Hi everyone,
We are short on being able to pay rent this month. We need at least $630.50
by the 25th (this Saturday)!
Our rent payment this month (and for the rest of the year) is $2380.50.
Utilities are about $125/month. And we have only $1875 in the bank right
now.
In the immediate term, we need people to either up their monthly dues or do
a one time payment. Here's how you donate: https://sudoroom.org/donate/
So we aren't in this situation again, also please reach out if you want to
join grant writing efforts. There's a few of us who have expressed interest
but there's been no work done here of late, to my understanding. Since
member dues have not been enough to cover rent, we have relied on grant
money to get by. But our last grant from StopWaste has been all used up now.
Paige
this is great!
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Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 19:27:33 -0800
To: Info <info(a)sudoroom.org>
Subject: Re: [sudo-info] Linux event
We're all listeners of the Linux Unplugged <https://linuxunplugged.com/>
podcast which is hosting listening parties all over the world on 2/2. We
are gathering in person for the first time. I don't know any of the other
attendees personally. So far 6 folks have RSVP'd. We would really just need
a space where we could set up a laptop and speakers, and would bring all
our own gear.
*--*
*"Rather than curse the darkness, light a candle."*
-WL Watkinson
On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote:
> Yes that would be great! Can you tell us more about your group?
>
> -jake
>
> On Wed, 22 Jan 2025, Rsberlo wrote:
>
> Hello, we are looking for a space to hold a linuxnunplugged podcast
> listening part on Feb 2 from 11-2 for 8-10 people. Do you have any spaces
> that could accommodate us?
do you know anyone who wants to buy/adopt a vending machine project? The
one in Sudoroom has got to go, we have better uses for the space.
Here's the craigslist ad:
https://post.craigslist.org/manage/7815452712
here's the sudoroom wiki page about this project (and yes there were once
two vending machines!):
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Hack-o-mat
-jake
Happy 2025 New Year! https://sudoroom.org/january-2024/
<https://t.co/POjsW8lxCk> We start our year off with a joyful spark & are
looking for member to share stories on how our hackerspace helped them grow
this year
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Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
Does anyone want a working mini fridge? There are two in sudoroom that
should go. Let me know if you want pictures. These are a little taller
than the tiny cube ones, and probably easily enough space for one person.
One is a sanyo and the other is a magic chef.
Hi Sudoers:
Ring in the New Year at Sudoroom: here are some projects we’ll be
working on tonight:
-Telepresence monitor: we’ve now got two large candidate TVs to try to
get working: 1) Patrik from CCL’s Samsung un48J5200AF 48” TV (“It has
been having intermittent problems with the screen going black”) and the
55” 4K TV, Toshiba Model K550WDR1/55l621U (when power is applied It
displays the splash screen with the logo, and then goes out.) It’d be
great to get at least one of these TVs working so we can mount it to the
rolling monitor stand and use it to telepresence people into Sudorooom
via jitsi or Discord.
-Chromebook Conversion: want a lightweight laptop you can experiment
with Linux on? We have lots of Chromebooks retired by school districts
that are convertible to Linux; you can have one to help build out a
Chromebook and Linux hacking, distribution and support practice at
Sudoroom. (See http://bit.ly/cbsave for more details.)
-Donation Stations for Sudoroom and Free Store: we have some large PVC
tubing we need to secure to a heavy base. I’ve also got some electronics
we can use to trigger positive feedback celebratory and acknowledgment
effects when someone donates, and other electronics to sound an alarm if
someone tries to make off with it.
*** And don’t forget Kent’s cleanup scheduled for Friday Jan 5 11-5:
let’s get a head start on that tonight and purge some clutter. ***
Hope to see you later, -Peter
Is anyone interested in doing a 2024 year in review for our blog at
SudoRoom?
Some highlights:
- Women and NonBinary night has been really awesome and rocking!
- July/ish? we were saved by EBPrec
- Romy: started a "learning how to learn" chapter, reduced some screen
time.
- Romy: we started doing meetups that focused on face to face - minimal
screens, no remote, with just whiteboards. this resulted in a lot of great
things! like our algebraic data types with RUST -
https://sudoroom.org/algebraic-data-types-in-rust-whiteboard-style-kung-fu-…
- What was your most surprising encounter at SudoRoom this year?
- What did you learn this year at SudoRoom?
- What do you plan for 2025? i might make a google form about this
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Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
Winter Seasons Greetings!
I am reaching out to let everyone know that the new roof installation
process has concluded. The roofing crews last day was on 12/13 and this
past week our team performed a third visual inspection after final punch
list items were concluded.
In the coming days, CALLI will square away the final paperwork for this
project. The Sierra Roofing team has shown us that the roof is weather
proofed and the work appears to be satisfactory. Please keep in mind that
there is meant to be a warranty on the work performed by the company. In
the event that there are leaks/droplets identified please let me know via
email or slack as soon as possible and we will try and identify the source.
Over the scope of the project, two additional building issues were brought
to our attention pertaining to the exterior wall of the building facing
47th street that will need updates in the coming year, and the design of
the rafter beams that go into the stucco wall on the front facing Shattuck
side of the building (close to the overlaps with the tile) that might be
cause for an additional scope of work. The CALLI team will continue to
review capital improvement needs and work on scheduling building upgrades
to strengthen the longevity of the building. In the meantime feel free to
remove your tarps and protective sheeting, and make efforts to clean and
operate your spaces at normal capacities.
This post construction period coupled with the ongoing pest/rodent
servicing will be most successful if we are able to stay alert and monitor
whether the changes are making a positive impact.
Thank you and happy holidays,
--
*A Throwback Reflection & Remedy In This Moment**: **So that the weight of
this country does not crush you
<https://activismjoystudio.com/a-poem-so-that-the-weight-of-this-country-doe…>*
*Valerie Jameson* (she/ella)
Property Manager - 4799 Shattuck Avenue
*Collective Action & Land Liberation Institute (CALLI) *
CALLI Website <https://www.thecalli.org/>
East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative
Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/ebprec> | X <https://www.x.com/ebprec> |
Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/eb.prec> | YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/ebprec> | LinkedIn
<https://www.linkedin.com/company/ebprec>
Hey is anyone here next week? I have left up the two meetups on
https://lu.ma/sudoroom
I haven't had time to do a lot of tweeting, but will try... I'm out of town
next week!
=============================
Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
Hi Sudoers:
Heads up that KQED is going to be at Sudoroom tonight to get advance
footage for a Fixit Clinic event Jan 22 at KQED headquarters:
https://www.kqed.org/events/4915/fixit-clinic
Ericka Cruz Guevarra, Host and Producer of KQEDs The Bay podcast
<https://www.kqed.org/podcasts/thebay> will be bringing a clock to be
looked at tonight; that and the other items we might see are at
bit.ly/itemcheckins
Also: someone (Patrik from CCL?) left a Samsung un48J5200AF 48” TV (If
it’s Patrik’s: “It has been having intermittent problems with the screen
going black,”) We also still have the 55” 4K TV, Toshiba Model K550WDR1
/ Toshiba 55l621U disassembled: when power is applied It displays the
splash screen with the logo, and then goes out. It’d be great to get at
least one of these TVs working so we can use it to telepresence people
in to sudorooom.
And we’re building out a core of stewards for Sudoroom’s
Chromebook/laptop refurbishing, conversion to Linux and long-term
support program. I plan to bring some converted and convert-able
Chromebooks to play with tonight. (see http://bit.ly/cbsave.)
Let’s put on a great show!
See you later, -Peter
Hi all,
I used to live in Oakland 9 years ago (wow…), of when I used to attend hack nights at Sudoroom and participate in festivities.
I play my own blend of modular psytech. I brought a small backpack hardware setup. If anyone wants to jam between now and Friday nite.
Also planning on taking my battery-powered rig to Dolores park or Lake Merrit to play a set, which is usually a consistent 137bpm. Control voltage and analog contraptions highly encouraged.
Cheers. And continue hacking the Planet ✊🖖
Oh, a link to my music can be found here:
https://on.soundcloud.com/tvfeR3bSHFEyRr4s7
I have a 50" TV that I'd like to donate to Sudo.
It has been having intermittent problems with the screen going black. I
don't have time to chase down the issue, but maybe someone there can
diagnose the problem during one of the FixIt clinics.
Shall I drop it off?
Patrik
Hello everyone, I think we aight to have a meeting today despite the cold
rain. Who can come out?
I'm sorry I didn't call this earlier, I've just started a new job and I've
been so busy. Anyone know how useable the sudo room is with the work being
done?
See you soon, drive carefully with all the wetness.
William
Hi everyone,
I seem to be plagued with too many electric vehicles, from about 10-20 years
ago. They are really cool and fun to drive, but they need work and I'm out of
space and time to store and work on them.
Most of them are 2002 Toyota RAV4 EVs, which many people don't even know were
ever made. Here's the wikipedia page on them:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_RAV4_EV#First_generation_(1997)
If you have a place to park a project car and interest in working on one,
please let me know. If you are a PG&E customer, you can get up to $4000
(depending on your income) for buying a used EV like this (whether it drives
or not)
I will be fixing mine and my friend's over the next few months and I can help
you fix yours too. Just let me know if you're interested.
-jake
Hi,
The roof repairs are still going on, and we are getting A LOT of the tar
debris in sudo room. We did some cleanup Saturday and Monday, but I'm sure
there will be more debris coming down, and it will be a lot of work to get
the lab benches clear again.
We put up one more tarp, but more would be great to cover all the lab
benches.
Also Thurs/Friday Free Store + CALLI (building owners) are running this
event. If Sudo Room has items wanting to give away, we could join. I'll be
there on Friday if anyone would like to coordinate.
[image: signal-2024-12-02-100232_002.jpeg]
Paige
Hi all, I've been trying to find a Mini-XLR Female to 3.5mm Female adapter
but I haven't been able to find one. There were a few on Amazon but the
reviews all said the left and right audio were reversed...
My current idea is to instead purchase a Mini-XLR Female replacement head
and solder on a 3.5mm Female head with attached cable. But I see different
cable styles attached to the 3.5mm, there is a 2 cable version and also 3
cable version? And it sounds like this is Mono vs Stereo? But the XLR talks
about "Ground, Hot, and Cold" and I can't tell how this maps onto the 3.5mm
cabling? If we have any people knowledgeable about audio cabling would love
help untangling this mystery, thanks!
Gr33t1ngs
I’m Hex Ripley [it / its]
I came in yesterday (nov 26) for the fix it clinic, had a lot of fun meeting y’all and working on to virtual machine set ups, working on the upstairs 3D printer, & helping come up with a solution to fix the roof rack cargo box.
I’d like to be a member to contribute monetarily and with labor. I love doing electronics repair and I want to make use of my skills in a way that can help others. I’d love to participate in the fix it clinic regularly & also I’d be happy to work on the laptops in order to get them functioning for donation, teach people some electronic troubleshooting & repair should the opportunity be available. Also happy to be additional hands on any facilities work. Basically I think y’all are cool and I’m here to be useful :)
Want to mention that I live in Guerneville, happy to drive in & also would be happy to carpool people who live in the Sonoma/Marin area as well.
Current projects I’ve got going:
I have an IBM Thinkpad 701c (the one with the cool keyboard!!!) that I want to restore - failing that, it will be up-cycled with a more modern motherboard & screen, preserving the keyboard.
Other Projects in various stages of incompleteness:
- USB-C to Barrel Jack chargers
- search.server.lgbt (my SearxNG instance, google/ddg search proxy)
- 2010 Lenovo ThinkServer Rebuild (may end up in a colocation center… eventually?)
- Ender 3 repairs (never ending ;-;)
- iPhone powered Pwnagotchi case
- Mini Model M keyboard cyber deck
- punk.lgbt (lgbt / womens healthcare resource directory, not up currently, looking into threat model)
https://youtu.be/lczgUj4InX0?si=Bcl4yUdxnin3ZLpG
This is really cool there’s this guy in Oakland growing tons of food on his roof does anyone at Sudoroom know him it be cool to feature him on our page and maybe say hi I don’t know if he’s open to that though he looks sort of busy but this is really cool we could possibly do a collaboration inspired by him and work with Counterculture Labs
Sent from my iPhone
Dear Sudoroom,
It's been almost three years since this telescreen was set up with Jitsi, on
the wall in sudoroom. A few months ago the computer got taken, so I set up a
new one, and Matty is trying to get the automated software working again so
it's automatic and turns the screen off when no one is joined.
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Bigtv
How do people feel about the telescreen? Do people like having this in place
so that people can connect with the space from elsewhere? How could it be
improved?
Also a reminder, we have a telephone and the number is I-HACK-AT-386
For a while the telephone was switching off but i recently made something that
automatically reboots it when that happens, so it should be pretty reliable
now.
-jake
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Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2022 18:18:15 -0800
From: ruin mechanic via sudo-discuss <sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org>
Reply-To: ruin mechanic <ruinmechanic(a)gmail.com>
To: sudo-discuss <sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org>
Subject: [sudo-discuss] Re: Jitsi telescreen setup in sudoroom!
Rejoice in the hacker wizardry of the new Telepresence Portal
Jake and I wrapped it up today and hackerspace futurism has been achieved
the monitor will turn on if any Sudoers join the jitsi chatroom
and it will shut off if everyone leaves the chat
here is the source for the chat client app powering it
https://github.com/sudoroom/jitsi-telepresence-portal
hooray!
-matty/interrupt
On Sat, Jan 15, 2022 at 11:50 PM Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote:
> wow, this has progressed a lot!
>
> tonight, in the jitsi chat, which is here:
> https://meet.waag.org/turtlesturtlesturtles
>
> matt and me (to the entertainment of everyone passing through sudoroom and
> working in there) have been chatting and co-hacking, and i've been learning
> npm/node/react web stuff.
>
> basically we installed the jitsi SDK repo and ran it, and then hacked it
> to go
> to the meeting room we've been using instead of the default setting - and
> now
> we're adding a function to it to automatically control the screen power
> (screensaver) depending on whether someone is in the "room" or not.
>
> we're also sharing a tmux window in the machine (the one controlling the
> big
> TV) and teaching each other lots of stuff. And neither of us are
> physically in
> the space!
>
> It's the most exciting saturday night i've had in a long time!
>
> If anyone else is interested in this kind of social hacking, speak up and
> i'll
> ping you if it happens again. Or just join the jitsi room (linked above)
> and
> leave it open until someone starts talking to you.
>
> last night (friday night) we had a bunch of people join the chat!!!
> including
> a couple of people who randomly hadn't seen each other in almost 5 years!
> It was basically a party, including whoever was in sudoroom, and like 6
> different people who rolled through the jitsi chat.
>
> -jake
>
> On Sat, 15 Jan 2022, Jake wrote:
>
>> awesome! I believe this is what Matty is working on too
>>
>> https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-web-sdk
>>
>> that was so much fun with everyone talking to each other tonight!
>>
>> -jake
>>
>> On Sat, 15 Jan 2022, Marc Juul wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 11:54 PM Marc Juul <marc(a)juul.io> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 1:37 AM Jake wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I've set up a jitsi terminal on the wall in Sudoroom!
>>>>>
>>>>> It's a big TV made by Hitachi, and it has a feature where it can go
> into
>>>>> "power saving" mode when the HDMI signal is lost. That means the
> screen
>>>>> can power down when DPMS puts the monitor to "sleep". It has a webcam
>>>>> that's clearly labeled, and on a hinge so it can easily be aimed down
> at
>>>>> the floor if people are shy, and it has a Jabra USB speaker/microphone
>>>>> thing which should hopefully provide good speakerphone
> functionality. I
>>>>> have the computer setup to start firefox, and i have firefox set to
> open
>>>>> the jitsi page, where permissions are already enabled for
> webcam/audio.
>>>>> The only remaining need is to automatically wake the monitor from
> sleep
>>>>> (using "DISPLAY=:0 xset force dpms on") whenever there is anyone else
>>>>> detected in the jitsi "room"
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I wrote a short program that can trigger a command based on downstream
>>>> bandwidth usage:
>>>>
>>>> https://github.com/sudoroom/bw-trigger
>>>>
>>>
>>> So it turned out that the library I used doesn't really work for UDP :/
>>>
>>> The correct solution is definitely to have a client that joins with
> XMPP.
>>> Information is sparse but I found this code that I believe is for
>>> stress-testing that should be modifiable into what we need:
>>>
>>> https://github.com/jitsi/jxs
>>>
>>> Relevant code in:
>>>
>>> https://github.com/jitsi/jxs/blob/master/src/Participant.js
>>>
>>> --
>>> marc/juul
>>>
>>
>