Our friend Simon Klose that lives here in Malmö have been follow the people around Piratbyrån and The Pirate Bay for some years and now he need some help to get some money for his project so he can rent a studio and an editor. Check out his own video that he have on Kickstarter.

(and btw, they have also been filming at our hackerspace)

Var med och skapa festivalen — Möllevångsfestivalen är den folkliga kulturens plattform, ett öppet forum för folket att uttrycka sig med kulturen som redskap. Alla lokala artister, konstnärer, kreatörer och kulturarbetare är välkomna att delta. Var med och skapa en folkfest där gränsen mellan skapare och betraktare suddas ut och vi blir alla medskapare till en festival av folket för folket!

It reads like a maker’s manifesto. If you can read Swedish. So, we like the festival.

“By maintaining the existing web platform, theming, and editing detailed information we support and enable local culture, while building upon the efforts of other volunteers” hackerspacer Mikael says.

He muses: “When we work for free, we get to choose our tools, and set our own pace. It’s quite liberating. We meet for work parties, and we’re unburdened by organization. We named Olle our contact person for this project, that was it. Now we have CSS code and images for the theme, and a Git repository to share the information. We can get this done while having fun and learning new things.”

Forskningsavdelningen does this work pro bono. Our wiki page about that explains how “working for free” works.

Festival resources:

Previous years’ photos on the festival’s Flickr page and festival movies at Youtube.

Comics artist Mattias Elftorp designed the logo. Interview with the artist.

Or just wait one week until nrli.tv releases their event documentation. Hacknight #2 was inspiring over expectations. Way over a hundred innovative people from different backgrounds. This is what we call a “god forsk” (good research). Imagine having a common ground for underground-hackers inventors activists artists old-schoolers. This event was exactly that. One tight concentration of future in the minds of the attendants in the street of Industrigatan, Malmö. We had guests and speakers from  Paris, Copenhagen, Bergen, Stockholm, Gothenburg, Lund, Svedala, Landskrona, Mantorp, Eslöv and others.

From the 80′s came a silver-dome “Time machine” which served as a social gaming ground for serious arcade pong players. Unfortunately one abc800 disk-drive killed itself with fire in the “Time machine” no animals were harmed. Business cards, floppydrives and knowledge were swapped.

Free food and tosti were distributed to hungry forsk’ers (scientists) and extreme amounts of “extreme cola” were ingested.

Big up to Anna, Goto80 and Glenn Again, stg, chrisk, Samira, Brokep, raccoon, Peter Stuge, Teddy and Björn, Smutsiga Södern, frithiof.

Voices about Hacknight:

• chrisk blogged about the event
• maloki blogged about it too
• dcuartielles took photos
• jamtsved blogged, too
• Faidros took pictures
• Stuge’s USB bonus talk, or for archived offline viewing

David promised some activity, and just look at the list below. That’s one powerful little booth.

BlushingBoy is an online store for DIY electronics. Protip: Contact them if you’ve got stuff to sell.

Quoting from David’s announcement:

• make your own Softwear or Nerd Uprising t-shirt. Bring your own t-shirt, we will have the screens and the ink with us.
• …or just get one of our designs, we have 30 of each to sell, so bring cash
• get some of the Adafruit catalogue, cheap Arduino boards, and some of our kits that we still have in stock
• check out and pre-order some very nice Japanese magazine-kits from Gakken
• an Arduino pushing PCM sound out of a digital pin and a block of code in the need to become a library… bring your own Arduino board, a stereo plug, some headphones and let’s crack the code together

• Setting up the blog
• Get the right plugins
• Styling the visual look
• Maintenance tactics and avoiding spam

Starting time: 19.00 (Anna will be able to help you prepare from 18.00.)

Running time: at most as long as a feature-length movie.

How to participate:

• Bring your laptop computer
• On your laptop, install a web server with PHP, for instance XAMPP or MAMP
• — alternatively, have a web hotel account, at which you want to install WordPress
• Download WordPress

After the workshop, the space will turn into a personal publishing discussion area. Talk about Drupal, WordPress, Joomla, design new plugins, or implement new ideas. Or just hang out.

If you have any questions, leave a comment on this blog post. See you!

Local hackerspace Forskningsavdelningen invites you to enjoy tech culture unfolding. Hands-on workshops and a captivating speaker track will cultivate and realize ideas. Network with participants from all over the scene.

A large, industrial house plays host to the hordes of interested tech heads. For the duration of the conference, the hackerspace is extended to encompass the whole building.

We have quite a few topics to choose from that will be announced as soon as we have fitted them into the schedule. We are still open for workshop suggestions though. As we have quite a large space for this purpose we have room for two or more workshop areas for example.

Talks begin at 17.00 and will be in 1hr slots, but are not yet set as of which talk will begin when. Workshops will have introductions before they start and then continue at one of the workshop locations for a limited or unlimited (until hacknight is over) time.

Go and tell your friends! http://hacknight.se/

MORE IS COMMING (Check out the pages for more info about the talks/workshops)

Talks:
The Pirate Bay by Peter Sunde (aka brokep from TPB)
Crypto Activism
Blackthrows
Mandos
Netbased commons

Workshops:
Lockpicking
All you can 1337
Beyond bleep-blop by goto80
Retro Computing Corner
PGP Key signing party

All is free and we will serve free food during this event!

Choose File/Examples/Libraries/Video Capture/ and pick an interesting starting point.

I liked the Frame Differencing sketch (yes, a “sketch” is what they call a minor program) by Golan Levin.

I took the liberty of fiddling further with Levin’s work, and made the program into a “game”. I wanted the program to complain about the user moving too much:

// just a number I grabbed (fiddle with this!)
int threshold = 4465911;
if (movementSum > threshold) {
    // Use fill() to change the value or color of the text
    // "R, G, B" makes this yellow
    fill(255, 255, 0);
    text("Sitt still!", 100, 360);
}

You can embellish this further, by adding a custom font! See File/Examples/Basics/Typography/ for more inspiration. The font file should be added to the sketch using the Sketch/Add File... menu item.

I only wrote this so that you’d be prodded to fiddle a little with Processing. At Forskningsavdelningen meetings, you’ll probably meet people that experiment with it. Here are some beautiful visual assets to animate.

Hacknight is a free one-day creative tech conference in Malmö, Sweden on June 19, 2010.

Local hackerspace Forskningsavdelningen invites you to enjoy tech culture unfolding. Hands-on workshops and a captivating speaker track will cultivate and realize ideas. Network with participants from all over the scene.

A large, industrial house plays host to the hordes of interested tech heads. For the duration of the conference, the hackerspace is extended to encompass the whole building.

We have quite a few topics to choose from that will be announced as soon as we have fitted them into the schedule. We are still open for workshop suggestions though. As we have quite a large space for this purpose we have room for two or more workshop areas for example.

Talks begin at 17.00 and will be in 1hr slots, but are not yet set as of which talk will begin when. Workshops will have introductions before they start and then continue at one of the workshop locations for a limited or unlimited (until hacknight is over) time.

Go and tell your friends! hacknight.se

We also made a Facebook event so invite your friends and spread the word!

Introduction

SIDblaster/USB is a portable PC SID-synthesizer. Hook it up to your USB-port and you’re good to go. It is designed to work with a MOS 6501 SID. If you need to use a 6500 or 6502, the RNM-0512S needs to be replaced by a 5V to 9V DC-DC regulator.

Compatiblity

SIDblaster/USB is partially HardSID-compatible (under Windows) in the sense that it can be used in many programs that support the HardSID by the means of a hacked hardsid.dll. Compatiblity has been verified with SidPlay2, SidPlay2/W and GoatTracker.

Schematic

The decoupling capacitors (the grouped 100nF, 10nF and 4.7nF) should be connected near their respective circuits:

• 100nF: FT232R
• 4.7nF: FT232R
• 10nF: PIC16F86

PCB

Two examples of compact pcb solutions (left: hole mount right: surface mount) that can be mounted in a small case. The AUDIO port needs to be wired to a suitable connector, for example a 3.5mm audio jack. The card is intended to be mounted in a case with tracks for the PCB. The height of the card needs to be adjusted to fit different cases. On the left hand side of the PCB is a USB-B port. You’ll need to open up a rectangular hole in the case for this port to slide through when the PCB is inserted.

Compact hole-mount solution. Verified, functional!

Ultra-compact SMT solution, only ~50% larger than the SID-chip. Not verified!

Component List

RefDes  Description                   @ELFA         @ElectroKit     @DigiKey
FERRITE Ferrite bead [1]              1x  N/A[2]    1x  N/A[2]
R1      Resistor 1k <=5% >=1/8W       1x 60-104-90  1x 40810310
C1,C2   Cer. Cap. 2.2nF 2.54mm >=15V  2x 65-180-62  2x  N/A[2]
C3,C7   Cer. Cap. 10nF  2.54mm >=10V  2x 65-181-87  2x 40512410
C4,C6   Cer. Cap. 100nF 2.54mm >=10V  2x 65-183-69  2x 40512510
C5      Cer. Cap. 1µF   2.54mm >=15V  1x 65-184-84  1x  N/A[2]
C8      Cer. Cap. 4.7nF 2.54mm >=10V  1x 65-181-20  1x  N/A[2]
P1      USB type A                    1x 42-707-40  1x 41002289
P2      Header 6p 2x3                 1x 43-717-12  1x 41001167[3]
U1      PIC16F886-I/SP                1x 73-873-52  1x 40361886
U2      FT232RL                       1x 73-206-59  1x 40359232
U3      RNM-0512S                     1x 69-073-94  1x  N/A
U4      MOS 6501 SID                  2x 43-783-60  1x 41003010[4]


 Not critical, may be bridged. Used to remove high frequency  interferance.

 May have suitable replacement.

 Is a 1x40 header that should be broken into two 1x3  headers to replace the 2x3 header.

 Is a 1x40 header that should be broken into two 1x14  headers that will hold the SID.

Need to know

The PCB layout is missing a restor on the ICSPHDR between the VPP and VDD pins. This resistor MAY be needed for ICSP-programming using a programmer that requires external MCLR (ICD3 for example). The resistor should be between 1k and 10k (see programmer documentation), 4k7 worked well in our case. The resistor is only needed during programming, once programmed you can bridge VPP and VDD using a jumper. If internal MCLR is used, no jumper or resistor is needed.

Several of the capators in electrokits online catalogue are incorrectly marked in regards to pin spacing. All capacators should have a spacing of 2.54mm, allthough 5.08mm spaced capacators can usually be bent so that they’ll fit.

Depending on what version of the PCB-layout you have, it’s possible the the DC-DC regulator will not fit. This has been corrected in later revisions of the layout. The legs of the regulator can be bent so that they can be connected using a piece of wire.

Shock sensitivity

During shipping (using swedish postal service in a padded envelope) of the first SIDblaster from Sweden to Åland the SID-chip became dislodged from it’s socket. Apart from this and the fact that the CD was crushed it was in good shape upon arrival. If your SIDblaster is to be transported or otherwise roughly handled you might want to consider locking the chip down in some way.

Contact

If you are interested in the Windows software (hacked hardsid.dll with MinGW source), PIC firmware (.hex or assembler source) or gerber and excellon files for PCB manufacturing – you can contact me at the hotmail address “senseitg”. Either that, or you could drop by the research department next tuesday!

Completed SIDBlasters

STG’s SIDBlaster build notes:

• Series 1455 case from ELFA
• LEDs added for CLK and WRITE
• ESD transient diode added on output
• Chassis and USB shield grounded

“Polisen ljög friskt om Utkantenrazzian”

Utkanten framställdes efter razzian som en bas för dataintrång, vapenbrott och annan kriminell verksamhet. Nu när förundersökningen är klar finns det svart på vitt att det mesta var rena lögner.

Efter den uppmärksammade razzian mot Aktivitetshuset Utkanten 28 november 2009 presenterade polisen en rad brottsrubriceringar som skulle föranleda en förundersökning: brott mot alkohollagen, brott mot speciallagstiftning – brandfarliga och explosiva varor, föreberedelse till grov stöld, brott mot vapenlagen, häleri alternativt stöld samt dataintrång. Det sistnämnda slogs upp som ett huvudspår i flera artiklar.

Nu är förundersökningen klar och den visar svart på vitt vilket hopkok av lögner polisen presenterade för medierna. Endast en av ovanstående misstankar kvarstår i en förundersökning som är 100 sidor lång, och det är brott mot alkohollagen, som inte heller det är styrkt. Annars nämns inte de övriga misstankarna med mer än en mening tillsammans och den nyckelkopieringsmaskin, som givetvis inte var olaglig, som polisen beslagtog och redovisade i det första beslagsprotokollet är helt försvunnen från hela förundersökningen.

Polisen har inte bara utrett misstankar om brott utan även vid ett flertal tillfällen försökt pressa en av Utkantens grannar att polisanmäla oss för dataintrång, utan resultat. De har även utövat påtryckningar mot det studieförbund som Utkanten samarbetade med och fått dem att strypa våra kulturbidrag.

- När korten nu lagts på bordet tror vi var och en kan inse att razzian handlade mer om politiska trakasserier än det handlade om misstankar om att vi skulle syssla med brottslig verksamhet – speciellt eftersom COP15 bara låg två veckor fram i tiden när tillslaget skedde.
- Det är anmärkningsvärt inte bara att polisen ljög om slangbomber hit och dataintrång dit utan att de även försöker stjäla saker som de beslagtagit genom att låtsas som om de aldrig existerat, säger Anna som är aktiv på Utkanten.

Aktivitetshuset Utkanten har funnits i snart tre år och drivs av en ideell kulturförening. Det har fungerat som en fristad för alternativ kultur med kreativa aktiviteter i princip varje dag; allt från screentryck och folkkök till elektronikkurser och cykelmeck, yoga och breakdance. En av våra kärnverksamheter är våra konserter, där vi har försökt bygga upp en alternativ musikscen för mer marginaliserade musikstilar som punk- och hardcore, men även för osignade band inom andra genrer.

- Vi tillhör en kultur där man inte snackar så mycket utan gör saker istället, där vi försöker bygga upp en värld som uppmuntrar samarbete, kollektivitet, solidaritet och kreativitet. Tydligen uppfattas det som väldigt hotfullt, säger Anna.

//AKTIVITETSHUSET UTKANTENS INFORMATIONSGRUPP

MER INFORMATION; info@utkanten.net