sudo-discuss February 2015

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62 participants
93 discussions

Saturday Space Availability (This Saturday)

by Alice Rosenthal

Hey Guys & Gals, My son’s best friend (Phoenix) is turning 9 in a couple of days and his mom (single, in school, no money) planned a Lego Building Birthday Party at a park this weekend but weather forecast predict rain for Sunday afternoon - all the invitations are out for 2 weeks so the date is in all the kid’s parent’s planners. She told me last night she is going to cancel the party because of the rain but I suggested that she might consider having it in the Omni - Ball Room or … [View More]

10 years, 2 months

Standing vs sitting?

by Steve Berl

Wasn't there a discussion a few months back about the proper posture for pissing? https://news.yahoo.com/tenants-may-pee-standing-german-court-181317571.html -- -steve

10 years, 2 months

RAYC's membership

by Torrie Fischer

Hei, sudo room. I want to avoid as much conflict as possible here on discuss@ so I'll state up front that I would really rather folks talk to me in person or off list in response to this. I had every intention of coming to Sudo last night as I infrequently do to see whats up and hack on things and spend more time in the space. My knee disagreed to I went home instead. Had I made it I would've certainly blocked RAYC's membership. I plan on showing up at Sudo Room next week to have a … [View More]

10 years, 2 months

new hardware hack night: tuesday (first one tonight)

by Marina Kukso

hi folks, there's a new hardware hack night - tuesday! first one is tonight. here is the event on our calendar: https://sudoroom.org/events/hardware-hack-night-2015-02-03/ best, marina

10 years, 3 months

bandsaw blade

by Jake

apparently the blade for the bandsaw at sudoroom is broken. do we have any more? what about a hacksaw?

10 years, 3 months

Share and Tell: a community speaking event

by Marina Kukso

hi all, sudoer kelsey breseman is organizing a low-stress, inclusive, short talks night in berkeley. lots of great details about what the event will be like here: http://www.meetup.com/APIs-to-Electrons/events/220269710/ you should sign up to give a talk! works in progress, ideas, things you've been working on are all welcome. this will a supportive, collaborative environment where people want to hear what others have to say. best, marina

10 years, 3 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] Show high school seniors what a hackerspace is

by yar

On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Karissa McKelvey <karissa.mckelvey(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hey sudoers > > I'm teaching a web programming class of about 20 high school seniors > (17-18 years old) who live in Oakland. They are primarily people of > color and underprivileged in some way, having reached hardships enough > to find themselves at a continuation high school due to bad grades. > > I'd like to bring them on a fieldtrip to sudo room/omni for an hour or > … [View More]

10 years, 3 months

giant robot

by Jake

hi all, i got a really fancy motor controller and a bunch of really fancy motors with encoders built-in, and it all works together.. and I think we should consider making another robot. Here is the controller: product sheet: http://spaz.org/~jake/bxi/BXi-Tool-Controller-Debuted.pdf huge operation manual: http://spaz.org/~jake/bxi/BX300HIFMan.pdf basically the brain can control six motors, which i have, with very precise motion control and tracking, for example for the joints of a giant … [View More]

10 years, 3 months

Disability Hack Night!

by Ryan

Just announcing that the first disability hack night is happening in sudo this Saturday at 4pm! It hasn't synced to the omni calendar yet, but I'm planning this to be a recurring event every first saturday of the month. More info: https://sudoroom.org/events/disability-hack-night-2015-03-07/

10 years, 3 months

Electrical work currently being done for La Commune (affecting panel for Kitchen / Upstairs_

by David Keenan

The tireless volunteers Steve Bloom ( stevebloom55(a)gmail.com ) and I believe Rayc ( what is is email - anyone know? ) are in the midst of decommissioning electrical runs from to La Commune, from the panel in Rise Above that also feeds the oft-tripping breaker to the upstairs. All, before touching this panel, please attempt to communicate first with Steve or Rayc regarding whether it safe to do. Specifically, all, NEVER reach your hand inside a panel that does not have a cover plate on (… [View More]

10 years, 3 months

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