Desktop Background

Here's a big copy of the OHack logo, suitable for setting as your desktop background:

Let's see this on every computer in Oberlin! First Mudd, then... maybe the Science Center! King? Dorms have computer labs sometimes, right?

HACK THE CAMPUS

How to Write a Program

Louisa Berger and Ike McCreery are teaching an introductory workshop, How to Write a Program, tonight from 8 to 9 p.m. in the upstairs OCCS lab.  We'll be tackling the 3n+1 problem collaboratively.  It's a workshop aimed at CS150 students who would like to get a better sense for how to tackle a programming assignment.  Hopefully we will all leave with a better sense of the method behind the madness of programming.

OHack is OPen

When?

Monday:    4-6  (Louisa)

Tuesday:   8-10 (Luke)

Wednesday: 8-10 (Ike)

Thursday:  8-10 (Garrett)

Sunday:    8-10 (All)

  

Where?

The new OHack space is in the basement floor of Harkness Co-op. The door is to the right of the main door to the co-op, down some stairs behind a bike rack.

What?

Bring laptops, projects, ideas or just your homework.

OHack Events This Week!

Attention all hackers:

This week, we're trying to start up some new workshops, hopefully to be continuing regularly the same day/time each week. We hope that you can attend all of them that sound interesting to you. Here's the lineup:

Wednesday, November 3 (tomorrow!):
Web Design with Python - King 221 @ 7:00 pm
Discuss/learn/talk about web design and working with Python/Django to create powerful, interactive web sites and applications. Bring your laptop, if you have one!
Ask at the main desk or look for signs to find out the exact location.

Thursday, November 4:
Sound Hacking - Wilder TBA @ 7:00 pm
Discuss/learn/talk about sound, how we like it, how we hate it, and how we would like to destroy it.
Same deal... we're not sure where this will be exactly, but it should be easy to find out.

These are just some of the things that are starting up at OHack. If you have any ideas for workshops you'd like to see (especially ones that you'd like to run yourself!), reply to this email and let us know! This is a collaborative effort, after all.

In addition, the OHack room in Wilder (room 328, for those interested) is currently a mess. It's filled with all kinds of fantastic junk, including old computers, monitors, phone cables, copies of Windows 95..... yeah. It's actually quite magnificent to behold. You should behold it. If you're interested in seeing this treasure cove, then you should participate in the OHACK SPACE DEFRAGMENTATION PARTY on Saturday at 2:00!

More emails will come when more things happen. Until then, happy hacking!

Project Discussion - Saturday 10/9 in Wilder 211

Hello fellow hackers. We apologize for the delay - we are currently working hard on securing a space for OHack, and have been writing proposals and attending meetings all week.

In the meantime, we want to have a forum for interested people to

discuss project ideas!

We will be in Wilder 211 tomorrow afternoon from 1:30-3:00, working on our own projects and sharing ideas with anybody who wants to come.

So take your half-finished code, your glitchy rewired children's toy, your sketchpad, your weird daydreams... and bring them to Wilder tomorrow. We're hoping to start developing a schedule of workshops and a few long-term collaborative projects to focus on ASAP.



We also have a temporary space in Wilder which is full of old computer equipment left by the now-defunct Computer Recycling Co-op. It is currently too small and full of stuff to have meetings in, but we want to change that! So -

Sunday afternoon!

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Cleaning party!

Want an old Mac to mess around with? If you can carry it away, it's yours!