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transborder immigrant tool (TBT) -> undocumented immigrant mobile phone app art project

by Romy Ilano

One of the most well done usability mobile phone apps I've ever seen. Some artist academics created a feature phone mobile app for undocumented immigrants on the San Diego/Tijuana desert border. It was a very simple compass app that also had a tuning fork feature. the closer the immigrants came to hidden water reserves left out by charities and activists, the more the phone would vibrate. This was to solve the problem of immigrants dying of thirst in the desert. Of course they got into trouble... <3 http://hyperallergic.com/54678/poetry-immigration-and-the-fbi-the-transbord… Almost five years ago, Electronic Disturbance Theater (EDT) 2.0 <http://digitalarts.lcc.gatech.edu/unesco/internet/artists/int_a_edtheater.h…> /b.a.n.g. lab <http://bang.calit2.net/> released the first iteration of the Transborder Immigrant Tool <http://bang.calit2.net/xborderblog/> (TBT), a mobile-phone technology that provides poetry to immigrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border while leading them to water caches in the Southern California desert. In 2010, the project caused a firestorm of controversy on the American political scene, and the artists of EDT/b.a.n.g. lab were investigated by three Republican Congressmen, the FBI Office of Cybercrimes and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), where Ricardo Dominguez, co-founder of EDT (with Brett Stalbaum) and principal investigator of b.a.n.g. lab, is an associate professor in the visual arts department. framework and open artist apis http://www.walkingtools.net ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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great meeting! yay!

by yar

Tonight's meeting was the most productive, fun, well-attended and non-dramatic Sudoroom meeting in ages. Congrats, everyone! Here are the notes: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2015-06-03

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I need a new computer

by James Beatty

I work with FNB and need a new computer. I need a floppy drive if possible. thanks.

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Counter Culture Labs' Kickstarter - Please Forward this message!

by Louis Huang

Citizen Scientists and Hackers of the World, Counter Cultures Labs' Kickstarter [1] to upgrade its current lab is almost 80% funded, but we only have a few days left! We're getting very close to our goal so WE NEED people to help spread the word. Counter Culture Labs is made by and for the community. We are committed to being YOUR biohacking & citizen science lab. Exploring science and the mysteries of the universe is something everyone should be able to do. We are here to support dreamers to find new innovations. The most creative products were made, not in industry or academia, but from people tinkering in their backyards and garages because they love it. Let's give people access to their potential! We need the community to help spread the word about our Kickstarter and the awesome prizes [1] we have such as a hackerspace/biohackerspace passport, a bacterial culture necklace, and/or a bacteria we discovered named after you. Check em out, [1] and please forward this message! With love, Counter Culture Labs PS: Our fundraiser event [2] has been postponed to Tuesday, June 9th @ 8pm, address 4799 Shattuck Avenue, Oakland. See y'all there :) Links: ------ [1] https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1836537355/counter-culture-labs-your-b… [2] http://www.meetup.com/Counter-Culture-Labs/events/221415647/

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HAX: funding for hardware projects

by Mitch Altman

Do you have a hardware project you'd like to put out into the world? I am a mentor at HAX (formerly HAXLR8R). We choose 15 groups of people with cool hardware projects, give a small pile of money for your project, you live in Shenzhen, China for 3 months, have access to way cool tools and mentors, the groups all help each other, you learn a lot, and have a blast. And you make your project into a product that goes out into the world. At the end of the 3 days there's a big Demo Day in San Francisco where everyone shows off their projects, with plenty of media attention, and even angel investors. The deadline for the upcoming group is extended a few days. If you're interested, please submit your proposal here: http://www.hax.co/ Cheers, Mitch.

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TiL gensim: Similarity Queries

by Romy

Are we still doing today I learned? I'd like to learn some Python https://radimrehurek.com/gensim/tut3.html#similarity-interface Sent from my iPhone

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inkjet printer head

by Ben Siegfried

peoples, does anyone have a junker inkjet printer laying around that I could hack on? Or does sudoroom have a junker inkjet printer laying around that I could hack on? I'm specifically interested in the print head and nozzles, it doesn't need to have ink or working motors or anything and if anyone's ever played with print heads before, I would love some pointers Ben

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La Commune Counter

by niki

Hey! I don't know if Sam is on the Sudo Discuss list but if not, could someone please forward this message to him (I don't often see him in the space these days!) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hi Sam, This is Niki from La Commune. I'd like to ask that you please stop going behind the La Commune counter. If you want to make coffee, I can find another coffee make to put somewhere in the kitchen upstairs but the coffee and coffee maker behind the La Commune counter is not for the "cafe" / bookstore. In order for La Commune to function, we need to keep this space in order and we have requested that anyone who is not a member of La Commune please refrain from using this space. Thanks a lot in advance for you understanding! Niki

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Public Service Announcement

by Adam Munich

The eInk display controller in older Kindles is apparently speaking in SDIO. Cheers, -Adam

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why i hate when people "clean up"

by Jake

someone "cleaned" the 3d printer table and now the guitar string that we use to clear up clogs in the nozzle is missing. don't clean up something if you don't know how to use it! i'd rather have a functional 3d printer or soldering setup than a clean, useless table. i fixed the motor drivers on the type A machine 3d printer, now we just need another guitar string to clean the nozzle and we're back in business. -jake

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Thank you for sticking together!!!

by Romy

(see full image) Sent from my iPhone

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A Party for Science @ Counter Culture Labs

by Louis Huang

Howdy Y'all Counter Culture Labs of the Omni Commons is throwing A Party for Science on Friday, June 5th from 8:00PM to late, as our Kickstarter [1] is under way! Come mingle with the citizen science, hackers, and artists of the open source movement. Have fun and enjoy yourselves as we celebrate the scientific method by counting drinks, but remember if someone orders H20, please don't ask for H20 too! Live music and alcoholic/non-alcoholic drinks will be supplied. $5 cover charge at the door. Date: June 5th Time: 8:00PM - late Address: 4799 Shattuck Avenue, Oakland, CA 94609 Links: ------ [1] http://gator3095.hostgator.com/tinyurl.com/CCLKickstarter

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Lineup and awards of the FTP Film Fest!

by Noemie Serfaty

Dear all! In case you were trapped in your grandmother's basement, or too busy protesting the Police State, and despite your burning desire haven't made it to the FTP festival this Friday... ... Well, that's a bummer. BUT!!! Thanks to *the Internets*, you can RELIVE the experience anytime by checking out our * lineup* of short films by and about Oakland folks. Most of the videos are available online for you to watch: https://omnicommons.org/wiki/FTP_Short_Film_Festival If you were there, do give us feedback! <3 Noémie from Optik Allusions

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Wikimedia Foundation Board election

by Pete Forsyth

Hi all, There's less than 24 hours to vote in the election for the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees. This is a really important one, in my opinion, and many others; in short, I believe the Foundation has been suffering from never having prioritized understanding the social dynamics in its volunteer base. That has been manifesting in many ways over the last year or two. With three of 10 seats open, this is a good opportunity to nudge things in a better direction. I wrote several blog posts about it, here: http://wikistrategies.net/tag/trustee-election-2015/ In order to vote, you have to have at least 300 edits to Wikipedia or its related projects -- 20 of them have to have been between last October and April. (There are some other ways to qualify too, but that's the main one.) All the voting info is here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/Board_electi… Voting ends at 4pm Pacific on Sunday May 31. Wikipedia is IMO the most widespread and in many ways most important instances of "hacker culture" having an impact. I think it's important that its social health be understood, and that such knowledge should have a strong influence in the kind of planning and intervention the Foundation does. Please take a look, and if you're eligible, vote! Pete [[User:Peteforsyth]] on the wiki

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Re: [sudo-discuss] Hackers unite

by Ed Rippy

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Re: [sudo-discuss] Hackers unite

by Ed Rippy

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New around here. Safety?

by Mike Wardle

I'm sorry if this isn't really correct for this list, but I thought it would be best to ask. I've just moved to Walnut Creek from a small city. While I know it not to be fully true, I've always heard the standard sterotype/generalization that 'Oakland isn't safe, blah blah blah, you're going to get shot/mugged/other'. I would love to come vist Sudoroom, everything I've read about it and the people there seems like a great time. I suppose my question is "would I be safe to take BART down from Walnut Creek to MacArthur and walk to sudo? Should I be worried?". Any tips? I'm sorry, I'm just new around here. Mike

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Hackers unite

by romy＠snowyla.com

The world outside is sort of hostile to hackers ! I was a little down because many well meaning people keep trying to direct me to fields inappropriate for me.. Social work, children's education . Mommy bloggers , public school teachers Maybe it's because I'm a woman ! But I'm a hacker and nerd at heart. Why do the powers that be try to take these making people and try to drown them out to become bureaucrats? Even though we don't always get along we are honestly not passive like most normal people. I love the energy at Noisebridge and Sudoroom. If I were forced to stop being a hacker and only socialize with passive non creative folks it'd definitely be a downer But part of that energy comes with a dark side. We are often temperamental. We do not function well In sanitized environments that are "safe for kids". We Are not always the right people to do social work or teach non passionates The energy comes with a price! We are yin and yang. But id rather hang out with true ha hackers of all genders. I imagine my future surrounded by bureaucrats and it's not pretty at all .. Or folks lecturing me not to do my best work because their notions of a woman's happiness are outdated and traditional I hope we can all hug next Sunday Love you all ! Sent from my iPhone

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Re: [sudo-discuss] RE ELLIOTT

by yar

On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 7:07 PM, WIld Cat <wildcatofthewoods(a)gmail.com> wrote: > No this is a fabrication of the issue she left something rotten in the trash Maybe we should have a separate list for conflicts and mediation. Oh wait, the Omni already has one: https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/mediation Why are you even using sudo-discuss? None of these things even happened in Sudoroom, they happened elsewhere in the building.

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Re: [sudo-discuss] [Noisebridge-discuss] throwback thursday: 3d printer instructional overview at noisebridge i never finished

by Romy Ilano

Very cool!!!! \(^_^)/ my biggest problem getting fully onto the 3D printing revolution is simply dealing with the 3D software. I think printing was relatively easy I'm wondering if I should help set up a repo at SudoRoom or Noisebridge I remember doing a sudoroom comics jam... we ended up taking Y's drawing and sticking it into a Makerbot tool and we had an instant 3D printout. https://github.com/sudoroom/ComicsArtSudoRoom https://github.com/sudoroom/ComicsArtSudoRoom/blob/master/TodayILearned/Tod… it was nice having the serendipity. I'm thinking of doing another drawing session at SudoRoom and taking the results and putting it to work on the laser cutter. ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 12:08 AM, Torrie Fischer <tdfischer(a)hackerbots.net> wrote: > funnily enough, there was a group of ~4 hackers who visited tonight who > thought 3d thursday was still happening, then we started inventorying the > parts for the kit they acquired and demoing the flashforge, so 3d thursday > ended up happening. > > On Thursday, May 28, 2015 08:24:02 AM Romy Ilano wrote: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvjIYDlMzBk > > > > hi this is a cheeky badly made 3d instructional video for beginners I > made > > at Noisebridge 2 years ago > > > > I feel bad because i never finished it but it's a nice overview and a > nice > > use of Youtube! > > > > - I think next time I visit Noisebridge I'll try to do something similar. > > - will try to make it super easy for beginners > > - will add really obvious stuff like "this is the USB port that you stick > > your computer into. yes you can use it, go to this wiki link and download > > it here" > > > > I like the chimes too. =D > > > > > > > > > > ============================= > > > > Romy Ilano > > romy(a)snowyla.com >

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throwback Thursday: sudoroom weekend at chez hack

by Romy Ilano

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8MxnzCAgOo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0SBTch9oBg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDAoAgK1jys i think jae kwon, jenny, me, jd, matt, everyone, mark, we were all there! here are some videos from that weekend. it was truly magical ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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Front doors open again!

by niki

Hey all, I want to not care about anything anymore and let wolves run wild through the streets. I promise, I'm working on letting it all go and I'll be removing my voice from many conversations moving forward. In the meantime, I am going to ask for safe space bans on every member who is in the building when no one is intentionally watching the door / welcoming newcomers and the door has been left wide open. This, to me, feels like an egregious safe space violation and encourages a culture of confusion, which we are working hard to remedy. N

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Like I'm so grateful

by Romy

Even though at times I got burned out by Sudoroom I can't express how much it saved me from burnout in Silicon Valley Even though we might quarrel the tech scene has so much negative sides and there are an awful lot of clueless douchebags out here who don't get it It's really cool to connect with people who are truly passionate about technology and Art. I see so many cities attempting to create their own silicon valleys and failing . You just can't The Bay Area has a unique blend of artists and socially conscious folks !!! Thank you for teaching me. Sent from my iPhone

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Invoice from Omni Oakland

by Omni Oakland

Dear Sudo Room, Here's your invoice for June rent at the Omni. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks and <3, SP + Finances WG ------------------------ Invoice Summary -------------------------- Invoice # : 1058 Invoice Date: 05/28/2015 Due Date: 06/01/2015 Terms: Due on receipt Amount Due: $2,000.00 The complete version has been provided as an attachment to this email. ---------------------------------------------------------------------

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Invoice from Omni Oakland

by Omni Oakland

Hi again, Here is Sudo Room's invoice for your State Farm Insurance policy. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, SP + Finances WG ------------------------ Invoice Summary -------------------------- Invoice # : 1059 Invoice Date: 05/28/2015 Due Date: 06/01/2015 Terms: Due on receipt Amount Due: $96.91 The complete version has been provided as an attachment to this email. ---------------------------------------------------------------------

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