After a long hiatus, the logo revision is back online and ready to be
discussed. I've attached a four page .pdf to review the latest iterations
based on the last feedback I received.
For those not familiar, we've been discussing this for several months now,
and have gone through a lot of different ideas. Prudently, most sudoers
have gravitated towards the logo sketches more similar to the current logo,
and here we are.
This Survey Monkey survey question
<http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Z9W5K3Y>applies to the Very Last Page
(4) of the attached presentation. Please
provide feedback.
It was cool sitting with the SudoRoom folks in the Noisebridge Library.
So many people would have tried to get on my case about how "print is dead"
and told me books are "dead trees." I should go "look online" where all the
"information" is.
It was cool learning about POSIX, going over SmallTalk, and learning about
Ruby, Python and so on while looking at print books.
Viva SudoRoom!
Bay Area Consortium of Hackerspaces
http://ba.chgrp.org
Newsletter #1
August 2013
Bay Area Hackerspace Roundtable
BACH is a loosely-organized association of hackerspaces in the San
Francisco Bay Area. BACH strives to be very thin, with almost no over-head.
We exist to help member spaces coordinate, communicate, and collaborate.
Above all, we support the Bay Area hackerspace community's existent
inter-dependence and resilience. Learn more and find notes on past
roundtables at hackerspaces.org<http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Bay_Area_Consortium_of_Hackerspaces/>
.
Our next BACH Roundtable will be in September (date TBD) at LOL [Liberating
Ourselves Locally], a people-of-color-led, gender-balanced makerspace in
East Oakland. Subscribe<https://lists.riseup.net/www/subscribe/bayareahackerspaces>to
the mailing list and stay tuned for an announcement with date, time,
and
address!
Upcoming Events Across the Bay
August
-
CakeFest (CakePHP), Aug 29-Sept 1, online and in San Francisco
http://cakefest.org
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Disability Awareness Night 2013, Aug 16, San Jose Giants Stadium
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Bay Area Homebrew Festival, Aug 24, Fort Mason Ctr
September
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SynBioBeta SF <http://synbiobeta.com/sf2013/>, November 15th at the
Mission Conference Center, 7am-7pm.
October
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Bay Area Drupal Camp 2013, October 24-27, Berkeley
http://2013.badcamp.net
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Responsive Design Studio, October 15-16, Mountain View
http://rosenfeldmedia.com/events/responsive-design-studio/fall-2013/
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Design Hacking, 14 Nov, and Finance Hacking, 8 Oct, Hacker Dojo,
Mountain View
August Updates:
Hackermoms is closed for August. http://mothership.hackermoms.org/calendar/
San Leandro Coworking and HayHackers are exploring the idea of combining
forces to represent the middle and south side east bay. At some later point
we can divide and spread across the land, helping to reach our Fremont
hackers closer to where they live.
Ace Monster Toys
http://meetup.acemonstertoys.org/
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3D Printing, every other Wednesday @ 7:30pm (August 14, 28)
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Arduino / Raspberry Pi / Microcontrollers, alternating Wednesdays @ 7pm
(August 7, 21)
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Assemble 3D Printers, alternating Wednesdays @ 7:30pm (August 14, 28)
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Sewing & Textiles Open Lab, every other Tuesday @ 7pm (August 13, 27)
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General Meeting / Open House, every Thursday @ 7:30pm
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CNC Router Introduction, Tuesday, August 13th @ 7pm
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Learn to Use a 3D Printer, Wednesday, August 14th @ 7pm
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Hacker Scouts Open Lab, Sunday, September 1st @ 2pm
Counter Culture Labs
http://www.meetup.com/Counter-Culture-Labs/
-
Open Bioinformatics: Exploring the
Genome<http://www.meetup.com/Counter-Culture-Labs/events/132990982/>,
Sunday, August 11th @ 7pm @ Sudo Room
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Weekly Working
Meetings<http://www.meetup.com/Counter-Culture-Labs/events/133176082/>,
every Wednesday @ 6pm @ Ahnon’s
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Monthly General Meeting, Last Fridays @ 6pm @ Sudo Room
Hacker Dojo
-
The 12 Tasks of Hercules: Robot hacking every Saturday @ 1:30pm
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Laptop Music Production Workshop, Tuesday, August 13th @ 7pm
-
SVSC - Quantum Computing Discussion
Group<http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/3562002-svsc-quantum-computing-discussio…>,
Friday, August 16th @ 5pm
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Repair Cafe Mountain View, Sunday, August 18th, 10am-5pm
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Linux Virtualization Workshop, Monday, August 19th @ 7pm
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Internet of Things Silicon Valley Meetup, Tuesday, August 20th @ 6pm
-
Cooking For Hackers: Steak And Red
Wine<http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/3461003-cooking-for-hackers-steak-and-re…>,
Wednesday, August 21st @ 6:30pm
-
Spokenvote - Rails for Charity Hack
Session<http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/3331002-spokenvote-rails-for-charity-hac…>,
Sunday, August 25th @ 6pm
-
Execution Models & Architectures for Big Data Cloud Computing &
Streaming<http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/3068001-execution-models-architectures-f…>,
Monday, August 26th @ 7pm
-
HTML5 Game Development Study Group: Tuesday, August 13th, Tuesday,
August 20th, and Monday, August 26th @ 6pm
LOLspace
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LOL Open Hack Night: Decolonizing Technology every Monday starting @ 7pm
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How We Move: Urban dance class on Sunday, August 18th starting at noon
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Construction Class every Saturday starting @ 1pm
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Resilient Communities Legal Cafe, a non-profit legal advice clinic
hosted by the Sustainable Economies Law Center, every First Thursday
starting @ 4:30pm
Marin Makers
http://www.meetup.com/MarinMakerspace/
-
Planning for the Mini Maker Faire, Tuesday, August 20th @ 6:30pm
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Monthly General Meeting, every First Tuesday @ 6:30pm
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Even more planning for the Mini Maker Faire, Tuesday, September 10th @
6:30pm
Noisebridge
-
Special event: Saturday, August 10, 16:00:
Noisebridge "______ the Bridge"
Party<https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Noisebridge_%22_the_Bridge%22_Party>,
a summer fundraising party for Noisebridge
-
Circuit Hacking Monday, every Monday @ 7:30pm
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Frontend Web Development, every Monday @ 8pm
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Gamebridge Unityversity, every Monday @ 7pm
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Noisebridge Weekly Meeting, every Tuesday @ 7pm
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Five Minutes of Fame, every Third Thursday @ 8pm
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BAHA - Bay Area Hacker’s Association security meetup, Second Sundays @
2pm
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Tastebridge / Vegan Hacker monthly food hacking, Last Thursdays @ 7pm
-
Post-Waste Nexus every Thursday except for 3rd Thursdays @ 7pm
-
3D Thursdays (3D Printing & Fabrication) every Thursday except for 3rd
Thursdays @ 7pm
Sudo Room
-
Today I Learned is a series of one-off classes and workshops, every
Saturday from 2-5pm. Check https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Today_I_Learned for
the full schedule!
-
Sudo Kids every Tuesday, starting at 5pm.
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Microcontroller Hacking Night every other Tuesday @ 7pm [August 13, 27]
-
Python and Javascript meetups every Thursday @ 7pm
-
Oakland Wiki meeting every Thursday @ 7pm
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Oakland Mesh Network hack nights every Thursday @ 8:30pm
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Cryptoparty / Digital Security Workshop every Third Sunday starting @ 2pm
-
POSSE [Potluck Orientation Skill-share Swap-meet Event] Party every
Third Friday from 6-9pm
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General Meeting and Potluck every Wednesday @ 7pm
-
Most Awesome Guacamole Fest Fundraiser (TBD in August)
Awesome projects happening in various hackerspaces:
Ace Monster Toys
-
We crowdfunded a brand new CNC Metal Mill, for fabricating custom parts
from solid blocks of metal. http://on.fb.me/11v5B32
-
Stefan is making his own bow for archery: http://on.fb.me/1coYygL
-
Humanoid robot made from 16 servos: http://on.fb.me/19xOOBe
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Fabricating custom PCBs (circuit boards) using the desktop CNC router:
http://on.fb.me/16EN6c2
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3D scanning and then 3D printing ourselves: http://on.fb.me/167AM45
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Lasercutting leather goods: http://on.fb.me/15c4VTc
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Tesla Coils! http://on.fb.me/17iUWHn
Counter Culture Labs
-
Glowing algae bioart is currently in ideation stage!
-
The Desktop Biolab <http://desktopbiolab.org> is a project to create a
low-cost desktop biotech lab to help citizen scientists do genetic
engineering at home.
-
A fork of the community education space, Berkeley Biolabs is to be a
biotech incubator for therapeutics-based clinical research.
Noisebridge
-
Excellent LED hacking projects combining electronics and arduino! A
skill-share event took place last Tuesday, August 6th. Among the projects
worked on included a LED matrix display, a VU-type meter and a coat with
200+ LEDs.
-
The Noise Orchestra <https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/NoiseJam> is an
open ensemble of handmade, hand-wired, and hand-coded instruments.
-
Post-Waste Nexus <http://postwastenexus.org/>endeavors to reuse and
recycle electronic waste, place refurbished computers with free and open
source software in our communities, provide education and job training, use
environmentally responsible e-waste handling practices, and operate under
consensus decision making.
-
A group of Noisebridgers, the
DreamTeam<https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/DreamTeam>,
are conducting research and working on projects related to brain computer
interfaces.
-
Some Noisebridgers just finished a super-successful Kickstarter
campaign<http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/swiftnav/piksi-the-rtk-gps-receiver>for
Piksi, a low-cost RTK GPS receiver (centimeter level precision) with
open source software and board design targeted at UAVs.
Sudo Room
-
The Oakland Mesh group <http://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh> successfully
crowdfunded the first round of hardware for the community wireless network
we’re building throughout East Oakland. Want to join the mesh? Add your
node here: http://meshmap.sudoroom.org
-
GETit <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Phage_therapy> is collaborating with
local clinics to develop novel therapies for the eradication of antibiotic
resistant gonorrhea.
-
Some folks have been working on a brain-computer interface for
controlling MC Hawking, the open source robot currently on loan from
Noisebridge.
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SudoMaté RISE is a carbonated yerba mate natural energy drink. An open
source soda: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Sudomate - available at Sudo Room.
-
Subiir is currently brewing their 7th batch:
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Subiir_7
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Juul is building an arcade machine running all free and open source
video games, and with a variety of controllers.
-
Eddie Che is building a small mobile greenhouse for growing food, and
previously built a rocket stove at the space:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rocket_Stove_Finished.jpg
-
Sun Synchrony is building and designing a new device for producing solar
electricity. The cells are more than twice the power of conventional
silicon cells, and this system provides nearly double the electricity per
given area, charges electronics much faster solar, and offers maximum
OFF-GRID INDEPENDENCE.
We Have Questions:
Does your hackerspace have its own general liability insurance? Would you
be interested in pooling to get a better price on a policy, if available?
CREDITS:
Kudos to Ace Monster Toys who actually emailed their updates when asked.
Others: you can learn!
Jenny Ryan (Sudo Room) collected most of these updates by hand. Yes, from
each site, one by one. Deep bows of gratitude for representing everyone so
well.
Judi Clark (SL Coworking) added a few updates, did the layout for the print
& pdf versions, added these snarky comments and printed some hand-out
versions.
Calendar Feeds:
1. Hackermoms:
http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/hsflo4jnaakg2vrp4addsimceg%40group.cal…
2. Noisebridge:
https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=1uesj915rces4cbmcr8j3sg8t0%40grou…
3. Sudo room:
https://sudoroom.org/?plugin=all-in-one-event-calendar&controller=ai1ec_exp…
4. Ace Monster Toys:
http://www.meetup.com/Ace-Monster-Toys/events/rss/Ace+Monster+Toys/
5. Hacker Dojo:
http://events.hackerdojo.com/
6. Marin Makers:
http://www.meetup.com/MarinMakerspace/
Hi everyone,
This Saturday at 2PM please join us at Sudo Room for *"Today I Learned":
Federated Syndicates, Auction
Markets<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Today_I_Learned#August_10:_Federated_Syndicates.2…>
*. Want to know what that means? Come at 2PM!
We have a lot of really exciting
TIL's<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Today_I_Learned>coming up. Here's the
rundown for the next six weeks:
*August 17: Popcorn Party:* Learn how to make lots of fun flavors of
popcorn! Movie night after???
*August 24: Fixit Clinic:* Come learn how to fix your broken whatever!
*August 31: Git Part 2: Hacking Sudoroom's Articles:* Learn git by
collaboratively working on our Articles of Association
*September 7: The Hacker Distro:* Learn about Arch
Linux<https://www.archlinux.org/>and why it's the software hacker's
DIY distro of choice!
*September 14: Understanding DNA and Evolution* -- From the sticky inside
of your mouth to public internet databases
*September 21: SQL Injection & Prevention: *SQL Injection or "SQLi" is a
one of the most dangerous, popular and fun web appl exploits found today on
the modern web. This workshop will cover the basics of SQL and then dive
into some SQLi exploitation and mitigation techniques.
Please forward far and wide and if you're interested in signing up to do a
workshop, please just enter your workshop & contact info under your
preferred date on the Sudo Room wiki<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Today_I_Learned>
.
Best,
Marina
i mean, the real things are only about $2 and an attiny chip is $1, and
your time is surely worth something, and you should just get a numeric
code to get into sudoroom, which doesn't require any matter, but in case
you decide to make an RFID tag yourself, here's how:
http://scanlime.org/2008/09/using-an-avr-as-an-rfid-tag/
i believe this will work with the sudoroom RFID reader. but why bother?
you can just buy a tag or get a code you can type in.
-jake
On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 9:34 AM, Yardena Cohen <yardenack(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> There used to be a way to listen online to OPD's radio communications
> here: http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/10182
So, it looks like a new feed has already sprung up:
http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/14659
I'm still interested in learning how to do it, though. Never hurts for
us all to learn more skills. :)
hi everyone,
just wanted to share a bit about what we're up to with the sudo kids
project. wall of text below. contact myself or ray if you want to get
involved!
best,
marina
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Marina Kukso <marina.kukso(a)gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 1:48 AM
Subject: upcoming sudo kids: worms & food maps!
To: "sudo-kids(a)lists.sudoroom.org" <sudo-kids(a)lists.sudoroom.org>,
hello(a)sl-co.com, Jonathan Levin <jdlevin(a)gmail.com>, Beverly Chang <
changb7(a)gmail.com>, rick(a)bace.org
hi everyone,
lots of new folks interested in sudo kids! i've copied a number of the new
folks here. (new people: let me know if you'd like to be added to this
wonderful virtually traffic-free list, or add yourself at
http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-kids)
here are a few updates about sudo kids:
- updated wiki entry with a bit more info about who we are and what we
do - feel free to add more/modify/etc.:
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/SudoKids
- more need for folks who want to lead activities and/or want to help
coordinate. have an idea for a project or activity that you'd like to do?
we've done calligraphy, radio, clay, art, mate-brewing, gardening,
homestead-keeping, piano, book-binding, and more. if you have an idea, we
should do it! feel free to reply all, reply just to me, or come chat on a
tuesday about anything you'd like to do. and if have a vague idea or aren't
sure what you'd like to do or want some help defining what you'd like to
do, we'd be happy to flesh ideas out with you.
- we have lots of stuff coming up! check out the schedule below:
- *this sunday 8/11: worms!* judi will be bringing a worm project to
sudo kids outdoor chapter which takes place every sunday at 10AM at my
house (2429 adeline). if you have outdoorsy projects and/or kids
you'd like
to do outdoorsy projects with, let me know!
- *next tues 8/13: food map!* beverly wanted to try out a food hack
night and so we're tentatively planning on getting some local food from a
goodeggs.com market that supposedly happens every tuesday near sudo
room and mapping out where the food comes from and how it got to us.
- *next sun 8/18*: *no plans yet!* want to do an activity? this slot
is available!
- *tues 8/20:* *tentative POSSE party!* the bay area community
exchange timebank (http://timebank.sfbace.org/) has been meeting
every other month at sudo and recently held a POSSE party (Potluck
Orientation Skillshare Swapmeet Events). these are open community events
that get people exchanging and sharing outside of the old ways.
there will
be food, skillshares, gift circles, and lots of families! we hope to get
some cross pollination between SudoKids and the BACE communities. if you
want to learn more about this, rick from BACE is copied on this email
(rick(a)bace.org) and would be happy to chat.
aaand that's the end of the wall of text. you are all awesome and i love
you. yay, we are doing sudo kids! we're making it happen! yaaay!
marina
does anyone know what the frequency is? One can buy a $12 SDR receiver
which plugs into the USB, and can decode many kinds of radio signals
including fancy encryptable signals used by some police depts.
once we get reception going, it will be appropriate to talk about choosing
a server to host a stream.
-jake
Aug 6, 2013 09:34:34 AM, yardenack at gmail.com wrote:
>There used to be a way to listen online to OPD's radio communications
>here: http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/10182
>
>This required someone in the city to connect an analog radio and serve
>the content digitally. They regularly had over 100 listeners, and
>peaked at 3000+ during crisis events. But it was hosted in an office
>that just closed shop and so as of today, they had to take down their
>feed. Right now I don't think there's another way to listen to OPD
>online.
>
>Perhaps this is a gap that Sudoroom could fill? Does anybody know how
>to get something like this set up? I imagine we'd need to relay to a
>data center because of the large number of streamers. Or maybe just
>colocate locally? Does anyone know a cheap colo in Oakland?