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By: Repurpose: Hardware Hackers Web Documentary - PSFK.com

Repurpose: Hardware Hackers Web Documentary - PSFK.com — Wed, 27 May 2009 06:03:43 +0000

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By: Fagstein » All that and a tub of acid

Fagstein » All that and a tub of acid — Sun, 24 May 2009 13:35:15 +0000

[...] Andy Riga, via MakeZine, via Create Digital Music, a 10-minute documentary piece about Montreal’s Foulab hackerspace, which is actually more of [...]

By: Simon

Simon — Sun, 24 May 2009 10:51:17 +0000

My hometown! (almost, I was born there but live in the suburbs, in Laval). I love the scene in Québec.

The entire province has about the population of NYC and we’re kind of forgotten by our …dear canadian friends, so everybody tsicks together.
That basically means our ”national” scene is in fact a ”city” scene; more or less everything revolves around Montreal and Québec City.

On se voit à Mutek!

By: Darren Landrum

Darren Landrum — Sun, 24 May 2009 09:00:06 +0000

I keep telling myself I want to start a maker’s group (or hackerspace, or whatever you want to call it – same thing, really) here in Port Huron/Detroit area. It’s difficult to find people who are up for that kind of thing.

I’d like to repeat my request: if anyone here is from the Detroit area and would like to engage in some hackery, please contact me: dmlandrum at gmail (and you know the rest). :-)

Good job on shooting this doco, by the way. The finished product has quite a nice, polished look to it.

By: Jack Oatmon

Jack Oatmon — Sun, 24 May 2009 08:46:06 +0000

Hi there!

Thanks for reposting my mini doc! It was a blast to make. I’ll be putting up more of this kind of stuff in the near future. I’m launching a multimedia website next month.

Yeah, my vocal delivery is a bit funny in that flick. I was trying out a new reading style, which I probably won’t repeat. But, as you said, I really tried to make the information accessible and understandable, because the public at large is hungry for insight into this scene, but all the existing videos are really involved and generally for other hardcore enthusiasts.

When I was first making it I asked a bunch of people what an oscilloscope was and what a hack was and what a bend was and most people have no real idea. So I think it’s pretty important to make it understood.

Peace, and keep tinkering!

PS, re: Mutek, here’s my recent coverage of that for my job:
http://www.montrealmirror.com/2009/052109/music1.html

We’ll be releasing podcasts and videos of the festival is it happens.

-Jack Oatmon aka Tom Smith

By: BentoSan

BentoSan — Sun, 24 May 2009 00:15:26 +0000

I really enjoyed watching that documentry :)

Also the quote is great, i am going to remember that one thanks for taking to the time to hunt down the specifics :)

By: FoulabMember

FoulabMember — Sat, 23 May 2009 13:32:22 +0000

I was the one that made that remark in the video. It think it is probably a derivative of the quote you posted, although I’m sure I read it in a different form.

My intention was to point out that if you think of tools as static things, you have to limit your creativity to what is possible with current tools. Being able to modify or make tools that do exactly what you want changes the rules of the game; now you can do anything that is possible, given enough time and dedication.

Basically, your goals should determine the tool you use and not the other way around.

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Sat, 23 May 2009 13:31:36 +0000

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By: Mythmonkey

Mythmonkey — Sat, 23 May 2009 12:58:09 +0000

I think Montreal is great. I wish I live there!

By: Video doc highlights Montreal hackers - machine quotidien

Video doc highlights Montreal hackers - machine quotidien — Sat, 23 May 2009 04:25:43 +0000

[...] hmmmm … why hack/mod/make your own tech… Because it’s incredibly fun! Ok, perhaps my view is a bit too subjective to give a completely accurate assessment of hacker motivation. Handmade and high tech have been valued cultural qualities for a while – it’s now simply easier than ever before for those two to overlap. … like I said — fun! [via Create Digital Music] [...]