January 9th: i3Detroit Ice Skating Trip!

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Join us for an afternoon of ice skating at the Birmingham Ice Arena!

Mark your calendars!  On Sunday, January 9th, we’ll depart i3Detroit at 12:00 PM for lunch (location TBD once we get together).  Around 1:15, we’ll head over to the Birmingham Ice Arena for the 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM open skate.  Be sure to bring $5 for admission and $3 for rental skates if you need them (bring skates if you can, though; the online information says “limited sizes” are available).

Once we’ve had our fill, we’ll return to i3Detroit for hot chocolate, grilled cheese, and roast marshmallows.  Yum!

Additional Links and Information:

Birmingham Ice Arena
2300 East Lincoln Street
Birmingham, MI 48009
(248) 530-1640

Ice Arena 2010-2011 Open Skate Flyer (PDF)

Questions?  Contact events@i3detroit.com

See you then!

A dance party? In my hackerspace? It's more likely than you think!

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Q: What’s more useless than Twitter?A dance party? In my hackerspace? It's more likely than you think!

A: A big, multicolored, spinning, disco-ball-thingy that is connected to Twitter!

You may have noticed* a sudden rise in the occurrence of the word “i3detroit” on Twitter in the last day or so. As part of the development of our hackerspace automation system, we’ve hooked up an rs485 relay box to a python script that is constanly watching twitter. Whenever the magic word “i3detroit” whizzes by on the twittertubes, the relay closes for 30 seconds.

Add the aforementioned disco-light and you’ve got an instant, half-minute, dance party triggered by any twitter user anywhere!

You can join the party yourself here.

*of course you didn’t.

2nd annual WinterLAN coming up: 1-15-11

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Save the date! On January 15th,  i3 Detroit will be hosting the second annual i3 WinterLAN Social event, starting Saturday at noon and ending when the sun comes up on Sunday.

The event will be all about games – BYOC (Bring your own computer) gaming, Board gaming, and tabletop RPG.

The i3Detroit common space will be set up for computer gaming with plenty of power, tables, and chairs.  The loft will sport a projector hooked up for console gaming (Got a vintage console you can bring?).  Board games will take place in any of our multiple rooms.

If you have any kind of game people will enjoy, bring it, bring yourself, and bring your thirst for gaming.  See you then!

Announcing the Maker Mixer, September 4th

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Detroit’s first Maker Faire was a smashing success by all accounts, bringing together hundreds of exhibiting makers, scores of awesome creations, and tens of thousands of onlookers and makers-to-be.   It was educational, entertaining, and most of all, busy.

So busy, in fact, that many makers spent the whole weekend in their booths, with little opportunity to meet each other.  And while the spectacle was great for short-term attention, the synergy is where long-term gains stand to be made. To that end, i3Detroit will host an event we’re calling the Maker Mixer. On September 4th, anyone who’s interested in DIY (and especially anyone who exhibited at Maker Faire) is encouraged to come down to Ferndale and spend the afternoon at i3Detroit’s shop.

Some food and drink will be provided, BYO is always welcome. Details to follow as the event approaches.

Offical Maker Faire After Party!

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Well here we are finally! The weekend we have all been working towards for weeks and months. i3 Detroit is proud to announce that we are holding the official after party for Maker Faire Detroit 2010. We have a lot of friends in town from other hackerspaces across Canada and the US so what better way to celebrate Maker Faire and all of us being in Detroit together than to throw a party. We would like to invite you and all of your friends to come out to i3 Detroit this Saturday July 31st 2010 to i3 Detroit for drinks, snacks, live DJ and great company.

Make sure you come prepared for great conversation and people!

Where: i3 Detroit – 1481 Wordsworth Ferndale, MI 48220

When: Saturday, July 31st 10PM-3AM

Free|21+|Live DJ| Great Company