Five Minutes of Fame

Five Minutes of Fame (5MoF) is ten five minute talks in an hour, with a short intermission so you can get another beer. Talks tend to be ad-hoc, poorly-planned, and awe-inspiring. WHERE: Noisebridge, 272 Capp St, San Francisco. WHEN: Social 7:30pm-8:00pm, talks 8:00pm-9:00pm, Third Thursdays of every month, lightning talks! WHO: All are welcome and anyone may submit a talk. HOW: Sign up to speak by following the link above, clicking "edit", and adding yourself to the list (or just show up!). Presentations on any topic are welcome, and slides are encouraged and supported but completely optional. STREAM LINK: Some presentations will be televised, live, for your viewing pleasure on Jitsi (https://meet.jit.si/noisebridge) and our YouTube account! MEETUP PAGE: Sign up for 5moF events on Meetup. 5MoF YOUTUBE: 5moF YouTube Channel (outdated) Edit

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Next event: 5MoF/2025/09 18(Next 5mof will probably still happen even if this link is in the past)

Prev event: 5MoF/2025/08 21

Template for 5MoF: 5 MoF Template

What is Five Minutes of Fame?

Five Minutes of Fame (5MoF) is ten five minute talks in an hour, with a short intermission so you can get another beer. Talks tend to be ad-hoc, poorly-planned, and awe-inspiring.

How do I sign up to give a talk?

Sign up to speak by following the link above, clicking "edit", and adding yourself to the list.

When and Where?

5MoF happens at Noisebridge, 272 Capp St, San Francisco every 3rd Thursday of the month at 8pm.

Questions, comments, and more info

Interested in Past 5mofs? Or the meetup page?

Past 5MoFs

2026

5MOF Template

5MoF/2026/02 19

5MoF/2026/03 19

2025

5MoF/2025/05 15

5MoF/2025/08 21

5MoF/2025/09 18

Five Minutes of Fame NB16

2024

5MoF/2024/05 16

2023

5MoF/2023/04 20

5MoF/2023/07 20

5MoF/2023/08 17

5MoF/2023/10 19

5MoF/2023/12 21

• (many other 5mofs happened even if we didn't make a wiki page for them)

2022

5MoF/2022/03 17

5MoF/2022/04 21

5MoF/2022/05 19

5MoF/2022/GGJ Edition

Five Minutes of Fame NB14

• Five Minutes of Fame 2022 GGJ Edition: We recorded some Global Game Jam game concept pitches and we'll upload the video soon.

2021

Five Minutes of Fame 2021 09 16

2020

I think there were some talks online. God knows what happened in 2020

2019

Five Minutes of Fame 2019 02 21

Five Minutes of Fame 2019 1 17

2018

5MoF/2018/01 18

5MoF/2018/02 15

5MoF/2018/03 08

5MoF/2018/03 15

5MoF/2018/05 17

5MoF/2018/06 21

Five Minutes of Fame 2018 10 18

Five Minutes of Fame 2018 11 15

Five Minutes of Fame 2018 12 13

2017

5MoF/2017/01 26

5MoF/2017/02 02

5MoF/2017/08 17

Five Minutes of Fame NB10

2016

5MoF/2016/12 01

5MoF/2016/12 08

2015

5MoF/2015/05 21

2014

5MoF/2014/05 15

5MoF/2014/09 18

2013

5MoF/2013/02 21

2012

There was no fame for anyone? Not even for five minutes? Maybe some events happend and no one updated the wiki.

2011

5MoF/2011/01 20

2010

5MoF/2010/01 21

5MoF/2010/02 18

5MoF/2010/03 18

5MoF/2010/04 15

5MoF/2010/05 20

5MoF/2010/06 17

5MoF/2010/07 15

5MoF/2010/08 19

5MoF/2010/09 16

5MoF/2010/11 18

2009

5MoF/2009-02-19

5MoF/2009-03-19

5MoF/2009-04-16

5MoF/2009-05-21

5MoF/2009-06-18

5MoF/2009-07-16

5MoF/2009-08-20

5MoF/2009-09-17

5MoF/2009/10 15

5MoF/2009/11 19

5MoF/2009/12 17

CODE

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Third Thurs, 8PM, Noisebridge, 2169 Mission St, SF, CA, Earth Prime

More info: https://noisebridge.net/wiki/5mof
Get here: https://noisebridge.net/wiki/gethere

Submit your talk now! http://5mof.net/signup/

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                                                              -thex
                                                              #fort
                                                              
        Hardware h4x0r extradonaire, the hilaire.

     Send b33r or b!tcoin to noisebridge, c/o #fort

*/

// Number of segments (Shift Register * 8)
#define numOfRegisterPins 24

int SER_Pin = 8;   //pin 14 on the 75HC595
int RCLK_Pin = 9;  //pin 12 on the 75HC595
int SRCLK_Pin = 10; //pin 11 on the 75HC595

// Number of seconds to count from (5 minutes)
int counter = 301;

boolean registers[numOfRegisterPins];

// Time has expired, count up
boolean timeUp = false;

int segments[] = {1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 0, // 0
                  2, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0 ,0, // 1
                  1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 0, 0, // 2
                  1, 2, 3, 4 ,7, 0, 0, // 3
                  2, 3, 4, 5, 0, 0, 0, // 4
                  1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 0, 0, // 5
                  3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 0, 0, // 6
                  1, 2, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 7
                  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, // 8 
                  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 0  // 9
                                       // A
                                       // B
                                       // C
                                       // D
                                       // E
                                     };// F

void setup()
{
  pinMode(SER_Pin, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(RCLK_Pin, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(SRCLK_Pin, OUTPUT);
}               

void loop()
{
  int minutes, seconds;
  
  if (!timeUp)
  {  
    if(--counter < 0)
    {
      counter = 1;
      timeUp = true;
    }
  } else {
   
    if (++counter > 599)
    {
       n0153();
    }
  }
   
  minutes = floor(counter / 60);
 
  seconds = counter - (minutes * 60);

  setDigits(minutes * 100 + seconds);

  delay(1000);
}

void setDigits(int num)
{
  int digit0, digit1, digit2;
  
  clearRegisters();
  writeRegisters();
  
  digit0 = num;
  while(digit0 >= 10)
    digit0 -= 10;
  
  digit1 = (num - digit0) / 10;
  while(digit1 >= 10)
    digit1 -= 10;
    
  digit2 = (num - digit0 - digit1 * 10) / 100;
 
  setDigit(0, digit0);
  setDigit(1, digit1);
  setDigit(2, digit2);
  
  writeRegisters();
}

// Update individual digit with number
void setDigit(int digit, int num)
{
  // Determine register offset
  int offset = digit * 8;
  
  // Determine num offset
  int numOff = num * 7;
  
  // Set on segments HIGH
  for (int i = 0; i < 7; i++)
  {
    if (segments[i + numOff] > 0)
      registers[segments[i + numOff] + offset] = HIGH;
  }
}

//set all register pins to LOW
void clearRegisters()
{
  for(int i = 0; i < numOfRegisterPins; i++)
    registers[i] = LOW;
} 


//Set and display registers
//Only call AFTER all values are set how you would like (slow otherwise)
void writeRegisters()
{
  digitalWrite(RCLK_Pin, LOW);
  
  for(int i = 0; i < numOfRegisterPins; i++)
  {
    digitalWrite(SRCLK_Pin, LOW);
    
    digitalWrite(SER_Pin, registers[i]);
    
    digitalWrite(SRCLK_Pin, HIGH);
  }
 
  digitalWrite(RCLK_Pin, HIGH);
}

void n0153()
{
  while(true)
  {
    for (int i = 0; i < numOfRegisterPins; i++)
      registers[i] = random(2) > 0.5 ? HIGH : LOW;
    writeRegisters();
    delay(round(random(314)));
  }
}