Tickets on EventBrite for this Wed Nov 30th class

We will spend an evening making our own Gomme simple syrup and Citrus super juice, and will compare them to ordinary rich simple syrup and ordinary citrus juice in a few choice drink recipes.

Gomme simple syrup

A common place ingredient in cocktail recipes from the 1800s, gomme syrup (or gum syrup, or simply gum) is a rich simple syrup with gum arabic. The hydrocolloid stabilizes the syrup (preventing sugar from crystallizing out) and changes the texture of cocktails made with it.

Most recipes that you can find will ignore what we now know about hydrocolloids and their behaviors and rely on very long wait times to hydrate the gum arabic before using it. We will be using a blender for a different, faster and more reliable way to produce gomme syrup.

Super juice

Invented recently by Nickle Morris at the Expo bar in Louisville KY, super juice is an approach to producing citrus juice that uses oleo citrates (a method analogous to the classic oleo saccharums from 1700s and 1800s punch and cocktail recipes) to infuse citrus peel flavors into the finished juice. The result is a shelf stable (keeps for weeks, not hours) citrus juice with intense flavor and a much, much higher yield than freshly pressed citrus.

The Course

We will jointly make a batch of gomme rich syrup and a batch of super juice (meyer lemons if I can find them, otherwise lemon, orange and/or lime) and compare their effects: gomme syrup compared to rich syrup in an old fashioned, and super juice compared to fresh citrus juice in a whisky sour. If you do not like whisky, we can produce analogous comparison pairs for gin, rum, or pretty much any base spirit you prefer.

Once we finish for the evening, we will bottle the juice and the syrup, so that you can take one bottle of each with you home for further mixology experiments.

The Teacher

A professor of data science for his day job, Mikael Vejdemo-Johansson goes deep into any hobby he picks up. Cocktails, cocktail techniques, mixology and historical (and weird) approaches to cocktails have been an obsession on and off again for years now, and occasionally documented at https://sapores.tumblr.com/.

This class is 21+ and governed by our Code of Conduct. The Code of Conduct, as well as accessibility information, can be found at www.nycresistor.com/participate/.

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Tickets to this Sunday Nov 20th noon class on EventBrite

To enjoy this class, you will need previous coding experience – the specific language isn’t important, just the major concepts. If this tutorial makes sense then you’re good to go, or you can sign up for our 11/13 Coding Crash Course: JavaScript class.

p5.js is a JavaScript library for creative coding, with a focus on making coding accessible and inclusive for artists, designers, educators, beginners, and anyone else. It is both simple to use and capable of handling complex ideas. You can see p5JS in action at OpenProcessing.org

By using randomization and loops in our code we can create art that is unique and sometimes even surprising. We will cover not only the technical aspects of p5.js but also artistic tools for adding dimension and interest to sketches.

Based on the original Java-based Processing software, p5.js programs are portable and easy to run anywhere. You do not need any specific development environment and any computer with a web browser capable of running JavaScript will work.

This online class will be taught by NYC Resistor member Kelly. As with all NYC Resistor events, this class is 18+ and governed by our Code of Conduct. The Code of Conduct, as well as accessibility information, can be found at www.nycresistor.com/participate

Join NYC Resistor and friends for a spooky-special night of music, costumes, and laser light!

Costumes encouraged, 21+, tickets $10 in advance, $15 at the door. Drinks are free.

Back by popular demand: DJ Smokey returns, so get ready for a fresh and spooky set of hand-mixed beats and laser-heavy visuals!

Poster design by @colleenaf .

Tickets and details here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nyc-resistor-halloween-party-2022-tickets-442350631647

Learn to use the command line to control computers from desktops to microcomputers to the cloud in this no-experience-necessary intro class!

Tickets available on EventBrite

Would you like to learn how to control a wide variety of computers, from your own laptop to tiny computers like the Raspberry Pi to huge deployments in the cloud? Are you interested in analyzing large volumes of text data, like corpus analysis in the digital humanities, or automating computing pipelines in the natural and social sciences, all with a tool that costs nothing and you probably already have? The command line is an indispensable tool for everyone who wants to learn how to do creative, powerful computing, from digital artists to citizen scientists to at-home hardware hackers.

This class is intended for people with no command line experience – we will start from the very beginning, and take a guided, hands on tour of the basics of command line usage. You’ll go home understanding when the command line is the right tool for the job, how it works, an a bit of experience piloting it through basic tasks.

This class will be taught by Resistor member Bill!