Hi Sodoers:
We had a great time at last night’s USA-CA-South San Francisco Library
Fixit Clinic Repair Advice Workshop
https://www.ssf.net/Events/Fixit-Clinic-Repair-Advice-Workshop-Sept-2024
(Photos at https://photos.app.goo.gl/qyXw5zNzzf9XkEYv8)
- We’ve got one person (Terry) who registered for tonight’s Hardware and
SoftWEAR Hack Night /Fixit Clinic at https://bit.ly/itemcheckins:
Desktop computer Cyberpower PC C Series / ET8160-47547 Turns on, but
shows nothing when connected to monitor I went to Best buy, they
suggested fried motherboard
- Also: Sudoroom member Hilary is going to bring some linux-converted
Chromebooks she needs help with.
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 arrive early, say, 7:30 or so
to greet people for Sudoroom (or SoftWEAR downstairs) and get them
started on their projects? And to keep an eye out for people who are
standing tentatively in the entrance between Counter Culture Labs and
Sudoroom and be welcoming to them?
Extra Credit: 1) confirm that the VOIP phone number 442-252-8386 is
working by dialing it 2) put the Fixit Clinic sandwich sign out on the
sidewalk.
Many thanks, -Peter
Does anyone have any cool tidbits bout audio engineering or female
pioneers of audio? Next week is a theme
*Romy Mimi Ilano*
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The prompt for this week's hardware hack night is "open source"
So far I got PSUD
Inkstich / inkscape
Could you mention in a snippet why the open source has helped you and why?
Blender is a biggie -
I will put this hopefully in a blog post when I have time.
https://sudoroom.org/mochi-at-hardware-hack-night-custom-cushions/
Also, next week's theme is "hidden potential" and wil feature inventors who
have beat the odds to overcome stuff like child marriage, lack of formal
educatio and even famine to shine!
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Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
https://github.com/FashionFreedom/Seamly2Dhttps://seamly.iohttps://forum.seamly.io
Seamly2D is pattern design software to create scalable, sharable custom-fit patterns using bespoke tailoring, haute couture, and historical pattern drafting techniques. Seamly2D saves time and improves fit by creating patterns as reusable, editable parametric CAD engineering documents. Unlike other pattern design software, Seamly2D allows designers to have complete control of the patternmaking process. Each Seamly2D pattern can read multi-size tables for boutique sizing and read individual measurement files for custom-fit.
Seamly2D is open-source software released under the GPLv3+ license. Seamly2D is available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. To learn more about Seamly2D on a personal level, join our friendly, active, international, multilingual user forum. On our forum you may post questions about patternmaking and Seamly2D in any language you choose, as sewing terms are rich with idioms that are not always translatable word-for-word.
https://sudoroom.org/events/omca-free-first-sunday/
Hey folks, the "where is the art and math?" in the museum has gone pretty
well! It's so fun! We decided to continue, and Sunday sounds like a great
day to go to visit our very own Oakland museum.
Sunday is the free day too - and it's a great time to go, a lot less
stressy than the first Thursdays which clash with other events.
Brainstorming stuff to think about, but the Oakland Museum has a cool
history section with a "Silicon Valley Garage" that is really neat!
*Date/Time*
Date(s) - 2024/10/06
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romy(a)snowyla.com
KQED states this February podcast about Fixit Clinic is “one of our most
popular episodes (ever!)” so they’ve re-released it today:
https://www.kqed.org/news/12003361/right-to-repair-communities-help-consume…
And remember we hold Fixit Clinic at Sudoroom every Tuesday night as
part of Hardware and SoftWEAR hack night: join us!
Hi Sudoers:
In addition to the regular Tuesday night Hardware and SoftWEAR Hack
nights at Sudoroom we have a flurry of fall Fixit Clinics around the Bay
Area: can you coach at any of these? Sign up at
http://bit.ly/inpersoncoachsignup.
-This Monday Sep 9 5:30-7:30: Repair Advice Session at South San
Francisco Library: we hope to hold these monthly (see
https://www.ssf.net/Events/Fixit-Clinic-Repair-Advice-Workshop-Sept-2024)
Even if you can’t make it right at the start you’re welcome to drop in
anytime and hang out with us.
-Fri Sep 27 10:30-12:30 Repair Advice Session at Redwood City Library:
we hope to hold these monthly.
-Sat Sep 28 1-4: Fix-it Fest at Willard Middle School, Berkeley (see
https://sites.google.com/berkeley.net/fixitfests/home)
-Sat Oct 5 11-2 Maker Nexus, Sunnyvale (see
https://www.linkedin.com/events/7227933684132110336/)
-Sat Oct 19 11-2 Hayward Library
-Sat Oct 26 11-2 East Palo Alto Library
-Sat Nov 16 1-4: Fix-it Fest at King Middle School, Berkeley (see
https://sites.google.com/berkeley.net/fixitfests/home)
-Sat Dec 7 11-2 San Mateo Library
Sign up at http://bit.ly/inpersoncoachsignup; and if you know anyone
else who would make a good Coach: bring ‘em along!
Hope to see you soon, -Peter
Peter Mui @ Fixit Clinic
www.fixitclinic.org – Neighbors helping neighbors in collaborative repair
+1 408 647 5790
fixitclinic(a)gmail.com
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.
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/
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Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
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 arrive early, say, 7:30 or so
to greet people for Sudoroom (or sewing downstairs) and get them started
on their projects? And to keep an eye out for people who present
tentatively between Counter Culture Labs and Sudoroom and be welcoming
to them?
Extra Credit: 1) confirm that the VOIP phone number 442-252-8386 is
working by dialing it 2) put the Fixit Clinic sandwich sign out on the
sidewalk.
Many thanks, -Peter
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
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Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
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 ...
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Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
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
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
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!!!!!!!!
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Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
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
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8/26 – Octavia Butler predicts the future (Agents and debates with robots
and more) – Women &…
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Events this week at SudoRoom Hackerspace
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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
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8/27 Open Sewing and Making lab <https://lu.ma/5akloqgd> 2-11pm! so you
can start in the afternoon
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8/27 Lynn Conway Hardware Hack Night <https://lu.ma/lvoudjla> 8-???
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8/29 – Thursday mornings 9-11am –* Coffee & Algorithms: REVOLUTION!
<https://lu.ma/63kxcvnu>*
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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
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