Geek Places around Central Florida

GPS coordinates:\\

218 ft above sea level\\

(352) 383-8393\\

N 28š 48.414'
W 081š 37.511'\\

Renningers Antiques & Farmers Market
20651 U.S. 441
Mt. Dora, FL 32757
(352) 383-8393 GPS coordinates: N 28š 48.414' W 081š 37.511' 218 ft above sea level

White Wolf Cafe (map) (review)
1829 North Orange Ave.
Orlando FL 32804
(407)-895-9911

Spook hill (map)\\

Aloma Cinema Grill\\

For art geeks:

The Maitland Art Center
231 W Packwood Ave,
Maitland, FL

Spook hill map)
Lake Wales, FL

Well not a great spot but it is the largest metal detector store in the area, Kellyco:

http://www.kellycodetectors.com/indexmain.php

http://www.websterfleamarket.biz/

Flea World\\

Hard Knocks (map) (gaming - laser tag and live action)\\

Disney Quest (map) (gaming)\\

Hard Knocks (map) (gaming - LARP and live action)\\

Sci-Fi City (map) (sci-fi, lan parties and RPG tables)\\

Sci-Fi City map) (sci-fi, lan parties and RPG tables)\\

Sci-Fi City map) (sci-fi, lan parties and RPG tables) 6006 E Colonial Dr
Orlando, FL 32807
(407) 896-1701

ACME Superstore (comics and collectibles)
905 E State Road 434 # 100
Longwood, FL 32750-5344
(407) 331-0433

Disney Quest map) (gaming)
1486 East Buena Vista Drive
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
(407) 828-3800

Hard Knocks map) (gaming - LARP and live action)
5707 Dot Com Court Suite 1025
Oviedo, FL 32765
(407) 359-9091

Coliseum of Comics
Multiple locations around Orlando. Check the web site.

Bad Apple Comics
Multiple locations around Orlando. Check the web site.

Stardust Video and Coffee (map) (has free wi-fi) \\

The Redlight Redlight (map) (for beer geeks)
535 West New England Avenue
Winter Park, FL
(407) 539-1711

Ethos Vegan Kitchen\\

1235 North Orange Avenue
Orlando, FL 32804
(407) 228-3899

Caffe Positano
3030 East Semoran Boulevard
Apopka, FL
(407) 774-8080

Stardust Video and Coffee (has free wi-fi) (map) 1842 E Winter Park Rd
Orlando, Fl 32804
407-623-3393

• Hak-it -- Indiantown, FL

• Confusion Research Center -- Austin, TX

• http://hak-it.squarespace.com/Hak-it -- Indiantown, FL

• The Skill House -- Gainesville, FL

• HackMiami -- Miami, FL

• MIT Hobby Shop -- MIT, 20 Massachusetts Avenue, building W31, Boston, MA
• Product Realization Laboratory -- Standford University, Stanford, CA

• A2 Mech Shop -- Ann Arbor, MI
• MIT Hobby Shop -- 20 Massachusetts Avenue, building W31, Boston, MA

• NYC Resistor -- Booklyn, NY

Camping, Hiking and Paddling:

• BassPro -- 5156 International Dr. Orlando, FL 32819 :: 407-563-5200
• Travel Country Outdoors -- 1101 East Altamonte Drive, Altamonte Springs :: 407-831-0777
• Wilderness Trekkers

Stores not covered above:

• Orange Cycle -- 2204 Edgewater Dr, Orlando, Florida :: 407-422-5552

• http://orangecycleorlando.com/Orange Cycle -- 2204 Edgewater Dr, Orlando, Florida :: 407-422-5552

Stores not covered above:

Neighborhood Cafe:

Biking: (for bike geeks)

Camping: (for camping geeks)

Hiking:

Paddling:

Music: (for music geeks)

• Park Ave. CD's -- 2916 Corrine Drive

Honorable mention:

Stores not covered above:

Neighborhood Cafe:

Biking: (for bike geeks)

Camping: ()

Hiking: ()

Paddling:

Music: (for music geeks)

• Bold Hype -- 1844 E Winter Park Rd

Honorable mention:

Science:

User groups:

Project places and labs:

Restaurants:

Games, comics, sci-fi and collectibles:

Ham radio and electronics:

Entertainment and the arts:

Geo-caches, walking tours, metal detecting and odd locations

Flea markets:

Gun ranges:

Repair shops:

Grocery:

Hackerspaces in the USA:

• Adafuit Industries -- New York City, NY
• SparkFun Electronics -- Boulder, CO

• Travel Country Outdoors -- SR436, Altamonte Springs

• Travel Country Outdoors

• Travel Country Outdoors

• Adafuit -- New York City, NY
• SparkFun -- Bolder, CO

Stores not covered above:

Neighborhood Cafe:

• Bikes, Beans, and Bordeaux -- Corrine Drive

Biking: (for bike geeks)

• Park Ave. CD's -- 2916 Corrine Drive

Camping: ()

• [[http://www.travelcountry.com/|Travel Country Outdoors]

Hiking: ()

• [[http://www.travelcountry.com/|Travel Country Outdoors]

Paddling:

• [[http://www.travelcountry.com/|Travel Country Outdoors]

Music: (for music geeks)

• Bold Hype -- 1844 E Winter Park Rd

Honorable mention:

Wired's 100 Geeky Places to Take Your Kids This Summer

 Bikes, Beans, and Bordeaux -- Corrine Drive

Biking (for bike geeks)

Hiking

  TCO

Paddling:

 TCO

Music: (for music geeks)

Neighborhood Cafe:

 Bikes, Beans, and Bordeaux

Online geek stores and Hackerspaces |

Online geek stores and Hackerspaces |

Online geek stores and Hackerspaces |

Online (mailorder stores and Hackerspaces |

Hackerspaces in the USA:

What is a Hackerspace?

1. Adafuit
2. SparkFun

Hackerspaces in the USA

Adafuit SparkFun

Acme Surplus\\

Amateur Electronic Supply (AES)
621 Commonwealth Ave
Orlando, FL 32803
800-327-1917
407-894-3238

Barry Bobes and Associates\\

Barry Bobes and Associates: 1967 High St.
Longwood, FL
407-330-3408
Dealer in military commodities, Everything from PRC-77's to Helicopters. Not listed in phone book. 'Aircraft & Military Electronics Excess' According to Larry Ware, someone on BA poisoned the well on this place: "Stuff available for $10 two weeks ago is now $80, his PRC-77's are now $300 each, old power tube sockets that were $5 are now $40, etc. When asked about the drastic change in prices, he responded that somehow his firm got "on the internet" and people were bidding his "junk" higher and higher." Perhaps if the speculators have moved on, it might be worth checking out.

Larry's Home for Wayward Test Equipment & Old Radios (tm)
Let your equipment retire in sunny central Florida.
Intensive Care, Private Bench Space, Frequent Use,
Factory trained HP, Tek & Fluke Surgeon on staff.
Good Home Guaranteed or double your junk back!
lrware@pipeline.com - Orlando, FL -

Radio Relics
321 East Evans St.
Orlando, FL
OR: 660 Clay Street,
Winter Park, FL
(407) 895-0146 or (407) 740-5581
Near Orange Ave., close to I-4. Princeton St. exit as I remember. Dennis Williams is the proprietor...a very nice guy. While most of his business is antique radio repair, he usually has some interesting pieces for sale. (Frank Nocera) Radio Relics: Mainly old BCB sets.

TNR Batteries
Sanford, FL near the mall.
Good source for getting battery packs rebuilt.

Astrotoo surplus
6949 West Nasa Blvd.
West Melbourne, FL 32904
Has a lot of NASA outtake.

ACME Superstore (comics and collectibles)

Hard Knocks (gaming - LARP and live action)

Sci-Fi City (sci-fi, lan parties and RPG tables)

ACME Superstore (comics and sci-fi)

Disney Quest (gaming)

Hard Knocks (gaming)

The Redlight Redlight
corner of Bennet and Colonial (for beer geeks)

Orlando Science Center (map)\\

Maitland, FL

Plaza Cinema Cafe
189 S. Orange Avenue
Orlando, FL 32801
321-558-2878

Enzian A full-time, non-for-profit alternative cinema.
Maitland, FL\\

Plaza Cinema Cafe

Aloma Cinema Grill 2155 Aloma Ave.
Winter Park, FL 32792
(407) 678-8214

Stores not covered above | Honorable mention

Honorable mention |

Grocery | Repair shops |

Grocery

[[Main.GeekPlacesAroundCentralFlorida# [[Main.GeekPlacesAroundCentralFlorida# Honorable mention

Stores not covered above:

Bikes, Beans, and Bordeaux Corrine Drive

(for bike geeks)

Park Ave. CD's 2916 Corrine Drive

(for music geeks)

Bold Hype 1844 E Winter Park Rd

Orlando Science Center (map)

Science | User groups | Restaurants | Project places and labs | Games, comics, sci-fi and collectibles | Entertainment | Ham radio | Geo-caches, walking tours, metal detecting and odd locations | Flea Markets | Gun ranges | Stores not covered above

Tech Surplus Depot (map)
215 Pineda St
Longwood, FL 32750
(407) 830-7030

Acme Surplus

The kind of place Wyley E. Coyote would love. :-) Sanford, FL Not listed in phone book! Not a lot of electronics though. Larger electrical and pneumatic stuff, generators etc.

Barry Bobes: Dealer in military commodities,

Science

Gun ranges

Ham radio and electronics:

Skycraft
2245 W Fairbanks Ave
Winter Park, FL 32789
Open Weekdays 8:30am-6pm; Sat 8:30am-5pm

Amateur Electronic Supply (AES

Vacum Tubes Inc.

    Acme Surplus: The kind of place Wyley E. Coyote would love. :-)
    Sanford, FL
    Not listed in phone book!
    Not a lot of electronics though. Larger electrical and pneumatic
    stuff, generators etc.
    Barry Bobes: Dealer in military commodities,
    Everything from PRC-77's to Helicopters.
    Not listed in phone book.

    Only skycraft is open Saturday.

    Larry's Home for Wayward Test Equipment & Old Radios (tm)
    Let your equipment retire in sunny central Florida.
    Intensive Care, Private Bench Space, Frequent Use,
    Factory trained HP, Tek & Fluke Surgeon on staff.
    Good Home Guaranteed or double your junk back!
    lrware@pipeline.com     - Orlando, FL -

MG Electronics

    PMB 124 
    1177 Park Ave. Suite #5 
    Orange Park, FL 32073 
    (904)-287-0721 
    Fax:  (904) 287-4933 
    E-mail mike@mgte.com 
    Surplus Test Equipment, antennas, power supplies, 
    microwave gear etc.

Radio Relics

    321 East Evans St. 
    Orlando, FL 
    (407) 895-0146 
    or (407) 740-5581 
    Near Orange Ave., close to I-4. Princeton St. exit as I 
    remember. Dennis Williams is the proprietor...a very nice 
    guy. While most of his business is antique radio repair, he 
    usually has some interesting pieces for sale. (Frank Nocera) 
    Radio Relics: Mainly old BCB sets.

    OR: 660 Clay Street, 
    Winter Park, FL

Barry Bobes and Associates

    'Aircraft & Military Electronics Excess' 
    1967 High St. 
    Longwood, FL 
    407-330-3408 
    According to Larry Ware, someone on BA poisoned the well on 
    this place: "Stuff available for $10 two weeks ago is now $80, his 
    PRC-77's are now $300 each, old power tube sockets that were $5 are 
    now $40, etc. When asked about the drastic change in prices, he 
    responded that somehow his firm got "on the internet" and people 
    were bidding his "junk" higher and higher." Perhaps if the 
    speculators have moved on, it might be worth checking out. 

http://www.tnrbatteries.com/ - good source for getting battery packs rebuilt.

http://astrotoo.com/

Flea World
http://www.fleaworld.com
4311 S Orlando Dr
Sanford, FL 32773-6118
(407) 330-1792

Hard Knocks

http://www.coliseumofcomics.com/chp_orlando.php

http://www.bacomics.com/

http://www.acme-superstore.com/

Disney Quest

Hard Knocks

(for art geeks)

The Maitland Art Center www.maitlandartcenter.com 231 W Packwood Ave, Maitland

(also for art geeks)

In defense of art geeks, not all places that claim to have "art" are created equal.

Stores not covered above

The Redlight Redlight corner of Bennet and Colonial

(for beer geeks)

Drive in theaters: http://www.driveintheater.com/list/florida.htm

Bithlo raceway?

Stores not covered above:

Geo-caches, walking tours, metal detecting and odd locations

Entertainment Ham radio [[Main.GeekPlacesAroundCentralFlorida#geo| Flea Markets

Geo-caches, walking tours, metal detecting and odd locations

Flea world

Not if they have wifi provided.

Caffe Positano

Stardust in Winter Park (has wifi)

Ham radio:

Entertainment and the arts:

List of best outfitted movie theaters and IMAX's.

Geo-caches, walking tours, metal detecting and odd locations

Well not a great spot but it is the largest metal detector store in the area, Kellyco: http://www.kellycodetectors.com/indexmain.php

Flea markets:

Games, comics, sci-fi and collectibles

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Games, comics, sci-fi and collectibles:

User groups Restaurants Project places and labs

Restaurants:

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Orlando Science Center ([[http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&q=orlando+science+center&fb=1&gl=us&hq=orlando+science+center&hnear=Deltona,+FL&cid=0,0,13044009956314809596&ei=5an-SvugHou1tgflyOGRDg&ved=0CA8QnwIwAA&ll=28.574497,-81.368415&spn=0.007952,0.013626&z=16&iwloc=A|map)

777 E Princeton St
Orlando, FL 32803-1250
(407) 514-2000

Science:

Orlando Science Center

Project places and labs:

FAMiLab, a hackerspace in west Altamonte Springs. We have a temporary wiki-site up at http://familab.org/. If you are unfamiliar with the hackerspaces concept, we are a non-profit public organization structured to model a Direct Democracy with a small memberbase. Once a Hackerspace gets too large, it seems natural that they'd split to better serve the locations of the members. As they say in the hackerspaces community, "When there are fewer than 2 members per space, we know we have too many spaces. Otherwise, I wouldn't worry about it." It's partly the reclamation of corporate property, partly creating a safe-haven for socially-questionable but perfectly legal activities, partly a social club atmosphere to encourage hacking, and partly an attempt to legitimize and bring back the traditional Hacker Ethic to the world at large.

Most geeks become familiar with the Hacker Ethic early in their lives, but it's short so worth repeating:
1. Sharing
2. The "Hands-On" Imperative
3. Collaboration/Community

Sounds kind of like a pre-school code-of-conduct, but, cmon, who didn't have fun in pre-school?

The FAMiLab Open-Lab Hackerspace is having a meeting tomorrow at 8pm at our leased location at: South Seminole Business & Storage
Unit #134
540 N SR 434
Altamonte Springs, FL

And you are all welcome to attend. If you decide to come, you'll need a gate code, so when you get to the gate give me (tetsu) a call at 407-666-0933.

Surplus:

NASA:

User groups:

See our Friends and neighbors page.

Project:

CoLab

Oakridge is small but uncrowded\\

6160 South Orange Avenue
Orlando, Florida 32809
(407) 857-5663

East Orange is kinda like Shoot Straight
7210 Gardner St
Winter Park, FL 32792
407-679-1995

Central Florida Rifle & Pistol Club\\

Rieg's
5512 S Orange Blossom Tr
Orlando FL 32812
(407) 859-5064

There is also one out towards UCF near Goldenrod IIRC (could not find this one)

Central Florida Rifle & Pistol Club14646 Wewahootee Road
P.O. Box 621985
Orlando, FL 32862-1985

2911 39th St # 800 (off of John Young Parkway)\\

(407) 428-6225
They rent full auto.

full auto:

The Shooting Gallery (map)
2911 39th St # 800
Orlando, FL
(407) 428-6225‎

East Orange is kinda like Shoot Straight

Oakridge is small but uncrowded

Shoot Straight is the biggest but most expensive.

(407) 855-7214

(407) 422-0067

Honorable mention:

Wired's 100 Geeky Places to Take Your Kids This Summer

Woo Sung Oriental Food Mart map\\

Woo Sung Oriental Food Mart map\\

Tien Hung Complete Oriental Foods & Gifts map\\

Grocery:

map

Woo Sung Oriental Food Mart
5079 Edgewater Dr, Orlando, FL
(407) 295-4077

map

http://www.yelp.com/biz/tien-hung-complete-oriental-foods-and-gifts-orlando

Tien Hung Complete Oriental Foods & Gifts
1110 E Colonial Dr
Orlando, FL 32803
(407) 422-0067

Industrial Electronic Repair will fix laserdiscs\\

Repair shops:

Industrial Electronic Repair
2434 Sand Lake Rd, Orlando, FL
(407) 855-7214‎

repair:

http://maps.google.com/maps/place?um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=sand+lake+road+tv+repair+orlando&fb=1&gl=us&hq=sand+lake+road+tv+repair&hnear=orlando&cid=1498087939019719051

Gun ranges:

Shoot Straight is the biggest but most expensive.

Oakridge is small but uncrowded

East Orange is kinda like Shoot Straight

Then there is the one by the jail I can't remember the name of that rents full auto

There is also one out towards UCF near Goldenrod IIRC

http://astrotoo.com/

http://www.tnrbatteries.com/ - good source for getting battery packs rebuilt.

    Acme Surplus: The kind of place Wyley E. Coyote would love. :-)
    Sanford, FL
    Not listed in phone book!
    Not a lot of electronics though. Larger electrical and pneumatic
    stuff, generators etc.
    Barry Bobes: Dealer in military commodities,
    Everything from PRC-77's to Helicopters.
    Not listed in phone book.

    Only skycraft is open Saturday.

    Larry's Home for Wayward Test Equipment & Old Radios (tm)
    Let your equipment retire in sunny central Florida.
    Intensive Care, Private Bench Space, Frequent Use,
    Factory trained HP, Tek & Fluke Surgeon on staff.
    Good Home Guaranteed or double your junk back!
    lrware@pipeline.com     - Orlando, FL -

MG Electronics

    PMB 124 
    1177 Park Ave. Suite #5 
    Orange Park, FL 32073 
    (904)-287-0721 
    Fax:  (904) 287-4933 
    E-mail mike@mgte.com 
    Surplus Test Equipment, antennas, power supplies, 
    microwave gear etc.

Radio Relics

    321 East Evans St. 
    Orlando, FL 
    (407) 895-0146 
    or (407) 740-5581 
    Near Orange Ave., close to I-4. Princeton St. exit as I 
    remember. Dennis Williams is the proprietor...a very nice 
    guy. While most of his business is antique radio repair, he 
    usually has some interesting pieces for sale. (Frank Nocera) 
    Radio Relics: Mainly old BCB sets.

    OR: 660 Clay Street, 
    Winter Park, FL

Barry Bobes and Associates

    'Aircraft & Military Electronics Excess' 
    1967 High St. 
    Longwood, FL 
    407-330-3408 
    According to Larry Ware, someone on BA poisoned the well on 
    this place: "Stuff available for $10 two weeks ago is now $80, his 
    PRC-77's are now $300 each, old power tube sockets that were $5 are 
    now $40, etc. When asked about the drastic change in prices, he 
    responded that somehow his firm got "on the internet" and people 
    were bidding his "junk" higher and higher." Perhaps if the 
    speculators have moved on, it might be worth checking out. 

AES - http://www.aesham.com/orlando.shtml

Flea World
http://www.fleaworld.com
4311 S Orlando Dr
Sanford, FL 32773-6118
(407) 330-1792

http://www.acme-superstore.com/

http://www.coliseumofcomics.com/chp_orlando.php

http://www.bacomics.com/

http://www.vacuumtubesinc.com/

http://www.hardknocksorlando.com/

Disney Quest

CoLab http://www.colaborlando.com

The Redlight Redlight corner of Bennet and Colonial

(for beer geeks)

Bikes, Beans, and Bordeaux Corrine Drive

(for bike geeks)

Park Ave. CD's 2916 Corrine Drive

(for music geeks)

Bold Hype 1844 E Winter Park Rd

(for art geeks)

The Maitland Art Center www.maitlandartcenter.com 231 W Packwood Ave, Maitland

(also for art geeks)

In defense of art geeks, not all places that claim to have "art" are created equal.

Oh, one of the largest flea markets in the US, Webster Flea Market (unfortunately only once a month...)

http://www.wftv.com/travelgetaways/17324371/detail.html

Drive in theaters: http://www.driveintheater.com/list/florida.htm

Bithlo raceway?

Enzian for a unique dining movie experience.

http://www.enzian.org/

EPCOT!

disney

Perhaps a link to the local geocaches, always a neat distraction.

List of best outfitted movie theaters and IMAX's.

Spook hill?

Well not a great spot but it is the largest metal detector store in the area, Kellyco:

http://www.kellycodetectors.com/indexmain.php

Sci-Fi City AES

Stardust in Winter Park Sci-Fi City

Stardust in Winter Park.

I need to add:

Comic bookstores

FamiLab

Ethos Vegan Kitchen Orlando Science Center Sci-Fi City Caffe Positano ACME Superstore

The LUGs CoLab FamiLab

Skycraft\\

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex\\

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Titusville, FL
General Information & Inquiries: 321-449-4444
Current operating hours are from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m

Honorable mention:

Wired's 100 Geeky Places to Take Your Kids This Summer

(:title Geek Places around Central Florida:)

Skycraft

2245 W Fairbanks Ave
Winter Park, FL 32789
Open Weekdays 8:30am-6pm; Sat 8:30am-5pm