Archive for the ‘Amsterdam’ Category

May. 9-10: Alerta Alerta Festival

Saturday, May 2nd, 2015

DIY Workshop: Bass and Guitar repair, Saturday, May 9th
DIY Patch Sewing, May 9th and 10th

during Alerta Alerta Festival @ OCCII!

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May 9: AMIGURUMI workshop

Saturday, May 2nd, 2015

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Are you interested to learn how to knit a doll from your own design?

Absolute beginners are welcomed

Time/ Location: TOMS (Runstraat, 13), from 2p.m. to 5p.m.
Fee: Free contribution
Duration: around 3 hr
Teacher: María Sempere Valdecantos

May 6: Tandem languages meeting

Saturday, May 2nd, 2015

Learn or improve a foreign language in pair with a native speaker and pay him/her back by teaching him/her your mother tongue.

Tandem is a creative and autonomous way to learn a language. You and your partner(s) can speak about selected topics, read out texts, correct mistakes, make suggestions for improvement…

Tandem language exchange is all about having fun, meeting new people, and of course learning your favorite language!
Let’s say that you like German and you would like to practice it with a native speaker – we will find one for you 🙂

We offer Vegan soup, cheese and cold cut plates, soft drinks, wines and beers. Free entrance.
MixTree is located on the second floor of the OT301.
See you soon!

 

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May 3: Typewriter Society #4

Saturday, May 2nd, 2015

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14:00 Pancake Brunch!

16:00 OFFICE HOURS//Zine making with typewriters.

This edition will function as DIY Workshop Office hours.
Come in if you would like to talk to us about organizing something together.

For sale:
A bunch of antique typewriters. PM for details!
Ink ribbons, only black available now, sorry.
Black and red ones arrive next month.

LAG – Hacklab Amsterdam
1e Schinkelstraat 14-16

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Apr. 30: Dumpster Jam: DIY Instrument Making Workshop

Wednesday, April 1st, 2015

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String up and take away your own folk instrument made by… you! TOMS’ Sigurd Lombardi will provide you with the supplies, tools, and know-how, to create your 1, 2, or 3-string masterpiece. Plus, learn a few techniques to get you on your way to becoming a slide guitar virtuoso. As always, drinks and snacks are on us! So why not join?

It’s FREE, but we have limited spots!
**To reserve your spot shoot an email to AMSevents@toms.com**

Apr. 26: Linux workshop for beginners

Wednesday, April 1st, 2015

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Apr. 23: project SITWAY

Wednesday, April 1st, 2015

SITWAY

Vrankrijk
Spuistraat 216
1012 VT Amsterdam

The prize will be announced the week of the workshop.

We will have a sewing machine, fabric and crochet tools, but more materials, machines and tools are greatly appreciated!

You can also bring something already prepared if you want.

We will all be judges, and your stool cover will be judged based on the following criteria: durability, function and looks!

We wish you luck! DIY and prosper \\V//

 

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Apr. 18: Linux instalFest

Wednesday, April 1st, 2015

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Apr. 10: Internet Privacy

Wednesday, April 1st, 2015

Digital Privacy workshop in joe’s garage (amsterdam)

Friday April 10th 2015, 7:30pm. Internet privacy/security workshop for everybody (so you don’t have to be a computergeek), learn about things like oa useful browser plugins, PGP/GPG (email encryption), OTR (chat encryption), Tor etc etc. Bring your computer or/and usb flashdrive!!

Camera surveillance, Big Data, dragnet surveillance. Our privacy is increasingly under threat, both online and offline. Companies and government agencies make it their job to know as much about you as possible, with or without your consent. There are however plenty of ways to regain control over who does or does not get to see your information, and strong cryptography has become easy to use.

In this workshop we will explain how to reclaim your privacy in a few easy steps, what privacy-respecting alternatives are available for services of Google, and how to communicate securely using the internet or your smartphone.

After our presentation we will help you set up encrypted email, chat software and any other tools that were covered, so be sure to bring your laptop and a USB flashdrive!!

The workshop can cover the following subjects:

– Big Data and online tracking
– Useful browser plugins
– PGP/GPG (email encryption)
– OTR (chat encryption)
– Tor (online anonymity)
– TAILS (easy-to-use secure operating system)

Organized by Pinknoise, an independent and self-organized media collective. https://pinknoise.puscii.nl/
https://pn.puscii.nl/privacyworkshop

Slides + notes (in the works): http://pad.techinc.nl/p/pnprivacyworkshop

Below you will find links that explain in more detail how to install and use the tools that have been adressed during the workshop, as well as some suggested further reading.

Tutorials
EFF Surveillance Self Defensehttps://ssd.eff.org
Comprehensive list of tutorials in english on a.o. installing and using privacy tools (including PGP, OTR etc.), an introduction to threat moddeling and tips on how to keep your data and computer safe.

Security in a boxhttps://securityinabox.org
Guides in a lot of languages for using privacy tools

PGP
Explanation in dutch on the basics of GnuPG:
http://www.mdcc.cx/gnupg/gpg_5_min.html

Introduction to public key cryptography and PGP:
https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/introduction-public-key-cryptography-and-pgp

Learn how to use PGP signatures to verify documents. Most free software developers sign their installation packages so you can verify that the software has not been tampered with. The nice people of TAILS created an easy explaination on how to do this:
https://tails.boum.org/download/index.en.html#verify

OTR
If you have a Riseup account and want to use OTR over their XMPP chat, then have a look at how to set that up:
https://help.riseup.net/en/chat

If you do not have a Riseup or Puscii account but still want to use OTR encrypted XMPP chats: Systemli offers free xmpp accounts and does not log content or metadata
https://www.systemli.org/en/service/xmpp.html

Tails
Tails is a live operating system, that you can start on almost any computer from a DVD, USB stick, or SD card. It aims at preserving your privacy and anonymity. It is an easy way to stay secure and uses all the privacy tools that have been mentioned in the workshop.
https://tails.boum.org/

Other links

The Camera Panopticon
Aral Balkan’s keynote presentation during Last year’s Big Brother Awards explains in detail why people should stop using the services of Google and Facebook. Invest 30 minutes of your time to watch this presentation, even if you think you allready know al this.
https://vimeo.com/116473165

Why privacy matters
Glenn Greenwald, one of the first journalists to cover the Snowden files, explains why privacy matters -even if you have “nothing to hide”- in this Ted talk.
https://www.ted.com/talks/glenn_greenwald_why_privacy_matters

https://u2m.nl/#tab4 (list of nice services)

* LEAP
https://leap.se/
https://black.riseup.net (VPN, and soon email)

If you are interested in hosting a Pink Noise Privacy workshop then please contact us at: pinknoise at puscii dot nl

Apr. 8: Computer maintenance

Wednesday, April 1st, 2015

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