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Electronics 101 - March 2010

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:17:01 +0900

Start: 03/13/2010 - 17:00

End: 03/13/2010 - 20:00

Electronics 101
* Students are requested to bring a 9-volt battery, and 4 AA batteries

Member Price:
2500 yen

Non-Member Price:
4000

Ages 12 to adult.

The Electronics 101 class is your chance to learn the basics of electronic circuits from the pros. Even if you have no idea what a resistor is, or have never picked up a soldering iron before, you can do it all, with a just a little bit of help.

This class is perfect for absolute beginners. I have stripped it down to the bare essentials, making it perfect for young people or the technologically challenged! :)

"The Cove" at THS

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:59:44 +0900

Start: 03/17/2010 - 19:00

End: 03/17/2010 - 19:00

On Mar 17th, 7pm, we will screen "The Cove" at theTokyo Hacker Space. There will be a discussion afterwards.

Info about "The Cove" from www.thecovemovie.com

Song Writing with David Chester (rescheduled)

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:21:01 +0900

Start: 03/20/2010 - 10:00

End: 03/20/2010 - 10:00

Event Type:
Workshop

Have you ever wondered what it takes to write a commercial song? Do
you feel you have a knack for writing lyrics or a great melody, but
are unsure how to put it all together? Have you written a song but
don't know what your next step is?

Join us for an afternoon songwriting workshop with professional
songwriter David Chester where we will go over the the nuts and bolts
of writing a well-crafted commercial song, including:

• Song structure
• "Hooks"
• "Riffs"
• Great lyrics (They are not all "I love you" and "You broke my heart")

Let's Build A Brain Machine

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:20:14 +0900

Start: 03/20/2010 - 13:00

End: 03/20/2010 - 13:00

n/a

Crochet Class- Learn the basics of Crocheting from expert Kathleen Fuller

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:19:23 +0900

Start: 03/20/2010 - 13:00

End: 03/20/2010 - 15:00

Come learn the basics of Crocheting in our nice cozy craft room atmosphere. supplies will be provided with materials fee and class fee.

Class fee 1500 THS members
Class fee 3000 non members

Materials fee ALL 1500 yen

Class size limit 8 people so please sign up in the space below early.

Tokyo Writer's Salon Critique day (lounge area)- outside group

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:30:08 +0900

Start: 03/20/2010 - 18:00

End: 03/20/2010 - 21:00

EVENT for members of Tokyo Writers Salon who have attended previous monthly meetings

This is the day to bring in copies of an existing project for formal critique. We will be honest, constructive but still kind-

This session will be limited to 6 people to make sure we have time to get through everything that is brought, so rsvp early to make sure you have a space.
time will be from 6-9 pm (3 hrs)

attendees MUST bring paper copies of their work.

Ada Lovelace Day!

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:56:17 +0900

Start: 03/24/2010 - 10:00

End: 03/24/2010 - 22:00

March 24th is Ada Lovelace Day, a memorial for the first computer programmer who just happened to be a woman. We are invited to take part in an online blogging experience to celebrate all women in the technological world.

You can go to to http://findingada.com/ then pledge to write (or video or audio) about a woman who has inspired you and publish your note on March 24th.

We will hopefully be celebrating our Female HackerSpace - ers on that day as well!

"hand made blues" Benefit for THS

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:21:50 +0900

Start: 03/25/2010 - 19:00

End: 03/25/2010 - 19:00

TokyoHackerSpace Music Benefit
Thur 25th March 2010
7pm - till late
Pink Cow, Shibuya http://www.thepinkcow.com/
1000 yen entry, all proceeds to TokyoHackerSpace http://tokyohackerspace.org/

Help support Tokyo's newest creative community tech-art-diy based
hackerspace!
(What's a Hackerspace? -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackerspace )

featuring

Steve Gardner's Hand Made Mississippi Blues http://www.stevegardner.info/
and
Komuso Tokugawa`s Bitstream Boogie Trio http://music.sonicviz.com/ (w/ SouHatori/Drums & Hisa Nakase/Bass)

and DJ Vince Ota's OldSkool Vinyl

Mixology Part 2 the three M's

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:22:47 +0900

Start: 03/26/2010 - 19:30

End: 03/26/2010 - 19:30

Come learn from a real live professional bartender. We'll review the basics of mixing and measuring. Then we will make, taste and enjoy our own M-classics
Martinis
Margaritas
and
Mai Tai's

Class includes tasty treats and all materials

2500 yen THS members
4500 yen non members

class size max is 10 people
supplies provided, and all ingredients
bring a notebook and your bartending questions.

(must be 20 yrs old)

Students get to take home some basic bar swag for your home bar.

Two Day MEGA-BOOK-SALE

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:08:10 +0900

Start: 03/27/2010 - 12:00

End: 03/28/2010 - 20:00

Mega-Book-Sale featuring amazing books in english! everything from fiction, to computers, travel, the arts, cooking... You name it.

All paperbacks 300 yen
all hardbacks 500 yen

come browse, enjoy and buy!

To put your own books in the sale contact lauren dot shannon at gmail dot com

Outside group rental DAJ USA Tax advice

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:24:46 +0900

Start: 03/29/2010 - 19:00

End: 03/29/2010 - 19:00

outside group rental both lounge and work room.

Tokyo Good Books and Good Food Book group meeting and buffet party

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:41:46 +0900

Start: 03/31/2010 - 19:00

End: 03/31/2010 - 19:00

our theme for March is
Non Fiction/ Theme Economics .
put your book title suggestions in the thread on the message board.

Book TBA

This meeting will be 3000 yen catered buffet/ House Party, please bring some beverages to share, wine, beer, softdrinks.

(coffee and tea is provided)

WiFi 101

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:28:30 +0900

Start: 04/01/2010 - 19:00

End: 04/01/2010 - 19:00

Learn how to safely operate and use your own and public WiFi hotspots. Hands-on will include how to pimp your performance by using Opensource firmwares like dd-wrt. Infrastructure security auditing will also be covered if time permits.

1000 yen members
2000 yen non

coffee and tea provided
craft beer on-hand for 500 yen a bottle.

Collage And Mixed Media Brunch

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:26:43 +0900

Start: 04/04/2010 - 12:00

End: 04/04/2010 - 12:00

(collage sample by artist Ann Marie Scartabello)

We'll provide magazines, found objects, paper, cardboard, bits and parts so you can build yourself a fantastic collage or mixed media object de art. Make yourself some spiffy artwork. We’ll supply magazines galore and art books that you can copy, as well as the glue, tape and scissors, sparkles, and other odds and ends.