November 2010
10 posts
My feelings on Metrix
I’ve been coming to Metrix since its inception. I’ve known Matt, the owner, for a couple of years through my relationships with others in the maker community. Seeing Metrix from its incomplete state, through it’s opening, and now to its expansion has been great. The store’s atmosphere hasn’t changed much from how it was when it opened- it’s still open to the public, still a great place to come and...
Metrix Create:Space Holiday Season Schedule
Dear Metrix Create:Space patrons,
We are writing to inform you that we will not be open for your workshoping needs on the following dates:
Thursday (yep, that’s tomorrow), November 25, 2010
Friday and Saturday, December 24 and 25, 2010
Friday and Saturday, December 31, 2010 and January 1, 2011
Other than that, we are open 7 days a week, noon to midnight, every day. So, come on in and...
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The Metrix snOMG 2010 Challenge
We have conductive thread. Conductive thread is usually used in costuming when one wants to integrate electronics like blinking LEDs into one’s fancy dress. Conductive thread is also great for modding gloves to be smart phone friendly - a couple of stitches and you can click and type to your heart’s delight without taking your gloves off. Conductive thread is handy stuff to have when...
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snOMG
It’s cold and icy out. You’ve been stuck in the apartment for the last day or so because classes are canceled or it’s impossible to commute to work. You desperately want to get out of the house and DO something. Anything.
What better place to get things done than a workshop?
If you want to get actual work done, we have free fast wifi. If you’d like to make gifts for...
Changes to Laser Prices
We’ve made some changes to pricing for our laser cutter, as well as our “no-cut list”.
Most notably, we’re now charging an extra 50¢ per minute for cutting acrylic (even the acrylic we stock) and other substances that smell up the shop too much. This surcharge is applied after any discounts, so large acrylic jobs that used to be $1/minute are now $1.50/minute.
And now, the...
Yay for brains!
Recently I’ve seen some popular videos online showing these really neat toys called quadrocopters. They’re basically just small flying toys with four rotors on each corner of the shell. They can hover and maneuver quite easily and are pretty interesting to watch. The other day I was in Metrix, and to my surprise I saw a couple of people working with one of them! I wanted to see what they were up...
Winter's coming...
When I was a kid, my family and I would always do arts and crafts to prepare for holidays or a change in seasons. One of my favorite times of year was the beginning of winter, just for this reason! I loved making snowflakes and hanging them in the window. Of course, when I got older things changed. People just don’t appreciate cut out snowflakes when you’re 23 instead of 3. I decided that this...
5 cent payphone coming soon.
Hi, my name is Allison, and I teach the Inkscape workshop at Metrix. Matt, the owner of Metrix, wanted me to write about some of the cool and interesting things I see at Metrix on a regular basis. Over the past couple of days I’ve noticed Andy Filer, Metrix regular, working at a table covered in various phone parts. I asked him what he was doing, and he told me that he’s helping Metrix add a...
