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Just learned that in Australia hacker

2012-01-27 10:01:12.891915-08 by Dan Lyke 3 comments

Just learned that in Australia "hacker spaces" and communal workshops go by the name "Community Shed". A whole new sociological vista opens.

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#Comment Re: made: 2012-01-27 12:10:04.927306-08 by: Mars Saxman

Interesting. I did a quick google search and found a lot of references to "such-and-such men's shed" and apparently there is "Australia Men's Sheds Association". Very strange to me that it is described in such a gender-specific way; gender-egalitarianism is one of the things I have found so appealing about the hackerspace movement. It's also surprising to see how mainstream the concept is - they have national conferences and funding from state governments! A far cry from the countercultural, under-the-radar hackerspaces I know about here on the west coast.

Reading about this gives me a very odd alternate-universe feeling.

#Comment Re: made: 2012-01-27 12:18:08.647124-08 by: petronius

I know there is a movie with a the title "Smash Palace", but when i was in Sydney I saw a number of auto-collision shops called smash shops, which is certainly a proper name for the business.

#Comment Re: made: 2012-01-29 08:09:09.810304-08 by: Dan Lyke

Mars, yeah, it seems to be a "retired guy hobby" space rather than a "younger professional tinkering" space.

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