{"id":28938,"date":"2014-07-18T14:57:16","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T19:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=28938"},"modified":"2014-07-21T07:53:02","modified_gmt":"2014-07-21T12:53:02","slug":"inaugural-brock-library-hackfest-set-for-july-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2014\/07\/inaugural-brock-library-hackfest-set-for-july-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Inaugural Brock Library HackFest set for July 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-28936\" title=\"1280px-hacking_in_progress_at_barcamplondon_3\" src=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1280px-hacking_in_progress_at_barcamplondon_3-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"1280px-hacking_in_progress_at_barcamplondon_3\" width=\"403\" height=\"267\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The inaugural Brock Library <a href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/news\/26671\" target=\"_blank\">HackFest<\/a> is set for July 25.<\/p>\n<p>Join a group of interested technology enthusiasts as they build, deconstruct, mash up, and re-envision information from the Internet.<\/p>\n<p>Set in an informal environment, attendees will be free to mix, mingle, discuss ideas, and to begin working on prototypes or code.<\/p>\n<p>The theme for the event will be &#8216;Hack Niagara&#8217;. Registered attendees will be provided with a list of topics about a week before the event to help get the ideas going.<\/p>\n<p>The only requirement is your curiosity and a laptop. The Brock Library will provide coffee, breakfast, Wi-Fi and whiteboard space. There will also be a collection of electronics to use in your collaborations (Arduino, Raspberry Pi, etc.)<\/p>\n<p>The event will be open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the day there will be an opportunity to briefly present what you&#8217;ve hacked. The most interesting presentation wins a prize and trophy.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are free. Please RSVP if interested.\u00a0If you have any questions please email <a href=\"mailto:tribaric@brocku.ca\" target=\"_blank\">Tim Ribaric<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>*****<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>What: <\/em>Brock Library HackFest<br \/>\n<em>When:<\/em> Friday, July 25<br \/>\n<em>Where:<\/em> E-Classroom (TH 253)<br \/>\n<em>What time:<\/em> 9 a.m. &#8211; 4 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The inaugural Brock Library HackFest is set for July 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54],"tags":[2055,2096,2094,2093,2095,24,838],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28938"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28938"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28940,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28938\/revisions\/28940"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}