating but we couldn’t make the extruder motor turn. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 3rd, 2010
In preparation for tonight’s meeting, I started a Wiki Page for an Adafruit.com group buy. http://www.dallasmakerspace.com/wiki/Adafruit_Group_Buy Please add anything you’d like from Adafruit, and I’ll look up what sort of discount applies (it varies per item). The discounts are geared towards higher quantities of items, but most things get at least a 10% discount even [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 14th, 2010
Nice meeting last night, everyone! For those of you who missed it, Eric’s presentation on Blender was great. After some discussion, we decided to move ahead on getting a space. Our sites are set on a space near LBJ and Skillman, but we’re also looking around at other places around town. We’ve got over $4500 [...]
