christmas-market strassen 2012

christmas-market strassen 2012
As every year, syn2cat animated a booth at the local christmas market in Strassen. Selling our well known Glühmate which is the Club Mate Winter Edition heated to a nice hot temperature. Tastes really well. And of course, with a bit of rhum the glory beverage is best. Also available a new edition of our ...

collision detection: workshops and talks all around

collision detection: workshops and talks all around
We are going to start the school year by having a Radioshow on RadioAra on the 15th of September 2012. Muling & Thierry will be live on 103.3, 105.2 FM and ara.lu so tune in and get the latest news on what is going on @ syn2cat’s Hackerspace. So what’s new in 2012/2013: Many talks ...

AtariST – The past catches up

AtariST - The past catches up
From the oppression of overscan and its liberation to the wide Parallax Distorter, the attendees of the AtariST workshop were impressed that the Atari was– and still is– amazing! We, the younger generation that has not come into contact with computers like the Atari or Amiga, travelled back in time to the 80’s and were ...

HaxoGreen 2012 – Call for Proposals 1

HaxoGreen 2012 - Call for Proposals
After more than 80 satisfied campers in 2010, the long awaited third iteration of HaxoGreen, in its 2012 edition is finally here! After a very successful start into the forays of international hackcamps and hackerfests, hackerspaces and hackerspace-folks from all over Europe and beyond will meet for an informal exchange of knowledge on the this third iteration of our 4-day ...

Atari ST workshop series 3

Atari ST workshop series
Our member Gunstick has started his workshop series about the Atari ST platform with a focus on oldschool demos which were the craze in the 90’s. This Saturday was the first talk (get the slides from there too) with a focus on the convoluted history, the specifications of the machine and showing off a whole ...

Marble Adder 4

Marble Adder
Every 2 years the science festival invites to bring science to young people. It is split into 2 parts. The first 2 days are for dedicated workshops with groups from various schools. The last 2 days are open to the public. Being a bit late with our submission we came up with the nice idea ...

You’re not alone!

You're not alone!
Some of you have not yet heard about it. Some of you already started counting days in October. And some of you will already be prepared from the years before. Behind Enemy Lines The Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin is reaching its 28th happening; this years topic: Behind Enemy Lines As every year, hackers from ...

syn2cat at the 25th student’s fair

syn2cat at the 25th student's fair
We all tend to repeat the good things in our lives and so does syn2cat. On November 10th and 11th, the hackerspace was present at the 25th issue of the “Foire de l’Etudiant”. After the success of 2010, where we gained at least three new members, BEESECURE, the Luxembourgian operation for internet awareness raising, invited ...

See how our Blinkentrees are made – Part 1

See how our Blinkentrees are made - Part 1
Material for our Blinkentrees has been ordered and arrived. Blinkentrees are electronic Christmas trees which are sold on the X-Mas market in Strassen in December. Because a whole bunch of such trees are to be built, a strict plan is required to get them finished in time. Thus we will start the Blinkentree 2011 Project ...

Tweetup nächsten Donneschten am @syn2cat

Tweetup nächsten Donneschten am @syn2cat
Short notice: den nächsten Donneschden ass am @syn2cat zu Stroossen (Hei mei infos zur Location) ass en Tweetup (Twitter Meetup). Du kanns dech op der Event Sait aschreiwen mat dengem Twitter username. (http://wiki.hackerspace.lu/wiki/Tweetup) Bis nächsten Donneschten am @syn2cat!