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Riot Hack Nights

Elliottkember_n Posted 3 months ago by @elliottkember

Here at Riot, we love to give back to the community. That's why, about once a month, we run a Riot Hack Night. These are a great opportunity to get a few people together and hang out while building fun stuff. They're also a great excuse to drink beer and eat pizza. Here's how it goes down!

We generally stop working at around 5pm, and start messing around with things. Sometimes we have some idea of what we're going to build, sometimes we don't even know until after 9pm. Either way, the first beers get opened at about five.

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Do this, do that

Elliottkember_n Posted 3 months ago by @elliottkember

In the Riot offices, we have a Mac Mini. We call him "Servor", and he lives under our coffee table. He's friends with Printor. Let's have a little look at how he works!

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Current Status

Elliottkember_n Posted 3 months ago by @elliottkember

During the Big Office Move of 2011, Riot shifted vertically by about twelve feet into Blubolt's old office. One of the things we inherited, as well as thrice the space and a big sexy mirror, was a great big 50" Plasma TV on the wall. This bad boy, unused for years on end, was just crying out for some love.

We knew exactly what we wanted - a dashboard. We wanted to monitor and graph everything we could, and have as much information at our disposal as was possible. So one Friday afternoon, armed with a bottle of Sailor Jerry and some coke, I set to work.

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this hack night is going to rule
23 days ago

Hack night tomorrow, who's coming? http://t.co/ZpeSS5uf
24 days ago

Even our toilet paper is champagne coloured
25 days ago