Links
Here are some links we feel may be of use.
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2600 links
- 2600 Magazine
The Hacker Quarterly - 2600 Meetings
Locations and websites of all known 2600 meetings - Freedom Downtime
2600′s feature-length documentary about the”Free Kevin” movement and the hacker world. - HOPE
Hackers On Planet Earth, New York City’s own biennial hacker conference - HOPE forums
Official forums dedicated to the HOPE conferences, past and future. - Off the Hook
Our beloved radio show, warping the airwaves since 1988.
- 2600 Magazine
Local culture
- Animated Manhattan
Depictions of Manhattan in animation. - Citynoise
Photo and text blog celebrating the urban form and modern world. - Coney Island History Project
Documenting Coney Island’s legendary and colorful past and present. - Forgotten NY
Modern archaeology in the City - Long Island Oddities
Urban exploration, weird history, and other eclectic aspects of Long Island - Lost City
A tribute to the disappearing vestiges of Old New York City - Overheard in New York
The permanent record your teachers warned you about. - Payphone Project: New York
Local payphone photos and info - Scouting NY
Observations and adventures of a local film location scout. - WBAI
Listener-supported radio
- Animated Manhattan
Local events
- Art Cards
Local art scene happenings. - LinkedList NYC
LinkedList NYC is a weekly newsletter of cool things for engineers to do in New York. - Nerd Nite NYC
An informal gathering at which nerds get together for nerdery of all sorts - New Yorkled
Events calendar and tourism info - New Yorkology
Travel tips and events - Nonsense NYC
Weekly mailing list for random weird shows, parties, and other eclectic events in town - NYC Hacker Community Dinner
An informal hangout which takes place on the third Friday of every month, at a rotating selection of restaurants. - Science and the City
Public portal and webzine of the New York Academy of Sciences. The event listings are atomic number 79 for any local science nerd. - The Danger
Underground parties and artistic happenings - The Skint
A daily listing of free and cheap things to buy, see, and do in New York
- Art Cards
Local groups
- Big Apple Users Group
Vintage Mac and Apple II users - Double X Tech
Local group for women in tech - Free Culture @ NYU
Free culture at NYU is a chapter of a national student movement exploring the nature of innovation in the context of American Copyright law and media distribution. - LILUG
Long Island Linux Users Group - Make:NYC
Local tinkerers inspired by MAKE Magazine - Metro Mac
Metropolitan New York Macintosh Alliance - New York Amateur Astronomers Association
Long-running astronomy club with lectures, classes, observing sessions, and more. - New York Nineteenth Century Society
The Nineteenth Century Society was founded to promote better understanding of life in the nineteenth century. - New York Perl Mongers
Perl Mongers is a loose confederation of Perl hackers, coders, and accidental programmers whose goal is to develop the social community of Perl - NY Cultural Tech
A cross-disciplinary group of technologists focused on the advancement of emerging technologies from within the domains of public knowledge. - NY Hacker
A group of hackers, developers, and tinkerers working in New York City. - NYC Hacker Community Dinner
An informal hangout which takes place on the third Friday of every month, at a rotating selection of restaurants. - NYC Python
New York City Python User Group - NYC4SEC
The New York City Forensics and Security Meetup is a group of computer security, forensics and compliance professionals based in the Tri-State area meeting to discuss the latest trends in threats and responses as well as what to do when attacked. - NYCBUG
New York City *BSD User Group - NYCDAUG
New York City Digital Assistant Users Group - NYCwireless
A group dedicated to the creation of free, public wireless Internet access throughout New York City. - NYLUG
New York Linux Users Group - NYPC
New York Personal Computer User Group - NYPHP
New York PHP Community - NYSec
The New York Security forum (NYSec) is an informal meetup of information security professionals in New York. - StreetPass NYC
Local Nintendo 3DS users meet up to exchange info and data. - TOOOL NYC
Local chapter of The Open Organization Of Lockpickers - Wikimedia New York City
A local Wikimedia chapter. - Wikipedia Meetup NYC
Occasional gatherings of New York’s own Wikipedians
- Big Apple Users Group
Local hackerspaces
- Alpha One Labs
Hackerspace in Brooklyn - Beta Two Labs
Up-and-coming hackerspace in White Plains, Westchester. - Eyebeam
Art + Technology center - Genspace
Genspace is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting education in molecular biology for both children and adults. - HTINK
An educational cooperative for kids and adults - Island Labs
Up-and-coming hackerspace on Long Island - NYC Resistor
NYC’s first hackerspace
- Alpha One Labs
Local resources
- Adopt a Hacker
Couch-surfing for the NYC tech scene - Cheap Ass Food
A well-named guide to local inexpensive restaurants. - Craigslist NY
Some genuinely useful things buried in a mountain of noise. - Free WiFi directory – Manhattan
Local map of free WiFi hotspots - HopStop
Transit-centric direction-mapping site. - ITP: Materials Resources
The NYU Interactive Telecommunications Program’s list of local sources for hacker/maker supplies - New Yorkology
Travel tips and events - NYC Indymedia
The local Independent Media Center - NYC Transit
Trains and buses - Paperless Guide to NYC
Good beginner’s resource for NYC newbies. - Ride the City
Bicycle-safe routes and directions.
- Adopt a Hacker
Of interest
- "New York City Hackers"
Free, short documentary film by Stig-Lennart Sorensen, featuring 2600 and NYC2600. - BSoD TV
An educational community-produced hacker TV show covering an insane range of insane subjects. - Computer Stupidities
Stories and anecdotes about clueless computer users. - Defective By Design
The campaign to eliminate DRM - Electronic Frontier Foundation
Defending freedom in the digital world - Hacker News Network
Weekly online newscast by and for hackers - Hacktube
Lots of great hacker-related videos for stream or download - Recording Industry vs. The People
Chronicling abuse and extortion by the RIAA. By local lawyer Ray Beckerman, aka “NewYorkCountryLawyer”
- "New York City Hackers"
Zines
- Impulse Reality
Just when you thought the zine scene was dead, it is. - Phone Losers of America
Cactus? - Reprimand
Streams of altered consciousness - United Phone Losers
Refusing to grow up since back when we weren’t decrepit
- Impulse Reality