Author Archives: HunterKing

Meetup for new Hacker/Makerspace

By HunterKing | Published: June 26, 2012

GumboLabs has been pretty dormant since moving out, but there are a bunch of new faces that still want a hackerspace to happen! We’ll be holding a meetup Thursday (the 28th) to decide figure out what everybody’s into and where we’d like to take things. 7pm Z’otZ on Oak St. Back patio

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Big Changes for GumboLabs

By HunterKing | Published: January 8, 2012

It’s been a rollercoaster year for Gumbolabs, though this website may not show it. Let’s break this down with the good news, the bad, and what’s changing Despite many problems, this was the year when we really acted like a hackerspace. And enumerating the things we’ve done will probably surprise even us. We attempted an [...]

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Drawdio Night!

By HunterKing | Published: September 14, 2011

Wednesday September 21st, 7pm at GumboLabs! We’re puttin’ together some Drawdios. The video above shows it off pretty well, it’s essentially a pencil with a 555 timer that makes wee-ooo noises based on the resistance across the graphite (and yourself) (or whatever). Don’t know what all that means? Don’t know how to solder? That’s OK! [...]

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Open House: Space Balloon in June!

By HunterKing | Published: June 3, 2011

For our monthly open house this month we’re having an organizational meeting to put together a DIY near-space balloon equipped with cameras to film the journey. We’re hardly the first to do it, but a couple of other groups have made DIY photos of the curvature of the earth for miniscule budgets (less than $200). [...]

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Become a Supporter Level Member of GumboLabs for $10/mo

By HunterKing | Published: May 25, 2011

GumboLabs needs new members in order to grow, survive and ultimately be awesome. A lot of our charter members have left town and we’ve found that the $50 a month dues are hard to jump into, so we’re trying something new in order to keep sustainable and fresh: For a recurring fee of $10 a [...]

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OpenWRT Hack Night! Wednesday at 7pm

By HunterKing | Published: May 9, 2011

For May’s GumboLabs Open House we’re talkin’ custom router firmware for your router. Want to set up a repeater? Use it as a small webserver? There are tons of things you can accomplish, exactly what is what we hope to find out. Mark’s hosting and bringing a bunch of WGT634U routers to demo with. Hunter [...]

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Muses Shoe, EL Wire and You

By HunterKing | Published: June 17, 2010

Here’s something for the locals. I knew there had to be some fun locked away in the light-up Mardi Gras throws that have become more popular in recent years. Unfortunately, I’m not cute enough to have a Muses shoe thrown to little old me, so I had to wait for somebody to throw it away [...]

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