sudo-discuss November 2015

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by Mari M.

Hey guys! I apologize for postponing my involvement in Sudo Hack. I've been suffering from severe asthma and needed to time in an allergen free environment to recover. I'm feeling a bit better and I should ok within the next few weeks. Last Sudo Hack, I didn't do too good of job getting people's individual contact information so when I sent emails to Sudo-Discuss, I didn't get a response back. These are some dates that are available taking into account the holidays: Dec 5th Dec 19th Jan 4th Please email me with contact info and which date you're available if you'd like to come help clean the space. :)

9 years, 1 month

THURSDAY: Design for imperfect manufacturing and challenges of making wireless optical system KORUZA

by Jenny Ryan

Stop by sudo this Thursday at 8pm and meet Musti, inventor of the open hardware optical wireless system KORUZA <http://koruza.net>. KORUZA is a 1Gbps wireless optical system for locations up to 100m apart, using an eye-safe infrared light beam. A low cost, open source and open hardware, wireless optical system, making the free space optical (FSO) technology available to masses and providing an alternative to Wi-Fi networks for RF spectrum congested urban areas. *Design for imperfect manufacturing and challenges of making wireless optical system KORUZA* Complicated and precise systems can be designed more smartly with imperfect tools and machines, demonstrated by the example of KORUZA, a low-cost wireless optical and open source open-hardware system for gigabit 100m wireless communication in urban areas. Motivation for developing this project comes from Wi-Fi, which is the most popular choice for creating low-cost networks these days. However, a large number of such networks fail to co-exist in urban environments due to RF spectrum congestion. KORUZA solves this problem by using a highly collimated optical beam for bi-directional communication. In this talk I will discuss the use of 3D printing for development of precise optical setup with imperfect parts, how to design a system using and re-purposing mass-produced off-the-shelf components, discuss impacts of setting up a global distributed experiment World Wide Koruza l experiment and observing the developed product in real-life. I will also demonstrate the latest KORUZA 1.0 prototype now suitable to make wireless optical gigabit links between buildings. *Bio:* Luka Mustafa is a Shuttleworth Foundation Fellow and working full-time on developing the wireless optical system, KORUZA, at Institute IRNAS Rače in Slovenia, which he founded in 2014. He is also working on his PhD at University College London. For the past year he has led a keen young team at IRNAS to develop open hardware manufacturing solutions ranging from precise 3D printing of plastics and other more unusual materials to large-scale CNC and plasma cutters for heavier metalwork, innovating on the use of optical fibres for these applications. He promotes and deploys open wireless networks with the "wlan slovenia" project, manages national and international wireless backbones and contributes to several open-hardware and electronics projects worldwide. He has wide experience interning on projects from sound-systems to particle accelerator control systems. ( http://koruza.net ) Sudo Calendar: https://sudoroom.org/events/design-for-imperfect-manufacturing-and-challeng… Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/427453017463929/ Can't make it this Thursday? You can also attend KORUZA event at Noisebridge on the 16th: https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Noisebridge_Koruza_event

9 years, 1 month

Fwd: Ace Monster Toys Hackerspace Holiday Party! December 12th

by yar

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Rachel Sadd <crafty.avenger(a)acemonstertoys.org> Date: Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 3:32 PM Subject: [sudo-info] Ace Monster Toys Hackerspace Holiday Party! December 12th To: info(a)sudoroom.org Dear Sudo Room, Ace Monster Toys loves that you are using the maker movement to strive for social justice, and we want to invite you and your members to join us for a night of music, making, and monster refreshments, all while exploring hands-on activities in our space. Our first-ever holiday party will include maker labs geared toward grown-ups, such as laser-cutting your own snowflakes and 3D printing lacy ornaments. 'Tis also an excuse for us to do what we love...Experimental Science Time! We'll create instant ice cream using liquid nitrogen and find out if cookie cutters can be made on a CNC mill. A jolly good time is sure to be had. Please join us, and let you members know about our party. Saturday, December 12 — 6 - 9:30pm Ace Monster Toys | 6050 Lowell Street. Ste. 214. | Oakland, CA 94608 Click here to RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ace-monster-toys-hackerspace-holiday-party-tic… Learn more about Ace Monster Toys here: http://acemonstertoys.org/ Crafty Rachel President, Director acemonstertoys.org meetup.com/Ace-Monster-Toys facebook.com/acemonstertoys

9 years, 1 month

Techno-Activism Third "Mondays": TPP Special, Next *TUESDAY* Nov 17 at Noisebridge 3PM-7PM!

by Danny O'Brien

San Francisco's Techno-Activism Third Mondays shifts 24 hours into the (hopefully not too dystopian) future next week. We're teaming up with colleagues in Washington DC for a special on the Trans-Pacific Partnership with the: >> FLUSH THE TPP HACKATHON Join us for an evening of hacking, building, and meme-making as part of a week of action against the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement! The TPP, a trade agreement whose text was released just this month: https://www.eff.org/issues/tpp . Its e-commerce and intellectual property chapters would extend copyright terms in many countries, limit governments' ability to require source code, place bans on circumventing DRM, increase ISP liability, and strip away privacy for domain owners. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/10/final-leaked-tpp-text-all-we-feared At this Tuesday hackathon, we'll be working on making new online tools, resources, and graphics for people to use and spread the word about the threats of the TPP. IN WASHINGTON D.C: WHEN: Tuesday, November 17 5:00pm ~ late WHERE: First Trinity Lutheran Church, 4th and E Sts., NW and worldwide* WHO: Activists, hackers, artists, and tinkerers. Some technical background encouraged but not required. IN SAN FRANCISCO, CA: WHEN: Tuesday, November 17 3PM-7PM WHERE: Noisebridge Hackerspace, 2629 Mission St, San Francisco WHO: Techno-activist regulars, and anyone else with an interest in learning more about how the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement affects the Internet and innovation. This will be a hands-on session, where you can participate in projects being developed in both spaces. Here are some sample project ideas: * TPP Quiz: A way for people to become acquainted with the problems of these deals and help them become better at conveying the threats to their friends and family. * Inspect the Text: A tool to highlight portions of the text and how they would affect the public interest, so that people can see what language in the actual text translates to specific regulatory concerns. It could also reveal which industries may have lobbied for or would benefit from this language. * Media/Graphic Repository: A platform where all shareable images, videos, and other media can be put in one place for ease of reference and use. Ideally, this would also have share buttons and also have a way to specify usage via Creative Commons licenses. Hope to see you there! Want to receive these TA3M-SF updates regularly? Join our mailing list at: https://lists.eff.org/mailman/listinfo/ta3m-sf

9 years, 1 month

11/16 Sort & Snack - RSVP to Help Organize the Electronics Components at Noisebridge!

by James Sundquist

This last Monday the first Sort & Snack event went really well and we'd like to have another before the holidays! Your help is invaluable. Bring snacks, a laptop, or just yourself! Monday, November 16, 19:00: Sort & Snack - Help organize the electrical components at Noisebridge, Two hours of sorting and snacking! Bring drinks, snacks or just yourself. No experience necessary! Together we will organize the electronics components and input them into our swanky database. Enthusiasm and curiosity encouraged. Please RSVP to our Hardware Mailinglist with your name and whether you can sort (no xp needed) or input (xp encouraged). Link to the Noisebridge Hardware Mailinglist follows: https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/hardware/%7Chardware

9 years, 1 month

Re: [sudo-discuss] [omni-discuss] Benefit Corporation?

by yar

On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 12:26 PM, Torrie Fischer <tdfischer(a)hackerbots.net> wrote: > I guess my next question then is: what concrete goals, objectives, and > roadblocks have been identified as far as an actual strategy goes? Finance wg is working on getting our previous records in order, which is the next big hurdle to applying for 501c3. Building wg is working on fire safety, which is the first step to getting our permits settled. Commons wg is working on making it easier to intake volunteers, so we can hold more events.

9 years, 1 month

juki sewing machine

by Jake

someone was asking a while ago if we would sell this sewing machine. it's the Juki, and it's an industrial machine that normally gets mounted on a big motor table, and uses an oilpan under it, etc... I think we should accept an offer of money for it and send it onto its new home, we have too many sewing machines and this one would be a lot of work, whereas the normal home sewing machines (the plastic kind with internal motors) seem to be good enough for what people do with them. As for the embroidery machine, it works great as a sewing machine and as an embroidery machine so I think it's worth having around, but if we decide to get rid of it I can get back onto that mission. -jake

9 years, 1 month

$150 DSL modem missing

by Jake

We mailed the wrong DSL modem back to Sonic, so we haven't got our deposit back. Does anyone know where the Pace 5168 modem is? it looks like this: https://wiki.sonic.net/wiki/File:Pace5168n.png someone just told me that we never had that modem. Does that mean that Sonic is mistaken about the hardware we were using? If you know of a modem like this please tell me where it is, it's worth $150 to sudoroom to get our equipment deposit back. thank you, -jake ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 14:31:22 -0800 From: Sonic.net Tech Support Subject: Re: [Sonic #3519117] [BILLING] Re: Sonic.net Invoice #7734422 Greetings, Upon review of your account, the equipment that was returned was not the correct equipment in which we requested. The item in which was returned was a Zyxel modem, which at the time we were selling those to our customers and did not require the return for them. However the return label that was issued was for a Pace 5168 which was issued for the service in which was on your account. We are more then happy to return the charge to the account once we receive the correct equipment. <...>

9 years, 1 month

Fwd: [sudo-info] Domain Status Change Notification

by danarauz＠gmail.com

FYI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *GoDaddy* <donotreply(a)godaddy.com> Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 Subject: [sudo-info] Domain Status Change Notification To: info(a)sudoroom.org Domain Backorder Notification <http://www.godaddy.com?isc=gdbbxp363&ci=84589&cvosrc=bounceback.363.gdbbxp3…> 24/7 Support: (480) 505-8877 <(480)%20505-8877> Sudo Room — Customer Number: 9174531 Domain Status Notification This notification is generated automatically as a service to you. We have received a request that the *status* be changed to: Locked for the following domain name(s): SUDOROOM.ORG If you are monitoring this name with Domain Backorders, the above change can also be accessed in your Account Manager under "Domain Backordering". Manage Domain Monitoring / Backordering <https://dcc.godaddy.com/default.aspx?activeview=monitoring&prog_id=GoDaddy&…> You do not need to respond to this email. If, however, you think this change may have been made in error or fraudulently, *please contact us within 15 days.* If you need to address this matter, or in any way need further assistance or technical support, call 24/7 Support at (480) 505-8877. We appreciate your business! Please do not reply to this email. Emails sent to this address will not be answered. Copyright © 1999-2015 GoDaddy Operating Company, LLC. 14455 N. Hayden Rd, Ste. 219, Scottsdale, AZ 85260. All rights reserved. -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Help open a people-powered common space in Oakland, California! https://omnicommons.org/donate - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

9 years, 1 month

Re: [sudo-discuss] Benefit Corporation?

by robb

"Most events that we do in the ballroom are educational, and collecting door money could fit into a donations framework pretty easily." unfortunately, unless a group that rents the ballroom is ok with making the event appear as though the omni is hosting/organizing the event, i'm afraid the group would have to be fiscally sponsored by the omni in order for the $ to be "from a charitable source"...even if the event is educational. ~r

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