let me know if anything below is objectionable/wrong/incorrect/false to
you. I don't plan to READ all of this tomorrow at the delegates meeting,
or add it as an official proposal, it's just for me to refer to when I
represent the Sudo's position as we discuss what to do about the TIL/CPS
split.
*<3<3<3 WARM FUZZIES FROM SUDO <3<3<3*
We affirm that printing & publishing resources are an essential part of a
thriving commons. WE LOVE PRINTING! Our nerdiness includes your nerdiness.
We don’t want to drive groups away by being impossible to please. We don’t
want to suffocate people with micromanagement. We are excited and grateful
that people want to do awesome stuff at the Omni!!!
*In the spirit of shared purpose, we offer our support in resolving all
concerns related to the onboarding of CPS.*
*==How about two separate proposals?==*
*TIL should probably reapply for member-collective status, or consider
non-member group status. Does TIL really need a separate voting delegate,
if they have a voting voice as part of CPS?
* we need to reconcile the different logics, premises, that people are
coming from to describe this problem.
* still excited to see a manifesto, but frustrated about asking for
forgiveness rather than permission.
*==Friendly amendment to CPS proposal: Temporary formative period==*
* jenny: we all need more time to figure shit out
* yar: but we should show them kindness and offer legitimacy while we do
figure shit out*
* yar says maybe we should consent to a temporary formative period. Along
the lines of TIL’s proposed"6 month review" thing, except with lots of
loving support and enthusiasm across the 6 months.
*==Actual CPS problems to work through==*
1) Clearly articulated community angle that benefits the commons. How does
your internal decision making process work?
* yar: they taught me a bunch of stuff for free just because i showed up
and was excited.
Scott vouches for two of the members who are core organizers of the CPS.
Laura and (other dude)’s values are perfectly aligned with the OMNI
mission. There are people internal to CPS that will actively strive to
serve the commons
2) How can each of the printmaking technologies represented serve the
commons? what are the advantages and disadvantages of each machine? (List
of all machines http://wiki.omni-oakland.org/w/Print_Studio) Lets
articulate how each technology can meet real community needs. By courting
the community’s interest and presenting a case for all our printing
technologies, we can bring in lots of enthusiasm, community involvement,
and financial contributions for the community print studio (rent +
maintenance + upgrades to equipment, etc).
+ can we add support for technologies like risograph + xerox for
zine-sters, and other HIGHLY populist mediums like linocut/woodblock? (The
sudo room already has a digital duplicator with 4 COLOR DRUMS in the
basement). Support for these old populist mainstays are ways to court the
broader print-making culture that already exists in the bay. Would
potentially increase ties with other bay area cultural powerhouses like
Rock Paper Scissors and Pens and Needles.
+ SUDO has discovered reasons to be enthusiastic about letterpress: matt:
“It’s actually easy to quickly make a flyer with letterpress. Letterpress
can be super useful for the community -- the point is that CPS is still
forming and hasn’t articulated a shared vision yet.” And we CAN articulate
that vision! E.g. the Sudo room’s CNC machine can cut image plates that can
be composed with type for the letterpress, thus incorporating custom
embossed images into letterpress printing, which is not only totally
badass, but also provides an opportunity for inter-collective
collaboration. Omni PR material is going to look soooooo good.
3) Consider space needs and possible alternatives that address noise &
ventilation.
+ Offset press is the really noisy thing, the rest of the equipment can
stay where it is. Can we put the offset in one of the offices? It’s so
close! Let’s move it to a super optimal location that balances all needs!
* yar: most of the empty space in the CPS layout is due to the offset,
which needs access on all sides. if we could find another place for just
the offset, then everything else could in theory condense into a smaller
area. emji & joel were talking about putting it in a library room. so where
else could the offset go? if we put it in the middle of sudoroom it'd still
take up less space than the robot...
* tangents about possible uses of the omnidance space upstairs
* jenny: maybe one of the CPS members should bottom-line a working group
for scheduling in the basement?
4) decision making structure and how do members relate to one another?
* how do we get in touch? is there a printing-press-collective email list?
so the other night, we made a universal robot gripper using coffee* and a
birthday balloon, and the top of a shampoo bottle, and some other stuff.
search google for "universal robot gripper" and you'll see what i mean.
here are pictures:
http://spaz.org/~jake/robot/gripper/
it works decently well, as you can see.. but it could use improvement. I
am going to try to add a blower to inflate the balloon a little bit when
it's trying to grab something.
of course we will put this on the end of the robot arm, so it can pick
stuff up.
I think we should try again with a larger balloon.. and thicker wouldn't
hurt.
So if you have a few balloons laying around, preferably thick-skinned and
larger than a tennisball when deflated, please bring them to the robot.
you can put them on top of the control box, or the robot itself, if i'm
not around.
Also, if you have a coffee grinder (or know of one at sudoroom) i'd like
to use it to grind some coffee more finely than we did with my little
one.. when it's not finely ground enough, it's hard for it to re-shape to
grab stuff.
i'm going to try to use one of those motorized mattress inflators as a
pump, but if you have something like that that you think would work, bring
it. Especially if it runs off of 120VAC (plugs into the wall) and is not
crazy loud.
-jake
* only decaf coffee was used for this experiment
by running ~/yasnac/src/fakedisk.py on the 3d printer computer, it is now
possible to save files from the YASNAC robot controller to the computer's
disk.
I used this function to save the program which wrote SUDOROOM on a piece
of paper. It looks like this:
http://spaz.org/~jake/pix/sudoroom-sharpie.jpg
here is the program itself:
https://github.com/jerkey/yasnac/blob/master/src/SUDOROOM.JBI
note that it is text but it's in "DOS" format, which means each line ends
with 0x0D 0x0A which is /r/n
it needs to be that way to upload it to the YASNAC too, otherwise i have
no idea what will happen, it could explode.
-jake
Tried sending this to the list w/ attachments but they were too large - let
me know if you have trouble viewing anything!
------------------------------------
Friends,
After lengthy discussions with the Heath Inspector and Plumber, La Commune
has put together renovation plans for the Cafe / Bookstore.
These plans have already been signed off on by John. We will give anything
that we are planning of getting rid of to any of the other collectives,
should they have a use / need for it. Everything else will be taken to the
dump / urban ore.
Just wanted to send this out to the list in case there are any major
concerns.
We hope to start demo tomorrow.
Plans are here:
https://drive.google.com/#folders/0B-AL95NlI75qNXByOVFST3pqelU
xo
La Commune!
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Scott Nanos" <scott.nanos(a)gmail.com>
Date: Oct 1, 2014 12:21 PM
Subject: HALP!
To: "Jenny Ryan" <tunabananas(a)gmail.com>, "yar" <yardenack(a)gmail.com>, "Ron
Gruesbeck" <rongruesbeck(a)gmail.com>
Cc:
Can one of you forward this to sudo discuss plz!?
Does anyone use ubuntu studio and/or Ardour + JACK?
I am making music demos for optikallusion's OMNI fundraiser video. The
tracks sound amazing in Ardour, but when I export the track to a .wav file
it can't play in any media players...
This has sucked a serious amount of productive hours from me and will
continue to do so until I will (someday) be released- can anyone help me
with this? Back channel me if so!!!
Thanks and xo
Scott
dear friends :
i am working on the landlines for the omni -- does anyone know where the phone jacks & other infrastructure are in the building ?
if so, please backchannel me -- & thanks !
love -- david (brazil)
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Date: Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 3:38 PM
Subject: [lol-hackers] mozilla fellowship
To: lol-hackers <lol-hackers(a)googlegroups.com>
https://advocacy.mozilla.org/open-web-fellows/
Mozilla is looking for badass POC and women to be part of their fellowship
program! Fwd it around to people you know, this is a great position to
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hi all,
tonight tracy and i will be making audio recordings of short scifi stories
that will be a part of an art exhibit that will be installed at the open
cities festival <http://ybca.org/open-city-art-city> this weekend (btw,
it's a free festival in SF that a number of sudoers - including me - will
be presenting at - so you should come!).
the stories are from the perspective of future biohackerlab members who are
talking about their bio projects. they are very short. if you'd like to be
recorded, we'll be at sudo tonight starting at 7:30.
- marina
Greetings hacker-friends:
Creative energy abounds in the post-Reboot Noisebridge. Come REMIX with us
in the newly reinvigorated space!
*** All Are Welcome ***
We're bringing in some awesome art -- some interactive -- and some
spectacular performances for this event:
* Elipton (dark electronic powered by an Apple IIgs)
* Audrey Spinazola (solo looper/Accordian/uke)
* Mock Church (feat Noisebridge's own James Sundquist)
* DJ Pirate Matt to keep the flow
* Bartending by Josh Hertel (custom cocktails with a REMIX theme)
AND courtesy of master builder Jarrod:
* The beta debut playtest of the NOISEBRIDGE AGAINST HUMANITY card game
Here is a wiki page which you can check for updates:
https://noisebridge.net/wiki/REMIX_Party
There is a Facebook event if you like that sort of thing:
https://www.facebook.com/events/581025208686009/
And a Google Plus link via Noisebridge co-founder Mitch Altman:
https://plus.google.com/+mitchaltman23/posts/gJuGeE8qc1s
Hope to see you there this Saturday, celebrating 7 years of general
Noisebridginess and 6 years of having a physical space to Noisebridge in.
All the Best,
Naomi
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naomi(a)nthmost.com
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skype: nthmost
http://twitter.com/nthmost
Hey y'all!
I know Sudo is currently paying for internet service.
I'd like to set up a phone line for the cafe and was wondering if it makes
sense for us to simply chip in for the service through Sonic.
Thoughts?
Love!
Niki
A show & tell would be a bad idea Thursday
This requires a lot of quiet - I've chatted quietly not very near the SudoMesh group & was asked to be quiet ..
If you have it Thursday its very disruptive unless it's in a completely separate area of the building
Sent from my iPhone
Hey all,
Cep is here all wk from 8am-4pmish - I am helping him but if folks can come
by to relieve me so I can run downtown for permit stuff that would be
really great?
Best,
David
The bottom line: Michælmas is today.
If I can drum up the wherewithal, and I can walk well enough and stand for
long enough, -- and I think this is likley -- I would like to cook the
traditional Michælmas fare, and I was considering doing so up at the Room:
Goose, stuffed, and burgundy wine. I like to get my geese from VerBrugge;
they are not stringy. I have in the past made Michælmas soap from the
tallow, which gave me great satisfaction, as you can imagine.
I will do all the cooking, and understand that if this happens, there must
also be cleaning after.
I am an excellent cook.
What say ye?
Goose and burgundy wine. A welcome tradition set in motion by Elizabeth I
in gratitude and sweet relief at the sinking of the ships of the Spanish
Armada in a freak storm. Much like declaring one should eat hot dogs on
the Fourth of july, except the Fourth didn't exist and Michaelmas already
did.
>From page 178 of the Western Antiquary:
The popular tradition is that Queen Elizabeth, on her way to Tilbury Fort
(September 29th, 1588), dined at the ancient seat of Sir Neville
Umfreyville, where, among other things, two fine geese were provided for
dinner. The queen, having eaten heartily, called for a bumper of Burgundy;
and gave as a toast, “Destruction to the Spanish Armada!” Scarcely had she
spoken when a messenger announced the destruction of the fleet by a storm.
The queen demanded a second bumper, and said, “Henceforth shall a goose
commemorate this great victory.” This tale is marred by the awkward
circumstance that the thanksgiving sermon for the victory was preached at
St. Paul's on the 20th August, and the fleet was dispersed by the winds in
July. Gascoigne, who died 1577, refers to the custom of goose-eating at
Michaelmas as common.
At Christmas a capon, at Michaelmas a goose,
And somewhat else at New Yere's tide, for feare the lease flies loose.
Most likely, had it not been for that storm, we would have been 'colonized'
by Spain. Neither is one overlord æquall to another, nor was Spain nearly
as cool four hundred years ago as today. The nice people who brought us
such delights as Jesuits and the Inquisition, also did a worse number upon
the Indians, although I am sure that can be debated.
Nevertheless, i have, on the right half of my brain if you will, rather
cultivated an affinity for any enemy of the Inquisition.
According to the syncretic hands-on Christianity that doesn't suck like so
much of Western thought so often does, the Archangel Michæl protects us.
Sometimes from ourselves. Often from each other. Always, from Evil,
though it go, even in your heart and mine, by many names.
(& almost always before it becomes an issue, from the
not-specifically-too-good, that goes around from time to time. It pays to
pay attention to the warnings. Almost always one will be sent a video, or
brochure, or hear a kind voice over the public address system, well in
advance of being put in harms way.)
I should know by one or two. Please drop a line if interested.
Donations gladly , happily accepted.
ff
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*Be seeing you.*
I should know by one or two.
Donations gladly
, happily
accepted;
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*Be seeing you.*
Just a reminder that the white cart in the kitchen needs to be cleared off
and cleaned tomorrow.
I've spoken to several people who regularly use the kitchen about this but
want to make sure it gets taken care of as Mary will be taking it on
Tuesday.
Thank you!!
Niki
Friends,
After lengthy discussions with the Heath Inspector and Plumber, La Commune
has put together renovation plans for the Cafe / Bookstore.
These plans have already been signed off on by John. We will give anything
that we are planning of getting rid of to any of the other collectives,
should they have a use / need for it. Everything else will be taken to the
dump / urban ore.
Just wanted to send this out to the list in case there are any major
concerns.
We hope to start demo tomorrow.
Plans are attached.
xo
La Commune!
Sudoers,
Anyone have a breadboard friendly 2.1 mm DC barrel jack?
Like this:
https://www.adafruit.com/products/373
Or know where I can get one today? It seems like Radio shack isn’t carrying much for components now, but I’ll check there.
Thanks for your advice.
Tracy
My thought is, they can serve well as place-holders, for the
everything is free, or else they can be somewhat like these, terrible
cops? Have you seen the Minority Report?
Let's use them for the first one, no? One could say, that the sudo
room robot is a placeholder for someone who would be there all the
time selling those things, which the Sudo Room would do anyways. I
thought that robot miners could be a cool addition, programmed to
consider environmental factors.... What else?
Love, Ed Che
it'd be interesting to create a game around Occupy / etc.
similar to Fort McMoney. I'm not sure if it's my focus but I played a
little of it and
it was really fun! It gave me a completely different viewpoint of tracking
and made me
dig the issues affecting people living with tracking in a different way
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-…
That’s the scene that greets you when you boot up Fort McMoney
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-…>,
which is a virtual world that went live online Monday. There are many
places to see and even more characters you can interrogate and interview.
Scores will be kept and leaderboards maintained to reflect actions taken by
visitors: the more curious you are the more points you collect. This world
is also episodic, new places and people will arrive every week over the
next four, and visitors can vote for changes they’d like to see based on
what they experience inside *Fort McMoney*.
=============================
Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
Hi Marina,
I am really interested in being a participant (a lot I need to learn) and
volunteering if I can help in any way. Please keep me posted. Thanks!
Best,
Scott
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Howdy all!
The first Film Night went wonderfully!
I aimed for the goal of at least ten attendees, to make the time and energy
needed to host it on a weekly basis a worthwhile personal spendature.
Around twenty people showed up for The King of Hearts, and a few even
stayed for the impromptu double feature!
I am so grateful to everyone who helped set it up, and to those who came
and enjoyed one of my favorite films with me.
Due to the success of the test event, I'm more confident in continuing Film
Night as planned, and I hope to see more of you all at future screenings!
Have a friggin awesome day everyone :)
~ Korl
Sent via Android device.
1.510.689.4484
STP/ eske silver
hi all,
from jan 5-30th, we'll be running an open, collaborative, anti-bootcamp
called cyber wizard institute <http://cyber.wizard.institute> at sudo room.
right now we're recruiting folks to give talks on core topics in
programming and also to be available during mentor hours on weekdays.
please go here if you're interested:
https://github.com/cyberwizardinstitute/course-map/wiki/volunteer
if you're interested in being a participant of the institute, learn more
about it on the site <http://cyber.wizard.institute>, and if you have any
questions, please feel free to email me!
- marina
This is pretty cool ... Calls for workshops for underground comics weekend . It's a lot cooler with a better vibe than comic con, more creative .
Would be cool to see creative folks speak !!!
Sent from my iPhone
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Andrew Farago <gallery(a)cartoonart.org>
> Date: September 26, 2014 at 3:44:16 PM PDT
> To: Volunteers 1 <gallery(a)cartoonart.org>, Volunteers 2 <gallery(a)cartoonart.org>, Volunteers 3 <gallery(a)cartoonart.org>
> Subject: APE weekend, October 4-5
>
> The Alternative Press Expo returns to San Francisco next weekend, and I hope you’ll all make the trip to Fort Mason to check it out. Details, as always, are posted at http://www.comic-con.org
>
> For the past several years, APE has hosted workshops conducted by local cartoonists on a variety of topics. We just had a last-minute cancellation from one of our Saturday afternoon workshops, so I’ll put one more call-out to my local artist list to see if anyone’s interested and available. If you’re already exhibiting at APE, this is a great way to bring a little extra attention to yourself at the convention; if you’re not attending, it’s a way to score a free pass for you and a friend.
>
> Please read the descriptions below to get a sense of what’s being offered this year. The canceled workshop was on the subject of character design, so if that’s one of your specialties, you won’t even have to think of a new topic.
>
> Thanks for your consideration! Hope to see you soon.
>
> Best,
>
> Andrew Farago
> --
> Curator
> Cartoon Art Museum
> 655 Mission Street
> San Francisco, CA 94105
> (415) CAR-TOON, ext. 309
> www.cartoonart.org
> www.facebook.com/cartoonartmuseum
> twitter.com/cartoonart
>
>
>
> Saturday
>
> 12:00-1:00 Cartoon Calisthenics—Artists of all levels are invited to start their day at APE off right with healthy and fun cartooning challenges and exercises with artist and teacher Brian Kolm (atomicbearpress.com). No need to wear your sparkly sweat suit (unless that’s your thing), just bring yourself and be ready to draw! Fleet Room
>
> 1:00-2:00 Inking for Reluctant Inkers—Inking is an integral part of comics; for some it's easy, for others it's terrifying. If you're looking to move past Microns and incorporate old school inking in your work, you should definitely attend this seminar with Mark Haven Britt. Basic techniques such as using a nib, drawing a straight line with a brush, spattering and masking will be covered. Learn some basic exercises/games to improve dexterity as well as strategies to get over fears of "screwing up the drawing" and focus on the decisive fun of completing the drawing will be discussed. Inking can be incredibly fun. Fleet Room
>
> 2:00-3:00 Graphic Humor 101—Join award-winning cartoonist Jonathan Lemon (Rabbits Against Magic) for a crash course in graphic humor and the fundamentals of comedy in this laugh-packed workshop. Fleet Room
>
> 3:00-4:00 PoetryComics—Great poems make great comics. In this class, Cara Goldstein will explore the balance of words and images, while looking at poetic cartoonists such as Gabrielle Bell, Hope Larson, Nate Powell, Lilli Carre' and Craig Thompson. Pieces in Dave Morice's book PoetryComics, which covers poems by Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe, and William Shakespeare, will also be read. All levels of drawing and writing are welcome. Fleet Room
>
> 4:00-5:00
>
> 5:00-6:00 Hip-Hop Heroes—For 20 years, Age Scott (Won and Phil) has been pushing boundaries and taking risks with his comics, exploring music, pop culture, and other non-traditional subject matter. In this workshop, Age will discuss his experiences as a creator and the importance of working outside the mainstream. Fleet Room
The first Film Night will be held this Friday at 7pm, in the basement of
Omni.
Come one, come all!
BYO; Drinks, snacks, pillows, cushions, etc.
Donations accepted for popcorn and punch.
First screening will be The King of Hearts
<http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060908/>, by Philippe de Broca, 1966.
French, with English subtitles.
For more Info, please go to the Omni wiki event page at
http://wiki.omni-oakland.org/w/Event:2014/09/26_Film_Night_at_the_Omni!
or email me directly at eske.silver(a)gmail.com, with any questions or
comments.
~ Korl / Eske (SudoRoom)
