sudo-discuss December 2014

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Fwd: After school CS instructor - paid, 3 hours a week

by VickykciV

fyi! On Tuesday, December 16, 2014 9:11:37 PM UTC-8, sameers wrote: > > Hi - > > A group of us went to present at Castlemont recently and when I mentioned > this to the folks at a meeting of the CSTA that I attended, their president > introduced me to someone who's looking for help in recruiting a CS teacher > for an after school program. > > Here are more details - pls email me if you have questions - the program > is at Dewey Academy, and the schedule is: > > 1. Monday: 2-3p > 2. Wednesday: 1230p-110p > 3. Friday: 2-3p > > They are open to a group from Open Oakland attending to check the class > out, even if we aren't going to apply for the job. Let me know and I'd love > to co-ordinate a visit. > > Students receive grades that are decided based 65% on attendance and 35% > at the instructor's discretion, once every 6 weeks. Dewey is a continuation > high school <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuation_high_school>, so > your students don't necessarily stay through the entire 6 weeks, though > they have to in order to get a grade. You can decide your curriculum and > pace entirely on your own. The current instructor, Seema Sharma, is a math > high school teacher, and taught herself Alice > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_%28programming_language%29>, an > instructional programming language to teach the kids. She has also used > material from CodeHS.com. > > The program is run by EBAYC <http://www.ebayc.org/>, where the program > manager of the after school program is Brooklyn Williams. She'll probably > be responsible for hiring. I can also get you in touch with Seema. > > Regards, > > Sameer. > >

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CRITICAL MASS NEEDED: Help Omni's crowdfunding campaign go viral!

by Jenny Ryan

Hey all! The Fundraising Committee just set up a Thunderclap to signal boost our crowdfunding campaign in its last week. It's highly likely that we're going to extend the campaign another 3 weeks, but we need your help to make the message go viral! What you need to do: * Go to our Thunderclap URL here: https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/20506-crowdfund-a-commons-in-oakland * Link your Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr profiles to the Thunderclap * Add a personalized message or just opt to retweet/repost/reblog the existing message * That's it! Thunderclap will schedule the message to go out on December 30th! Let's see how big we can grow our reach! <3 Jenny on behalf of the Omni Fundraising Committee Help open a people-powered common space in Oakland, California! https://omnicommons.org/donate `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` "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 ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`

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Wearable NFC on Your Finger Nail!

by Eske Silver

!!!!! https://learn.adafruit.com/unlock-android-with-wearable-nfc/nfc-manicure ~ Korl 500px.com/eske 510.689.4484

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person who can type in chinese to translate something for me?

by Jake

I am looking for someone who can help me write an email in chinese, for the purpose of specifying a technical design to a chinese factory. My first attempt to communicate with a diagram did not work out. If you or someone you know is available to help me translate an email, I would appreciate it. I don't trust google translate to do a good job, and I respect the engineers in China enough not to send them a computer translation. The information I need to convey is the wiring pattern for a pedal-power generator which will be part of a product where people can power their laptop (or television or whatever) by pedalling a stationary bicycle. thank you! -jake

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I heard rumors

by Scott Nanos

That there is a spare electric kettle? If so, can I borrow it for a couple days? It will be safe and sound, just a block away Xo Scott

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Chris B sleeping in disco room

by mattsenate＠gmail.com

At the next meeting I hope we can confront Chris for the last time and require him to leave Omni Commons and have his access privileges revoked along with his sudo room membership. // Matt

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hey! hacker ski and goth girl snowboarding krew to tahoe

by Romy Ilano

Hey everyone. I'm up in Tahoe on weekends snowboarding. Anyone interested in going? https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Snowboarding ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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The Fibonnacci Library (call for materials donations & help) aka Golden Spiral Bookshelves

by Naomi Most

Hello Noisebridge and friends, As you may already be aware, in the post-Reboot world we lack -- and very much need -- library shelving. A lovely and spacious space has been set aside near the Fox Lounge for the books, but shelving has remained elusive, especially in light of other priorities. Plus we cannibalized the old shelves for other construction in the space. --- TL;DR: if you can help provide lumber and/or help with construction, or if you'd just like to see this thing exist and can contribute money, please email me. We'll be working on this in mid-January. --- I believe that art has had a tremendously positive transformative impact on Noisebridge, and I wish to continue that tradition by turning the library construction into a work of art itself. I propose the The Fibonacci Library aka Golden Spiral Bookshelves: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibonacci_number Submitted for your approval, a collaborative design for the new library shelves. Scotty did the original sketchup, Steve derived the calculations. According to our specs, we will need roughly the following: ** 60 feet of 1/2" thick, 15" wide boards ** 90 feet of 1" thick, 16" wide boards. The cost for this library will vary widely depending on the materials we have to work with. I'd like to buy "real" wood, but cost may be prohibitive. I'd LOVE to build a library with a combo of found materials, but that may make the project very difficult. If you have advice about materials procurement and utilization, I'm all sensory-organs. If you want to help, let me know -- we'll start gathering our forces in January after many of us get home from CCC. Yours, Naomi -- Naomi Theora Most naomi(a)nthmost.com +1-415-728-7490 skype: nthmost http://twitter.com/nthmost

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Re: [sudo-discuss] cut down on the # of outside chairs?

by yar

On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 1:34 PM, David Keenan <dkeenan44(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Great strides have been made visavis debris and garbage ending up outside, > and that is great. However, the newly-longer line of chairs chained up > outside the building, while useful of course, frankly is starting to look > too janky and an eyesore at this point. > > In order to improve somewhat the outside appearance of our building and the > perception of neighbors, I would like to cut down on the number of outside > chairs. Basically, I think we should remove all but the bench and the > bare-metal chairs. IE, I think all the new white chairs should be removed. > It's just too much. > > In addition, by the way, technically we do not have permission from the city > to put any seating outside. I've looked at our property line and its not > clear actually that it extends a few feet from the building. Even if it did, > there is an easement with the city's sidewalk that means they have control > over it. > > I appreciate the doocratic effort to provide more outside seating, but can > we please remove these extra white chairs? Its overkill imo. Ok so where are people supposed to sit then? Would they prefer we sit/lie on the sidewalk instead?

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Welcoming Committee: "the funnest working group!"

by Jenny Ryan

Looking for a fun way to help out the Omni and meet new people while you're at it? Come join the Welcoming Committee and help us ensure that new folks walking through our doors are not totally confused! I mean, a little confusion is okay, it's salubrious for creativity and becoming, but we really need more hands on deck to give tours, answer questions, create documentation, and generally be a welcoming face to the Omni. Our first planning meeting was rained out, so we're kicking it to next week: *6pm on Thursday, Dec. 18th in La Commune.* Add your ideas and inspiration to our wiki page here: https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Welcoming_Committee or to this thread! <3 Jenny Help open a people-powered common space in Oakland, California! https://omnicommons.org/donate `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` "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 ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`

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