We had a great time attending the opening of the new exhibit at Franklin Street Works last week. You really ought to check it out. BTW, they also serve food there and there new weekend brunch put on by Erin has been a HUGE hit!!!!
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Project X takes its first steps …
Dan Sherman and I cleared the first hurdle of Project X last week. We uploaded a program from our Arduino microcontroller board to an ATTiny85 chip. I had never done this before so I had to sort out my avrdude files on my Ubuntu machine. But, after that, it was off to the races. This …
Intro to WordPress … turned into Intro to Lockpicking
We actually accomplished a lot at tonight’s Intro to WordPress class. Both students are now able to use the WordPress tool to achieve their Web visions. But something happened during class that was unexpected. We broke out the lockpicking tools and started busting some locks. Here are Megan and Carolyn showing off their new skills …
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Free Bike to New Member!
In honor of the recent Bike-To-Work Week, RipLabs will be awarding a free bike to the first person who signs up for a 6-month membership. This is a quality hybrid bike that has been recently tuned. The gears shift like a dream and the brakes are tight! The membership entitles you to unlimited classes at …
Stamford STEMfest was a BLAST!!!
We’d like to thank Carrie Chiapetta and the Stamford Public School System for holding such an awesome event on Saturday. For the first time, we got front and center with all the science enthusiasta in the Stamford area … and we got to know what they’re interested in learning about. Our fine crew put in …
Bike-to-Work Meetup
We want to thank everyone for attending the Bike to Work Meetup last night. Ken Tashoff from Danny’s Cycles is one HELL OF A GUY and he spearheaded a strategic assault on all the reasons you supposedly can’t ride your bike to work. Ken was the brainchild behind the Web resource we created for bikers …
You have to check out Stamford Ignite!!!
We had the awesome pleasure of attending the Stamford Ignite talks on Wednesday! It’s a great group run by Meg Dalton and company that informs, inspires and provides a pleasant dose of culture to the great City of Stamford. There were many cool talks, including the one given by Jennifer Kruzansky about the importance of …
New Bike Hitch installed right near RipLabs!
The Downtown Special Services District has installed one of those cool new bike hitches on a parking meter right across the street from RipLabs. See below … So, along with the many traffic signs and trees in the lower Summer corridor, you can also lock one of your bikes to this! Thanks DSSD!!!! The timing …
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Stamford STEMfest
Stamford STEMfest is a celebration of science, technology, engineering and math put on by the Stamford public schools. It will be held in Mill River Park on May 16 (May 17 raindate) from 10 am to 4 pm. RipLabs is stoked to take part in this and we will have a few tables at the …
Bike to Work Meetup at Rip Labs (May 14) !
Rippowam Labs is proud to take part in Bike to Work Week 2015! As part of this effort, we will be co-hosting an event with Ken Tashoff from Danny’s Cycles. Together, we’ll break down the barriers that keep you from biking to work. We’ll show you all the tricks that bike commuters have used to …
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