sudo-discuss December 2014

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Catalyst Project Hosting a forum on Black Organizing in Omni Ballroom Dec. 14 or Dec. 16th

by Stephen Novotny

Dear all, I've been in touch with one of the organizers of Catalyst Project, an anti-racist organization that educates and trains organizations/movements, and they're requesting use of our space on Dec. 14th or Dec. 16th for an event that would include 150-200 people. I'm pushing forward and letting the organizer know that we can provide the Ballroom for either of these dates. Please let me know ASAP if there's any possible conflicts. I feel strongly that we do our best to provide this space for Catalyst at this time as we need to step up and provide whatever support and solidarity we can for the PoC community. Let me know if you'd like to help bottom-line this event. I expect there will be a lot of new folks coming into our space for the first time, people that we'd like to open relationships with now and into the future. with love st

9 years, 4 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] [omni-discuss] physical security working group?

by yar

On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 4:06 PM, Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd(a)gmail.com> wrote: > - How much video surveillance are we as a community willing to tolerate? Is > there an acceptable tradeoff between enhancing personal and property safety, > and respecting privacy? A static and well-advertized camera trained at a > piece of valuable infrastructure may be OK. A building-wide surveillance > system that can track people from room to room with facial recognition > presumably isn't OK. Can we agree on where that boundary lies? I'm never comfortable with any kind of video surveillance. If it's just pointed at a machine in the corner of CCL or something I wouldn't make a fuss, but if it's recording common areas or access routes I would. Whether we run facial recognition is moot - if a digital image exists, it will be run through facial recognition software sooner or later. That's life in the botnet of things. We should also note that La Commune has already been facilitating conversations for their own security needs, which right now means locking up bookshelves when they close the store. It would be really good if we could help them ASAP.

9 years, 4 months

audio setup in ballroom? (for women's variety show this sat)

by Marina Kukso

hi all, the audio setup that was in the ballroom about a month ago when a couple of us did an audio inventory for this saturday's variety show is no longer in the same spot. could someone please let me know where the amp, speakers, and their connectors are? thank you! marina

9 years, 4 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] [omni-discuss] physical security working group?

by Patrik D'haeseleer

Yes, we probably should start thinking about some of these things. I'm CC'ing sudo as well, since they may be able to help out with some of the technological solutions. A couple ideas I've mulled over in the past: - Tags for equipment that shouldn't leave the building, a scanner at the door that can detect them when they do, and a camera to record who's taking it through the door. Could be combined with Marc's inventory system, of course. (And could also be used to check out tools legitimately...) - Motion or IR controlled lights to discourage stowaways (would need to be sufficiently hard to disable). Plus maybe an overview panel (physical or online) showing where and when movement was last detected in the building, to assist people in closing up for the night. - Lights illuminating the new bike parking when it gets installed - Indoor bike parking with some form of access control (swipe card?) - Equip outside doors with an alarm that starts beeping when the door stays propped open for more than x minutes. - How much video surveillance are we as a community willing to tolerate? Is there an acceptable tradeoff between enhancing personal and property safety, and respecting privacy? A static and well-advertized camera trained at a piece of valuable infrastructure may be OK. A building-wide surveillance system that can track people from room to room with facial recognition presumably isn't OK. Can we agree on where that boundary lies? - Put up signs to remind people that they are being video taped from the apartment building across the intersection. That's a useful PSA for our own community anyway. Patrik On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 2:44 PM, Stan Osborne <stan(a)ana.com> wrote: > Is it time for a physical security working group? If such a group was > active, I would want to participate. > > The rate things are disappearing seems to be increasing. The addition of > outside bike racks will advertise to the public the OMNI is full of > laptops, smart phones, etc. leading to more visitors being her to case the > place. Sometimes things are removed by friends who 'borrow' them with > the intention of returning them, (This is less frequent than people > dropping off stuff we don't need.) > > If anyone is interested i working on deterrence mechanisms, warning signs, > vigilance training, a log of missing items, etc., let's find a time to > meet regularly. > > Stan > > > On Wed, December 3, 2014 9:38 am, Stephen Novotny wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > Darin Bauer, a FNB volunteer, sent this message this morning: > > > > Im a food not bombs volunteer. My green REI bivi bag was likely taken > from > > my bags in the backroom today off of my bicycle. I was downstairs most of > > the day. Im homeless jobless broke and have only recently returned from > > being in the southbay for a couple of years. Can you give a heads up > shout > > out or something ? Im bunkered with the UCB tree camp right now , 2morrow > > who knows... peace ... we need the rain i need my. Bivi... > > _______________________________________________ > > discuss mailing list > > discuss(a)lists.omnicommons.org > > https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/discuss > > > > > _______________________________________________ > discuss mailing list > discuss(a)lists.omnicommons.org > https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/discuss >

9 years, 4 months

Noisebridge: Software Defined Radio Newbie Pre-Meetup - Dec 11, 7 pm

by Jake

Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 21:38:07 -0800 From: Casey Callendrello <c1(a)caseyc.net> To: noisebridge-announce(a)lists.noisebridge.net Subject: [Noisebridge-announce] SDR Newbie Pre-Meetup - Dec 11, 7 pm Hi, All. Software Defined Radio, or SDR, is opening up the world of RF to a whole new cadre of hackers. Now we can build new demodulation schemes with a few mouse clicks, and explore a new kind of hidden world. People with SDRs have done exciting things like decode GSM, track commercial airplanes & ships, and talk to satellites. On Wednesday, December 17th, Balint is running the inaugural San Francisco SDR Meetup at Noisebridge. This promises to be an *awesome* event. He is a pioneer in the field, having done a ton of work to unlock the possibilities of SDR. His previous meetup, in the south bay, was packed (20 people alone were streaming it)! The week before, on *Thursday, December 11th*, I'll be hosting a more informal gathering for people looking to enter the world of SDR. You should attend if you'd like to learn the absolute basics. If you buy a SDR before the meeting, we can help get it running. We'll talk, also, about what SDR devices are doing and why they're different from the radio in your car / boat / stereo bike. Even more awesome, everyone who attends with the proper hardware will leave with a working SDR setup, ready to participate in the following week's meetup. What should I do? Glad you asked! Easy! 1. Buy a SDR. The ones listed here are $20 and available on Amazon Prime: http://www.rtl-sdr.com/buy-rtl-sdr-dvb-t-dongles/ 2. Get a job at a tech company. Whine until they give you a fancy thinkpad or macbook. Install Linux or MacOS. Quit. Don't give the laptop back. 2. sudo {apt-get yum port} install gnuradio gqrx rtl-sdr 4. Lastly, read some Things on the Internet: Quadrature Signals: Complex but not Complicated: http://www.dspguru.com/sites/dspguru/files/QuadSignals.pdf The GnuRadio Tutorials: https://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Guided_Tutorials Balint's SDR labs: http://files.ettus.com/tutorials/labs/Lab_1-5.pdf See you all next Thursday! --Casey _______________________________________________ Noisebridge-announce mailing list Noisebridge-announce(a)lists.noisebridge.net https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-announce

9 years, 4 months

stupid robots contest of japan

by Jake

okay at first i was annoyed by this, but now i think it's awesome. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46ivFpsmEVQ

9 years, 4 months

Entry To Omni

by Ira Brightman

Hi All, I am a Sudoroom member, but due to involvement in a project have not been able to come to the Sudoroom since our move to The Omni. Hoping to come down soon, but noticed a post by Marc Juul to Niki about a solved card-swipe problem. Does entry to the Omni now require use of a card? If so, how would I get one? If not, and numbers are pressed in, are the old password numbers still valid, including the universal one? Would hate to come down and not be able to gain entry. Someone please advise. Best to everyone,Ira Brightman

9 years, 4 months

Workshop Weekend in Oakland - this weekend - is looking for volunteers!

by J.D. Zamfirescu

Hi Sudoers, Summary: • what: Volunteers wanted for hacker-y workshop event • where: Tech Liminal in downtown Oakland • when: This weekend, Dec. 6-7. • why: Help out a fun community event, get free workshops and dinner, and meet other awesome people! • how: reply to this email or email volunteer(a)workshopweekend.net The 10th Workshop Weekend is taking place in downtown Oakland this weekend (Dec 6-7) and we're looking for a few volunteers to help check people in, give directions, help connect laptops, and handle random issues as they come up. (Most of the time will be relatively relaxed, and feel free to bring a book or something to work on when nothing's going on.) Volunteers are asked to help out for a 4-hour time block on Saturday on Sunday. We'll treat you to dinner on Friday night and your admission is on us (normally $40) if you want to take any of the workshops offered during the evening. Learn more about Workshop Weekend by checking out our workshop catalog at http://workshopweekend.net/catalog -- and if you're interested, let me know or email volunteer(a)workshopweekend.net I hope to see some of you there! Best wishes, J.D. === More about Workshop Weekend === Join Workshop Weekend on December 6 & 7 to solder <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> , sing <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> , make ice cream <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> , learn about mechanisms <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…>, program in Python <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> , Clojure <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…>, or visually <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> , remotely control an Arduino <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> , dissect a computer <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> and more <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=http%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foaklan…>. A flat $40 admission gets you as many workshops as you like all weekend long. (Some workshops have an additional fee for materials.) For families coming to Workshop Weekend together, we offer a further $10 discount for all parent admissions with the purchase of two or more admissions for children (under 18). Sign up on the same account and the discount will be automatically applied. Our December event features over 30 workshops to choose from -- including a number of new electronics <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> , papercraft <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…>, and wearables <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> workshops! Join us for: - Learn Arduino! <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> - Crafting Knots and Braids <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> - Learn to Solder! <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> - Paper Circuit Carousel <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> - Cake Decorating <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> - Computer Dissection <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> - Personal Finance <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> - Learn to Sing <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> - Intro to Clojure <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> - Moving Mechanisms <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> - LED Ornaments <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> - Felt Critters <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> - Electroluminescent Wire <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> - Wearable Tech: Bliplace <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> - 3D Copy your Face <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> - Flappy Bird in 45 Minutes <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> - Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> - …and many more! Sign up at http://workshopweekend.net/catalog -- hope to see you there!

9 years, 4 months

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13 // LA COMMUNE PRESENTS : A VERY OMNI XMAS HOLIDAY PARTY & BAZAAR !

by DZ Brazil

Dear Friends : La Commune is thrilled to announce our first annual Holiday Party & Bazaar Saturday, December 13, from 12 noon to 6pm ! We will have food & drink available, & we'd love to work with other Omni collectives to set up a crafts bazaar like the ones we all remember from when we were kids. We'll cap off the night with a book release party & poetry reading for the SF press Solar Luxuriance. More details forthcoming -- till then, please save the date & drop a line if your collective would like to help with the bazaar, sell something, or know someone who might! Love -- David Brazil (for La Commune)

9 years, 4 months

Pat Xu wants to host a comics workshop at sudo

by xuplankton＠gmail.com

Hello sudo, This is a little short notice, but I was hoping to host a village craft workshop this Saturday 5-7 pm, at the sudo room. I tried to put it on the calendar a couple weeks back, but Matt said it was broken or something... Please let me know if there are any conflicts, and I'll try to find another room. And please do attend the comics workshop if you're interested! The text of the invite is below. ~~~~~~~~~~ Hi everyone! We're having our first comics workshop this Saturday (dec 6th), 5-7 pm, at Omni Commons, 4799 shattuck st, in the Sudo Room. If you have trouble finding us, just call me at (408) 440 6767. Bring your sketchbooks, story ideas, favorite comic books and zines to share. We'll kick off our first workshop with a brief demo where I spill the beans on how I make comics, start to finish. Then we'll bind our own specially formatted half-letter size sketchbooks, to set you up for easy self-publishing. Finally, we'll turn you loose to play drawing games with each other, discuss your stories, and browse through comic books + zines! ALSO! FYI, on the very same day, Berkeley City College is hosting the "East Bay Alternative Book and Zine Fest," where you can get a taste of the bay area's vibrant zine community. I highly recommend going to the Zine fest before our workshop. more info on the zine fest: http://www.eastbayalternativebookandzinefest.com/EBABZ%20About.html Hope to see you all on Saturday! Stoked, PX Sent from my iPhone

9 years, 4 months

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