sudo-discuss January 2018

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by Charley Sheets

Hi everyone, I am removing bogus-looking wordpress users, subject to my own discretion as to bogosity. One such account has the username part of the email address as "gcjrminsgbkbwbacdega". That kind of thing. If any real user finds that their wordpress account stops working, I apologize. Should that happen, please request a new account. Thanks for understanding. -- Charley

8 years

SUDO room scanner light replacement discussion thread

by jacques revera

https://forum.diybookscanner.org/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=3477 Jonathon Duerig (I believe he took over much from Daniel Reetz) responded that we have a 'hackerspace' model scanner and offered some advice. I asked if we could buy the "lighting system" parts of a 'quill' model and if it would be feasible to mount on our 'hackerspace' model. The logic is well put here http://diybookscanner.org/archivist/index322f.html?page_id=459 beginning with the sentence "Lighting for scanners is incredibly difficult to do right. " Check back there for the reply

8 years, 1 month

Re: [sudo-discuss] Laser cutter question

by Jake

i am replying your message to the sudoroom-discuss list On Wed, 10 Jan 2018, daevron wrote: > Hey Jake! > > We were in touch last year about hardware hack night and I came out to a > couple of gatherings at Sudo room. > > I was at the Omni today and swung by the space to ask about the laser > cutter and had a few follow-up questions for you: > > Is there someone who offers facilitation in its use or is there some > tutorial/guide I should read about it? Is there a sign-up sheet to use it > or an ideal time this weekend/next week? Can it cut grip tape and how > precise are the cuts? > > I have art organized into vector files. > > Thanks :) > > -d >

8 years, 1 month

Omni annual meeting Jan. 18th - call for sudodelegate, nominating officers-in-training

by Jenny Ryan

'ello sudoers, Omni's annual board meeting is next Thursday (the 18th). Any sudoers interested in being a delegate and/or officer-in-training? Robb and I have been interchangeably sudo's delegate for quite some time. It essentially involves attending delegates meetings (1st & 3rd Thursdays from 7-9pm) and relaying proposals to and from sudo room via the mailing list and monthly meeting for consensus decision-making. Nominating "officers-in-training" was Laura's suggestion. Current officers are Lynn (president), Brian (treasurer) and myself (secretary). You'd work with us to learn how to keep Omni running in the day-to-day. I can say from personal experience that I've learned more over the course of the past three years than I have in any of my academic degrees and jobs - and the rewards of successfully hacking bureaucracy are especially sweet ^_^ Brian and I will be sending out a defined list of responsibilities this weekend. Additionally, I have invited the Sin Fronteras cafe folks to tomorrow's meeting-flavored party, but haven't heard back yet. Hoping one or more of them can make it to answer any remaining questions and we can get to know each other. Cheers, 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 "Anything done for the first time unleashes a demon." --Dave Sim, "Cerebus the Aardvark" ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`

8 years, 1 month

Fwd: [dorkbotsf-blabber] A Thousand FREE Lithium Batteries For YOU

by Patrik D'haeseleer

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Johny Radio <johnyradio(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 10:45 PM Subject: [dorkbotsf-blabber] A Thousand FREE Lithium Batteries For YOU To: Dorkbot-Blabber <dorkbotsf-blabber(a)googlegroups.com> Hi all An energy company donated a hundred thousand barely-used lithium nanophosphate cells to my nonprofit org. We need places to store them! THE CELLS: These are industrial-grade A123 High Power Lithium Nanophosphate ANR26650M1A cells. They are authentic, strong and safe. They are 26650—same height as 18650’s, but fatter. Photos: https://image.ibb.co/dfD9XG/steve_freewire_sm.jpg https://image.ibb.co/ea0Cmb/A123_cells.jpg Battery specs below. THE DEAL: In exchange for storing a few boxes of batteries, we’ll gift you approx one- to two-thousand cells, free. You could build some power walls, power a bunch of bicycles and portable LED projects, etc. We need to move the cells within a week. Each box is approx 4’ x 2’ x 2’. If we deliver to you, plz store 9 boxes minimum (we’ll have to rent a truck). If you pickup, then fewer boxes is fine. Gift to you will be approx 1/10th of the cells you store. WHY YOU SHOULD HELP US J I founded a nonprofit org, to teach electronics to at-risk teens in SF. We teach kids in the hood to solder, drill, assemble, and more. Read about us in MakeZine and Burning Man Journal: boo.ma/makezine boo.ma/burningblog www.bayviewboom.org Like us on www.facebook.com/bayviewboom Follow us on www.twitter.com/bayviewboom 501(c)3 Nonprofit umbrella: www.empowermentworks.org BATTERY SPECS: Datasheet: http://e-motion.lt/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/ ANR26650M1A_Datasheet.pdf Safety spec: https://fmo.unl.edu/sds/lithiumionbattery.pdf 2.3Ah, 3.3V nominal each Performance: 30C continuous discharge, 60C pulse Recommended Charge: 3A to 3.6V CCCV, 45 min Fast Charge: 10A to 3.6V CCCV, 15 min Power: Over 3000W/kg and 5800W/L Form factor: The cells are assembled in battery packs. Each pack contains 100 cells. These packs were used in an installation with strict constraints, so they had to pull these packs from service at 75%-80% capacity. In reality, most of the cells in each pack are in great condition. You’ll want to break down the packs and pull the individual cells. Plz contact me ASAP by replying here, or at john(a)bayviewboom.org, or at 415-689-4335 <(415)%20689-4335>. Thx! Johny Radio -- PEOPLE DOING STRANGE THINGS WITH ELECTRICITY --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "dorkbotSF-blabber" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dorkbotsf-blabber+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to dorkbotsf-blabber(a)googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/dorkbotsf-blabber. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ msgid/dorkbotsf-blabber/003f01d386b9%24fcd97da0%24f68c78e0%24%40gmail.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dorkbotsf-blabber/003f01d386b9%24fcd97da0…> . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

8 years, 1 month

Fwd: [dorkbotsf-blabber] Free batteries, no strings

by Patrik D'haeseleer

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: johny radio <johnyradio(a)gmail.com> Date: Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 6:33 PM Subject: [dorkbotsf-blabber] Free batteries, no strings To: Dorkbot-Blabber <dorkbotsf-blabber(a)googlegroups.com> In San Leandro. Re below On Jan 7, 2018 6:32 PM, "johny radio" <johnyradio(a)gmail.com> wrote: anyone who wants to come get whatever loose packs you can fit in your car, for free no strings, hit me up asap at 415-689-4335 <(415)%20689-4335>. Text is best. You'll need to pickup tonite or in the morning. As you know, these are high grade rechargeables, NOT fakes. Last chance 96 cells/pack, 20 lbs Johny Radio -- PEOPLE DOING STRANGE THINGS WITH ELECTRICITY --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "dorkbotSF-blabber" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dorkbotsf-blabber+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to dorkbotsf-blabber(a)googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/dorkbotsf-blabber. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ msgid/dorkbotsf-blabber/CACv4822cPppWCtP6GJGjocOmkGr_ GpJyCkoL4%2BkjDBR%3DdzEFVg%40mail.gmail.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dorkbotsf-blabber/CACv4822cPppWCtP6GJGjoc…> . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

8 years, 1 month

SUDO book scanner rig next steps

by jacques revera

IT was fantastic! meeting the SUDO room last Tuesday. I hope this is not too much detail *** Please tell me how... the best way for me to get in there Monday to be able to look over the sizes of the parts etc mostly bolts I will need to complete the base hopefully Monday. Any suggestions on hardware mounting cameras? We might need to mount/un-mount/align cameras for each session. The original mounting brackets were replaced(at some point) with blocks of wood with holes to accommodate various sizes and positions of cameras. (Does the below or some version of it need a wiki page?) 1-2-18, The Sudo room collective et al with Dany from Noisebridge and Jacques assembled SUDO's book scanner "base." See at diybookscanner.org "Book Scanner Rigs" a basic diagram and list of hardware (w/out lights & cams) - with lights & cams, could be called a "rig." I think the distinction is important introducing people to the concept: The base is essential for an operator to mount cameras (connected to a computer), as she flips the pages of a book, running the "capture" software because, the hundreds of images captured comprising the pages of a book should be aligned (as much as possible) similarly in 3 dimensions - so that "post-processing" software can determine what and where everything is to automatically align, process, OCR etc and then create a digital book. "After capture, you will have a folder full of images. Turning those images into an eBook is called 'post-processing'. What steps this actually entails depends on your needs. Some people want to compress things down as much as possible and extract the text of the book using OCR. Others just want to crop each image to the page and bind them into a PDF." diybookscanner.org/en/intro.html These two links provide images and discussion of this particular scanner. Someone dubbed the model: Reese 1.0 https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Bookscanner https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Digital_Archivists (This diybookscanner.org/archivist is the "Reese 2.0" model named and sold as "The Archivist". Very similar to the 1.0 probably.) HERE IS WHAT I THINK IS NEEDED TO GET TO CAPTURING BOOKS AND MAKING THE BOOK SCANNER USABLE: 1. CLIPS TO LOCK DOWN TOP HALF TO BOTTOM If you watch "BETA DIY Book Scanner Kit Demo and Walkthrough" (the Reese 1.0?) https://youtu.be/a4-qMc2QSOw :54 seconds in "A third thing..." he explains why the design looks the way that it does - to allow for flipping the top half of the scanner to use a different scanning technique for small mass market type paperbacks which are bound tight - with tiny inner margins - which make them hard to scan on most kinds of scanners. Dany and I put a couple of screws in to make sure no one started flipping th the top because the glass platens are not clipped down very tight. 2. BASE handle bolt w/knob for attaching/adjusting 1 camera base bungee chords some other bits I will figure out Monday power strip bolted down with 6-7 recepticles 3. LIGHTING To get pages brightly and evenly lit requires a particular kind of light and other lighting etc to be blacked out. There should be a simple solution for the lamp needed. I will post the question to the forum this week. I can't get into reading through and examining all this: https://forum.diybookscanner.org/viewforum.php?f=16 My initial thought on blackout is curtains and curtain rods are unwiely and I want to try making a simple heavy duty cardboard box spray painted flat black on the inside 3. CAMERAS Resolution needed is one issue. Control is another. Storage/security and availability are another. Jake said "I can donate two identical Canon digital cameras to this project." "The current camera recommendation is Canon PowerShot ELPH 160. These are 20MP cameras which work with Pi Scan <http://github.com/Tenrec-Builders/pi-scan> and are still being manufactured." http://www.diybookscanner.org/en/intro.html 4. COMPUTER / SOFTWARE My thought at the moment is since different people have different goals requiring different software, I want to have mine loaded on my own macbook but am also interested in setting up a public computer for this. 5. SECURITY & STORAGE ? Jacques

8 years, 1 month

Decapital (money, money, money, money)

by Morgan Allen

Hey all, this just came across me twutters, something my friend CJ has been working on.

8 years, 1 month

Re: [sudo-discuss] [omni-building] Sudo/CCL door plan

by Jenny Ryan

cc'ing sudo & ccl membership lists on this thread. we hella need more folx to help out with the building working group! we meet 1st & 3rd mondays, plz join the building list if you're down to pitch in :) https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/building On Jan 6, 2018 8:59 PM, "Ken Litchfield" <litchfield.ken(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Robb, > > I like the idea of having as big a door as possible as we often need to > move rather large equipment thru there and even if it fits it's still a > rather awkward location. Yes we could always remove the door for special > transports so if it is installed in a way that makes it easy to relatively > quickly take it off that would be a nice option to exercise. And no I'm not > technically the proper person to advise about how that might be, just > making the suggestion. > > It would be nice to go ahead and move the"EXIT" sign up anyway and maybe > turn it diagonal in the corner just above the black electrical cables so it > is visible from more of the room since currently from CCL the "EXIT" sign > is just a green glow. > > And I'm not clear on what the vending machine story is. Would it be > possible to actually make the vending machines into something practical to > use like vending things and then move them to maybe the lobby where all > collectives could partake. I think they have been there for about three > years and talk of various projects has happened but actual vending or some > sort of practical operating hasn't happened in three years. Occasionally > they've been moved outward to clean behind and under them as they are a rat > nest haven. If at least the one closest to the doorway were moved someplace > else it wouldn't feel so cramped right at the exit pathway. If there were a > large group or groups in CCL and SUDO at the same time and a fire or > explosion or somesuch were to happen and folks were to panic in trying to > run out, the vending machine next to the exit would be an unnecessary > blockage. > > Thanks Ken > > > > > > On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 1:53 PM, robb <sf99er(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Old door is 79 7/16" x 42" >> New door is 83 3/8" x 36" >> From doorjam to bottom of exit sign is 3 1/2" >> From doorjam to bottom of electrical junction box on hall side is 5" >> >> The easiest thing to do might be rehanging the old door. >> The best might be moving the exit sign & junction box up a few inches & >> getting a door at least as wide as the old one & taller so it's easier to >> move big equip in/out. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> building mailing list >> building(a)lists.omnicommons.org >> https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/building >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > building mailing list > building(a)lists.omnicommons.org > https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/building > >

8 years, 1 month

Invoice 1272 from Omni Commons

by Omni Commons

Dear Sudo Room, Here's your invoice! We appreciate your prompt payment. Thank you for stewarding the commons. Love and solidarity, Omni Commons ------------------------ Pledge Summary -------------------------- Invoice # : 1272 Invoice Date: 01/01/2018 Due Date: 01/25/2018 Terms: Net 25 Amount Due: $2,000.00 The complete version has been provided as an attachment to this email. ---------------------------------------------------------------------

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