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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 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

1 year, 7 months

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

by Romy Ilano

1 year, 7 months

Ask HN: What happened to hackerspaces? | Hacker News

by Romy Ilano

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37981294 Sent from my iPhone

1 year, 7 months

we had fun looking over SIgnal's open source code - does anyone know any Signal People?

by Romy Ilano

we had fun looking over SIgnal's open source code this week. We're going to explore their repositories, they create a lot of cool libraries. They used to hang out at SudoRoom from time to time, but that was a while ago. I'm not proposing we do advertising or anything, but they are totally open source and share so much - is there any way any of them would be interested in coming in and giving a lightning talk? Messaging and surveillance is in the news lately and they are neat, it would be cool to just have a roundtable and whietboarding ... ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

1 year, 7 months

Omni and EB PREC/CALLI

by Paige P

Hello, I wanted to give a recap on what's happening with Omni Commons building sale and operations. Earlier this month, Omni Commons had three options to prevent foreclosure. The most promising option was to sell the building to CALLI (an affiliate nonprofit of EB PREC https://ebprec.org/). Once EB PREC confirmed they were able to fund the purchase, there's been a big push to work as fast as possible to finalize, given we are on a tight deadline to prevent foreclosure. *Acronyms: CALLI stands for Collective Action and Land Liberation Institute, and EB PREC stands for East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperation. CALLI does not have any projects under its belt yet, but its board are all current staff at EB PREC. Everyone currently renting spaces in Omni Commons are getting offered leases to stay. These leases are still in negotiation, and that's the main work that's left for us to do right now. Sudo Room is being offered a 34 year lease to stay in the bocce ball court space. We will have to pay more, but we are also going to have some well-needed commons upgrades (roof renovation is planned, bathroom renovations, rat proofing, etc all to come!). Also there will be some new much needed help in managing the building day-to-day and in conflict resolution. How the building is operated will ultimately be decided by CALLI, but there's lots of back and forth and they really want to work with us on this. Some plans include creating separate entrances and exits for SR and CCL, and restricting access hours + full building access. The entrance hall will continue to host the Free Store for now, with plans to add a cafe again up front later. That is not the focus right now though as there is this big hurry just to meet foreclosure legal work deadlines and finalize collective + tenant leases. This is really exciting, because just a month ago we were at a super severe risk of foreclosing. We still are cutting it really close, with us currently having received a notice of default from the foreclosure agency, and for us being in property tax default. The consensus among the building was that foreclosing would not be worth the uncertainty, difficulty, and harm to the community that the building being bulldozed would likely cause. So that EB PREC was able to step in at this short notice with the funds at hand, and a willingness to dedicate all this time into making something work out is really unbelievable. All of the meeting notes are public on the wikis if you want more info, but also I'm happy to share more info as requested. Omni Commons meeting notes: https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Meetings Sudo Room meeting notes: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meetings Thanks, Paige

1 year, 7 months

Sudo Meeting Tonight

by William Myers

It's been suggested that we have a meeting tonight to discuss the final steps transferring the building. I'm not sure we have a ton to talk about but I'll be on at 7pm Today. I'll send the link when it starts. William

1 year, 7 months

Folks, this week we have events going on 5 days a week! we are no longer a Tuesday only shop!

by Romy Ilano

https://lu.ma/sudoroom (I also have links on the SudoRoom.org page, but it kept crashing the other week) thanks for all the energy!!! we are now a 5 day a week space! hopefully as more people join, we can be 7 days a week! woo hoo!!!!!!!! ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

1 year, 7 months

UC Berkeley events started - starting up "sudoRoom" field trips so we can be inspired by lectures,

by Romy Ilano

https://events.berkeley.edu/events/event/260794-refactoring-cs-education-in… oh yeah! UC Berkeley just started session and i was thinking of doing a SudoROom field trip and coffee for all the folks in the upcoming semester - 1. i think the idea is "be inspired at UC Berkleey" then take your i nspiration back to sudoroom or noisebridge and hack on something 2. [11:39 AM] there's nice stuff like this which was yesterday! https://events.berkeley.edu/events/event/260794-refactoring-cs-education-in… Stay tuned ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

1 year, 7 months

Fwd: [Admin Copy] Events this week at SudoRoom Hackerspace

by Romy Mimi Ilano

Meet Real People Solving Real Prroblems Most of our events are in-person, with little pressure to share LinkedIn profiles or go 100% transactional. We favor doing things with our hands, solving problems by coming up with solutions on the fly, and learning face to face instead of through screens. Virtually none of our events have slides either. [image: Image] *Romy Mimi Ilano* *romy.ilano(a)gmail.com <romy.ilano(a)gmail.com>* ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: SudoRoom <sudoroom(a)calendar.luma-mail.com> Date: Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 12:18 PM Subject: [Admin Copy] Events this week at SudoRoom Hackerspace To: <romy.ilano(a)gmail.com> 8/26 – Octavia Butler predicts the future (Agents and debates with robots and more) – Women &… <https://lu.ma/sudoroom> SudoRoom <https://lu.ma/sudoroom> Events this week at SudoRoom Hackerspace - 8/26 – *Octavia Butler predicts the future (Agents and debates with robots and more) – Women & Non-Binary hack night <https://lu.ma/cin107ny>* 7-9 pm Monday – get your hands dirty and control the future - 8/27 Open Sewing and Making lab <https://lu.ma/5akloqgd> 2-11pm! so you can start in the afternoon - 8/27 Lynn Conway Hardware Hack Night <https://lu.ma/lvoudjla> 8-??? - 8/29 – Thursday mornings 9-11am –* Coffee & Algorithms: REVOLUTION! <https://lu.ma/63kxcvnu>* - 8/30 –* Design your own Museum Exhibit with Open-Source Blender <https://lu.ma/63kxcvnu>* – A 30 minute remote meetup teaser for an in-person Blender event https://sudoroom.org/sudoroom-is-made-of-people-august-2024-newsletter/ Thank you all for your support! <https://lu.ma> <https://lu.ma/ios> <https://twitter.com/lumahq> <https://instagram.com/luma_hq> Host your event with Luma ↗ <https://lu.ma/create?ref=email>

1 year, 7 months

Events this week (newsletter) with signups

by Romy Ilano

- 8/26 – *Octavia Butler predicts the future (Agents and debates with robots and more) – Women & Non-Binary hack night <https://lu.ma/cin107ny>* 7-9 pm Monday – get your hands dirty and control the future - 8/27 Open Sewing and Making lab <https://lu.ma/5akloqgd> 2-11pm! so you can start in the afternoon - 8/27 Lynn Conway Hardware Hack Night <https://lu.ma/lvoudjla> 8-??? - 8/29 – Thursday mornings 9-11am –* Coffee & Algorithms: REVOLUTION! <https://lu.ma/63kxcvnu>* - 8/30 –* Design your own Museum Exhibit with Open-Source Blender <https://lu.ma/63kxcvnu>* – A 30 minute remote meetup teaser for an in-person Blender event - 8/19 Monday – *OCTAVIA BUTLER & OPEN-SOURCE AI: RAG & VECTOR DB – WOMEN & NONBINARY HACK NIGH*T <https://sudoroom.org/events/women-nonbinary-hack-night-2024-08-19/> *we continue our open-source AI workshop focused on Octavia Butler* (see some of the prequels <https://sudoroom.org/inspiration-from-goat-octavia-butler/>) https://sudoroom.org/sudoroom-is-made-of-people-august-2024-newsletter/ ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

1 year, 7 months

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