sudo-discuss September 2024

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23 participants
33 discussions

common tools for common sociotechnical + environmental problems: event proposal

by unixjazz

Dear all, I have been asking around the space to see if folks would be interested in having an event for skill-sharing of "common tools" to respond to social, technical, and environmental problems. Here is a rough draft of what we came up with thus far: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/common-tools-event-oakland I was wondering if more people would like to participate / help organize? All the details are still TBD! Best wishes, LF.

8 months, 2 weeks

Thanks so much for updating the open source embroidery post!

by Romy Ilano

Muiren, Aaaron and others - thank you very much for helping me update the open source embroidery post. Is anyone comfortable with me giving attribution (I wasn't sure so I left you rnames off of the page). https://sudoroom.org/open-source-embroidery-software-there-is-none/ ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

8 months, 2 weeks

Greet for Hardware and SoftWEAR Hack Night /Fixit Clinic tonight?

by Peter Mui

Hi Sodoers: We’ve got one person (Sagnicthe) who registered for tonight’s Hardware and SoftWEAR Hack Night /Fixit Clinic at https://bit.ly/itemcheckins: Polaroid camera Mi first One of the buttons does not work I pulled it apart to figure out the problem Sagnicthe (I’ll bring in some things to work on too.) Typically on Tuesdays we have lots of new people visiting the space and it can be intimidating if you don't know anyone and don't know where to go and what to do. So can someone try to … [View More]

8 months, 2 weeks

How would you design your hardware hack night project as a museum display? – Sudo Room

by Romy Ilano

8 months, 2 weeks

Refugee Girl's Journey Home game

by Romy Ilano

https://sudoroom-peacekeeping-session.glitch.me/ Project from the women and non-binary workshop Last night

8 months, 2 weeks

This September 2024 newsletter is gonna be updated over the month...

by Romy Ilano

https://sudoroom.org/september-2024-newsletter-continuously-updated-this-mo… I guess the theme of this month is - thank you guys for sticking together. and thanks for surviving. we can only survive so much as we have each other! ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

8 months, 2 weeks

Think Simple, think wise

by Romy Ilano

https://sudoroom.org/invisible-technologies-rainbook-appropriate-technology… Invisible Technologies, Rainbook Appropriate Technology 1977 <https://sudoroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-02-at-11…> Be resourceful, clever and wise. Some inspiration from Rainbow way back from 1977 From Rainbow Appropriate Technology, 1977: INVISIBLE TECHNOLOGIES The best technologies are often the invisible ones-where people have figured out how to avoid problems rather than to solve … [View More]them. Often all that is required is a perceptual change such as seeing grasshoppers as an airborne mobile protein harvesting and conversion unit-a food source-rather than a destructive pest. Or living near where we work rather than building better transportation technologies. Or eating lower on the food chain so you don’t have to pay for or grow food for the conversion losses of meat animals. Or planting trees rather than air conditioners. <https://sudoroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-02-at-11…> The second-best technologies are also invisible. They’re based on people’s skills and relationships rather than machines -the skilled calligrapher drawing a line or carpenter cutting a line rather than needing a jig or machine: good neighbors rather than locks on doors; caring for the ill or elderly at home rather than in a Home; hiking rather than mini-biking: an auto mechanic or piano tuner’s ear rather than a tuning machine. But there’s always a range of skilis and scales and situations where things need to happen, and we’re interested in expanding the range of tools for situations that have been neglected, and learning when there are good reasons for choosing one scale rather than another. One size can’t fit every situation well, and a technology that tries is likely not to fit any well. Having to solve problems without money usually results in people getting resourceful and finding creative ways to use wbat is already there. Money usually makes us lazy and we end up paying for our laziness and second rate solutions to problems. Appropriate Technology repeatedly contains good examples of a.t. equipment and ideas. Here are some of the interesting projects they’ve covered recently. • A Nigerian project making medical aids such as arm splints, spinal jackets and cervical collars from broken plastic drain-pipes. The products are made by marking the pipe with a paper template, cutting out with a hacksaw and handstretching the plastic softened over a flame. The resulting equipment works better than previous products, as they can be easily adjusted by a nurse or doctor for a perfect fit for every individual and are waterproof, strong, cheap and reusable. <https://sudoroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-02-at-11…>*Nigerian medical devices* - A candle-making merry go-round that produces 600 candles per hour with a single operator (could be solar heated?). - Nethouse horticulture in Botswana, where it is noted that a high percentage of a plant’s water requirement is not for growth but to cool it during respiration. Nethouses shade and cool, reducing water use by 2/3, and keep birds, insects and hail out. <https://sudoroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-02-at-11…> Be resourceful, be clever, be wise. <https://sudoroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-02-at-11…>Think Simple, Think Wise ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com [View Less]

8 months, 2 weeks

open source embroidery software – there is none! – Sudo Room

by Romy Ilano

8 months, 2 weeks

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