sudo-discuss October 2014

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by Paige Peterson

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Hey all, In my research for mesh outreach and collaboration (particularly focusing on the Internet archive tower in Richmond), I ran into Building Blocks for Kids. They are an organization formed with the "mission of supporting the healthy development and education of all children, and the self-sufficiency of all families, living in the BBK Collaborative zone located in Richmond, California." Part of their focus is on digital literacy and access and they are currently looking to hire someone to lead this portion. More info about the position: http://bbk-richmond.org/staff/employment-opportunities/ They've already set up a couple of repeaters to spread the Internet archive wifi access and have funding to set up many more as far as I know. In the end, however, that makes all of these families dependent on the tower so Peoples Open Network could help relieve this dependency by meshing with those who can already afford Internet access in their home. Anyways, good opportunity for someone at Sudo looking for work as well as further pushing this idea of them working with the mesh instead of just setting up repeaters. Cheers - Paige -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.22 (Darwin) Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJUNuruAAoJEBfwQOvcZQ/pP/YIAKAjO4qZTxcVSCA7ZBloaMG2 rF9jlXsrvexmX7Fv0KAo/n3doOax1FuvbzidtqRl6K/r3ROXUNL9XOfJSTTJ7k5I QJTVrN5pQOi8lzyhrhFDAtaipSPLCgpryrxQ7+Ew/ledDQboNnYl7VIrWVKPqfbZ pPyjHZ1mkwsYq5tVrtCPnyW7h5iusa+TFCEgwC1SD8tc6+yFnMdz5hbq8Vl4e+IT X9I+wWw33qJJnjvlApg4MpmUsthgYAvCRdwAtp6lmEw3KbcUZk2W395msgx9aLkd b2wKE5gUJvzqLc71N9eTr6rMV9cjfdax1IYYL/Kh7pCjJ+aqFFZhhULWC/avT6M= =qRld -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

11 years, 10 months

crypto-party folks: library doing a "secure your device workshop" - come help!

by Marina Kukso

hi all, i'm working with oakland public library to organize a combination net neutrality teach-in and "secure your device" workshop on dec. 13th from 12-3PM. if you would like to volunteer to help people secure their devices during the event, please contact me off-list! - marina

11 years, 10 months

extracting robot parameters

by Jake

So the robot's control box has a bunch of constants relating to its geometry, which are important for modeling it, so that we can tell it where to go. These constants are stored in parameter arrays in the robot's memory, preloaded from ROM when we initialized it. Descriptions of the parameter values were found in a cave, in a file called ERCPRM.HLP, scrawled in an ancient dead language, but a translator was found and exported its contents to http://spaz.org/~jake/robot/ERCPRM.RTF I have edited ERCPRM.rtf down to the following text file: http://spaz.org/~jake/robot/params-important.txt if someone can make a program that adds the actual value of each parameter to this file, it will probably make things easier for whoever wants to make a model of the robot. the parameter data are here: https://github.com/jerkey/yasnac/blob/master/dat/PARAM.DAT PARAM.DAT is a file starting with /PRM then each parameter array starts with // and then the name of the array and then PRM, all in one line, for example //RCPRM for the RC array. Then the parameters are listed, ten per line, as a comma-delimited list. putting these values after their corresponding line in params-important.txt would be totally awesome. -jake

11 years, 10 months

Film Night at the Omni!

by Eske Silver

This Friday's title is called Nothing (1hr30). Directed by Vincenzo Natali, 2003 - Rated R. After an especially terrible day, two friends find the oitside world has become a nothingy void. It's one of my favorite incredibly quirky movies, I hope you all enjoy it. See you at 7 in the basement! ~ Korl 1.510.689.4484 STP/ eske silver

11 years, 10 months

robot job files and rectangular coordinates

by Jake

so far, all the robot programs we have extracted have coordinates stored in PULSE format, meaning that all positions are stored as a list of positions for the six axes. This means we have been trying to create a math model of the robot's joints to get it to do our bidding. however, today I was reading page 106 of this document: http://spaz.org/~jake/robot/479236-17-Communications.pdf and it explains more about the format of a Job file: ///PULSE : Indicates position data (pulse counts) ///RECTAN : Indicates position data (rectangular coordinates) so far we have only seen PULSE, but we could try RECTAN and see if we can feed the robot rectangular coordinates, like we do to a 3D printer. also there is the line starting with ///ATTR ///ATTR a-p : Job data attributes ... m = Position data format, 0 pulse, 1 rectangular ... and ///FRAME coordinate system : Identifies the job coordinate system BASE = base coordinates ROBOT = robot coordinates N = user coordinate number (1 - 8) also, we should realize that the line ///NPOS describes the number of coordinates in a job, and until now I thought we could simply add or remove coordinate lines and that would be enough, but probably not. See how the NPOS line always matches the number of coordinates (of each type) in the jobs we have saved so far: https://github.com/jerkey/yasnac/tree/master/jobs all our jobs are FRAME BASE and coordinates in PULSE. I don't know how to create a job any other way, so we will have to experiment. -jake

11 years, 10 months

#2014BACH: First annual Bay Area hackerspaces unconference, this weekend!

by Jenny Ryan

Hey sudo! We're hosting the first BACH unconference this weekend and you're invited! Please forward this message to anyone interested in talking about, starting, or joining a hackerspace and invite them to join us as well! http://2014.ba.chgrp.org/ *Who*: You *What*: Join your local creative communities and hackerspaces to share experiences, knowledge, skills and more at the first BACH Unconference. *Where: *Sudo Room in Omni Commons at *4799 Shattuck, Oakland CA, 94609*. On the corner of 48th St and Shattuck Ave, 8 blocks North of the MacArthur BART station (take Telegraph to Shattuck). *When*: Oct 11-12 (Sat-Sun), *doors open at 10am!* ** *We'll be setting up the evening before with music and beers, come anytime on Friday after 6pm to help out! *Session proposals*: https://pad.riseup.net/p/bach2014 (Read more about schedule, preparation, and all other details on this pad!) *Register*: https://sudoroom.org/events/2014-bach-unconference/#bookings *Code of Conduct: *http://ba.chgrp.org/#code-of-conduct See you soon. -Bay Area Consortium of Hackerspaces

11 years, 10 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] Fwd: [BAPS-Organizing] Fw: Liberating Ourselves Locally (LOL) Makerspace and Hackerspace

by yar

> LOL and Sudo have a long history of cross pollination and overlap of > people. LOL is probably not moving anytime soon, especially not to > Temescal. Monday isn't a general meeting, it's an open hack night! > > Also, LOL has existed for longer than Sudo and I believe it was Jen > Mei who first formally "reached out" to us. :) ALSO people should definitely donate money today, the last day of their indiegogo campaign!! https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/people-of-color-led-makerspace-and-hacke…

11 years, 10 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] Fwd: [BAPS-Organizing] Fw: Liberating Ourselves Locally (LOL) Makerspace and Hackerspace

by yar

On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Stephen Novotny <novotny.stephen(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Has Sudo reached out to LOL? They hold general meetings on Monday at 7:30pm. > Would be a great ally for Sudo and Omni Commons as a whole! LOL and Sudo have a long history of cross pollination and overlap of people. LOL is probably not moving anytime soon, especially not to Temescal. Monday isn't a general meeting, it's an open hack night! Also, LOL has existed for longer than Sudo and I believe it was Jen Mei who first formally "reached out" to us. :)

11 years, 10 months

chairs!

by Ben Burke

The East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse called about four metallic outdoorsy chairs that Omni bought that have just been waiting for pickup. I did the deed, they are in the ex-barroom… they are off-white, a bit rusty, and there is a decorative sash around the lot… creative reuse indeed. If these weren’t sudo chairs, would someone pass this along to the omni list. I’m not a member.

11 years, 10 months

Fwd: [BAPS-Organizing] Fw: Liberating Ourselves Locally (LOL) Makerspace and Hackerspace

by Stephen Novotny

Has Sudo reached out to LOL? They hold general meetings on Monday at 7:30pm. Would be a great ally for Sudo and Omni Commons as a whole! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: 'DZ Brazil' via BayAreaPublicSchool-organizing < bayareapublicschool-organizing(a)googlegroups.com> Date: Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 11:09 AM Subject: [BAPS-Organizing] Fw: Liberating Ourselves Locally (LOL) Makerspace and Hackerspace To: Bay Area Public School Organizing < bayareapublicschool-organizing(a)googlegroups.com> dear friends : chris chen passed on this potential omni contact to reach out to (see below) -- is anyone willing to drop them a line ? love -- david ----- Forwarded Message ----- *From:* Chris Chen <unclechen(a)msn.com> *To:* David Brazil <dzbrazil(a)yahoo.com> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 8, 2014 10:56 AM *Subject:* Liberating Ourselves Locally (LOL) Makerspace and Hackerspace This might be a decent group to contact if folks are looking for more potential collectives. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/people-of-color-led-makerspace-and-hacke…

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