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In the month of March, Do Space is partnering with Common Sense Media on a series of workshops titled Parenting in the Digital Age. Last Saturday the discussion topic was Selfie Culture. Next week, March 19, the topic is Cyber Bullying. We’d love to have any interested parents join us! Register here. The workshops are led by the OPS Common Sense Media directors and includes presentation, group...

In my last post we got a basic kiosk setup with a Raspberry Pi and Iceweasel, now it’s time to make it a little more consistent. We are only going to worry about Iceweasel and making sure that it is being used the way we want. Before we get into the project I want to remind you that all those open source projects that we love survive only by our generosity. When you can please donate what you...

Do Space has the droid that you’re looking for! BB-8 is now available for checkout as a technology kit. The kit includes BB-8, the adorable new droid featured in Star Wars Episode VII, and an android tablet with the BB-8 Sphero application ready to go. With all the personality of its movie character, BB-8 rolls, beeps, and swivels its magnetic head. You can chose to drive it around Do Space...

In the spirit of the "Humans of New York" photo series and social media phenomenon, Do Space is inspired to work with staff and volunteers to create a "Humans of Do Space" series that shares the stories of our members, volunteers, users and staff. The goal of this effort it to capture the people that are using the space and how it affects their lives. What does it allow them to do? What does it...

In the spirit of the "Humans of New York" photo series and social media phenomenon, Do Space is inspired to work with staff and volunteers to create a "Humans of Do Space" series that shares the stories of our members, volunteers, users and staff. The goal of this effort it to capture the people that are using the space and how it affects their lives. What does it allow them to do? What does it...

In the spirit of the "Humans of New York" photo series and social media phenomenon, Do Space is inspired to work with staff and volunteers to create a "Humans of Do Space" series that shares the stories of our members, volunteers, users and staff. The goal of this effort it to capture the people that are using the space and how it affects their lives. What does it allow them to do? What does it...

Chances are that you have visited Wikipedia in search of information. It is one of the world’s most-visited websites and its content comes from people who volunteer their time and effort adding knowledge to the free, public website. In honor of African American History Month, Do Space recently held a edit-a-thon on February 20th. During the event, we spent an afternoon contributing information...

During your computer session you may need to go to the restroom , get some coffee from Dunkin’, or pick up your print job. When this happens there’s no need to end your session, but you’ll want to hide your screen while you’re away. To do this use the Hide My Screen option in PC Reservation: Click the ‘Other Options’ button next to your timer bar. The system displays the options...

Do you have photos or slides you need to scan? Do Space now has an Epson V600 Scanner available for checkout at the Tech Help Desk. The Epson V600 is a flatbed color scanner capable of scanning: A4 or US letter size paper ( 8.5 x 11.7 inches) 35 mm film strip: 12 frames at a time 35 mm slides: up to 4 slides at a time 6 cm medium format: up to 22 cm Upon checkout, you will be...

Here at Do Space we’ve launched our Raspberry Pi membership kiosk. This was such a fun project we wanted to share with you how to make one of your own. First in this tutorial we will be using a Raspberry Pi B2 with Raspbian Linux installed. This tutorial will not be going into how to use Linux and assumes that you have a basic understanding of how to use Raspbian. This tutorial is intended to...