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= Hackers on a Train Workshop Tour 2012! =
= Hackers on a Train Workshop Tour 2012! =
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Can we do a workshop at your hackerspace this summer?<br>
Can we do a workshop at your hackerspace this summer?<br>
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== Itinerary ==  
== Itinerary ==  
Here is the schedule so far (as of 6-June):
Here is the schedule (as of 6-June):
* '''June 30''' -- arrive 6:35pm in ''New York, NY''
* '''June 30''' -- arrive 6:35pm in ''New York, NY''
* '''July 7''' -- workshop at The Hacktory, ''Philadelphia, PA''
* '''July 7''' -- workshop at The Hacktory, ''Philadelphia, PA''
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* HackPhilly -- Philadelphia, PA
* HackPhilly -- Philadelphia, PA
* Hive76 -- Philadelphia, PA
* Hive76 -- Philadelphia, PA
* [http://makelehighvalley.com/ MakeLV] -- Allentown, PA
* MakeLV -- Allentown, PA
* MakerBar -- Hoboken, NJ
* MakerBar -- Hoboken, NJ
* AlphaOne Labs -- NY, NY
* AlphaOne Labs -- NY, NY
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* Freeside -- Atlanta, GA
* Freeside -- Atlanta, GA
* Tx/Rx Labs -- Houston, TX
* Tx/Rx Labs -- Houston, TX
* ATX hackerspace -- Austin, TX
* Quelab -- Albuquerque, NM
* Quelab -- Albuquerque, NM
* ALTspace -- Seattle, WA
* ALTspace -- Seattle, WA
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* 23b Shop -- Fullerton, CA
* 23b Shop -- Fullerton, CA


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=== Tentative Schedule ===
'''All dates are now confirmed and final!  Yay!'''
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* <span style="color:orange">'''''June 27''' -- San Francisco Ferry Bdg (SFC) --> Emeryville (EMY) train #5006 7:50a --> 8:25a''</span>
* <span style="color:orange">'''''June 27''' -- Emeryville (EMY) --> Chicago (CHI) #6 9:10a --> 2:50p (29-Jun)''</span>
* <span style="color:orange">'''''June 29''' -- Chicago (CHI) --> New York (NYP) #48 9:30p --> 6:35p (30-Jun)''</span>
* '''July 2''' -- AlphaOne Labs, ''New York, NY''
* '''July 3''' -- MakerBar, ''Hoboken, NJ''
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* <span style="color:orange">'''''July 4''' -- New York (NYP)--> Philadelphia (PHL) train #157 12:05p --> 1:30p''</span>
* '''July 5''' -- [http://makelehighvalley.com/ MakeLV], ''Allentown, PA''
* '''July 6''' -- Hive76, ''Philadelphia, PA''
* '''July 7''' -- The Hacktory, ''Philadelphia, PA''
* '''July 8''' -- HackPhilly, ''Philadelphia, PA''
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* <span style="color:orange">'''''July 9''' -- Philadelphia (PHL) --> New York (NYP) train #42 3:25p --> 4:50p''</span>
* '''July 13-15''' -- HOPE #9, ''New York, NY''
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* <span style="color:orange">'''''July 18''' -- New York (NYP)--> Berlin, CT (BER) train #56 11:33a --> 1:56p''</span>
* '''July 18''' -- NESIT, ''Meredin, CT''
* '''July 19''' -- CT Hackerspace, ''Watertown, CT''
* '''July 20''' -- Make Haven (short visit), ''New Haven, CT''
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* <span style="color:orange">'''''July 20''' -- New Haven, CT (NHV) --> Boston (BOS) train #86 2:05p --> 4:36p''</span>
* '''July 21-22''' -- Awesome Foundation Summit, ''Boston, MA''
* <span style="color:#C0C0C0">'''July 23''' -- Parts and Crafts, ''Sommerville, MA'' -- CANCELED DUE TO ORGANIZER FLAKING OUT </span>
* '''July 23''' -- Artisan's Asylum, ''Sommerville, MA''
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* <span style="color:orange">'''''July 24''' -- Boston (BOS) --> Syracuse (SYR) train #449 11:55a --> 9:41p''</span>
* '''July 25''' -- Syracuse Innovators Guild, ''Syracuse, NY''
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* <span style="color:orange">'''''July 26''' -- Syracuse (SYR) --> CBN train #63 12:48p --> 4:37p''</span>
* <span style="color:#C0C0C0">'''''July 26''' -- CBN --> Toronto (TWO) train #7098 4:57p --> 7:42p'' -- CANCELED DUE TO CBP TURNING ME AWAY AT THE BORDER ON 26-JULY</span>
* '''July 27-29''' -- World Future Society conference, ''Toronto, ON'' -- MY INVOLVEMENT CANCELED DUE TO CBP TURNING ME AWAY AT THE BORDER ON 26-JULY
<br>
* <span style="color:#C0C0C0">'''''July 31''' -- Toronto (TWO) --> CBN train #7097 8:20a --> 10:22a'' -- CANCELED DUE TO CBP TURNING ME AWAY AT THE BORDER ON 26-JULY</span>
* <span style="color:#C0C0C0">'''''July 31''' -- CBN --> Buffalo (BUF) train #64 10:27a --> 1:31p'' -- CANCELED DUE TO CBP TURNING ME AWAY AT THE BORDER ON 26-JULY</span>
* '''July 26''' -- ''unexpected night at Days Inn in Niagra Falls, NY'', ''Niagra Falls, NY''
* '''July 27-31''' -- ''unexpected 4 days in Buffalo, NY'', ''Niagra Falls, NY''
* '''July 30''' -- Tinker School, ''Buffalo, NY''
* '''July 30''' -- Android class at Buffalo Lab, ''Buffalo, NY''
* '''July 31''' -- Buffalo Lab (quick workshop), ''Buffalo, NY''
<br>
* <span style="color:orange">'''''July 31''' -- Buffalo (BUF) --> Chicago (CHI) train #49 11:59p --> 9:45a (1-Aug)''</span>
* '''August 2''' -- Pumping Station: One, ''Chicago, IL''
* '''August 3''' -- Workshop88, ''Glen Ellyn, IL''
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* <span style="color:orange">'''''August 4''' -- Chicago (CHI) --> Milwaukee (MKE) train #335 1:05p --> 2:34p''</span>
* '''August 4''' -- Bucketworks, ''Milwaukee, WI''
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* <span style="color:orange">'''''August 5''' -- Milwaukee (MKE) --> Seattle (SEA) train #7 3:55p --> 10:25a (7-Aug)''</span>
* '''August 8-12''' -- ToorCamp, ''NW corner of WA state''
* '''August 14''' -- ALTspace, ''Seattle, WA''
* '''August 15''' -- Black Lodge Research, ''Seattle, WA''
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* <span style="color:orange">'''''August 17''' -- Seattle (SEA) --> Vancouver (VAC) train #516 6:50p --> 10:50p''</span>
* <span style="color:#C0C0C0">'''August 18''' -- Vancouver Hacker Space, ''Vancouver, BC'' -- MY INVOLVEMENT CANCELED DUE TO CBP TURNING ME AWAY AT THE BORDER ON 26-JULY </span>
<br>
* <span style="color:orange">'''''August 17''' -- Seattle (SEA) --> Emeryville (EMY) #11 9:45a --> 8:15a (18-Aug)''</span>
* <span style="color:orange">'''''August 18''' -- Emeryville (EMY) --> SF Ferry Bdg (SFC) #5011 8:25a --> 9:00a''</span>
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'''* '''August 18''' -- Noisebridge, ''San Francisco, CA'' -- Back home!'''
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* <span style="color:#C0C0C0">'''''August 20''' -- Vancouver (VAC) --> Seattle (SEA) #8911 5:30a --> 9:00a'' -- CANCELED DUE TO CBP TURNING ME AWAY AT THE BORDER ON 26-JULY</span>
* <span style="color:#C0C0C0">'''''August 20''' -- Seattle (SEA) --> Emeryville (EMY) #11 9:45a --> 8:15a (21-Aug)'' -- CANCELED DUE TO CBP TURNING ME AWAY AT THE BORDER ON 26-JULY</span>
* <span style="color:#C0C0C0">'''''August 21''' -- Emeryville (EMY) --> SF Ferry Bdg (SFC) #5011 8:25a --> 9:00a'' -- CANCELED DUE TO CBP TURNING ME AWAY AT THE BORDER ON 26-JULY</span>
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<span style="color:#C0C0C0"> '''* '''August 21''' -- Noisebridge, ''San Francisco, CA'' -- Back home!'''
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== Workshops & Talks ==
== Workshops & Talks ==
* '''Learn to Solder workshop''' ''(3 hours)''<br>
* '''Learn to Solder workshop'''<br>
We'll be bringing lots of our kits, all designed for total beginners, but fun and intriguing enough for everyone. We can teach anyone and everyone how to solder -- [http://mightyohm.com/blog/2011/04/soldering-is-easy-comic-book/ soldering actually is easy]! (See below for a list of kits we'll have with us.)
We'll be bringing lots of our kits, all designed for total beginners, but fun and intriguing enough for everyone. We can teach anyone and everyone how to solder -- [http://mightyohm.com/blog/2011/04/soldering-is-easy-comic-book/ soldering actually is easy]! (See below for a list of kits we'll have with us.)
* We can teach '''workshops on more advanced topics''', too -- please ask.  
* We can teach '''workshops on more advanced topics''', too.  
* I can also give my "[http://www.cornfieldelectronics.com/downloads/tvbg_arduino/tvbg_arduino_workshop.htm Arduino For Total Newbies]" workshop ''(3 hours, plus extra time at the end if people want it).''
* I can also give my "[http://www.cornfieldelectronics.com/downloads/tvbg_arduino/tvbg_arduino_workshop.htm Arduino For Total Newbies]" workshop.
* And Jimmie can give his '''"Circuit Bending" workshop'''.  
* And Jimmie can give his '''"Circuit Bending" workshop'''.  
* We can also give '''talks''', if there's interest.  
* We can also give '''talks''', if there's interest.  
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* '''Brain Machine''' -- ''(Meditate, Hallucinate, and Trip Out!)''<br>
* '''Brain Machine''' -- ''(Meditate, Hallucinate, and Trip Out!)''<br>
* '''Mignonette Game''' -- ''(build your own handheld game console!)''<br>
* '''Mignonette Game''' -- ''(build your own handheld game console!)''<br>
* '''Trippy RGB Waves''' -- ''(interactive blinky lights!)''<br>
* '''Trippy RGB Waves''' -- ''(interac tive blinky lights!)''<br>
* '''LEDcube''' -- ''(animated 3D cube of LEDs!)''<br>
* '''LEDcube''' -- ''(animated 3D cube of LEDs!)''<br>
* '''MiniPOV''' -- ''(more cool blinky lights!)''<br>
* '''MiniPOV''' -- ''(more cool blinky lights!)''<br>
* '''BoArduino''' -- ''(solderless breadboard Arduino!)''<br>
* '''BoArduino''' -- ''(solderless breadborad Arduino!)''<br>
* '''Diavolino''' -- ''(shield compatible Arduino from Evil Mad Science!)''<br>
* '''Diavolino''' -- ''(shield compatible Arduino from Evil Mad Science!)''<br>
* '''OpenHeart''' -- ''(animate fun patterns in the shape of a heart!)''<br>
* '''OpenHeart''' -- ''(animate fun patterns in the shape of a heart!)''<br>
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