[Vanhackspace] This week at VHS

[Dallas Luther]

Hey Sean,

I am not sure when this email was sent. The workshops generally. Start  
between 7 and 8, whenever the critical mass forms. The Led workshop  
was last week, but we will likely have another in the coming months.

Dallas



On 2010-07-20, at 6:33 AM, Sean Hill <seansghost+vhs at gmail.com> wrote:

> When is the LED workshop starting? 7... 8...?
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> Cheers,
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> Sean
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> Dallas Luther wrote:
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>> If you want to bring LEDs and batteries, that would be fine, we can  
>> help get them up and running! Lee's sells very bright 1 watt RGB  
>> LEDs for $9, which would work nicely in most conditions. Add a  
>> couple of AA's in a battery holder and a switch, and you have a  
>> nice little LED light.
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>> Dallas
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>> On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Emily Smith  
>> <emily at bluemollusc.com> wrote:
>> Do we need to bring any supplies for Tuesday's workshop?
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>> On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 7:25 AM, goldfish yo  
>> <goldfish.yo at gmail.com> wrote:
>> We've got a week packed with awesome at VHS for all the hackers,  
>> crafters and makers out there.
>>
>> Tonight, Monday July 19th is our second VHS craft night, and first  
>> VHS craft night workshop. We're going to doing some modular  
>> origami. What is modular Origami? Well our workshop host Mathew has  
>> provided an awesome description:
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>> Modular origami, or unit origami, is a paperfolding technique which  
>> uses multiple sheets of paper to create a larger and more complex  
>> structure than would be possible using single-piece origami  
>> techniques. Each individual sheet of paper is folded into a module,  
>> or unit, and then modules are assembled into an integrated flat  
>> shape or three-dimensional structure by inserting flaps into  
>> pockets created by the folding process. These insertions create  
>> tension or friction that holds the model together.
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>> We will be making one of three modular constructions of 12 or 32  
>> units ranging from beginner to intermediate skill level. Mathew  
>> will bring some origami paper, but for those who want to pick up  
>> paper, Yokayaya123 in International Village (Tinseltown) or Daiso  
>> in Aberdeen mall have a large selection of 6" x 6" sheets in many  
>> colours and patterns for $2 a package of 30-100
>>
>> This Tuesday, July 20th we are holding an introductory LED  
>> workshop. We will go over some of the fundamentals to get you  
>> rolling!
>> This night is being held in conjunction with Public Dreams 
>> ( Illuminaries festival) and will also feature some lantern making  
>> tutorials . Fancy building you own LED Lantern? Come find out how!
>> We would like to make this a collaborative night, so if you have  
>> some LED based projects, please bring them down and show them off.
>>
>> This Thursday, July 22nd we are holding a workshop on using  
>> openFrameworks. Openframeworks is a c++ library designed to assist  
>> the creative process by providing a simple and intuitive framework  
>> for experimentation.
>> The library is designed to work as a general purpose glue, and  
>> wraps together several commonly used libraries under a tidy  
>> interface: openGL for graphics, rtAudio for audio input and output,  
>> freeType for fonts,freeImage for image input and output, quicktime  
>> for video playing and sequence grabbing.
>>
>> More details on this last workshop will be coming, so stay tuned.
>>
>> goldfish
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>> -- 
>> Sincerely, emily.
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