Hey Folks,

Long time no see. I haven't been able to be a participant in PLUG in a number of years but I'm glad to see it still steaming along. I am one of the principals in the Maker Bench techshop/hackerspace that is opening in Tempe in May. Anyway
we are hosting some events before then and on March 29th we are hosting a hacknight and pre-release party for the O'Reilly Arduino Cookbook. The event is completely free, and if you register and connect via facebook or twitter you get a free copy of the Arudino Cookbook eBook . At the event we will be showing how to connect and Arduino to a DSLR and take time lapse shots. I thought there might be some crossover of people interested in electronics/Arduino on this list who might be interested in a free O'Reilly ebook.

Here is our post on it: http://www.makerbench.com/?p=701

and an invite if you want to pass it around: http://bit.ly/hRKKEW

Hope to see some of you there. Bring by some PLUG schwag and we'll trade, we be happy to get you properly represented in our local groups area.

Thanks.

-Dave U