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The Last Repair Shop (2024 Oscar-Nominated Documentary Short)

by Peter Mui

“I think a lot of people see a broken thing and they just think it’s broken. It could be anything… …But when we see a broken thing, we think, Oh, with a little something here and a little something there, we can fix the part that’s broken and make things whole again. It’s difficult work but no matter what, you do whatever it takes because It is one of the best things that humans do.” Bravo! Set aside 40 minutes to watch The Last Repair Shop | 2024 Oscar-Nominated Documentary Short LA Times: https://www.latimes.com/shortdocs/la-short-docs-the-last-repair-shop-123 Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/900225982 Youtube:: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xttrkgKXtZ4 -Peter

1 year, 6 months

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10 Days Left to Apply: Grants for Waste Prevention (fwd)

by Jake

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2024 17:59:46 +0000 From: StopWaste <msoll(a)stopwaste.org> To: jake(a)spaz.org Subject: 10 Days Left to Apply: Grants for Waste Prevention Deadline is March 14! There's still time to apply for a 2024 Waste Prevention Grant (http://www.stopwaste.org/grants) ! Submission deadline is Thursday, March 14. http://www.stopwaste.org ** 10 Days Left: Grant Applications Are Due March 14 ------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.stopwaste.org/grants Don't miss the deadline! Submissions for waste prevention grants (http://www.stopwaste.org/grants) must be received by 5:00PM on Thursday, March 14, to be considered. Find details on the grants page or watch our grants video, see below! Visit Grants Page (https://www.stopwaste.org/grants) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVZJYcCTtTU Got questions or not sure where to start? Watch the Grants Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVZJYcCTtTU) to learn about the six grant categories, types of applicants and projects eligible for funding, frequently asked questions, and more! Watch Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVZJYcCTtTU) ============================================================ StopWaste.org I 1537 Webster Street, Oakland, CA 94612 I (510) 891-6500 ** unsubscribe from future mailings (https://StopWaste.us2.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=7b850d56d27c3c2ea70a34a…)

1 year, 6 months

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Rachel Sadd ED ACE Makerspace passed away

by Peter Mui

Hi Sudoers: Rachel Sadd Executive Director of ACE Makerspace (AKA "Crafty") passed away late last week.-Peter

1 year, 6 months

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[omni-consensus] Proposal for Expansion of Rental Space at Sacred Makers Arts Collective) (fwd)

by Jake

Dear Sudoroom, we are going to be asked to agree to this proposal being made by the Media Lab people downstairs, to expand in the proposed ways and pay more rent. please read about this and prepare for discussion at the next sudoroom meeting -jake ---------- forwarded message from consensus list -------------- Helloooo Omni, Attached, you will find a new proposal outlining our plans for Sacred Makers Arts Collective to expand our rental space into the basement. In recent months, our team has dedicated significant effort to cleaning and organizing the space, clearing away accumulated items to activate the area effectively. Currently, we pay $800 per month for the sewing zone and screen print zone. With our expansion plans, we aim to introduce a looming zone and a jewelry-making zone, utilizing the proposed spots as indicated in the attached layout. Additionally, we seek one lockable room to secure valuable equipment such as computers, considering the current open layout of the media lab. The enclosed office space adjacent to the village love room aligns perfectly with our requirements, offering the ideal setting for our operations. In light of these developments, we propose an increased monthly rental rate of $1200, effective from March. We kindly request your feedback and any necessary support regarding this proposal. Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any concerns or require further clarification. *Below is current rental agreement of $800 a month* [image: SMAC current rental agreement.PNG] *SMAC Proposed Expansion for $1200 a month* [image: SMAC rental proposal .png]

1 year, 6 months

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3D printed solenoids

by Peter Mui

* Just sharing as an FYI: MIT engineers 3D print the electromagnets at the heart of many electronics https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-engineers-3d-print-electromagnets-solenoids-0… <https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-engineers-3d-print-electromagnets-solenoids-0…> -Peter *

1 year, 6 months

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Is this 3D printing list accurate? What is the printer on the mezzanine?

by Romy Ilano

https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Printing#Working Is this 3D printing list on the wiki accurate? I think afaik there is only one working 3D printer at SudoRoom, and it's on the mezzanine right? ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

1 year, 6 months

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ceiling fan/light

by Hilary Naylor

Hi all, I wonder if SudoRoom or Omni would like this ceiling fan w/light: [image: 784036678.jpeg] I bought it on a daily deal a few months ago, hoping to cool my living room this summer. But unfortunately, my handperson says there is not enough support for it in my ceiling. So I would like to donate it somewhere worthwhile and of course, I thought of you guys. I can drop it off in the next few days if it can be useful. cheers Hilary --- Hilary Naylor, Ph.D. www.a2zed.us Oakland CA

1 year, 6 months

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async videos for "today I learned" or "what I learned at SudoRoom"

by Romy Ilano

Hey guys I am not really having time to sit through presentations. I thought we could film youtube videos (or hosted on any other server) that show what we did or got done this week at SudoRoom. This could be shared on Social media (with permission) and I guess the biggest ask is that you show: what did I do and learn that was made possible by SudoRoom? The videos can be played at will if there is an online meeting, but there's no need to sit through hours of presentations (there are already too many of those already right?) at some point I'd like to schedule a "this month I learned" or "today I learned" it can be async. 11:20 <https://wnbcodingnight.slack.com/archives/C03G8CS79D5/p1709234415843999> now that I think of it i might do this for the next session - i would even think it'd be nice to record it and then put it up on the serve rin case anyone is interested! ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

1 year, 6 months

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Tidy bench!

by Kent Leech

Got to Sudo a bit early yesterday for hack night and noticed one of the benches was super tidy! To whoever that cleaned it up- THANK YOU! It inspired me to do a little tidy the bench opposite with the microscopes. Again to whomever tidy-ed up, Thank you! Sudo is a happier place when it¹s cleaner. -Kent ----- Kent Leech Illustration http://www.kentleech.com kent(a)kentleech.com +1 (510) 504-0634 --

1 year, 6 months

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Meeting tonight

by Alexander Papazoglou

Hello, We'll have another meeting tonight. The topics I need input on as delegate are: 1. The proposed bylaw changes 2. Deb Gives membership 3. Any updates on our financial situation We'll be meeting at 7pm, in sudoroom. There is also a video link at: https://meet.waag.org/turtlesturtlesturtles Alex

1 year, 6 months

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Help Submitting Grant Application?

by Peter Mui

Hi Sudoers: See these Brabson Family Foundation Grants: https://www.brabsonfoundation.org/eligibility This grant is due March 1: (click on the proposal submission form below for details.) Can you help submit a proposal for one initiative by March 1 (Friday?) There are several initiatives at sudoroom that seem worthy e.g. - Women and non-binary coding night - Repair on Tuesday nights - Chromebook rescue - Raspberry Pi Meetups monthly on Sundays - (others...) I'll help with text for the repair and chromebook rescue initiatives but I need others to shepherd and submit the proposal. It can be more than one person -- the more the merrier! Cheers, -Peter -------- Original Message -------- SUBJECT: Brabson Library and Educational Foundation - Confirmation of Eligibility Submission DATE: 2024-02-27 19:56 FROM: "gatekeeper(a)brabsonfamilyfoundation.org" <notifications(a)cognitoforms.com> TO: petermui(a)sonic.net REPLY-TO: gatekeeper(a)brabsonfamilyfoundation.org Thank you for your interest in a Brabson Foundation grant! The Brabson Foundation focuses on innovative/novel proposals with an educational, scientific, or creative focus and it seems like your project fits these qualifications. Before you proceed, have the following documents in digital form ready as they are required to be uploaded with each proposal submission. 1. Current W-9 tax form. Click here for blank W-9 [1] 2. IRS Non-profit Determination Letter 3. Budget Note: The proposal cycle closes on 01-MAR of each year and reopens on approximately 01-SEP. Proposals must be submitted during an active cycle to be considered. If in an active cycle, please proceed to the proposal submission form [2]. Once you begin an application you will have 14 days to complete it. If your 14-day window has elapsed you will need to resubmit your eligibility form to get a new proposal application link. If your proposal is accepted for review, you will receive an email notification from the Board. If you don't hear from the Board after submitting your proposal, please feel free to use this link to contact us [3]. Links: ------ [1] https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw9.pdf [2] https://www.cognitoforms.com/BrabsonLibraryAndEducationalFoundation/_2024Br… [3] https://www.cognitoforms.com/BrabsonLibraryAndEducationalFoundation/Questio…

1 year, 6 months

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OnionShare translations needed before March 2nd

by danarauz

Hello Folks, it just came to my attention that the OnionShare app needs some translations, interested? OnionShare: Translations needed before March 2nd *"We need help with the following languages: Aymara, Kurdish (Central), Tagalog, Danish, Basque, Georgian, Esperanto, Bengali, Norwegian Bokmål, Filipino, Tibetan, Irish, Slovak, Dutch, Portuguese (Portugal), Slovenian, Swahili, Italian, Russian, Afrikaans, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Traditional), Finnish, French, Greek, Icelandic, Swedish, Vietnamese"* https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/onionshare/#languages Thanks! Daniel

1 year, 6 months

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[sudo-info] Re: Join Our Research Project: Recruiting Facilitators for Embodied Virtual Reality Learning Experience (fwd)

by Jake

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2024 14:37:10 -0800 From: Jose Oyola Cortes <joyola(a)ucdavis.edu> To: info(a)sudoroom.org Cc: Lee Martin <leemartin(a)ucdavis.edu> Subject: [sudo-info] Re: Join Our Research Project: Recruiting Facilitators for Embodied Virtual Reality Learning Experience Greetings and I hope all is well, I wanted to follow up on the email I sent regarding our research project aimed at developing embodied pedagogical agents for virtual reality learning experiences. We are still in the process of assembling our team of expert facilitators, and I believe your organization's expertise and experience would be invaluable to our project. As a reminder, our goal is to create an immersive learning experience for students from underrepresented communities and low socioeconomic backgrounds. The role as a facilitator in our would involve guiding learners through simulated electronic assembly tasks within our embodied virtual reality platform. This opportunity not only allows the contribution of cutting-edge research but also provides a chance to make a meaningful impact on the future of education. If your organization is still interested in being part of our project, please let me know your availability for a brief introductory call. I would be happy to provide more details about the project and answer any questions you may have. Thank you for considering this opportunity to join our team. We truly value your expertise and hope to hear from you soon. Warm regards, José E. Oyola Cortés PhD Student & Graduate Student Researcher School of Education University of California, Davis joyola(a)ucdavis.edu Dr. Lee Martin Professor School of Education University of California, Davis leemartin(a)ucdavis.edu On Tue, Feb 20, 2024 at 3:09 PM Jose Oyola Cortes <joyola(a)ucdavis.edu> wrote: > Greetings, > > I hope this email finds you well. I am reaching out to you because of your > organization's expertise and experience in facilitating hands-on making and > tinkering experiences and your commitment to supporting underrepresented > and marginalized communities. > > We are embarking on an exciting research project aimed at developing > embodied pedagogical agents capable of facilitating maker tasks in > three-dimensional virtual reality making spaces. Our goal is to create an > immersive learning experience for students who may not have access to > traditional educational resources. > > To achieve this goal, we are assembling a team of expert facilitators and > youth participants to interact together in an embodied virtual reality (VR) > platform that our team is building. This platform, equipped with VR > headsets and motion capture technology, will record verbal and motion data > of facilitators and young people as they work simulated electronic assembly > tasks. We will recruit our youth participants (13- and 14-year-olds) from > historically under-represented and marginalized racial, ethnic, and > socio-economic groups in the greater Sacramento area. > > Facilitator participation will involve 1 or 2 in-person visits to UC > Davis, where you will don a motion capture suit and VR goggles, and then > lead about five one-on-one sessions with a 13- or 14-year-old learner. Each > session will last 15-20 minutes, and you would complete about five sessions > in one visit day. We would also ask you to be available for one additional > interview (via zoom) to collect feedback on your experience and our > developing framework. Your expertise will be invaluable in helping us > collect a rich and diverse dataset that will drive our research forward. > > The data we collect will be used to (a) understand how experienced > facilitators guide learners through making experiences, which will aid us > and others to better educators to facilitate maker experiences, and (b) > help build a prototype virtual facilitator which will be controlled in > "Wizard of Oz" fashion by a human facilitator “behind the curtain.” > > By participating in our project, you will have the opportunity to > contribute to cutting-edge research -- your insights and expertise will be > instrumental in shaping the future of this exciting set of technologies and > pedagogies. > > We are looking for participants for dates between March 11 and April 30 of > this year. If you or anybody in your organization is interested in being > part of this research project, please reply to this email with your > availability for a brief introductory call. We would love to discuss the > project in more detail and answer any questions you may have. > > Thank you for considering this opportunity to join our team. We look > forward to potentially working together to advance the field of virtual > reality-based education. > > Warm regards, > > José E. Oyola Cortés > > PhD Student & Graduate Student Researcher > > School of Education > > University of California, Davis > > joyola(a)ucdavis.edu > > Dr. Lee Martin > > Professor > > School of Education > > University of California, Davis > > leemartin(a)ucdavis.edu >

1 year, 6 months

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Auriea Harvey is a cool artist I've followed since the 1990's

by Romy Ilano

https://whitney.org/exhibitions/site1 She is having a cool retrospective at the Whitney museum https://www.frieze.com/article/auriea-harvey-my-veins-are-the-wires-review-… I dunno I just wanted to throw some cool art into the mix! https://www.frieze.com/article/auriea-harvey-my-veins-are-the-wires-review-… ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

1 year, 6 months

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Cool light projection mix with augmented reality hardware project

by Romy Ilano

I don't usually put up links or tweets of cool things, but this is just exceptional! This is a hardware project integrating light projection, a special game arcade control and some game programming \(^_^)/ https://x.com/udasan_koubou/status/1760888034315419839?s=20 Very cool isn't it? I am thinking a lot this week of what my north star is at SudoRoom, and I think this is one of my north stars! ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

1 year, 6 months

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Omni delegates meeting and bylaw changes

by Alexander Papazoglou

Sending this again because I sent it with no subject the first time. I also made changes to the git repository with the bylaws so that the mediawiki markup gets rendered properly. ------ Hello, The Omni delegates are currently discussing changes to governance. Specifically, they are discussing changes to the bylaws, and putting together a description of an Executive Director/representative-type role. The current proposed changes to the Omni bylaws can be found here: https://github.com/sudoroom/omni-bylaws It's in the markup language used by the Wiki. We will be finalizing and consensing on these on Thursday, so please chime in if you have questions or concerns. We also have a very preliminary list of duties and powers that an ED would need to have, and we can discuss those further at our meeting on Wednesday. If someone would like to get involved in this further, please let me know. Finally we will also be consensing on Deb Gives membership. I have only heard positive things so far. Let's discuss further at the meeting. Alex (sudoroom delegate)

1 year, 6 months

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(no subject)

by Alexander Papazoglou

Hello, The Omni delegates are currently discussing changes to governance. Specifically, they are discussing changes to the bylaws, and putting together a description of an Executive Director/representative-type role. The current proposed changes to the Omni bylaws can be found here: https://github.com/sudoroom/omni-bylaws/commit/00f5cbeb3961f7d2880913993eab… It's in the markup language used by the Wiki. We will be finalizing and consensing on these on Thursday, so please chime in if you have questions or concerns. We also have a very preliminary list of duties and powers that an ED would need to have, and we can discuss those further at our meeting on Wednesday. If someone would like to get involved in this further, please let me know. Finally we will also be consensing on Deb Gives membership. I have only heard positive things so far. Let's discuss further at the meeting. Alex (sudoroom delegate)

1 year, 6 months

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Should we do a "I did this" at sudoroom 5 minutes share a round?

by Romy Mimi Ilano

I can't get to SudoRoom this Tuesday, but I can go this Monday. I miss seeing everyone! Wondering if we should have a once a month or once every few weeks "Today I Learned" or "I did this at SudoRoom" Perhaps we could do it at a potluck or something? I'm focused all in on the light projection / augmented reality stuff that I was into last year. Don't have much time for anything else! Over the years I've gotten much more satisfaction starting, completing and learning from little completed mini projects at SudoRoom. I will try to post more social media but that just isn't my thing. I'm a creator! *Romy Mimi Ilano* *romy.ilano(a)gmail.com <romy.ilano(a)gmail.com>*

1 year, 6 months

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checking... if I got scammed or not

by danarauz

Hello, I am not sure if I had been scammed or not. A while back when I asked in this list for suggestions about domain companies I received a direct email from someone who said it was Charley Sheets. At the time, even though I was a bit hesitant that I couldn't verify via phone, I went ahead and did business with this person. Transferring some domains and sending some payments. At the time, I thought I would be helping him to build his portfolio to become a domain seller. But, now that I need to make a DNS record (that has to be through him, that was the inconvenience that I accepted) I emailed several emails and I am being ignored. Even though it is embarrassing for me to write this here in the list, Chaley please confirm through the list if that is you the one that holds the email address: *rcsheets(a)picote.ch <rcsheets(a)picote.ch>* or not. Thank you, and I apologize if that address is in fact yours and it makes you feel uncomfortable, but it's been two weeks and I am still being ignored. Did I get scammed? Daniel

1 year, 6 months

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Omni Love-A-Fair tomorrow!

by Jake

Don't forget about the Omni Open House tomorrow! Come to Sudoroom and hang out all day, to greet the new people who will come through and ask what we're about! We'll be playing with the synth the whole time I hope -jake

1 year, 6 months

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Weekly meeting

by Alexander Papazoglou

Hello, There will be a sudoroom meeting tonight. The meetings are currently happening on a weekly basis because of the ongoing Omni crisis. Topics we can discuss: * There are discussions ongoing with CAST (https://cast-sf.org/), and I can summarize the communications we've had with them. * Omni recently admitted a new group as tenant (Deb Gives) who wants to become a member. * There are potential funding opportunities that we could apply for. Call for sudo volunteers. Alex (current delegate)

1 year, 7 months

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Museum design / light projection design at our beloved Sudoroom

by Romy Ilano

As you all know I've been super interested in light projection. I'm in the works with folks to put a permanent light projector on the mezzanine so we can have continual video projected of art, videos and event games that people play during hardware hack night. This is a form of augmented reality and I'm super interested in Museum design - https://exhibits.si.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Guide-to-Exhibit-Develop… *Museum design* seems like the perfect format for SudoRoom. We have so many interesting books, electronics, and vintage computers everywhere... I can't recall a time when we set something up like a proper museum exhibit, so that people who weren't part of the inner circle would have a clue about what cool electronics history or experiment was before them! https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2019/03/01/how-museums-are-stepping-up-exhi… I'd like to expand this eventually into both physical museum design (placarsd, tables) but also virtual reality stuff. I'm pretty swamped right now with work and personal projects but FYI this will be my north star for the months to come. ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

1 year, 7 months

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Join Our Research Project: Recruiting Facilitators for Embodied Virtual Reality Learning Experience

by Jake

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2024 15:09:10 -0800 From: Jose Oyola Cortes <joyola(a)ucdavis.edu> To: info(a)sudoroom.org Cc: Lee Martin <leemartin(a)ucdavis.edu> Subject: [sudo-info] Join Our Research Project: Recruiting Facilitators for Embodied Virtual Reality Learning Experience Greetings, I hope this email finds you well. I am reaching out to you because of your organization's expertise and experience in facilitating hands-on making and tinkering experiences and your commitment to supporting underrepresented and marginalized communities. We are embarking on an exciting research project aimed at developing embodied pedagogical agents capable of facilitating maker tasks in three-dimensional virtual reality making spaces. Our goal is to create an immersive learning experience for students who may not have access to traditional educational resources. To achieve this goal, we are assembling a team of expert facilitators and youth participants to interact together in an embodied virtual reality (VR) platform that our team is building. This platform, equipped with VR headsets and motion capture technology, will record verbal and motion data of facilitators and young people as they work simulated electronic assembly tasks. We will recruit our youth participants (13- and 14-year-olds) from historically under-represented and marginalized racial, ethnic, and socio-economic groups in the greater Sacramento area. Facilitator participation will involve 1 or 2 in-person visits to UC Davis, where you will don a motion capture suit and VR goggles, and then lead about five one-on-one sessions with a 13- or 14-year-old learner. Each session will last 15-20 minutes, and you would complete about five sessions in one visit day. We would also ask you to be available for one additional interview (via zoom) to collect feedback on your experience and our developing framework. Your expertise will be invaluable in helping us collect a rich and diverse dataset that will drive our research forward. The data we collect will be used to (a) understand how experienced facilitators guide learners through making experiences, which will aid us and others to better educators to facilitate maker experiences, and (b) help build a prototype virtual facilitator which will be controlled in "Wizard of Oz" fashion by a human facilitator “behind the curtain.” By participating in our project, you will have the opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge research -- your insights and expertise will be instrumental in shaping the future of this exciting set of technologies and pedagogies. We are looking for participants for dates between March 11 and April 30 of this year. If you or anybody in your organization is interested in being part of this research project, please reply to this email with your availability for a brief introductory call. We would love to discuss the project in more detail and answer any questions you may have. Thank you for considering this opportunity to join our team. We look forward to potentially working together to advance the field of virtual reality-based education. Warm regards, José E. Oyola Cortés PhD Student & Graduate Student Researcher School of Education University of California, Davis joyola(a)ucdavis.edu Dr. Lee Martin Professor School of Education University of California, Davis leemartin(a)ucdavis.edu

1 year, 7 months

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Proposal: A better Omni Commons front door bell / buzzer

by Peter Mui

Proposal: At this Tuesday's Hardware and SoftWEAR Hack Night: can we put some energy into improving the front door bell / buzzer / video system so we can make Omni Commons more welcoming? A first step: move the existing bell further back in the lobby so it can sound louder in Sudoroom and in the media lab? -Peter

1 year, 7 months

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Pi.BerkeleyLUG: Meeting tomorrow at Sudoroom (18.02.2024)

by Peter Mui

Hi Sudoers: Sudoer Thomas Lopes hosts the Berkeley Linux Users Group Raspberry Pi interest group (Pi.BerkeleyLUG) this Sunday (tomorrow) at Sudoroom: === At SudoRoom from 11am till about 2pm this Sunday. Call or txt me for building access if you need. 510. 984. 2455. I've got a new high resolution camera module that old like to try. 54MP. (Can't find 4k at decent price) And a pcie multiplier which I'd like to try on the Pi 5 to see if I can get fast Ethernet and storage at the same time. Other project will be fixing a Lenovo laptop. This has the WiFi removed and if you plug in a non Lenovo card it will refuse to boot. There is a WiFi whitelist in the BIOS. So I would dump the BIOS and parse it out with UEFI tools in Linux and apply a patch then write it back. === Come out tomorrow and support Thomas! Cheers, -Peter

1 year, 7 months

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