Ductape

Ductape
Status	closed
Country	South Africa
State or District	Kwazulu Natal
City	Durban
Date of founding	2008/09/14
Last Updated	2012-09-25
Website	http://ductape.co.za/
Facebook	https://www.facebook.com/groups/27110681972/
E-mail	smilyborg@strangeminds.org
Snail mail	118 Colwyn Road 4052 Durban South Africa
Number of members	12
Members	SmilyBorg
Location	29° 56' 11.45" S, 31° 0' 17.59" E
Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"300px","height":"350px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":14,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuctape\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E29.9365139\u00b0 S, 31.0048866\u00b0 E\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","title":"Ductape\n","link":"","lat":-29.9365139,"lon":31.0048866,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}
vCard download

Update

Unfortunately Ductape is now dormant. We have not had meetings since August 2009 and our website and mailing list are down. We still have a facebook group at [1] I think our main problem was in getting enough people involved that had sufficient time, funds and energy to dedicate to the space. I hope that at some point in the future we can resurrect Ductape or some other space in the Durban area.

SmilyBorg

old

Ok, so the Unnamed Durban Space has a name and a bunch of people interested.

There have been a number of proposed meanings of Ductape which I will post later.

I've been hearing about hacker spaces all over the world but I don't see even one in Africa. We are hoping to start a space in the Durban area covering a wide range of hacker activities and skills.

So far we have about 12 members with an average meeting attendance of 5-9 people. Skills cover Linux, networking, electronics and radio, lock picking, metal casting and other mechanical skills.

I would like this to be a pretty generic hacker group, with the true definition of hacking in mind. Learning, building, tweaking and having fun.

If you want to learn how to break into computers and do other illegal stuff, this group is not for you. If you are interested in sharing knowledge, building stuff and having a good time, please contact me and we can try to get the first hacker space on the African continent going.

SB

Name

Whats in a name? Here are some meanings that were put forward.

DUCTAPE - Durbanites (Using) Un-Conventional Technologies, And Plenty (of) Experimentation
DUCTAPE - Durbanites (Using) Un-Conventional Technologies, And Plenty (of) Experimentation
DUCTAPE - Durbanites Undermining Conventional Technology, Applying Plentifull Experimentation
DUCTAPE - Durbanites Undermining Conventional Technology, Applying Plenty (of) Experimentation
DUCTAPE - Durbanites (Using) Un-Conventional Technologies, And Plenty (of) Experimentation
DUCTAPE - Durbanites Undermining Conventional Technologies, And Plenty (of) Experimentation
DUCTAPE - Durbanites Undermining Current Technology - Advancing Prospective Experimentation
Ductape - Its like the Force. It has a light side, a dark side and it holds the universe together