***** DONE Chaos Communication Camp 2015 :open:hardware:software:security:events:blog: CLOSED: [2015-08-23 Sun 16:46] SCHEDULED: <2015-08-23 Sun> :PROPERTIES: :CREATED: [2015-08-23 Sun 14:17] :ID: 2015-08-23-CCCamp15 :END: :LOGBOOK: - State "DONE" from "DONE" [2015-08-24 Mon 15:30] - State "DONE" from "STARTED" [2015-08-23 Sun 16:46] :END: Update 2015-08-24: my Org-mode lightening talk I was at the [[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_Communication_Camp][Chaos Communication Camp 2015]] in Mildenberg near Berlin. #+BEGIN_EXPORT HTML #+END_EXPORT This is how I experienced this event: ****** Hardware Besides the usual software projects/hacks, there were many hardware hacks on the camp. First of all, each participant got a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software-defined_radio][software defined radio]] badge called [[https://twitter.com/Turmio_/status/632160128234598400][rad1o]] with a [[https://twitter.com/n0v0id/status/633941938538979328][wonderful hacker message on its back-side]]. There will be [[https://rad1o.badge.events.ccc.de/][many projects with rad1o]] in the future. On the camp, a guy managed to build a radio (including an antenna) playing mp3 files to his walkie talkie over hundreds of meters within a few hours. Hacks like [[http://samy.pl/dingdong/][this one]] where someone is making some fun with a door bell will be swamping the world from now on. Be warned ;-) Cool things like [[https://twitter.com/sehnaoui/status/632287988089790464][the Mate-Car]] or [[https://twitter.com/grauhut/status/632175108388429824][an offroad skateboard with motor]] were at the camp. The [[https://twitter.com/Tuuli_/status/631760694736719872][amalettomat]] of [[https://metalab.at/][the metalab]] making thousands of crêpes ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatschinke][Palatschiken]]) was a favorite to many children and grown-ups. ****** Fun A lot of things were done just for fun. German Chancellor Angela Merkel had [[http://www.rt.com/news/neuland-merkel-internet-viral-953/][her Neuland-moment]] which resulted [[https://twitter.com/tweetmaex/status/631802480817364992][in tweaked direction signs showing the way to the camp]]. The power generators from [[http://www.bredenoord.com/en/New_Generators][Bredenoord]] quickly became defaced [[https://twitter.com/s7nio/status/632242950215442432][to a more suitable name]]. Somebody even created [[https://twitter.com/cccampgenerator][a Twitter account]] for the generators! On the on-camp party train, there was the inevitable [[https://twitter.com/yetzt/status/631842149168975873][ball-pit on-train]] together with a decent cocktail bar and more. Many people were enjoying [[https://twitter.com/dertadi/status/632159394533351424][the beautiful swimming lake with its ferry]]. With temperatures way beyond thirty degrees Celsius, this was quite necessary. The historic - and very beautiful - area of the brick manufacture was pimped by many light installations. The artists who did this spent much effort even on small details: #+BEGIN_EXPORT HTML #+END_EXPORT After the big thunderstorm with heavy rain, people found [[https://twitter.com/justbasics/status/635454413289750528][a huge spotlight turned on with its power cables and a power distribution connector in a puddle]]! The cables were already smoking. Nobody dared touching it until a guy came along and re-filled the dry ice. This turned out to be a fun hack: the water-proof LED spotlight was operated by batteries, the power cables were not connected to anything at all, and the smoke was done via dry ice. What a great gag! And those were just a few examples of nice hacks waiting for you around the next corner. ****** People "Be excellent to each other" was the motto for the attendees. And the attendees followed and embraced it. [[https://twitter.com/MrsMarpels/status/632292934877093888][Alex wrote following message on Twitter]] (in German) which pretty much sums up the great spirit of the camp: #+BEGIN_QUOTE #cccamp15 is "when you forgot your notebook at night in front of your tent and someone plugged it in to a power adapter so that it doesn't run out of power!" #Freakshow #+END_QUOTE There were all kinds of people. I'd say that even [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conchita_Wurst][Conchita Wurst]] would not have attracted any special attention. Men wearing mini-skirts, bras, and high heels, all kinds of hair-colors even sometimes multiple colors on one head, strange alien outfits, the usual tin-hats, and so forth. And all of them were excellent to each other. To my astonishment, there were many women at the camp. I don't have any numbers but I'd guess that a fifth to a third were female. Since our camp was near the children playgrounds I might be biased but there were lots of families with children as well. Kids with t-shirts with "future hacker" were visible all over. Promising future for the community. Most of the attendees were from Germany of course. However, there were many others as well. I personally saw many folks from Spain or even the USA. I met many interesting people on the camp. I had wonderful conversiations about all kinds of topics, tasted lovely Whiskey at the Whiskeyleaks-event, drank the Mate as everybody else, enjoyed the overwhelming excellence of the camp and its people! Thanks for the unique experience! ****** My Lightening Talk about Org-mode :PROPERTIES: :END: In the [[https://media.ccc.de/browse/conferences/camp2015/camp2015-6862-lightning_talks_day_2.html][video of the Lightening Talks of day 2]] starting at one hour and fourteen minutes, there is my quick teaser talk about Emacs Org-mode. Enjoy it, especially when you're using vim.