November is here, and we are officially in the second year of our regular updates! Join the new events - participation is always welcome.
Debian & Stuff - Saturday November 2nd @ 10:00 - 17:00
It has happened - Debian & Stuff returns to FOULAB on the 2nd of November. An opportunity to chat Debian and the rare FOULAB open day - will you join it?
“Debian & Stuff” are informal gatherings of the local Debian community in Montreal to work on things related to Debian - or not. Come talk to us or work on an interesting project: everyone is welcome!
Wednesday Mesh Evening - Wednesday November 6th @ 19:00 - 22:00
The mesh networking struggle continues! Last month, we experimented with our first HaLow chips - this month, we’re looking to build links.
The Wednesday Mesh Evening is a Wednesday evening event dedicated to mesh networking in all its forms. From discussing it, researching and testing alternative network topologies, to practical exercises in deploying peer-to-peer infrastructure in FOULAB and around it.
As usual, kryma is hosting. Come build a new internet with us?
F0UL4B HACKERSPACE PROJECT NIGHT - Tuesday November 12th @ 20:00 - 22:00
Do you have four months’ worth of projects gestating on your shelf for too long? Are you craving a deadline to show your latest and greatest work in a big way? Good news for you, then - the project night is back.
The quarterly HACKERSPACE PROJECT NIGHT is an event dedicated to you - yes, you - and your projects. Bring your newest hobby in and show it off to an audience of hackers, or come in to watch what the rest of FOULAB has been cooking up. Either way, it’s going to be a creative blast.
Hosting the night is the legendary majir himself - folk tales say he wrote his own WASM compiler using a Lisp development environment and a can of beer.
Creative Recycling: Making Art with Scrap Material - Saturday November 16th & Sunday November 17th @ 19:00 - 22:00
Missed your chance in October? Creative Recycling returns for another round! Join the team and create some awesome sculptures with materials you got for free with food.
Creative Recycling is a semi-recurring workshop that shows how to creatively incorporate refuse plastic and aluminum into aesthetically pleasing sculpture. The workshop is entry level - students with no previous experience are welcome to attend.
Local artist stuntman (also known as @jonjonanimation) invites you to bring your creativity out. Turn your trash into treasure, today.
Warhammer Night 6 - Tuesday November 19th @ 20:00 - 22:00
Another Warhammer night! Join our lively mix of wargamers, sculptors, and 3D printers. Fight with your minifigures - or tune them up to be real fancy.
Warhammer Nights are a recurring event dedicated to the Warhammer series, and similar strategic tabletop wargames that we play over the course of an open night.
der_moderne_man invites you to fight once again - are you bad enough to take on the challenge?
FOULAB Monthly Meeting - Thursday November 21st @ 20:00 - 21:30
Last meeting was all about updates. An update on the museum and its wonderful new shelves, an update on the bathroom (being worked on). This time, let’s finish some infrastructure renovations.
This public night will have a special time slot for an organizational meeting. Join us to talk about FOULAB - make your voice heard on things that matter most.
Welding curious? - Saturday November 23rd @ 13:00 - 17:00
Always wanted to try arc welding, but the money and time commitment held you back? Worried about blinding yourself or burning the house down? Come on down and give it a try with us! We will thoroughly discuss welding safety, and explain the different arc welding processes. You’ll get to join weld some metal together and make a small project!
Required - wool, cotton or other fire resistant clothing that you don’t mind damaging. Long sleeves, long pants and closed footwear. Be ready to tie back long hair and remove dangling jewellery. Work boots not required but won’t hurt. We provide other PPE but you are welcome to bring your own. strawdog is hosting.
Killed by Dice Presents: Three Sixteen IV - Sunday November 24th @ 16:00 - 19:00
We return to another session of Three Sixteen - an easy game about being a space marine, and a guaranteed afternoon of fun for everyone participating.
This is a regular collaboration between the NDG tabletop roleplaying group Killed by Dice and FOULAB. RSVP to join us for a monthly open game - slots are limited.
With der_moderne_man playing as a ton of deadly aliens, Earth’s ambitious colonization project cannot advance without you. Join the crew!
Open-source HVAC/PPE afternoon hangout - Saturday November 30th @ 15:00 - 18:00
The first HVAC/PPE afternoon is officially a thing! Join fellow enthusiasts and talk about your achievements. Have you installed solar to passively cool your house in an eco-conscious way? Are you heating your apartment with a Bitcoin rig in the winter? Do you consider chemical warfare protection when choosing your wardrobe for the day? We want to hear it.
This is an experimental gathering with the aims to bring together people interested in air quality control, temperature regulation, and other atmospheric safety measures - whether on a scale of one person or a whole building. HVAC and PPE enthusiasts welcome - as is anyone who is interested in the topic.
October is here! We’re open every Tuesday and Thursday, 6:30 PM to 11 PM. Do I need to say more?
Of course I do. Take a look at some of the wonderful things going on at Foulab:
Wednesday Mesh Evening - Wednesday October 9th @ 19:00 - 22:00
The mesh effort returns on the 9th - we will be dissecting a highly directional router, and working on a Tor proxy.
The Sunday Wednesday Mesh Morning Evening is a Wednesday evening event dedicated to mesh networking in all its forms. From discussing it, researching and testing alternative network topologies, to practical exercises in deploying peer-to-peer infrastructure in FOULAB and around it.
Hosted by kryma as usual, this is a fantastic entry point for all your mesh networking interests. Bring your own mesh, or join one of our ongoing experiments!
Warhammer Night 5 - Tuesday October 15th @ 20:00 - 22:00
Warhammer Night returns, looking for new and recurring players alike! Who would win - ten cowboy ninjas or one giant robot? Join us in the most practical way to resolve the old playground question.
Warhammer Nights are a recurring event dedicated to the Warhammer series, and similar strategic tabletop wargames that we play over the course of an open night.
Another fight is brewing - der_moderne_man invites you to participate!
Creative Recycling: Making Art with Scrap Material - Saturday October 19th & Monday October 21st @ 19:00 - 22:00
Miss Creative Recycling yet? The team’s back, and ready to teach you how to empty your trash bin in the most unconventional ways. Put your plastic bottles to good use, get your Halloween costume going!
Creative Recycling is a semi-recurring workshop that shows how to creatively incorporate refuse plastic and aluminum into aesthetically pleasing sculpture. The workshop is entry level - students with no previous experience are welcome to attend.
Local cyberpunk and independent artist stuntman invites you to join him for two evenings of sculpture again. Come by and learn from experience - anyone can make something beautiful.
FOULAB Monthly Meeting - Tuesday October 22nd @ 20:00 - 21:30
Last meeting, we discussed a lot of potential improvements in the space - from problems with the communal sink to the ongoing resurfacing of the main tables. Those problems are being worked on as we speak - show up on the day to hear the latest updates, and maybe bring something up yourself!
This public night will have a special time slot for an organizational meeting. Join us to talk about FOULAB - make your voice heard on things that matter most.
FOULAB BIRTHDAY / HALLOWEEN PARTY - Thursday October 24th @ 18:30 - 23:00
Imagine a world without hackerspaces. Spooky, eh? Let’s have two celebrations about this. Let’s host them at the same time too.
FOULAB will be hosting a party in honour of both Halloween, and its 16th birthday! Bring a good mood and whatever food can help make it better, and let’s have fun celebrating another year of this du College warehouse we’ve all grown to love.
(And ghosts or something.)
Killed by Dice Presents: Three Sixteen III - Sunday October 27th @ 16:00 - 19:00
The Three Sixteen tour continues to the next planet. While the players are having a blast killing all sorts of new and exciting aliens, their characters are pitted against some serious threats to their well-being. Human weaknesses are uncovered, political plays at the coveted Lieutenant rank begin - oh the intrigue!
This is a regular collaboration between the NDG tabletop roleplaying group Killed by Dice and FOULAB. RSVP to join us for a monthly open game - slots are limited.
der_moderne_man wants YOU to serve Earth - will you be joining?
September… the month of going back to school, the month of Labour Day. And what’s a better way to learn, and to honour the power of your labour, than to work on a project at FOULAB?
Here’s what the locals have been cooking up:
Demonstration of Resilient Infrastructure Through Open Sessions (aka Infrastructure Night) - Tuesday September 10th @ 20:00 - 20:30
Infrastructure nights are back!
FOULAB’s Infrastructure Nights are small, bite-sized lectures and workshops on Foulab’s internal IT infrastructure - how it works, how to use it, and how to fix things that inevitably go wrong in it.
This time, eigma is showing us the internal workings of bahamut.lab - Foulab’s internal dead drop storage. Learn how to use a public resource here for you, learn how it is set up - maybe get a few ideas for a storage system of your own!
Sunday Mesh Morning - Wednesday September 11th @ 19:00 - 22:00
Mesh networking? Yessir. Routers? Yessir. Sunday morning? It’s a little bit more complex this time.
The Sunday Mesh Morning is a Wednesday evening event dedicated to mesh networking in all its forms. From discussing it, researching and testing alternative network topologies, to practical exercises in deploying peer-to-peer infrastructure in FOULAB and around it.
kryma is hosting - join us, and you’ll be hosting too. (Haha, decentralized joke - get it?)
Warhammer Night 4 - Tuesday September 17th @ 20:00 - 22:00
Time for another Warhammer night! Last month, we were stretching the definitions and learned that Zoids and Warhammer blend together better than expected.
Warhammer Nights are a recurring event dedicated to the Warhammer series, and similar strategic tabletop wargames that we play over the course of an open night.
Fighters and strategists, der_moderne_man calls upon you - we’re having another deathmatch this month. Bring your army, or borrow a veteran’s.
FOULAB Monthly Meeting - Thursday September 19th @ 20:00 - 21:30
Meeting meeting! We are hanging out, eating pizza, and discussing important FOULAB things. Things like new ACs (yay!). Things like the new more compact biolab! Things like optimizing the cans system and other chores!
This public night will have a special time slot for an organizational meeting. Join us to talk about FOULAB - make your voice heard on things that matter most.
Killed by Dice Presents: Three Sixteen II - Sunday September 29th @ 16:00 - 19:00
Three Sixteen is back! A playful riff on Starship Troopers as a tabletop RPG lets you kill all the space bugs you need. A dinosaur can be a space bug, we learned last time - who knows what else lies ahead.
Killed by Diodes is a regular collaboration between the NDG tabletop roleplaying group Killed by Dice and FOULAB. RSVP to join us for a monthly open game - slots are limited.
This time, der_moderne_man invites you to take the charge blasting aliens - drop in for three hours of sci-fi action!
August already? Time sure flies when you are having FOULAB. Let’s have more - here is how to do it.
Wiki Night - Tuesday August 6th @ 20:00 - 20:30
eigma is inviting us all once again to gather round, have a glass of fizzy water, and edit FOULAB’s history in real time.
Last month, it was the Wiki night fan club gathering together to look at polls and blogs - a month before that, we were editing orphaned pages back into the wiki graph. What will it be now? Join us for the precisely timed 30 minutes and find out!
Sunday Mesh Morning V - Sunday August 11th @ 10:00 - 13:00
The mesh networking sessions return! Join kryma and friends in making a new, hyper-local version of the Internet - where all the world is accessible from your PC, as long as your idea of the world is limited to the Saint Henri neighbourhood of Montreal.
Sunday stands for a pleasant day outside, Mesh stands for new friends and a new network, and Morning stands for having something to wake up early for. What does V stand for? Vendetta, of course.
Warhammer Night 3 - Tuesday August 13th @ 20:00 - 22:00
This evening, Warhammer rides again! Security briefcases chock-full of little plastic miniatures and a session of intense large-scale combat await you. Bring a hand-painted army or borrow one from the locals, and make your enemies pay.
der_moderne_man returns in the leading role, to put together a crew. Prepare for an unforgettable evening.
FOULAB Monthly Meeting - Tuesday August 20th @ 20:00 - 21:00
Another public night meeting? Last month, so many new faces were involved - and the reception was fantastic. Let’s do it again.
Show up during this public night to discuss FOULAB’s goings on, the new users, the projects going on at the space. Let’s all celebrate the lab, talk business, and maybe grab a pizza later.
Hydroponics 101: Intro to the Kratky method - Thursday August 22nd @ 20:00 - 21:00
It’s been a while since we had a quick rundown on the basics of hydroponic methods. Perhaps it’s high time to do it again. And what’s a better way to learn hydroponics from the Farmer of FOULAB himself, the user tlot?
Dead simple, our tech-agriculture instructor says. Put a seed in the water, make the water right, and you’ll get salad for days - no maintenance at all! Join us for an explanation. Recommended donation - $10 CAD.
FouLAN Party - Saturday August 24th @ 19:00 - 23:00
FOULAB’s gaming collective comes together for another evening! The Mario fans from this spring are ready to present the assembled collection, and the FPS aficionados are itching for a proper party.
Unreal Tournament is on the docket, our host nintendoeats promises, and they say some of the players coming are pretty damn good. Knock them down a notch - or get taught the real meaning of the word “1337”.
Demonstration of Resilient Infrastructure Through Open Sessions (aka Infrastructure Night) - Tuesday August 27th @ 20:00 - 22:00
Another infrastructure night! This night’s theme, the new Internet. Not the Sunday Mesh Morning type - we are changing our ISP and would like some input.
Quiz Night: Back to School Edition - Wednesday August 28th @ 19:00 - 22:00
August is coming close to an end, everybody! Summer break is over, school’s back in. You know what that means - time to study for the test.
Come join a fantastic game evening prepared by the Foulab professor kida - show off your knowledge of all sorts of facts about hackers and hacking in the form of a Montreal-renowned FOULAB quiz, coming back this Wednesday evening.
July’s come, and 2024 is half over already! Got anything planned for this year? Do it! At FOULAB.
Fan Wiki Night - Tuesday July 2nd @ 20:00 - 20:30
Another wiki night! eigma is leading the party only in spirit - let’s band together and self-organize to get our internal encyclopedia all dressed up nice and clean.
It’s good when the documentation is good and relevant - let’s save FOULAB by making sure it stays that way.
Sunday Mesh Morning IV - Sunday July 7th @ 10:00 - 13:00
kryma and the mesh network team invite you to get funky with your networking once again. Sunday Mesh Morning IV straight into your veins - don’t miss the opportunity!
This month, featuring FOULAB websites getting on the mesh and the jankiest mobile data plan that has ever grazed Montreal.
Warhammer Night Strikes Back - Thursday July 11th @ 19:00 - 21:00
Warhammer nights are getting into full swing. Some official, some ad-hoc - they say running a little plastic army every once in a while is the best treat you can get.
der_moderne_man and the team are hosting again. Come join us, we’re military generals out there.
FOULAB Monthly Meeting - Tuesday July 16th @ 20:00 - 22:00
Meeting meeting! During a public night nonetheless. Let’s shake the formula up a little.
Come and discuss the new Internet plan, museum progress, and anything else that’s been happening around the lab that you may want to bring up. Decisions will be made, pizza will be had!
Demonstration of Resilient Infrastructure Through Open Sessions (aka Infrastructure Night) - Tuesday July 23rd @ 20:00 - 22:00
Another outage has happened at Foulab! Or will happen. Let’s join eigma and the ministry of infrastructure, and butt our heads together to fix a difficult problem surgically implanted into the lab’s network.
What a good way to learn about system administration, and its specifics at our space. Problems being fixed by hackers - you love to see it. Problems being fixed by you - you’ll love to do it.
F0UL4B HACKERSPACE PROJECT NIGHT - Thursday July 25th @ 20:00 - 22:00
Three months have passed, and it’s time for ANOTHER PROJECT NIGHT!
You’ve been hacking away and making a sick new prototype you’re eager to share with FOULAB? You’ve been interested in what a hackerspace actually does? ‘Tis the day for demos - come get your fill.
Over two hours, watch people’s pet projects get proudly presented, or join yourself to demonstrate a device you’ve developed. Perfect celebration of hacker culture - and of all the new inventions too!
Hosted by an old friend of Foulab, this event is sure to be a blast.
FOULAB Party - Monday July 1st @ 15:00 - 23:00
There’s going to be a FOULAB PARTY on July 1st! What’s a better way to spend a public holiday than hanging out with fellow hackers? The theme is summertime - beach, barbeque, solar panels? Make of that what you will.
Bringing food and drink to share is encouraged.
June has come - and with it, the summer has started! Feeling the heat yet? That’s a fantastic new month the lab is cooking up.
Sunday Mesh Morning III - Sunday June 5th 9th @ 10:00 - 13:00
An ongoing exploration of mesh networking and decentralized infrastructure hosted by none other than kryma and the team.
Come join the crew - get mesh networking software on your laptop, and maybe even set a piece of lab infrastructure up!
Warhammer Night - Tuesday June 11th @ 19:00 - 21:00
A community of Warhammer enthusiasts is slowly assembling at Foulab. Seems those minis are just irresistible, huh?
Come join der_moderne_man’s charge to secure a little event for the tiny plastic soldier appreciators. 3D prints and plamods welcome!
FOULAB Monthly Meeting - Saturday June 15th @ 15:00 - 17:00
Meeting time! Let’s get some pizza going and discuss how the lab has been running so far. Make your voice heard - members, users, and the Foulab public is welcome and encouraged to attend!
Among topics to discuss are upcoming conferences and conventions, making the space all nice, and potential new projects to integrate into the lab.
Killed by Dice Presents: Three Sixteen - Sunday June 16th @ 16:00 - 19:00
der_moderne_man, Foulab’s resident game master and Killed by Dice operator, brings a Space Marine sort of adventure to the lab. Fight with honor and fulfil your duty as a citizen in a tabletop RPG heavily inspired by Starship Troopers. Enlist today on Eventbrite - spots are limited!
Wiki Night - Tuesday June 18th @ 20:00 - 20:30
The Wiki Night has been going great! Last time, we were connecting isolated pages to the main Foulab wiki graph. Want to do some documentation in a cool way? Join our documentation overlord eigma for the most fun 30 minutes you can have with a community-run encyclopedia.
Demonstration of Resilient Infrastructure Through Open Sessions (aka Infrastructure Night) - Tuesday June 25th @ 20:00 - 22:00
One system administrator is too little for a big thing like Foulab. You can be a system administrator, too! Join eigma and a few other interested parties as we train green rookies and pros alike to become hardened hackerspace maintainers.
Another event is to be announced later in the month.
