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Tour Houston's Texas-Sized Hackerspace (Video 1 of 2)
That things are bigger in Texas is sometimes more than just a cliche. A few weeks ago, on the way to LinuxCon, I stopped by what is certainly the biggest hackerspace that I've ever seen; is it the biggest in the world? Whatever the answer is to that, Houston's TX/RX Labs is not just big — it's busy, and booked. Unlike some spaces we've highlighted here before (like Seattle's Metrix:CreateSpace and Brooklyn's GenSpace), TX/RX Labs has room and year-round sunshine enough to contemplate putting a multi-kilowatt solar array in the backyard. Besides an array of CNC machines, 3-D printers, and both wood- and metal-working equipment, TX/RX has workbenches available for members to rent. (These are serious workspaces, made in-house of poured concrete and welded steel tubing.) Member Steve Cameron showed me around, but TX/RX Labs is so large that we broke the tour into two parts, with the other one set to display next week.
Hey, that's like two blocks from the best Mexican food in the city, Ninfa's on Navigation. Great location choice!
Everything is better with chainsaws.
The only thing worse than being in Houston is driving to Houston.
Major cities are actually quite nice, Houston, Dallas, Austin; all nice places to live or visit depending on your interests.
Stop on by Tx/Rx Labs has an open House every friday from 7pm-11PM we are located at 205 roberts st
just down the road from Minute Maid Park.
Actually, there is a membership level where you can get spaces that big. Also, I believe Mark does a lot of mentoring, teaches classes, etc. There's also an upstairs section in that area you haven't seen yet with more people space. Try not to prejudge based on what you think you see in a panning video shot, eh? I've been there a couple times on the open house nights. It's a pretty neat place.
He did say Mark was renting that space. It might be a good thing for a non-profit to have some regular income.
New things are always on the horizon
Hackerspace? It's a shop. We don't have to keep making up new words where there are perfectly good ones available.
The only thing worse than a Democrat is a Republican.
That's more an issue of how large Texas is. Parks, Rivers, Lakes, Campgrounds; we got them, but becuase our cities are so sprawling and spread out, it'll take a while to get to them.
I do agree though that we could help out matters by making more smaller parks, then a few giant ones. Visiting them during the weekend or any holiday is just a waste, since they will be swamped with people, many who will be out watching TV, blasting a radio, or getting drunk and starting fights. Don't like it? Well we have another park literally across the state, and will take all night to drive to, and will have the same issues.