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Posted inVisual Arts

Building Cabinets, Computers, and Community

by Eleonora Edreva March 8, 2017March 8, 2017

he weekly member meeting of the South Side Hackerspace (SSH) begins with a call to those in the room to “gather around the TV.” The TV in question is facedown on a table with its back wide open and its internal hardware exposed. It’s the electronic centerpiece of a table cluttered with wires and circuitry. […]

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