This is the ARCHIVED wiki for Hack Day London, frozen sometime in mid-June 2007.
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Updated 6th June with new answers from Tom Coates
When is it?
Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th June. Doors open 9am at the Palm Court entrance of Alexandra Palace. Talks are from 10 until 2, when the hacking begins. Hacking finishes 2pm on the Sunday with presentations starting at 3pm - huge gig with very cool band starts at 7pm and we'll be all done by 9pm.
How do I get to Ally Pally?
Official directions Google Map with walking route and local facilities (note: there are nearer facilities in Muswell Hill available by walking west through the park that are not on this map)
By train or Tube
From Kings Cross
It's recommended to take the First Capital Connect to Alexandra Palace. Trains are every 15 minutes, the station is closer to the Palace than the Underground stop, and it's quicker and only a little more expensive than taking the Tube! You must buy a ticket before you board. Once you arrive, follow the walking route or catch the W3 bus from just outside the station.
From other Tube stations in London
Take the Piccadilly Line northbound to Wood Green, then follow the walking route or catch the W3 bus from just outside the station.
By car
Use the official directions. There's ample parking space at Ally Pally but if you have a car / motorbike with an alarm you'll want to park as far away from the transmitter as possible as it interferes with them - parking attendants will direct you to a space. Park near the Palm Court entrance if you don't want a long walk.
Food and drink?
Sandwiches, fruit and pizza will be supplied. There's a pub on site as well where people can go for a drink, but you almost certainly won't be able to bring that booze back into the main hall. There'll be a bunch of bottles of water.
What should I bring?
Laptop. Power cord. Sleeping bag, toiletries etc if you're staying the night. Maybe a few bits of emergency sugar! Add your thoughts here.
Sleeping spaces?
Available, bring your own sleeping bag. There'll be plenty of soft bits for you to pull up on but we'll also be curtaining off a section of the hall where you can get a bit of quiet. Sanitary arrangements: there are a lot of loos and sinks, but it's unlikely that there are any showers. Camping outside is not allowed.
Wifi?
Free and available, but bring your own computer. Wi-Fi will only be available in the West Hall where the main event is.
Plug adaptor for laptop?
Do i need a plug adapter for my laptop? How are the plugs in UK?
The plugs are three-pin, providing 240v. You may need an adaptor to make whatever plug you have look like this.
Where's the nearest...
What are you working on?...
I (Simon Harriyott) have written a del.icio.us utility to check whether your bookmarks have any dead links.
I (Lance Wicks) have written a little hack that gets a Nabaztag bunny to talk to you and tell you when a new member of mybloglog visits your blog.
I (Lance Wicks) have also written a little hack that gets a Nabaztag bunny to talk to you and tell you what plaze someone is at, it also updates twitter.
The Hacked! live conference game is still playing: post-its on backs and Flickr uploads... (Tom Scott)
OsdeInfo & co are working on a web service/app using flickr api and machine tags to let you attribute a composite photo to all of its Creative Commons Attribution Sharealike (by-sa.cc) licenced elements http://bysacc.osde.info/ and now http://www.by-sa.cc/ !
Geir Freysson (blog) just launched his hack: Nabazhack! It allows you to set alarms so that your nabaztag bunny can remind you when your favorite tv/radio shows are about to start.
Yoan Blanc (Yahoo! Paris Office, blog) a NetVibes module for Yahoo! Answers API (questionSearch). Grab it here.
I made a Teenage Angst / Nested Tag Cloud thing with the BBC agony aunt data.
I made a wifi strength detecting badge with a wifi strength detector and a badge. (Dave 'drew the pictures' ;) )
For hackday we made Boxr a capture the telephone box location/pervasive game. Sign up to play! when you capture a phone, you phone a skype bot which then shunts the recording of dtmf tones to a script to register your teams win, how many points, etc. Ajax front end updates automatically, the yahoo map and scores, so you can view the game live online. But wait theres more! We notify the twitter feeds when a game event occurs - an ideal feature for when you're out and about playing the game. have fun!
I (Olivier D. alias ze kat) have played around "My Yahoo!" unknown API, built some utilities, and a stranger product named "mYahoo! Wall feat. Flickr". See my Hackday sandbox. All I have learned will be use for my personal projects on LiFE2Front network
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