Nottingham HackspaceYou have to check this awesome video of the official cupcake opening. Comments indicate that the cupcake was “surprisingly unstale” and had condensation on it after taking about 2 weeks to get to LVL1 Hackerspace in Louisville Kentucky USA.
The whole Cupcake Challenge has been a great success and we hope to have more involvement with LVL1 in the future!
They’re going to open the cupcake about 1 a.m. 2nd Feb 2011 GMT we think they might UStream the event. If so we’ll post a link on twitter! 
We are no longer running the Nottinghack site at meetup.com. We’ll be experimenting with a new events diary over the next couple of weeks.
You can keep up with events and news about the Nottingham Hackspace by following us on our twitter @HSNOTTS or on Facebook Nottinghack Page or by checking here regularly.
Join in by visiting us from 6:30pm on our regular
Wednesday Open Hack Night – it’s FREE & always will be!
Get the basics of PCB (Printed Circuit Board) manufacture from Nottinghack’s Matt Little (from our Soldering & Drawdio Workshops).
There are many processes and techniques for making a printed circuit board (PCB).
In this session Matt will guide you through his process for making PCBs
Matt uses a mixture of home-made and bought tools. He will highlight some of the problems and share some of the tips and tricks he’s uses.
You will get to create and keep a circuit board for a simple LED flashing circuit (components included).
The circuit board layout is made using the open source software called KiCad (for both Linux and Windows). If you have a (small) circuit you would like created then bring along your completed PCB design and we can make that with you!
The Challenge is to mail spending less than $50 a cake to another Hackspace that is at least 1000 miles away… It should taste great and arrive in pristine condition.Our challenge partner Hackerspace is LVL1 the Louisville Hackerspace in Kentucky USA. They are nice folk and well worth a follow on Twitter @lvl1hackerspace
After the success of the last event & interest from members & non-members who couldn’t make it, We’ve decided to run 2 more sessions to introduce people to the techniques of picking locks & lock-sport as a hobby.
The two sessions will run on Monday 17th January from 6-9pm and Saturday the 22nd of January from 12-3pm, to allow people who can’t make events on a “school night” or on a weekend to attend.
Both sessions will be open to all, including those who have attended previous sessions. Spaces are limited to 15 people for each event. So register now!
Come to Nottingham Hackspace and learn a method that you can remember! Group & 1-on-1 tuition will be provided. Costs £4 including a speed cube for you to keep.
More details available on our meetup.com page
http://www.meetup.com/Nottinghack/calendar/15498466/
Don’t want to join meetup? Go to our facebook page and sign up there and we’ll add you to the guest list. Places are limited so please register now to avoid disappointment!
Hackers are people who have very few things in common except … they want to make stuff……. share knowledge and le
arn new skills… it’s more than electronics and robotics we dabble in art, shed-chemistry, backyard ballistics, programming, woodwork, kite flying, engineering, knitting, homebrewing, problem solving, prototyping…
Hacking is about taking control of the things in your life and knowing how to make them work for you, from fixing your bike to jail breaking your iPhone.
