Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Hardware Freedom Day 2013 in Manchester

[Michael Dorrington]

Thanks to all those that attended yesterday and extra thanks for those
that got involved in the discussions.

And special thanks/credit to Bob Clough, Bob Ham, Roy Evison and Daniel
Botting for helping with running event.

While looking at Andrew “bunnie” Huang's blog I noticed that he has
released "Hacking the Xbox" for zero price (and its under a CC licence):
http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=3012
http://nostarch.com/xboxfree

As seen on the HACMan tour, if you want to start building some Free
Hardware then I recommend getting involved with HACMan
<http://hacman.org.uk/>.

Happy Hacking!
Mike.

On 09/04/13 19:30, Michael Dorrington wrote:
> Please feel free to forward this to those that would welcome it.
> 
> * Event: Hardware Freedom Day 2013 in Manchester
>   http://hfday.org/
>   http://wiki.hfday.org/2013/UK/Manchester/Manchester
> 
> * Location: Madlab. (Manchester Digital Laboratory).
> * Address: 36-40 Edge Street, Manchester. M4 1HN.
> "(Between Thomas St and the Craft Centre, opposite A Bar Called Common)"
>   http://madlab.org.uk/
> * Date: Saturday, 20th April 2013 (3rd Saturday in April)
> * Start time: 14:00
> * Finish time: 17:00
> 
> Details
> -------
> Hardware Freedom Day is an annual world wide celebration of Free
> Hardware <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Hardware> with the aim of
> promoting Hardware Freedom to everyone.  This year the event lands on
> Saturday, 20th April.  You can see the teams around the world that will
> be participating on the HFD 2013 Events Map
> <http://www.hfday.org/map/index.php?year=2013>.  This includes
> Manchester, UK!
> 
> The event will be a chance to discuss, show and see Free Hardware.  The
> following topics are for discussion (but other Hardware Freedom topics
> are welcome):
> 
> * The anti-Free Hardware Restricted Boot (aka Secure Boot)
> <http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot>
> * Novena <http://www.kosagi.com/w/index.php?title=Novena_Main_Page>
> * Arduino <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduino>
> * Openmoko <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openmoko>
>   * GTA04 by Golden Delicious
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openmoko#Golden_Delicious_GTA04_board>
> * XiVO <http://blog.xivo.fr/>
> * Pandora <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora_%28console%29>
> * Ben NanoNote <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_NanoNote>
> * Crypto Stick <https://www.crypto-stick.com/>
> * miniCNC <http://www.repairablemachines.com/introduction.html>
> * OH&A <http://www.ohanda.org/>
> * OSHUG <http://oshug.org/>
> 
> Helping out
> -----------
> * ManLUG, HACMan and Manchester Free Software are working together on
> this event but would like to work with more groups and individuals
> wanting to help out.  So if you or your group want to help out then
> please send an email to address@hidden .
> 
> * If you have some Free Hardware and would like to demo it to people
> then please send an email to address@hidden and help
> out on the day.  Alternatively, just turn up on the day with it.
> 
> Location
> --------
> The event will take place at Madlab on Edge Street in the Northern
> Quarter. "(Between Thomas St and the Craft Centre, opposite A Bar Called
> Common)". The venue provides wifi. After the event we will go for drinks
> and food to continue the informal discussions. This will be at
> location(s) decided on the day.
> 
> Transport
> ---------
> Parking: There are parking meter bays on the street but its very
> expensive, only really good for a short stop.  There are paid parking
> lots around the venue, the light blue P in this OpenStreetMap centred on
> Madlab
> <http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=53.48427&lon=-2.23652&zoom=15&layers=M>.
>  A lot of them, perhaps all, are are owned by NCP
> <http://www.ncp.co.uk/>.  If you can't decide otherwise then park in
> Manchester Arndale <http://www.manchesterarndale.com/directions.aspx>.
> 
> Public Transport: Manchester Victoria (MCV) train station, Shudehill
> tram station and Manchester Piccadilly bus station are all fairly close
> to Madlab, see OpenStreetMap centred on Madlab
> <http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=53.48427&lon=-2.23652&zoom=15&layers=M>.
>  Manchester Piccadilly (MAN) train station and Manchester Central Coach
> Station are not too far either.
> 
> Further Information
> -------------------
> See http://wiki.hfday.org/2013/UK/Manchester/Manchester
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Mike.


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