Hacks are good for you!
Brent Lang sends us this article he wrote about VHS and the Maker Movement: Maker Movement; Don’t know what it is?
VHS in the Vancouver Observer
One of Vancouver’s most creative and unique spaces is so obscure it takes a Youtube video to find it: through an alley, behind the blackbird-painted door across from some dumpsters, and up a creaky wood staircase. VHS is featured in this Vancouver …
Super Happy Hacker House 22 – The Egg drop edition.
What: VHS will be opening its doors for another awesome Super Happy Hacker House (SHHH). Shhh is a day of hacking, show-n-tell, and socializing. Bring a project you’re working on, or just come down and find out what Vancouver’s hackers, …
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What’s happening at the VHS, April 2012
[youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=QtGGe0bebnk] Apologies to Rob. Rob! You are a good person and I am a monster for forgetting your name. The Kaizen team last night put up the VHS banner over the lockers, did the dishes, cleaned out all kinds of …
Kaizen Nights
Like all living things the Hackspace needs regular care to keep it healthy. This Wednesday there were no less than 5 people at the space hauling, smashing, hammering, stacking, and disposing. They ripped out the old member storage and installed …
HOT PANTS-MAKING NIGHT! Monday, April 16th.
Some people have round asses and some people have flat asses. If you’ve never been able to find a pair of hot pants to fit your very special ass, this hot pants party is your chance to learn how to customise some …
Look what we got! – NEW LASER CUTTER
A brand new LASER CUTTER 80 watts of cutting power, capable of cutting up to 1″ in certain materials 39″ x 30″ (100cm x 80cm) bed, with the possibility to feed through larger pieces of material Driver type: Micro Stepping Motor Max …
Pictures from the intro to puppet workshop
Some of the photos from the intro to puppet workshop we had at the hackspace on Monday 27 March, 2012 Thank you to everyone who came out, We had a great time.
Locks & Lockpicking workshop – March 29, 2012
Lock picking is the art of unlocking a lock by analyzing and manipulating the components of the lock device, without the original key. Although lock picking can be associated with criminal intent, it is an essential skill for a …
What’s going on in the space, March 2012?
Crazy busy last night at the VHS. I think I sat down a total of 5 minutes to solder something and the rest was flitting about wiring, taping, filming, collaborating, and cleaning. So many faces, new and old. [youtube http://youtube.com/watch?v=Orp8i2m46no] …