new blog post > Troy our librarian visited RPS Collective.
we chatted about potentially selling our electronics kits + other stuff at
RPS Collective retail space.
- There's a potential for us to sell stuff at their next art show, which
will be a full retail show in the whole space. Lots of potential for
exposure since they are the first storefront at First Friday
Plus they have collaborated with us before!
https://sudoroom.org/sudoroom-connects-with-rock-paper-scissors-down-the-st…
[image: SudoRoom Librarian Troy visits
SudoRoom]<https://sudoroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Photo-Nov-02-1-33-01-PM1.jpg>
SudoRoom Librarian Troy visits SudoRoom
Troy, the SudoRoom librarian, visits our neighbors The Rock Paper Scissors
Collective <http://www.rpscollective.com/>down the street. The RPS
Collective was one of the worker’s collectives that helped start the
Oakland Art Murmur. Here he checks out the zine library and is already
coming up with ideas for different community projects.
A recent SudoRoom collaboration involved SudoRoom donating Linux computers
to RPS Collective in exchange for a beautiful sign painting. It’s pretty
cool seeing the different volunteer-run collectives creating and helping
each other out!
[image: RPS Collective interns draw temporary tattoos on people for the
Oakland Art Murmur]<https://sudoroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Photo-Nov-01-8-06-59-PM1.jpg>
RPS Collective interns draw temporary tattoos on people for the Oakland Art
Murmur
[image: Terrarium Project at RPS Collective - so many happy
people]<https://sudoroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Photo-Nov-02-1-33-43-PM-11.…>
Terrarium Project at RPS Collective – so many happy people
Still trying to achieve fire safety & ADA accessibility by Saturday.
Lots of things happening tomorrow morning. We need:
Someone who can drive a U-haul full of waste to the following places:
* hazardous waste
* e-waste
* recycling
* solid waste
We can tell you where to go. The truck needs to be returned by
12:30pm. You'll probably need to start by 8am.
Someone to help the wheelchair lift installer starting around 9am -
simple stuff like holding and fetching tools.
And as many people as we can for spare hands during bathroom construction.
Thanks so much!!
so I was able to use a primitive magnetic encoding sequencer to read robot
programs from a flat magnetic tape.
We had some antique (literally 25 years old) diskettes in the computer
history museum, and I fed one to the robot, and then "saved" all the
programs written so far to the "diskette"
then, i used a mechanical diskette-reader for a desktop computer (which
needed lubrication on its rusty motors and slides and quite a bit of
fiddling to work) to read this magnetic tape "diskette"
the filesytem format is nothing recognized by 'mount' so i was forced to
simply dd the binary of the diskette's image to a file. I have posted the
file here:
http://spaz.org/~jake/robot/robofloppy.2
and then i edited that with vim to extract the programs within.
here is a simple program that makes 7 poses, and repeats:
http://spaz.org/~jake/robot/baby.txt
this is a more raw version of all the jobs i found on the disk image,
including some fragmentation. I don't understand the filesystem format,
so it's just luck that so many of the files were intact in one piece.
http://spaz.org/~jake/robot/jobs.txt
as you can see, a program is a list of coordinates (the six hardware axes
of the robot arm) and then a program referring to those coordinates. it
can be more complicated than that of course, for example when we start
using base or robot coordinates for 3d printing, but here it is anyway.
this stuff is documented in this PDF:
http://spaz.org/~jake/robot/479236-17-Communications.pdf
and also, i think we might find the serial communications format used by
the "diskette drive" to communicate with the robot, so we can skip the
magnetic media entirely and send programs directly to the robot over
serial.
please let me know if you're interested in this stuff and want to try
something.
-jake
I'm in for a late shift (after 8pm)!
On Sep 16, 2014 3:05 PM, "Stephen Novotny" <novotny.stephen(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> I'll be there as soon as I get off work, between 5:30 and 6!
>
> On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 3:03 PM, David Keenan <dkeenan44(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi All. Not much notice but there is a 17' rental truck outside for
>> general omni debris removal. It needs to be loaded up with:
>> - Excess garbage (several bags)
>> - Construction debris from bathroom repair (lots)
>> - Ceiling tiles from ballroom (these are light, so may want to go in
>> last/on top)
>> - Stuff from Sudo that sudo doesn't want (the present 'to go away' piles)
>> - Stuff frrom basement that we don't want/need
>> - All City of Berkeley-stamped grey garbage cans probably should be
>> returned since Waste Management does not pick them up and they fill with
>> garbage.
>>
>> No one is really here and I am starting to do it by myself and would
>> appreciate help. If I do this then I can't work on the bathroom, which
>> needs to be done by Friday.
>>
>> All the waste needs to be driven to the following places tomorrow AM &
>> returned by 12:30pm
>> - Commercial Waste & Recycling by the Colesium (they open real early)
>> - E-waste place (in berkeley I think) for all e-waste
>> - the Oakland Dump tomorrow AM and returned by 12:30.
>>
>> We need to generally remove junk from here that we don't need as this
>> really is required by fire - it can't be a total mess in the basement or
>> any area to be (re)inspected. We have a general mission of clearing out
>> junk from the omni to comply. This was specifically mentioned by the fire
>> inspector - everything should look like its 'in its place' (his words.)
>>
>> Any and all help appreciated.
>>
>> David
>>
>
>
Hi All. Not much notice but there is a 17' rental truck outside for general
omni debris removal. It needs to be loaded up with:
- Excess garbage (several bags)
- Construction debris from bathroom repair (lots)
- Ceiling tiles from ballroom (these are light, so may want to go in
last/on top)
- Stuff from Sudo that sudo doesn't want (the present 'to go away' piles)
- Stuff frrom basement that we don't want/need
- All City of Berkeley-stamped grey garbage cans probably should be
returned since Waste Management does not pick them up and they fill with
garbage.
No one is really here and I am starting to do it by myself and would
appreciate help. If I do this then I can't work on the bathroom, which
needs to be done by Friday.
All the waste needs to be driven to the following places tomorrow AM &
returned by 12:30pm
- Commercial Waste & Recycling by the Colesium (they open real early)
- E-waste place (in berkeley I think) for all e-waste
- the Oakland Dump tomorrow AM and returned by 12:30.
We need to generally remove junk from here that we don't need as this
really is required by fire - it can't be a total mess in the basement or
any area to be (re)inspected. We have a general mission of clearing out
junk from the omni to comply. This was specifically mentioned by the fire
inspector - everything should look like its 'in its place' (his words.)
Any and all help appreciated.
David
Any chance?
Original message here:
https://lists.riseup.net/www/arc/sfchalkboard/2014-09/msg00068.html
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Date: 2014-09-14 21:29 GMT-07:00
Subject: [sfchalkboard] NEED Alaskan Chainsaw Mill
To: sfchalkboard <sfchalkboard(a)lists.riseup.net>
Hey everyone,
This might be far fetched, but does anyone have an Alaska and Chainsaw Mill
or another jig of sorts for cutting lumber?
Was offered some Redwood logs, would love to mill them but not finding any
DIY solutions out there! Some potential to weld something together but
dunno if they would be able to in the time they want the logs out of there
: (
Thanks a bunch!
Bests,
J
Hi everyone,
LOL Makerspace <http://oaklandmakerspace.wordpress.com/> is having an
anti-black racism edit-a-thon on 9/22:
"LOL Hackers are organizing a wiki edit-a-thon addressing anti-black
racism. Come out to help us continue planning the edit-a-thon. We can go
through the Oakland Wiki and Wikipedia and identify pages that we can work
on and guidelines and logistics to help make the edit-a-thon accessible and
fun! You're also welcome to come and work on other projects, too … Hack
Night is open to everyone!"
Here's the invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/864483943571189/
Hope you can make it!
Marina
Today Counter Culture Labs failed to pick up our new biosafety cabinet.
We need someone or some device that can move a large 680 pound 6 foot wide,
top heavy cabinet from its stand at about waist height, down to a couple of
ground-level dollies so we can wheel it through a normal-sized doorway.
Can you help?
This is in redwood city. If we can get it onto dollies, we can move it from
there.
I have no experience with this sort of thing. We showed up with five people
and even with one of the employees at the location helping we didn't feel
comfortable even trying it, as it could easily result in serious injury.
We put down half of the $500 price as a deposit, unscrewed the removable
components and took them with us. We'd like to try to pick it up within the
next week.
It is the NU-425-600 model from this page:
http://www.nuaire.com/products/labgard-es-energy-saver-nu-425-class-ii-type…
cabinet.html
Dimension without base stand: 77 ⅝ x 32 ⅞ x 63 inches
--
marc/juul
510 717 4275
hey sudoroom,
i met this guy today at noisebridge (i know, i said i don't go there
anymore) and he is doing some amazing stuff!!! We all have so much to
learn from him, and be inspired by him.
here is a recent post from his website, watch the video:
http://onyx-ashanti.com/2014/07/11/the-nomadic-diary-of-onyx-ashanti-episod…
basically he has been making amazing WEARABLE technology for purposes of
music and other forms of electronic expression, in the most organic way i
have ever seen technology used.
He is using electronics, embedded systems (wireless arduinos with
accelerometers, force sensors, buttons, lights etc) and hardware (servo
motors and haptic feedback vibes) in concert with extremely ergonomic
(again organic) structures made with 3d printing, to make human interface
devices for making music (in puredata). He uses a bunch of different
filament types (even conductive filament) and a heavily customized very
portable 3d printer.
my only disappointment is that none of his circuits or 3d models are on
github, although he says that the stuff he is working on now will be
released freely as soon as he is satisfied with it. I hope that is soon.
in the meantime, here's his github, which has a couple of puredata
repositories (puredata is the FOSS version of MaxMSP)
https://github.com/onyxashanti
even without code or files from his designs, i was very inspired by his
work and his energy and his attitude. as for the circuits and the
robotics code, it's nothing I couldn't make from scratch quickly. but the
ideas that he had for this stuff are ideas that i never had, even though
they seem "obvious" after the fact. But so few of us are lucky enough to
look at technology from a purely interactive perspective like he seems to.
he said he would gladly come to sudoroom "any time" and I have his contact
to let him know.
Is there any reason I shouldn't tell him to come to sudoroom on saturday
at around 5 or 6 pm? is anyone interested in seeing the stuff he does
with music, puredata patches, 3d printing, wearable embedded wireless
electronics, robotics (the expressive tentacle thing) etc?
-jake
so all the manuals i have for the robot are SCANS of some sort of papyrus,
upon which the instructions were once inscribed.
this means they are not searchable. It seems at first that they can be
searched, and copy and paste, but that is only the safety warning pages
inserted by the people who scanned the pages into the PDF. None of the
content is searchable!
if you know how to do OCR (optical character recognition) on a PDF and
make it so that one can still search the PDF without altering its readable
appearance, please do so to some of the manuals here:
http://spaz.org/~jake/robot
highest priority would be the programming manual:
http://spaz.org/~jake/robot/479950-3-Programming_manual_v4.pdf
and the robot arm manual:
http://spaz.org/~jake/robot/479951-4-K10S_manual.pdf
this would be an example of a PDF that has the scanned parts searchable:
http://spaz.org/~jake/robot/02-TOE-C945-111%20-%20Service%20manual%20Motoma…
-jake
Want to have our own networked radiation monitoring station? The Global
Radiation Monitoring Network is looking to add nodes to their network
<http://www.uradmonitor.com/join-the-network/>.
They only have two dozen or so nodes around the world so far, and none in
California. "In this early phase of the project, there is only a minimal,
non-profit cost, to cover the hardware components used and the shipping."
The nodes are weatherproofed, and only need 5V power and an ethernet cable.
Is this something that could potentially be piggy-backed on to the sudo
mesh nodes as well? One of their node models has a barometric pressure
sensor as well. Not sure to what extent this is an open source project, but
we could find out.
They were just featured as one of the semifinalists for the Hackaday prize
<http://hackaday.com/2014/09/11/global-radiation-monitoring-network-update/>,
so I expect they'll be getting an influx of new node requests...
Patrik
Hi Sudo'ers
As many of you know I'm trying to help spread biohacking across CA, the US
and internationally (I've been pushing hacker spaces at XPRIZE too as a way
to democratize innovation) and we need your help!
I'm currently helping a group of LA biohackers (including Cory Tobin and
other LAB members) to try to raise money for a large non-profit community
biotech lab in LA through LA2050. We're close, as in really close, we're in
the number 2 spot and we were in the number 1 spot but just recently lost
the no 1 spot.The rest of the teams are arts collectives (which we also
love) but we're the only science and tech entry and we'd love to bring more
science down to LA.
If the voting is successful they'll be a lab down in LA that we can all
collaborate with and visit with, the team and I would REALLY appreciate the
votes. If you have time to vote, it's really quick and it would help us a
lot:
http://myla2050create.maker.good.is/projects/LALabLaunch
Hopefully within a few months we'll be able to have a new LA community
biohacker night and invite you all to attend!
All the best,
Ryan
--
Ryan Bethencourt
Tel: (415) 825 2705
Conf. Dial in number: 585-632-6294 PIN: 48429
ryan.bethencourt(a)gmail.com
*@ryanbethencourt*
Volunteer opportunity! We are trying to make our bathroom wheelchair
accessible in time for a big event next weekend. Hands and hearts
needed ASAP. Thanks Sudoers! <3<3
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From: David Keenan <dkeenan44(a)gmail.com>
Subject: [omni-building] hard bathroom work needed this wknd
I need a couple bodies to help me with some pretty hard bathroom work
this weekend. Can explain more later / when i see people (phone about
to die), but it HAS to be done before Monday. So if you are around,
please cone by?
Love,
David
Hello everyone!
We’re having a house show at Stanza/Hackistan (3276 Logan St) on Sunday. We have three bands lined up but will also have open mic time. If you have a creative hack project or musical act, come out and share it!
Looking forward to seeing what we’ll create.
~Lesley
I received a request to talk about hacktivism to UC Berkeley law students. I'm not really the best person for this. (They may have me there, anyway, to talk about TV-B-Gone.)
Would you like to talk about hacktivism? If so, please contact Eric, who's organizing the event:
debellis(a)berkeley.edu
Here's the email he sent me, with me info :
Dear Mr. Altman: Hello. My name is Eric DeBellis. I am a former Allen Hall
resident and current law student at the University of California, Berkeley.
As a co-leader for the National Lawyers Guild Berkeley Law Chapter, I am
wondering if you would be interested in visiting Berkeley Law to speak on
the topic of hacktivism. We are planning to host two speakers. One would be
a Berkeley Law professor who represents a more “establishment” perspective
on the issue, so we were thinking that reaching out to you as the second
speaker makes sense. I understand that political hacktivism is not your
focus, but you’re a part of the hacker community, and you’re approachable
and quite good at conveying your passions to unfamiliar audiences. We would
not be asking you to debate the professor. Rather, you’d explain hacking in
general, then how hacking has entered the political activism realm, then
the professor would talk about it in more legalese terms. After, we’d open
it up to questions/discussions from a group of students. As for the topic,
Anonymous’s involvement in protests in Jefferson, Missouri is a particular
area of interest for students, so we would like to use that as an
illustration, but only as a launchpad to discuss broader issues that
interest you and your counterpart. We do not have a date as of yet, but
funding likely would be available. At the very least, we would provide a
tasty lunch and a room of eager minds. If you’re interested, we would love
to host you for lunch. Please contact me with any questions. Sincerely,
Eric DeBellis
Best,
Mitch.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: John Givens <john(a)gate.net>
Date: Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 2:30 PM
Subject: [sudo-info] Many Old Software Books
To: info(a)sudoroom.org
Do you guys want any of these old books? They are upstairs.
Regards,
John Givens
510-652-4015
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/zip/4663569995.html
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IYSSE, Tuesday, 5PM, Berkeley -- Iraq, Syria
This group offers an excellent worldview on current political dynamics within capitalism. I have attended lectures previously that have been engaging and relevant even though I had only read half the suggested material.
Contact me if you are interested in attending.
Sincerely,
- Troy M.
Economist11(a)Gmail.com
" You are the source of Freedom.
The price of freedom is awareness and action."
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Sent: 9/11/2014 4:40 PM
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Subject: IYSSE, Tuesday, 5PM, Berkeley -- Iraq, Syria
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Workers, Students, and youth,
Last night, Barack Obama announced that the United States would be
escalating its military operation in not just Iraq and Syria, but
anywhere he perceived a threat to US interests in the Middle East.
You should come, Tuesday, 5pm, UC Berkeley, to the International Youth
and Student for Social Equality's first regular weekly meeting. ROOM #:
TBA on Monday
At this meeting you will learn everything there is to know about what is
going on in Syria and Iraq.
-CIA's several year arm smuggling campaign through the Jordanian border
into Syria
-US Military's awareness that the majority of these arms were fueling
Jihadist Militias, eventually falling into the hands of ISIS.
-The underlying political and economic reasons behind the current
escalation of militarism and war.
-Why war abroad is accompanied by attacks on workers and youth at home.
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We are the only genuine Marxist student organization on campus. We have
weekly educational meetings to deepen the theoretical, historical, and
political understanding of students. The IYSSE is an international
organization, with chapters in Germany, Sri Lanka, Australia, Canada,
France, and more, that fights for the socialist transformation of society.
If you wish to prepare for the discussion, please read the articles
referenced at the bottom of this email. To learn more about what we do,
and our principles, visit iysse.org
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Friday, September 12th, 11AM-12:45 PM
Tuesday, September 16th, 2PM-4:30PM
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about getting involved with the IYSSE and the World Socialist Website
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Hey folks,
Apologies for my unexpectedly internet-free vacation. DNS has been
configured properly and you'll find the new website at
omni-oakland.org as well as working subdomains (currently
wiki.omni-oakland.org and do.omni-oakland.org).
WIKI ACCESS: New account creation has been disabled due to spam, so
please contact myself (tunabananas(a)gmail.com), AL, Jeremy, David
Keenan, Matt S, or Patrik to request an account.[1]
FARNSWORTH ACCESS: For access to do.omni-oakland.org, where we're
trying out a system for coordinating tasks among the various Omni
groups and members, please request an account via the site.
Just a reminder for folks interested in helping out with our
communications technologies, the Omni Communications group meets every
Monday at 7pm! We've been in summer hiatus but there's still plenty to
do. You can find out more here:
http://wiki.omni-oakland.org/w/Communications_Working_Group
Cheers,
Jenny
[1] The ConfirmAccount plugin, which typically works well for forcing
new accounts to be requested rather than auto-confirmed, is not
working and has been thoroughly investigated by juul. Next step would
be to upgrade Mediawiki and see if it works with a more recent stable
version. Will try this tomorrow.
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I know someone will like to attend this and give a report back...someone with more technical skill than I...
- Troy M.
" You are the source of Freedom.
The price of freedom is awareness and action."
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Subject: [i-announce@ischool] Don't miss next week's Tech Talk: Data Analyticsat Facebook
Don't miss next week’s tech talk at the UC Berkeley School of Information:
Tech Talk: Data Analytics at Facebook
With Jake Peterson
Wednesday, September 17, 2014, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm
210 South Hall
The event will be recorded and posted here two to five days after the event
Jake Peterson will talk about the Facebook analytics team and how they perform large scale data analysis, identify actionable insights, suggest recommendations, and influence the direction of the business.
The Facebook analytics team serves as the voice of data that drives success throughout the company, including product development, user engagement, growth, revenue, and operations. Learn about their typical day-to-day responsibilities, challenges, and how best to succeed as a data scientist in analytics.
MIMS students Jason Ost and Timothy Meyers will also be on hand to discuss their experiences as Facebook Analytics interns.
Jake Peterson is a data scientist and analytics engineering manager at Facebook and has been working in data science for more than ten years — longer than “data science” has been a term. At Facebook, Jake has led data science for four different Facebook product teams, most recently for the Graph Search product. Prior to Facebook, Jake led analytics functions at several tech startups and spent six years in the direct marketing industry as an analytics consultant at Acxiom. He holds a B.S. in computer science and a B.A. in philosophy from Santa Clara University.
More information: http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/events/20140917facebookdatasc…
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October 3, 2014 - "California Digital Library: Calculating Scholarly Journal Value", Information Access Seminar with Chan Li & Jacqueline Wilson
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