I started updating the inventory:
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Inventory
Feel free to add.
Note that I pre-emptively added some gear that has been ordered but not
received.
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marc/juul
hullo friends,
so here's an interest intake form for PeoplesOpen.net.
http://goo.gl/forms/hecWHP28QY
any changes?
once we are satisfied with our wordsmithing, we can post it online,
under How to Help. let me know if y'all would like to make any changes.
there is a way to embed the survey on the site, so when we're ready we
can just post the embed code and not just a link :)
once it's live, i can make it so that every time someone fills out the
form a notification goes to info(a)sudomesh.org or to people's email
accounts who are interested. i, for one, am going to just set up a
folder so the responses don't crowd my inbox.
good night,
april
I was thinking about how to make the experience of operating a node really
smooth and engaging, and I thought: What if there was a big button right on
top of the node that you could press and the node would tell help you
troubleshoot?
*press*
<node> I am connected to one other mesh node via my dish antenna on the
roof. I am connected to the Internet via the Internet connection in this
home. I count four clients currently connected to the mesh through me.
--- another home ---
*press*
<node> I am not connected to the mesh. I am not connected to the Internet
but I remember being connected to the Internet only four hours ago. Please
check that a cable is connected to my port labeled "Internet" and that the
other end of the cable is plugged into one of the ports labeled LAN on your
Internet router.
I checked prices on aliexpress and I predict that it would cost about $4
per node plus some work to do this:
Components:
* USB Sound card $1.25 -
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/USB-Sound-Card-7-1-Channel-3D-Audio-Sound-Ca…
* Amplifier: $1.21 -
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/1-PCS-Mini-Digital-For-Audio-Amplifier-Board…
* Speaker with case: $0.96 -
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/3-5mm-Audio-Portable-Wired-Multimedia-Speake…
* Button (ok not very big, but best I could find cheap): $0.30 -
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/10pcs-Push-Button-with-Cap-12x12-mm/19150748…
or instead of the speaker and amp, just cut one of these in half and
super-glue it to the top of the node:
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Mini-Portable-Hamburger-Speaker-Amplifier-Fo…
For the My Net N600 there's likely a secondary unused USB inside of it
where we can solder the sound card and tap power for the amplifier.
I know this is kinda silly. We probably don't want to be doing this to a
whole bunch of routers, but if we ever do a large enough custom order of
mesh routers (e.g. crowdfunded) it might be cool to add this feature + if
we show it off as something we're working on it could gain us some
attention.
For now I might make a prototype at some point.
For software I'd go with pre-recorded messages that are combined as needed,
since it will sounds _much_ nicer than speech synthesis. You can do 10
minutes of very nice sounding human voice in about 800 kB, so i think we
could fit enough voice samples on there without running out of storage.
fiverr.com is a good source for really inexpensive high quality voice
acting talent.
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marc/juul
Hi all,
I'm cool with trying to have the meeting on Tuesday, but can we please
be prompt about our start time? It looks like on Tuesdays I have a
neighborhood meeting that I need to attend regularly and get there by 9
at the very, very latest.
If not, then can we discuss another time to have the general meeting?
How's Mondays?
Thanks, April
On 3/7/15 6:09 PM, Jenny Ryan wrote:
> Just what Max said :)
>
> I changed the list administrator to info(a)sudomesh.org - thanks!
>
> On 03/07/2015 06:00 PM, max b wrote:
>> I think the idea is that there are a lot of people subscribed to the "mesh"
>> list, and a significant number of them aren't in the east bay, or aren't
>> actively participating in the project. If someone wants to ask whether or
>> not there's a node mounting this sunday, and where it is, it might make
>> more sense to ask that to the direct set of folks who are actively working
>> on the project. That way we can keep the "mesh" list relatively low-traffic
>> and interesting/worth subscribing to if you're not directly working on the
>> project, but still have an avenue to communicate and archive those
>> communications.
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 5:58 PM, Mitar <mitar(a)tnode.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> Sorry if it is obvious, but what is the difference between "mesh" and
>>> "mesh-talk" lists?
>>>
>>>
>>> Mitar
>>>
>>>> Awesome - thanks!
>>>>
>>>> W/ regards to:
>>>>
>>>> Join our new 'talk' mailing list to stay up-to-date as we schedule:
>>>>> https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/mesh-talk - Or just join us every
>>>>> Sunday at noon - we pack, prep and then leave from sudo!
>>>>
>>>> Can we be extra careful to make sure that all of the core members of the
>>>> mesh group are admins of accounts like these? At the very least, perhaps
>>>> the info(a)sudomesh.org email address could be added, so that anyone who
>>> is
>>>> getting those emails forwarded to them could do administrative functions?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 4:56 PM, Jenny Ryan <tunabananas(a)gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>> Hey all,
>>>>>
>>>>> We had an excellent meeting last week with lots of updates and
>>>>> brainstorms on future plans. Two key announcements:
>>>>> * We are trial-running a switch of our hacknights and meeting nights.
>>>>> For now, we'll be having organizing meetings on Tuesdays in the ballroom
>>>>> mezzanine, and firmware/dev hacknights on Thursdays in sudo room -
>>> 7:30pm!
>>>>> * We continue to plan and actively mount rooftop nodes every Sunday.
>>>>> Join our new 'talk' mailing list to stay up-to-date as we schedule:
>>>>> https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/mesh-talk - Or just join us every
>>>>> Sunday at noon - we pack, prep and then leave from sudo!
>>>>>
>>>>> More updates on technical and outreach progress + next steps in the
>>> notes -
>>>>> Full notes recorded for posterity at:
>>>>> https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/26_February_2015
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Jenny
>>>>> http://jennyryan.net
>>>>> http://sudomesh.org
>>>>> http://thevirtualcampfire.org
>>>>> http://technomadic.tumblr.com
>>>>>
>>>>> `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
>>>>> "Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories."
>>>>> -Laurie Anderson
>>>>>
>>>>> "Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining
>>> it."
>>>>> -Hannah Arendt
>>>>>
>>>>> "To define is to kill. To suggest is to create."
>>>>> -Stéphane Mallarmé
>>>>> ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> mesh mailing list
>>>>> mesh(a)lists.sudoroom.org
>>>>> https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/mesh
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> mesh mailing list
>>>> mesh(a)lists.sudoroom.org
>>>> https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/mesh
>>>>
>>> --
>>> http://mitar.tnode.com/
>>> https://twitter.com/mitar_m
>>>
>
I couldn't find the security torx bits. I'll try to find them for Thursday.
Needed them to open the dsl box to reroute the cable in rise above's space.
C
I realized I have these written down on paper so I have to transcribe them.
basically, i built the firmware image on a VM, then did the actually
flashing from a mac.
Details to follow.
Chris
Hi again,
1) am going to start outreach soon and trying to schedule conversations
w/folks who know a lot about mesh and community networking
tracking it here, on sheet 2:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OxG6s1NFAEd9dasX5-Hdrz4jR6IWk9CkQTD…
and will let people know as I try to set up meetings so that way folks
can join me!
2) can we add text to the map to make it more useful? here's some draft
language to play with:
Welcome to the People's Open node map. Here you can indicate where you
have roof or tower space available to expand the network to your area.
You can also see where the network is active and find out if one of your
neighbors is hosting a node that may be within reach.
Even if there are no nodes in your area, please go ahead and add your
address. We hope to build out all over Oakland soon, and it's important
to know where our interested neighbors live.
Adding your address to the map is easy. Simply click on the point on the
map where the node can potentially live and add your information as
directed. If you see that you are near an active node, please email
info(a)sudomesh.org to let us know you'd like to connect.
3) what do people think about cross-linking/posting the blog from the
wiki on the website?
many thanks,
april
Today Moe and myself mounted a node.
It is a Nanobridge M5 on a ~7 foot pole on top of a 2nd story building,
pointing east. It is currently not linked to anything.
We flashed it with barrier breaker, set it up with only the
pplsopen-node2node ad-hoc wifi (on the correct channel) and bridged it to
the ethernet interface. The ethernet isn't plugged into anything, but
should be plugged into a street-level node once Fledgling is ready.
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marc/juul
