Apple Is Clearing a Huge Homeless Encampment on Its Property
Silicon Valley’s housing crisis came literally to Apple’s doorstep. Continue reading Apple Is Clearing a Huge Homeless Encampment on Its Property
Category Archives: bay area
Tomorrow Night: HDDG 40, Mechanical And Electronic Ephemera
For the last several years, we’ve hosted a series of meetups for the Bay Area. This week is no different and we’re pleased to announce the fortieth Hardware Developers Didactic Galactic. It’s this Thursday, June 20th, in downtown San Francisco.
The Hardware Developers Didactic Galactic is our monthly IRL meetup, …read more
Continue reading Tomorrow Night: HDDG 40, Mechanical And Electronic Ephemera
Elephant Seals Took Over a Beach During the Shutdown and They’re Not Giving it Back
San Francisco Votes for ‘Homeless Tax’ That Twitter’s CEO and Other Tech Companies Tried to Block
The city’s controversial Proposition C, which would tax technology companies to fund homeless services, passed on Tuesday. Continue reading San Francisco Votes for ‘Homeless Tax’ That Twitter’s CEO and Other Tech Companies Tried to Block
A Bomb Squad Blew Up a University Student Science Project
Encased in Styrofoam, the ozone-measuring instrument landed on Redwood Road in Castro Valley. Continue reading A Bomb Squad Blew Up a University Student Science Project
Next Week’s Bay Area Meetups
Next week we’ll be at a few awesome hardware meetups around the Bay Area, and we want you to head out and join us.
The first meetup will be the Silicon Valley Hardware Meetup at the Evil Mad Scientist shop in Sunnyvale. It’s going down Wednesday, December 6th, from 6:30 until 9:30. At least some of the Hackaday/Tindie/Supplyframe crew will be there, and the night will be filled with lightning talks, demos, and the cool hardware people you know and love.
Speakers for this meetup will include [Mitch Altman], hacker extraordinaire and owner of far, far too many TV remotes. …read more
Steve Wozniak Was My Computer Teacher in 1995
The Apple co-founder spent his own money, and more importantly, lots of his own time, showing us public school kids how to use the early internet. Continue reading Steve Wozniak Was My Computer Teacher in 1995
Steve Wozniak Was My Computer Teacher in 1995
The Apple co-founder spent his own money, and more importantly, lots of his own time, showing us public school kids how to use the early internet. Continue reading Steve Wozniak Was My Computer Teacher in 1995
San Francisco Climate Tax Raises Questions About Tech’s Carbon Footprint
Residents wonder whether Silicon Valley’s tech giants are paying their fair share to save the local environment. Continue reading San Francisco Climate Tax Raises Questions About Tech’s Carbon Footprint