{"id":127901,"date":"2025-12-20T23:00:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T03:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/?p=127901"},"modified":"2025-12-30T22:26:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T02:26:05","slug":"saturday-night-mid-hack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2025\/12\/20\/saturday-night-mid-hack\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday night &#8211; mid hack"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p>I got up around 8 and took a quick run then headed back to the venue.. Many of the hackers had stayed up all night.. thye were making good progress I think .&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"127915\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/15555977-992F-4974-8100-7B34568B2883_1_102_o-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-127915\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/15555977-992F-4974-8100-7B34568B2883_1_102_o.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/15555977-992F-4974-8100-7B34568B2883_1_102_o.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/15555977-992F-4974-8100-7B34568B2883_1_102_o.jpeg 113w, 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srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EF5751C0-A99A-4ADA-B452-9FBE2E29171E_1_105_c.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EF5751C0-A99A-4ADA-B452-9FBE2E29171E_1_105_c.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EF5751C0-A99A-4ADA-B452-9FBE2E29171E_1_105_c.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EF5751C0-A99A-4ADA-B452-9FBE2E29171E_1_105_c.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EF5751C0-A99A-4ADA-B452-9FBE2E29171E_1_105_c.jpeg 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"127917\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/34D71A96-CDCC-47E3-A653-49172D2D3F84_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-127917\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/34D71A96-CDCC-47E3-A653-49172D2D3F84_1_105_c.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/34D71A96-CDCC-47E3-A653-49172D2D3F84_1_105_c.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/34D71A96-CDCC-47E3-A653-49172D2D3F84_1_105_c.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/34D71A96-CDCC-47E3-A653-49172D2D3F84_1_105_c.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/34D71A96-CDCC-47E3-A653-49172D2D3F84_1_105_c.jpeg 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>we had to do a little teaching on soldering safety after soemone melted through the solderign irons cord with their iron&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"127918\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/9E094142-0393-4149-BF7D-219BB96FF61D_1_102_o-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-127918\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/9E094142-0393-4149-BF7D-219BB96FF61D_1_102_o.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/9E094142-0393-4149-BF7D-219BB96FF61D_1_102_o.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/9E094142-0393-4149-BF7D-219BB96FF61D_1_102_o.jpeg 113w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/9E094142-0393-4149-BF7D-219BB96FF61D_1_102_o.jpeg 1152w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/9E094142-0393-4149-BF7D-219BB96FF61D_1_102_o.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/9E094142-0393-4149-BF7D-219BB96FF61D_1_102_o.jpeg 948w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/9E094142-0393-4149-BF7D-219BB96FF61D_1_102_o.jpeg 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>the venue was split in half, the other half was a gamign bar.. really a cool place&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"127919\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/56AD737D-0C87-45EF-9552-29009B9D41C2_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-127919\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/56AD737D-0C87-45EF-9552-29009B9D41C2_1_105_c.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/56AD737D-0C87-45EF-9552-29009B9D41C2_1_105_c.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/56AD737D-0C87-45EF-9552-29009B9D41C2_1_105_c.jpeg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Around lunctime.. my dear friend Rafe came by.. It was so great to see him.. it was fun showing him what I did for fun. Rafe is a mathematician (was the head of the math dep at stanford for many years) We had a good time comparing the ways that&nbsp; math and engineering rech out to younger students. I think there&#8217;s much we can learn from the concept of &#8216;math circles&#8217; that the math community has used for almost 100 years.. its an idea that came out of the soviet unioon for identifying early talent..&nbsp;<br><br>It was great hanging out with rafe.. we took a walk and got bon-mih and caught up.. he really is one of my oldest and dearest friends.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"127920\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/E4CBB080-DB14-4F9A-A094-93488A3D7F1D_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-127920\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/E4CBB080-DB14-4F9A-A094-93488A3D7F1D_1_105_c.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/E4CBB080-DB14-4F9A-A094-93488A3D7F1D_1_105_c.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/E4CBB080-DB14-4F9A-A094-93488A3D7F1D_1_105_c.jpeg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>then I was back in the grind at the hardware table. the thing I learned most was that I in handing out hardware, I got to hand out hardware advice.. I learned abotu each teams projects from start to finsh. I was so impressed with how much electronics many of these kids knew\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"127921\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/D1698988-8161-45C1-A52B-014A0568E587_1_102_o-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-127921\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/D1698988-8161-45C1-A52B-014A0568E587_1_102_o.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/D1698988-8161-45C1-A52B-014A0568E587_1_102_o.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/D1698988-8161-45C1-A52B-014A0568E587_1_102_o.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/D1698988-8161-45C1-A52B-014A0568E587_1_102_o.jpeg 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