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A Los Angeles hackerspace

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Author: carlyn

Calendar page with time scheduled to answer question on a mailing list.
How To 

One Thing To Do Today: Plan a way to give to the cause regularly

November 13, 2016January 15, 2017 carlyn 0 Comments basics, onething, security, TuesdaySweep

I am very angry.  This new but old reality has seeped into my skin, tricking my mind to look for

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screenshot of calendar with a weekly appointment set for safety sweep on Tuesdays
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One Thing To Do Today: Put security into your news rotation

November 12, 2016January 15, 2017 carlyn 0 Comments basics, bookmarks, onething, security, TuesdaySweep, twitter

While my career started in web development “back in the day,” I am more into the taking e-waste apart with no

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Picture of doodled on post-it note covering the camera on a laptop
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One thing to do today: Cover your camera with something pretty

November 11, 2016November 21, 2016 carlyn 0 Comments basics, communication, onething, opensource, opensourcehardware, OSH

The people who create computer hardware can build respect into the metal, or they can not. Or they can try, and

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How To 

One thing to do today: Download Signal

November 10, 2016November 18, 2016 carlyn 1 Comment communication, encryption

Let’s face it. We are primates. We need each other and we need to communicate. Sometimes we use our tools

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CRASH Updates 

501(c)3 Status – Achievement Unlocked!!

December 30, 2013December 30, 2013 carlyn 0 Comments

Dear CRASH Space, Late on Friday, in the middle of the dark Tejon pass, Tod quietly announced, “CRASH Space got

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How To 

Found @ CRASH Space No 6. – USB LED Light goes Dieselpunk

August 15, 2013August 15, 2013 carlyn 2 Comments F@CS, LED, USB

So there was a delay this week in the F@CS series. Why? Because I met my match in a part

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How To 

Found @ CRASH Space No 5. – Tactile Swiches

August 7, 2013August 7, 2013 carlyn 0 Comments components, F@CS, lasercutter

Tactile momentary switches are magic. Think of all the giant heavy toggle switches and spring-based momentary push buttons on some

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How To 

Found @ CRASH Space No. 4: Pager Motors as Insects

July 31, 2013August 7, 2013 carlyn 0 Comments components, F@CS

Pager motors are small motors with a lopsided weight on the end that were developed to shake pagers (link provided

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How To 

Found @ CRASH Space No. 3: Too Many Phones!!!

July 23, 2013July 30, 2013 carlyn 0 Comments ewaste, F@CS

  We get a lot of cell phones donated to us. We don’t use them. They get taken to Good

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How To 

Found @ CRASH Space No. 2: Industrial Staple Turned Meditation Chime

July 16, 2013July 16, 2013 carlyn 0 Comments F@CS, lasercutter

This heavy duty metal something was found in our scraped-of-the-floor bucket. Steve G says it’s a staple. It also sort

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How To 

Found @ CRASH Space No. 1: Apple – Arduino Power Supply

July 9, 2013August 7, 2013 carlyn 1 Comment F@CS, soldering

I’m not sure how many of you remember the Take Apart Tuesday series, but with my crash-space-meta-duties lightened I want

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Events 

More Lockpicking This Saturday! (Oct 22, 2011)

October 18, 2011 carlyn 0 Comments

Saturday, October 22nd from 7-9pm http://collegeoflockpicking.eventbrite.com You can pick your friends. You can pick your beer. But can you pick…

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