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Pawprint Prototyping

@pawprintprototyping.org
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We’re a 501(c)3 non-profit makerspace with a mission geared towards fostering the local hacker community and creative endeavors at large. A lot of us are also animals on the internet 📍Santa Clara, CA pawprintprototyping.org

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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 03/10/2026
Pour a shot for your favorite protogen
a hand holding up a can of "Lectra Clean 3000 Energized Electrical Equipment Cleaner"
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 19/07/2026
Check us out at OpenSauce! #OpenSauce #OpenSauce2026 #makers #hackerspace
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 18/07/2026
We're at @opensaucelive.bsky.social ! Come say hi in the Fiesta building.
Cartoon animals surrounding weird and wonderful projects
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 16/07/2026
Zoltaur can read fortunes and also makes an excellent copilot (though his navigational skills could use some work). Come see us at @opensaucelive.bsky.social this Saturday and Sunday at the San Mateo County Fairgrounds!!
A fortune telling cow is strapped into the passenger seat of a van.
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 19/05/2026
Crafts are happening #Crafting #OpenSauce
Photo of a brown paper mache form being worked on by some hands in blue gloves.  Glue is dripping down below.The brown paper mache form with wooden post in the center and a cute little kitty face drawn on it.
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 12/03/2026
we were forced to label these after several Incidents
A box of 64 crayola crayons with an orange "DO NOT EAT" label on them
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 08/03/2026
mitosis
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 08/03/2026
got hungry so i printed lunch
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 26/02/2026
The beer is on-line #TheBeerIsOnline
a top-down photo of a stainless steel pressure fermenter, bubbles are visible through the acrylic window on top.A photo of a computer monitor showing a site with 2 graphs, logging data from the beer vessel in real-time
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 16/01/2026
Helllllllooooo #FurCon2026 Come on down to the Bearwalk Arcade. Try your luck and have your fortune told 🔮 ♉️
A themed area at FurCon 2026 with arcade games including a pinball machine, a paw shaped memory game, crane game and a fortune telling bull
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 16/10/2025
Next infra-interest meeting next Thurs 23 Oct 18:30 - 20:00 PDT. Agenda: wiki.pawprint.space/interest_gro... This meeting will be covering some in-depth usage of running containers with Docker. Come in-person, participate online over Google Meet, or watch the livestream. Links to come.
Xenia, the trans linux fox mascot, wearing large, round glasses, and with gay, trans pride pins and a digital pet clipped to her skirt, holds a tablet showing a neofetch terminal window and asks: "Did you know linux runs perfectly fine on an old surface tablet?".
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 10/09/2025
Tomorow: infra-interest - come learn Linux skills, how to host your own website and applications at home on commodity hardware. Thu, September 11 · 18:30 – 20:00 PDT - Caddy webserver for easy hosting out of your homelab @rechner.solutions - Identity/SSO from @sergiozygmunt.com
Xenia, the trans, fox linux mascot, sits on the floor of a server room with her keyboard, looking fine as hell (and running Arch, btw)
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 13/08/2025
Tomorrow: join us for our inaugural `infra-interest` night for anyone interested in learning Linux, self-hosting websites and applications on their own home lab, various ramblings about clawing back technology from the cloud, and some opportunities to work on our rack.
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 23/07/2025
Monday, July 28 @ 19:00 545 Aldo Ave #24, Santa Clara, CA Join us to learn about @grapheneos.org, a security hardened Android OS that runs on Google Pixel's line of smartphones and tablets. We'll show the benefits, caveats, and alternatives to reducing big tech's grip on your digital life.
Graphene OS: Open Source, Android Compatible, Private and Secure mobile operating system.

Join us for an intro talk and user's group.
July 28. 19:00
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 20/07/2025
Support Pawpint's mission of fostering the hacker community at large with this stylish and interactive memory game badge SAO! paw.bs/sao
A tiny pawprint-shaped shitty add-on with buttons and an LED for each pawbean that plays a game that is definitely legally distinct from anything you've ever heard of.
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 20/07/2025
Halloween candy bowl got weird this year
photo of a bowl on our exhibit table at open sauce 2025. bowl has orange hand shaped PCBs inside. the sign on the bowl has a photo of the hand shaped PCBs and reads: “ Free! SiFive Prototypes! Should we have these? Who knows! TAKE EM. (just tell us what you’re gonna make with them)”
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 18/07/2025
We’re setting up for @opensaucelive.bsky.social SEE YOU TOMORROW
partially set up Pawprint Prototyping exhibit booth at Open Sauce 2025. there is a giant simon says paw game in the corner of our exhibit. on the tables there are various parts and bins our robot arm and a partially set up game score counter
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 15/07/2025
We'll be at @opensaucelive.bsky.social this weekend! Come shoot our robot.
Our robot arm contraption has a new target
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 06/06/2025
Join us TOMORROW from 11:00 - 15:00 and learn how to use KiCAD, open source software to design your own custom electronics. Learn KiCAD! Design for our Pick-n-Place! Order a PCB!
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 06/06/2025
At Pawprint, we are terminally online. @bamboozlewzl.bsky.social
A user in a lab coat uses a VT100 to browse the web, the terminal displays the article for Pawprint Prototyping from the Noisebridge wiki.  The video output from the terminal is also displayed on a modern LCD TV.VT100 displays "20th CENTURY TEXT" ASCII art
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 29/05/2025
Oh lawd we sewin'
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 16/04/2025
Ever wanted to ask the Government something and have them legally obligated to respond? Join us this Friday night at 7pm Learn how to make FOIA requests to the Local, State, and Federal Government! Act quickly, there is no guarantee we can do this forever...
A flier in the style of a photocopied over and over again page of an old government document. FOIA Party Night. Pawprint Prototyping. April 18th, 2025 19:00 hours. 545 Aldo Ave STE #24 Santa Clara, CA 95054. Come learn how to make FOIA Requests to the Government of the United States of America
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 10/04/2025
WE’VE APPLIED TO OPEN SAUCE 2025 @opensaucelive.bsky.social We’re ready for more fursuit photos with you @williamosman.bsky.social
open sauce 2025 crayon application. lots of drawings of our proposed exhibit for this year including stickers of some members fursonas. Open Sauce Exhibitor but my shitpost really big. drawings of our robot arm game, really cool member projects and dohickies and a curse image of retro computer ewaste. boykisser drawing for good luck
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 04/04/2025
Come help us celebrate our 5th year! We programmed the robot to help. 545 Aldo Ave, #24, Santa Clara, CA pawprintprototyping.org There will be so much cake, please we can't eat it all by ourselves.
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 03/04/2025
🎉🥳🎉YOU’RE INVITED🎉🥳🎉 Celebrate our birthday this Friday at 6pm!!!
decorated white cake in a cake box with the words “Prototype: Do Not Touch!”
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 27/03/2025
Pawprint is getting ready for @opensaucelive.bsky.social - are you? 📹 @bamboozlewzl.bsky.social
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 22/03/2025
Join us Sunday @ 14:00 to learn surface mount soldering skills! Classes open to the public. Please Register (forms.gle/oBY3VxfiUdi1...) to claim your spot! A suggested donation of $20 helps fund classes like this for everyone, but no one is turned away for lack of funds (Pay-what-you-want)!
Learn SMD Soldering!
545 Aldo Ave #24
Santa Clara, CA 95054

March 23rd, 2PM
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 25/02/2025
You gotta come to our public general meeting tomorrow Tues Feb 25 @ 19:00 in Santa Clara, CA
our pawprint prototyping logo printed on a piece of paper and taped to a corkboard but someone messed with it and crossed out PAW and wrote in sharpie above “FREAK”. They also replaced the normal pawprint with footprints. How crude of them. The corkboard also has a ukulele chord tab sheet, a 3D printed cartoon paint splatter, more pushpins and a photo of fursuiters.
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 28/01/2025
Did you enjoy the cubicles and associated art and tech projects at FC25 ? Come tonight to learn what’s going on at our hackerspace and celebrate a successful Further Confusion 2025 with us via champagne sabering Public General Meeting TONIGHT @ 7pm 🍾 ⚔️🥂 545 Aldo Ave #24, Santa Clara, CA
messy and empty themed cubicles around 2am at FC 2025giant microsroft clippy come to life propped up in a corner at the convention looking disheveled the furcon further confusion inc logo displayed on an IBM XT on a desk in a cubicle at the con. the keyboard is on top because a local fox had just fixed it or set it upa phone belonging to Mr. Skunk on a very messy desk. if you managed to call yourself from this phone and record the number you could call Mr. Skunk back and pretend to be an employee or the boss. we have many voicemails to sort through. also pictured is part of the “hello my name is” sticker printer bot. there is also a broken keyboard to go with a hatsune miku fortinite desktop wallpaper on the monitor that is mostly out of frame
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 19/01/2025
COME TO OUR PANEL 11AM HILTON SAN CARLOS Learn about our projects we made for @furcon.bsky.social, about how you can get involved with a hackerspace near you, and hangout and talk shop about your own projects with other makers and hackers 🔨 ⚙️ ❤️ 🐾
Join Pawprint Prototyping's membership for a discussion of how cool it is to have a collaborative community working towards hacking things better! We'll present some projects we've built, meet other hackers, and generally hang out.
Hosted by
Rechner Fox
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 19/01/2025
The phones are fixed. The boss has been calling all day. Will you pick up? @furcon.bsky.social
office phone on a desk at in a cubicle at Further Confusion
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 19/01/2025
FIXED. Thank you @graytfox.bsky.social
IBM XT is fixed and showing the Furcon logo again
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 19/01/2025
XT will be fixed soon. A very skilled fox is on his way
IBM XT no longer displaying the Further Confusion logo Kilte holding the keyboard needed to fix the XT and walking towards the convention center on the sidewalk
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 19/01/2025
Come check out the cubicles at Further Confusion. We added more posters, an IBM XT and fixed the other interactive electronics. Consider coming to our panel: Makerfurs Panel Sunday 11am-12:30pm Hilton San Carlos
mr skunk cubicle with dot matrix telegram sticker printer, working phone, IBM XT, hello my name is sticker printer, fortnite miku monitor wallpaper, funny office posters and suppliesmr fox cubicle. xerox printer and blueberry blue imac plushies on the table. a chair to sit at and use the mr fox phone. many office supplies and markers. funny posters and art are plastered on the wallsfunny office poster. ENERGY. get back to your station, no hibernation. an image of a  fursuiter is lying on the couch with eyes coveredfunny office poster. SECURITY. Keep tailgaters out when you badge-r in! An image of a fursuiter badging into pawprint prototyping’s front door
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 18/01/2025
badge printer underwent surgery and is now en route to FC
badge printer button box opened up and being fixed on a soldering bench at pawprint prototyping
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 02/01/2025
First opening of the new year!
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 31/12/2024
Happy New Year from Pawprint Prototyping 🎆🎆🎆 Here’s to another year of projects, e-waste and friends ❤️🐾🍾
the red “not simon says” paw pad glows and dimly lights the main machine and workspace room of pawprint prototyping. the scrolling sign on the left wall talks about long past Upcoming Events. the light of the pick and place machine lights up the back room
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 29/12/2024
WHICH ONE OF YOU BROUGHT IN THE SKIBIDI TOILET??
fish eye photo of part of the 3D printer shelf and sinkzoomed in large skibidi toilet figure
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 08/12/2024
Tomorrow Sunday Dec 8th @11:00AM : Learn how to let Picky do your PCB assembly bidding! Come over to Pawprint Prototyping and learn how to use Picky, the pick and place machine Class is open to non-members. Thank you to our member @kaykidoutai.bsky.social for running this class
cliché 80’s style graphics poster. Pawprint Prototyping. Pick-N-Place Class. Photo of Picky, the pick and place PCB assembly machine, is in the center of the poster. Picky is being calibrated to assemble boards accurately in the photo. Come. Learn The Machine. Assemble A Board! 545 Aldo Ave #24, Santa Clara, CA. Dec 8th, 11AM.
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 03/12/2024
We had a test gamer night at Pawprint Prototyping and it was successful. We now know what to do and what to improve to make this an actual event in the future
two furries, one wearing paws, playing burnout revenge for the ps2 split screen on a crt tv. the crt tv is on a rolling metal cart. next to the crt tv is a dreamcast with controllers and the ps2. in the background there is the big pawprint prototyping meeting desk full of consoles and games and laptops and cables. there is a fursuit head and a person sitting at the desk
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 22/11/2024
oh…HELLoo… i was just wondering if you’d like to HANG out with us and smoke weed and fill our BELLies with DI-ET soda and play burnout revenge for the P S 2 yk…since @falxie.gay fixed it :3
a broken playstation 2 opened up to be repaired with the game burnout revenge game disc in it. there’s a burnout revenge game case, a pen, a multimeter and screws next to the PS2 the big tv at the big meeting table at Pawprint with the game burnout revenge being played on the now fixed PS2. the controller is on the game case in front of the viewer. the background has an obscured whiteboard with some secret plans for an upcoming convention and the big not simon says pawprint game from FC 2024
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 20/11/2024
what if you were a furry in a hackerspace and you built things huh?
a black and white sketch of a cartoon dog with its paws up out in front of its face. very silly
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 16/11/2024
We have a telegram channel for our hackerspace where we talk about normal things -acquiring MANY batteries -infrastructure mistakes -SCRAP METAL -illegal long outlets
a power strip but instead of having a ground  and limits to how many sockets you can plug in, it’s just a really long outlet you can plug as many electronics as you can fit on it. they are a fire hazard and illegal to use and manufacturer many places
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 02/11/2024
Learn vim as you cut fabric for your new protogen partial
two vim cheat sheets taped with painters tape on the wall in front of the cutting mat table
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 01/11/2024
Announcing: EL101 Intro to Soldering Class. Saturday December 14 @ 11:00 Learn all the skills to turn this unsuspecting pile of components into a totally unsuspicious desk clock. Cost is a $20 suggested donation. Sign up here: forms.gle/4td4pBMFvHCG... 🎨 @kokoscript.bsky.social
drawing of the pink fox girl Koko, holding a microcontroller (GR-SAKURA) and a soldering iron (on the metal part). she has an ecstatic expression, and above her is the text 'Let's Solder!'. the soldering iron is on.A pile of unassembled kit components (LEDs, an IC, crystal, resistors...) and an unpopulated printed circuit board.The assembled kit displays the current time (12:36).  Maybe don't take this with you to the airport.
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 29/10/2024
Git for makers! In person or remotely on Tuesday, October 29th @ 19:00 Learn how to use the world's most popular distributed version control system Pawprint makes use of git-based workflows extensively for everything from our website and wiki to meeting minutes and archiving whiteboard doodles
an infographic explaining remote and local repository. developer A and B can work on the same project via git with the commit, clone, fetch, pull and push commands. i am going to the class to learn more because i can’t explain this aaaa
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 25/10/2024
new sign for our bridgeport mill
a caution sign on the mill that says “oughhh” and shows photo of stick figure being crushed and a hand being squished by gears. the sign below it has a QR code and says: Bridgeport Mill. Tool info. Certification required. Do Not Hack. Owner: ???
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 25/09/2024
YOU WANT TO LEARN 3D MODELING 🫵🫵🫵 Come learn at Pawprint October 26th at 11am
3D Modeling 101. Theory. Tools. Three-D Printing. Octo-ober 26th. A bunch of weird CAD models of objects like a milk carton with a pawprint logo, a stop sign, a spring, and swedish fish
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 10/09/2024
You may have seen this box at DEFCON this year. It was built by one of our members to house components for an embedded systems training lab. Most of it was cut on the laser, including 76 individual pieces of EVA foam padding It has teeth because the intrusive thoughts won :)
closed fang boxopen fang box with many electronics and purple foam lining
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Pawprint Prototyping @pawprintprototyping.org · 08/09/2024
We made $510 today and got rid of our stuff at the Silicon Valley Electronics Flea Market yayyyyyy. Thank you everyone who donated their stuff and their time to make this happen ❤️🐾
Cardboard spray painted sign. Pawprint Prototyping logo. Everything must go! We suck at haggling!
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