Snarky comment:

Wow!  You finally found the blog after our hectic move to the new(much better) place.  We've grown a lot in the short year we were at the old space.  Here's a couple pics of 2/400+ wacky new toys:

 The hackerspace has grown...  messy... but still it's grown!  =D  Computers one side,  gaming the other, and electronics in between!

We make efforts to organize though:

That door opens to member's USB thumbdrives.  Each member has a cubby, but you don't have to be a member to use the space during our weekly hack night!

Send saintmeh@gmail.com a message if you're missing these emails:

HHEEEEEYYYYY YOOOOUUUU GUYYYYYYYYYYSSSSS!

The power we defected is electrically connected,

So use it as elected and expect to be respected!

YO!

CHECK IT! (http://www.meetup.com/mthackers/events/42295002/)

Imma gonna greet- to the beat- of the leet retreat-

I said I neva speak easy in the way of deceit!

So if- you're here Thursday then you're in for a treat,

We got the Droid, Interwebs, and some luncheon meat!

(Ya know what's really fun is I'm sending this out to hundreds of Helenans)
^_^  LOL.  Blarg!

'Cause if I'm not already spam,

then there's food for all.

If you're a hacker, slacker, HAM,

or a noob-- jus' call. *

We meet each week to talk and to tink.

Some Mehmbers meet more--

Fridays to interlink.

(CCNA/Network study)

Also here is a shout-out: 

4 DC406--

OX First Friday redoubt,

@ Five, in the @las.

(Computer Security)

Second shout-out's Sunday

When John teaches F.I.R.S.T.

CHS at one. A 

Way to replete thirst.

(Robotics, he also accepts random adult-ish people)

On Tuesday: it's the Board

they're on top o' the ball!

At two they're in the Ford

and they're off to G Falls!

(Fed required board meet--We plan next month/week while we donate plasma at GFalls to pay for our trip to GFalls)

Saturday's a breakdown-

and a time to unwind:

give ideas a shakedown

and you just speak your mind!

(Game/Banter night)

Did I simply pretermit--

Fancy way to say:

intentionally forget

that I missed a day?

Thursday! 

A day 

to meet and learn for free!

Your stay's

a way 

to build humanity!

dot dot dot

Return 

on investments in your time and energy.

Descern 

fair assessments with mental acuity.

*huff*  *puff**

okay.

Thursday is the night

and we meet at seven.

you've got your invite

with nerd rap to leaven.

(open hack night)

Saintmon uses cheesy rap!
It's super exhaustive!

*Saintmon faints*  

PS:  Since my emails are already cryptic, I thought there's no reason they can't be poetic as well.

*PPS:  406-204-4226

PPPS:  If you know of any smarty-pants people that might not know of the awesome nerd community in Helena, forward them this email.  They'll thank you for it... or at least enjoy a good laugh.

PPPPS:  The webcam had an affair with the newly networked projector...  it ended in tragedy and now the webcam is broken.  Sorry.  Send good thoughts the way of webcam VX30002sxew33113.  We're all hoping for the best.

BBQ was a Great Success!

Lots of fun, Fantastic food and not that much sunlight! We met, we nerded out, we had a lot of fun! MEH BBQ FTW!

We Raised $130 profit and had a very good time. We'll do this again next year!

Big props to the Bozeman Makerspace for coming out and having a good time!

If you're interested in being part of a growing makerspace in Bozeman- Check them out at

BozemanMakers.com or http://meetup.bozemanmakers.com/

We had a lot of fun making this important first step in getting a consistent set of fund raisers to help promote a hackerspace in Helena.

We're growing and growing!

Thank you to the following LOCAL sponsors:

Free Alternate Venue in case of Bad Weather

Meal for two! Wow!

Coney Island for $25 gift certificate and five hotdogs!

Wayne Miller for 7 Prize Collectibles!

Power Townsend for $36 of electronics! Including Solar panels and LEDs!

For advertising the event on Fox and ABC!

Other excellent sponsors who weren't featured in this event(but they will be in future ones):
MT Book and Toy Co

Big Dipper Ice Cream

Party Plus

KMart

McDonalds

Wendy's

Pizza Hut

Rock on.

Our Sponsors Achieved For Day #1! :D

Benefit BBQ for MEH






So here are the gifts Saint was able to get from local businesses for our event after one day of hoofing it around town looking for sponsors. Included are gifts from Coney Island ($25 gift certificate, and five free hotdog tickets), Wayne Miller Coins (two $5 commemorative coins -- first men on the moon, 2 bicentennial commemorative medals, US coin set from 1999 "Last U.S. Coins of the Second Millennium", National Collectors Commemorative Silver Dollar Duplicate), and No Sweat Cafe (Dinner for Two -- assumed $35 value). More will be coming as our sponsors increase :D !

Meetup.com FTW!

Check out http://meetup.com/mthackers for all our wacky activities!

Nagu Con is over! For this year.

Awesome Drawing by

Jacquie Reed

 

We'll be back as vendors next year though!  Check it out at http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001720120454

Next year we are coming back as vendors of Pocky(and tastier clones), Ramen, Ramune, Light-up cat ears that "flick" to beats/loud noises, Costumes, LED necklaces/Glowsticks and more!

Look for our booth AUGUST 10-12, 2012--Tentatively at Performance Square in Helena.

Great Job everyone!  We'll be moving their domain over in a bit.

Today we are getting a specific sponsorship packet together with the Humane society to create some free fund-raisers!  Pepsi truck... you will be MINE!

Critical mass is easier when everyone is critically insane.

~ Saint out

The Tornado In a Box

BWAHahahahahaha! We're making SCIENCE!!!!

We got to play around with cutting glass for this. It's possible to cut tempered glass... But it's kinda tricky. Colt did all the important cuts because I lack the combination of dexterity and patience to get it right. I still like to think I helped with moral support ^_^. I nearly totalled a pain of mirrors.

The idea of a tornado box is simple: get air to come into the box from directions tangental to the desired vortex. In other words, make the air come into the box from angles that would encourage rotating air. Lemme draw a small diagram:

The Green lines represent air current.

Blue lines are glass(or mirrors). Notice how they're set up slightly off from each other?
Black is just the wooden box frame

In order to encourage air to want to enter the box: we put a lid on top of the glass and cut a large hole through the top. We then fit an old 12v projector fan on top of the hole and bolted the fan down.

The lid for the tornado box didn't get finished in our OHN night, but it is now done and shots will be posted of it in use during our next party. Unfortunately I didn't think to take pictures while we were still playing with the dry ice. DOH!

Actually, we got photos while we were "playing" with the dry ice. We made some "boo" bubbles with some bubble blowing solution, we super carbonated soda and just made fog with warm water. The photos aren't in our dropbox though :P

Meh.

ALSO: Super-mega-ultra props to Ferret for building that sweet glowing blue "meh" sign you see in the BG.