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by Chris Bee

Did anyone take a pair of VAIO laptops out of the radio room in the past few days? One I don't really care about but one was a repair and definitely NOT up for grabs....or, failing that, did anyone see anybody taking a pair of laptops out of the radio room? I'd like to get this sorted out ASAP...any help would be appreciated. -chrisbee

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Tonight talk by Metamixes: Bacterial Metabolic Engineering

by Ryan Bethencourt

Hi All, We've got a free event on tonight and Cameron from Metamixes will be speaking about Bacterial Metabolic Engineering, all are welcome :) Details are at the meetup below: http://www.meetup.com/Berkeley-Biolabs/events/179354622/ Looking forward to seeing some of you tonight! All the best, Ryan -- Ryan Bethencourt Tel: (415) 825 2705 Conf Call: (650) 741 5013 ryan.bethencourt(a)gmail.com http://www.litmususa.com/ http://berkeleybiolabs.com/ www.bamh1.com www.linkedin.com/in/bethencourt www.logos-press.com/books/biotechnology_business_development.php

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New Sudo Room Calendaring System

by Matthew Senate

Hey all, New calendar! https://sudoroom.org/calendar/ Please see this documentation on the new calendar system: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Calendar Especially helpful is the even-request submission form: https://sudoroom.org/event-request/ To subscribe to our calendar, use the iCal feed: - Find ical here: https://sudoroom.org/?ical=1 - For Google Calendar, on the left-hand side, select the drop-down menu next to "Other calenders" and select "Add by URL": - Use this url: *webcal://sudoroom.org/?ical=1 <http://sudoroom.org/?ical=1>* Contact me if you want to learn more about using the "booking" feature to allow potential attendees to register for your sudo room event. Cheers, Matt

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100's of PCB Spaceships over your head

by X

FYI there's a bunch of mini flying circuit boards floating in a mother ship circling teh Earth at this very moment about to be released as a swarm of bots beaming mind control signals, err I mean CDMA packets, at 437.240 Mhz. Sooooooooo, who's got an SDR dongle and wants to do some serious deep packet inspection from space!? X Chief Space Cadet L00nie-crew intergalactic -- ThanX, ;+) nburl.net/fort <https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Fort>

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New Calendar deployed

by Matthew Senate

https://sudoroom.org/calendar You can search events: https://sudoroom.org/events Folks can request additions to the calendar with OR without a user account: https://sudoroom.org/event-request/ Next feature to be implemented and honed: event booking. Please let me know if you have any questions, concerns, issues, ideas, or would like to collaborate moving forward // Matt

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Re: [sudo-discuss] Makerfaire and Call for Help from Twin Cities

by Madelynn Martiniere

Hey, Bay Area Makers! We're all getting geared up for Makerfaire, hope to see many of you there! Got this email from a fellow maker hailing from Twin City Makers looking for a place to crash in the bay area for the 'Faire, and extending the same offer to anyone visiting Minneapolis. Help a hacker out and spread the word? ******* Madelynn, Greetings! My name is Becca Steffen, and I am a board member and the President of Twin Cities Maker @ The Hack Factory, a maker/hacker space out of Minneapolis, MN. I'm reaching out to you to ask a favor and get some information. I am planning to be at the Bay Area Maker Faire (for something related to the Ultimate Maker Vehicle Challenge.. though I cannot give many details) with one of my fellow board members, and we are trying to figure out a place to stay. We fly in the night of Friday, May 16th and fly back to Minneapolis early in the morning on Monday, May 19th. So, the favor that I'm asking is that if you could spread the word among your membership and see if anyone has a place or knows of a place that two makers from Minneapolis could crash for a few nights, especially if it is close to San Mateo (since we won't have a car). Likewise, I'm extending the offer to Noisebridge folks that should they ever find themselves in the Minneapolis area, that they should feel welcome to utilize our space and we'll find them a place to stay. Any assistance you could give us is greatly appreciated. Also, if you'd like to meet up with us for lunch/coffee/cocktail at some point during the weekend, I'd love to make a connection with you and your space! Thanks, Becca Steffen President TC Maker -- Madelynn Martiniere Community Engineer. Entrepreneur. Geek. LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/madelynnmartiniere> | Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/creativetaboo>| Email <mailto:madelynn@women2.com>

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Partido X

by refugia

The interview is fun. There's a new party in spain with a participatory framework. Their sounds different than liquid democracy. http://www.shareable.net/blog/the-anti-party-spains-x-party-picks-up-steam

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Bay Area Digital Fabrication Club

by Vicky Knox

Y'all know about this? I just saw it on /r/Oakland. ;] http://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-Digital-Fabrication-Club/

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OMNI Hackathon today - tomorrow (Sat/Sun)

by Matthew Senate

See the Agenda here: http://wiki.omni-oakland.org/w/Event:2014/05/03_Omni_Hackathon I'm bringing Sudo Mate, bananas, and apples for breakfast. I plan to brew coffee in the percolator at 2141 broadway. I'm also bringing two pastas, beet greens, and roasted beets for the pot luck lunch. Can anyone bring some carbonated water for the sudo mate? Extra sticky pads and markers (dry-erase AND permanent) would be invaluable! // Matt p.s. here's a static copy of the agenda as of the time I sent this email: Saturday - *10am*: Begin, light breakfast and coffee, start to add topics/projects to wall. - *11am*: Commencement Ceremony, Announcements, Agenda-setting - *12:30pm*: Pot-luck Lunch - *1pm - 5pm*: Break-out Sessions - Sessions should last around 30 min - 1 hour, have a note-taker (posting to wiki), and one person to plan to report back at the end of the day. - *5:30pm - 6:30pm*: Report-Back Sunday - *10am*: Begin again, light breakfast and coffee, start to revisit topics/projects on wall, notes on wiki, etc. - *11am - 12:30pm*: Break-out Sessions - *12:30pm*: Pot-luck Lunch - *1pm - 4pm*: Break-out Sessions - 3pm: Hacker Spa Mtg @ Arbor Cafe - *4:30pm - 5:30pm*: Report-Back

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Hackathon Agenda

by niki

Here's a breakdown of the discussions we will be having today. SESSIONS - money & outreach track - 1:30. Public Relations / Outreach / Interfacing with the Community & Gov - David - 2:30. Finances / Business Model / Income - Patrik +1 - 3:30. Fund-Raising Workshop - Danny +1 - - values track - 1:30. Safe space / Dominant Culture - Sarah - 2:30. Values - Jordan - 3:30. Bylaws - Ahnon - - logistics & governance track - 1:30. Membership / Access / Public- Andrew +1 - 2:30. Internal communications / working groups / process - Matt - 3:30. Using the common space / events - CONCLUSION - 4:30 - 5:15 -- ad-hoc session 4 - 5:45 - 6:30 -- report back

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NYC to convert phone booths into free WiFi and info kiosks

by Vicky Knox

The details are in the writing... http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/5/2/new-york-city-callsforcitywi…

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omni.

by David Keenan

Hello everyone, If you are interested about what's up with Omni, I suggest you come to the hackathon tomorrow, as Matt said: http://wiki.omni-oakland.org/w/Event:2014/05/03_Omni_Hackathon INFOS WILL BE LIBERATED PROMPTLY AT 11AM ON THE DOT. "Doors" open at 10am with breakfast and coffee. Contact Matt Senate if you wanna help setup. Highly suggest Bring coffee (coffee grounds are best, one of the big containers), donuts, bagels, etc. We got our work cut out for us.. Suggest those with inquiring minds attend. Please? Because we need you. Now. So much love! David

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Re: [sudo-discuss] Any news about the Omni?

by Somebody

Be there before and or after the Rally+March at the Lake. Thanks! Yar <yardenack(a)gmail.com> wrote: >On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 4:09 PM, Somebody <somebody(a)riseup.net> wrote: >> Just "curioso". > >A lot of conversations are still happening. We're going to have even >more conversations at tomorrow's hackathon. Look forward to seeing you >there. :) >_______________________________________________ >sudo-discuss mailing list >sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss

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Re: [sudo-discuss] Any news about the Omni?

by Yar

On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 4:09 PM, Somebody <somebody(a)riseup.net> wrote: > Just "curioso". A lot of conversations are still happening. We're going to have even more conversations at tomorrow's hackathon. Look forward to seeing you there. :)

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Any news about the Omni?

by Somebody

Just "curioso". Hol Gaskill <hol(a)gaskill.com> wrote: >i have to disagree on that assessment - if it's under closed loop control, it should be shut off once it reaches a certain temperature well below failure temp. if the thermistor reading is lagged significantly behind the temperature of the heating element then it will ramp up past the high temp each cycle for a period of time even with the thermistor functioning perfectly. not sure on conductivity of jb weld but i'd bet a 6 that pack thermal grease (either 'arctic cool' type or lithium grease) will solve the problem. > >on May 01, 2014, Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote: >>once the resistor gets hotter than it should, it probably burns away >whatever paste is conducting its heat to the block, and runs away, so of >course there is no thermal glue there now..>>I believe putting a cyindrical resistor in a cylindrical hole in an >aluminum block is a recipe for disaster, unless you have magic thermal >glue that is also pliable, since everything is expanding and contracting >with every thermal cycle.>>I don't have any reason to believe there's anything wrong with the >thermistor, which is the temperature sensor.>>i'll probably be there on saturday. Do you know if JB weld is a good >choice for gluing the resistor in place?>>-jake>>On Thu, 1 May 2014, Hol Gaskill wrote:>>> just popped by the space and noticed the air gap - should probably use >> some kind of high temp thermal grease. my bet is that the heater was >> getting significantly above max temp but that heat wasn't getting >> conducted into the block and into the thermistor. i'll check mine and >> bri > ng in on saturday for omni hackathon with a side of 3ding - will you >> be around? would also like to learn how to work with thermistors.>>>> cheers>>>> on May 01, 2014, Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote:>>> if the TAZ we has now has the 2.0 schnozzle then it might use the 4.7 ohm >resistor>as seen here:>http://www.lulzbot.com/products/heat-resistor-47-ohm>>of course the printer will work with a different resistor as long as it >provides>enough heat to print. Worst case we have to insert M220 S50 to >slow it down to half>speed printing until we get a better resistor...>>what value resistors do you have?>any special glue?>>On Thu, 1 May 2014, Hol Gaskill wrote:>>> this is what i pull>up for the part - 6.8 ohm:>> http://www.lulzbot.com/products/heat-resistor-68-ohm>>>> sounds like the most common reason for these failing is over temp from miscalibrated>thermistor>- i did find those 3 i got for the type a machine and if it's the same>part i'll>bring them in.>>>> on May 01, 2014, Jake <jake@sp > az.org> wrote:>>> so i spent all evening (and some of last night) to finally spool up the>>gigantic>pile of black filament for the TAZ 3D printer.>>i finally got it hung from>the wall>with a!> dust cover over it and ready to >feed smoothly into the printer, and then>i discovered>that the heating >element in its extruder head is dead.>>oh well.>>so,>we need a>new resistor to go in there. I don't know what the original >spec is, but>since the>whole thing runs on 24VDC and assuming 24 watts of >heat, that would be>a 24 ohm>resistor or so.>>Is someone other than me interested in contacting Lulzbot>and asking>>whether they want to send us a new resistor, or if they can tell us what>>part number>of resistor we should get as a replacement?>>-jake>>P.S. yes i tested>the resistor>and it's dead, infinite ohms, it's burned >out. When we get a replacement>we can>glue it in there better than they >apparently did. If the glue goes bad it>dies.>>>>>> >_______________________________________________ >sudo-discuss mailing list >sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss

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# WEAPONIZED ARCHITECTURE /// Gentrifying Fortresses: A Case Study | The Funambulist

by Romy Snowyla

http://thefunambulist.net/2014/05/01/weaponized-architecture-gentrifying-fo… Sent from my iPhone

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lulzbot TAZ 3d printer is dead

by Jake

so i spent all evening (and some of last night) to finally spool up the gigantic pile of black filament for the TAZ 3D printer. i finally got it hung from the wall with a dust cover over it and ready to feed smoothly into the printer, and then i discovered that the heating element in its extruder head is dead. oh well. so, we need a new resistor to go in there. I don't know what the original spec is, but since the whole thing runs on 24VDC and assuming 24 watts of heat, that would be a 24 ohm resistor or so. Is someone other than me interested in contacting Lulzbot and asking whether they want to send us a new resistor, or if they can tell us what part number of resistor we should get as a replacement? -jake P.S. yes i tested the resistor and it's dead, infinite ohms, it's burned out. When we get a replacement we can glue it in there better than they apparently did. If the glue goes bad it dies.

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Deleted extra users for sudo room calendar / blog

by Matthew Senate

If you want to check to see if your user account was deleted, please try to log in here: https://sudoroom.org/wp-login If you forgot your password, use this: https://sudoroom.org/wp-login.php?action=lostpassword To register for the first time to post on the events calendar and sudo room blog (NOT THE WIKI), then register here: https://sudoroom.org/wp-login.php?action=register Let me know if any data is missing, I have a backup to restore if necessary. // Matt

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Re: [sudo-discuss] Important Sudo meeting tonight

by Yar

On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Marina Kukso <marina.kukso(a)gmail.com> wrote: > would someone be willing to catch the list up on what the current situation > is with the omni and what needs to be discussed and/or decided tonight? Sorry for the late reply! There has been a growing consensus that Omni things should move faster than originally planned. At this meeting, we ratified and affirmed the consensus that has been called for repeatedly over the past few weeks: * We affirmed our commitment to the Omni project * In particular, we committed to paying our first/last/deposit to the Omni project * Finally, we decided that should happen sooner than May 15 (the date suggested last week) We did this all with a keen mindfulness towards the process. It was a difficult discussion, but we took into account the text of our articles, all previous conversations in the community, and our human understanding of the situation. We concluded that not only was last night's meeting empowered to make this decision, but it was pressing. The votes were unanimous, with quorums of 12-15 voting members (some people left partway through). Please note this doesn't commit us to particular details or arrangements, only our confidence that those will be worked out. There is still a lot more to decide, particularly with Counter Culture Labs at our unconference/hackathon/thingamabob this weekend, which everyone interested should attend. :)

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Hammond Theater Organ?

by Steve Berl

Now that sudoroom is moving to a bigger space, would there be any interest in https://groups.freecycle.org/group/oaklandfreecycle/posts/39254461/Hammond%… If not, perhaps one of the other new residents of the Omni? Thought about it for myself, but don't think I can fit it down the stairs of my house to the music room. It's at Alameda High School, and they'd like to get it out of there soon, but there doesn't appear to be any real deadline. It's a Hammond Concorde, but not sure of the specific model number. Probably needs a bit of restoration (replace some capacitors and fix some broken keys) to make it deluxe, but it could be a really cool addition. If you are interested, please contact serenadietrich(a)comcast.net and jrandell(a)alameda.k12.ca.us. The email address in the freecycle ad is wrong. -- -steve

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Fwd: 5/2014 Statement, 2141 Broadway

by Matthew Senate

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Laurie Cooperman Rosen <Lscoop(a)comcast.net> Date: Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 10:08 PM Subject: 5/2014 Statement, 2141 Broadway To: mattsenate(a)gmail.com Cc: Maximilian Klein <isalix(a)gmail.com> Hi Matt & Maximilian- Attached please find the 5/2014 Statement. Thank you! Laurie

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Additions to the articles of association

by Marc Juul

The following additions to the sudo room articles of association are proposed. They are hereby announced an the mailing list and we will make a decision on whether to adopt these additions at the sudo room meeting on wednesday may 7th. == Section 2.1b Process for becoming a member == * To become a member, a person must submit a brief written or spoken Declaration of Intent to Join where they answer the following questions: ** Why do you want to be a member of sudo room? ** What are you excited about hacking at sudo room? ** What are you excited about sharing with sudo room? * It is only possible to become a member at the weekly sudo room meeting. Prospective new members should attend if possible but can submit a written declaration if they are not able to attend. * At the sudo room weekly meeting, all prospective members must leave the room while the existing members have a chance to bring up any concerns or reasons why the prospective member should not be allowed membership (This shall be referred to as the Initial Pondering). ** The intent is for it to be very easy for new members to join, so only very serious concerns should be brought up. ** If any existing member objects to a prospective new member becoming a member, and this cannot be resolved through discussion, then the prospective member will not be allowed membership. ** Unreasonable or frequent blocking of new members by an existing member is grounds for immediate termination of membership based on a 2/3 vote. * After the Initial Pondering, if there are no objections, the member becomes a partial member, which means that they have all rights that membership confers, except the following: ** The right to participate in decisionmaking at the sudo room weekly meeting. ** The right to throw non-members or sleepers out of sudo room. * Partial members must be introduced to sudo room's values and be given a tour of the space after or during the sudo room weekly meeting where they became partial members, of if they are not present, at their earliest convenience. * New partial members must be communicated to the sudo rooom mailing list within 24 hours, including their Decleration of Intent to Join. * After becoming a partial member, there will be one week for sudo room members to raise objections as to why the partial member should not be allowed to join (This shall be referred to as the Extended Pondering). If objections occur and cannot be resolved through discussion, then the partial member will loose their partial membership and they will be refunded any paid memberships fees or dues. * If after the Extended Pondering there are no unresolved objections, the partial member automatically becomes a full member. No announcement of this change of status is necessary. = Article 5. Empowerment of members = == Section 5.1 Non-member access == * To empower members to deal with problematic non-members: ** Any member may deny non-members access to sudo room assets (and require the non-member in question to vacate the physical space) at any time, with no reason given, unless some other member currently present in the space is willing to vouch for the non-member in question as a guest. ** Before denying a non-member access (and requiring the non-member in question to vacate the physical space), the member must ask both the non-member and the members present in the space if any member is vouching for the non-member as a guest. ** For a non-member, being denied access (and required to vacate the physical space) is not a ban, and the non-member in question may return after 12 hours. == Section 5.2 Domestic Use == The bay area is in the throes of a housing crisis. Despite the abundance of resources (space, buildings, etc), the distribution of those resources is unfair. For many it can be costly and difficult to fulfill the basic human need of shelter. However, sudo room, as a creative community and hacker space, must maintain a division between habitation and usage of the space. As such the following are resolved: * Sudo room is not intended to be used for habitation or domestic purposes. * No-one is allowed to sleep in sudo room at any time. * Any member can require that anyone sleeping in sudo room must leave immediately. * Repeated sleeping at sudo room is grounds for being temporarily or permanently denied access to sudo room's assets, including its physical space.

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Website Upgrades

by Matthew Senate

Hey all, I'm working on a series of upgrades for the website. Testing out a new wordpress theme and event management / calendaring plugin on our development site. Please take a look: http://dev.sudoroom.org/ I plan to have www.sudoroom.org direct users to a landing page on this site, with clear donation and calendar information, rather than directing them to the wiki (as it does now). I'll also need a few people to help migrate content, is anyone interested? No coding skills required, just copying old event information into the new event form so we can preserve the historical data. // Matt

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Fwd: Price calculations

by Patrik D'haeseleer

I had sent this out to the Omni Logistics group earlier. If anyone would like me to go over any of this at the meeting this evening, let me know... Patrik ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 5:44 AM Subject: Price calculations To: omnilogistics(a)lists.riseup.net Hi all, I've fleshed out my rate calculations for $/sqft of dedicated space, and for use of the shared space. Details are in my spreadsheet and on the wiki: http://wiki.omni-oakland.org/w/Building#Price.2FSq_Ft https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17DINigEczGwjfTdmdxl-MpYe1KJzJJDeCHR… There's a lot of details, but in the end it boils down to (1) you pay a fixed rate for any dedicated space you'd like to claim (including storage space etc.), and (2) you pay some "share" towards use of the resources of the shared space. I know, this is a big departure from the "offer what you can afford, and ask for whatever space you'd like" approach we've been taking so far. But I do feel we need something like this, to make our pricing scheme fair and transparent. Two big discrepancies, when comparing with how much rent different groups have pledged: - The Cafe covers a large amount of high-quality space - and should be a potential money-maker for the space. However, right now it's only penciled in as contributing $1500 to the rent. - Oakland Nights Live wants to host a large event in the Ballroom once a month, but have only committed to $100 in rent so far. I definitely don't want to pick on these two groups, and I would love to see these be part of the Omni. But it does point out that we need to work with them to make sure that what they propose makes financial sense as well. E.g. If we put a bit more effort into fundraising during the Oakland Nights Live events (even just asking for donations, and/or selling T-shirts), there's no reason we couldn't make these self-sufficient. Patrik

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Important Sudo meeting tonight

by Yar

Things are happening very quickly and tonight's Sudoroom meeting is going to be important. If you are interested in the process of our move or reboot, or have feelings and opinions about any of it, coming to this meeting would be a good idea. Counter-Culture Labs will also be meeting at the same space and there will be opportunities (like last week) for us to talk together about the many details involved in potentially sharing the space at the Omni. P.S. Cross-posting to sudo-announce, but please only reply on sudo-discuss.

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