{"id":18960,"date":"2024-09-08T10:30:55","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T17:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudoroom.org\/?p=18960"},"modified":"2024-09-08T10:30:55","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T17:30:55","slug":"fix-it-clinic-featured-on-kqed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudoroom.org\/index.php\/2024\/09\/08\/fix-it-clinic-featured-on-kqed\/","title":{"rendered":"Fix-It Clinic featured on KQED"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Our very own Peter Mui from our Tuesday evening Fix-it Clinics was recently featured on one of KQED’s most popular shows ever! Here KQED’s Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman<\/a> takes us to Fixit Clinic in Redwood City. You can hang out at our Fixit Clinic<\/a> every Tuesday evening at SudoRoom as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’ve hung around the SudoRoom, you know that Peter is very passionate about right to repair and learning by repairing. Sometimes it’s even about fixing seventy year old mixers<\/a> that just need a tweak to keep going! Not only do folks fix, but they also indirectly learn about the history of older electronics, their rights, and community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some excerpts from the KQED podcast:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman: <\/strong>I think as humans, really, we have this natural inclination to want to fix things. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter Mui: <\/strong>would say that we are repairers at heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter Mui: <\/strong>Because when that thing starts working again and they are the ones who fixed it, you know, it\u2019s like Easter, you know, it\u2019s really it\u2019s a really wonderful feeling that we don\u2019t want to deprive anybody of. You want to empower these people to be able to repair stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is it so Hard to Fix our Own Electronics?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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“According to Mui, Fixit Clinics have a dual purpose: They are places where people can learn critical thinking and troubleshooting skills through repair, and they\u2019re designed to get people to think about how their buying habits affect the environment. He argues that getting people into the mindset of repairing before buying something new helps reduce waste, conserve resources, and lower their carbon footprint.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n