https://sudoroom.org/why-we-love-sudoroom-hardware-hack-night/
I think basically there is no such thing as radio shack or the weird stuff
warehouse in sunnyvale anymore. everything is online except for weird
holdouts like the SudoRoom hardware hack night.
so now a blog post about that! it's just nice to be tactile and talk in
person. It's like going to a library . imagine how horrible it would be if
there were only ebooks and no more physical books!
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Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
Going forward, I'm going to anthropormorphize the heck out of all our cool
equipment! The silver screen is named Fabian, and the light projector is
named Homer.
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/ProjectionMapping#Equipment
I think I'm going to do a series of interviews where I talk to each
equipment piece and ask them about their lives, their power equipment and
how we can connect to them and do weird projects.
And then a "person on the street" type deal where I interview various
SudoRoom members and ask them what cool things we could do with each piece!
Anyway Fabian the silver screen is totally silver! and according to Jake we
can do real 3D movie son him!
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Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
Hi everyone,
you're getting this email either because you're on the sudoroom discuss email
list, or because I BCC'd you directly. Tonight I'll be hosting Sudoroom for
those who want to come hack on whatever in person, or through telepresence of
any means you can invoke.
Remember that Omni Commons and Sudoroom policy is presently that
EVERYONE MUST WEAR A MASK AT ALL TIMES INSIDE THE BUILDING.
(if you want to eat something you should go outside)
in the past few weeks, we've had about 4-10 people over the course of the
evening, not including remote participants who logged in through the
telescreen.
i haven't put it on the Omni calendar (don't know how?) but it's on the
sudoroom page:
https://sudoroom.org/events/hardware-hack-night-2022-02-15/
that says 7PM but I try to be there soon after 6pm.
if you get to the door (at the corner of 48th and shattuck) and you can't get
in, call me or someone else who's there to let you in! Email me if you don't
have my phone number. Actually a great way to get our attention is to join the
video chat link at the end of this email!
We don't always hear the doorbell and I don't answer it after 10PM anyway
because of diminishing returns :)
You should get on this sudoroom discuss mailinglist! click here:
https://sudoroom.org/lists/postorius/lists/sudo-discuss.sudoroom.org/
and you should donate to sudoroom, monthly, by signing up here:
https://sudoroom.org/humans
and if you need to make a one-time donation, you can go here:
https://sudoroom.org/donate
bonus: join the jitsi videochat with the space tonight, and chat with each
other as well as a giant TV screen/speakerphone on the wall of the space:
https://meet.waag.org/turtlesturtlesturtles
(don't worry if you're the only one in the "room", others will join eventually,
and if the camera is pointed at the floor, just yell until someone comes and
talks to you and then ask them to aim it back up into the room)
see you soon!
-jake
Hi Hilary!
thank you for thinking of me! Those items should go to ewaste, the place I
went to recently was great and drama-free!
Computer & Technology Resource Center
620 Page St
Berkeley, CA 94710
Monday-Friday: 9am-5pm
Saturday: 10am-5pm
Sunday: Closed
https://ewastecollective.org/contact/
(415)883-1428
-jake
On Sun, 13 Mar 2022, Hilary Naylor wrote:
> Hi Jake,
> Seems like we're getting some new members and lots of interest in
> hardware hacking!
> I've been helping a Village member get rid of some of the tech "clutter" in
> her home and wondering if these items should go to eWaste (recycling?
> where?) if anyone would like to hack them:
> Mac G4 iBook (OS Leopard)
> Macbook 1,6 2006 (OS Snow Leopard)
> HP ScanJet 5370C (no drivers available)
>
> The laptops power up and applications run, but they are very insecure.
>
> Your advice?
>
> thanks
> Hilary
>
> ---
> Hilary Naylor, Ph.D.
> www.a2zed.us
> Oakland CA
>
https://youtu.be/Tolft9ONZw0
Thanks to everyone for your kind suggestions and help!
I went into the ballroom again with two tiny laser projectors, and it just looks very cool!
https://flic.kr/p/2n7GRgThttps://flic.kr/p/2n7FkGd
^^^
So there are two other artists I’ve spoken o who are really interested.
The space is just cool, i really want to show this art in the ballroom. I think I’m going to start by making a kind of exquisite corpse animation between a couple of artists, and then run that and interweave it with the themes of SudoRoom during the upcoming Noisebridge anniversary fundraiser!
I'm starting to update the SudoRoom Calendar with relevant local volunteer
driven community groups. I think it's pretty rad to add the local bicycle
parties--there are at least 3 of them in the sf bay area. they happen each
once a month, so about 3 weeks out of 4 there's a cool bicycle party to
attend somewhere in the sf bay area with hundreds of people!
- the san jose bike party (very diverse, largest one, latino and much of
the time reachable by BART now that the berryessa line is open! lots of
taco trucks!!! summers are super fun because they stop by local east side
san jose parks and even people who don't bike can dance and partipcipate
- the east bay bike party (which is this friday)!
https://sudoroom.org/events/east-bay-bike-party-green-forest-nature/
- the east bay bike party in particular is going to be super
interesting, because we can mount our bicycles with laser projectors and
start messing around with cool designs.
- there is so much cool action too from the richmond (east bay
richmond) at this event
- multiple stops at bike parties with disco dancing, so lots of
opportunities to play with mobile light projections
- the sf bike party - super fun tends to be a bit chillier, trying to
think of a thing we can do that's unique to sf
the name of the game is collaboration and fun. 😎 I wonder what cool mobile
light projections or displays we can make. Since the events occur in the
evening it will be fun
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Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
Chatting with Noisebridge - They're having their stupid hackathon in April
(4/1-3 ) and there's going to be a lot of fun!
https://www.noisebridge.net/images/5/51/NB14posterV4.jpg
They're interested in doing light projection mapping for the Noisebridge
event, but also showing SudoRoom history and fundraising as well. I can
imagine so many cool ways to use light projection mappings with artists at
this party!
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Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
I got a lot of help from sudoroom members with the light projection mapping
ideas. Also from Noisebridge!
So far a lot of stuff online is people using really nice larger projectors,
and there's a lot of great sophistication with mapping beforehand,
especially in Blender, etc.
But after chatting with folks, I'm taking the route first with small
handheld laser projectors that hook up easily to smartphones and tablets or
can take SD cards.
The small projectors have been a good choice to get people excited. It's a
lot more spontaneous. THere's just something about hooking up a laptop to a
huge projector, being stuck at the back of room etc., but with the hand
held projectors I can go anywhere and manipulate the images manually
without having to make fancy graphics and videos
- Marc discussed mounting the projectors onto bicycles - both projectors
have mounts or have threaded quarter inch? inserts common to cameras, and
I'm fairly confident I can put them on my goPro style mounts with some
work. Aiming maybe for the next East Bay Bike Party which is March 11
(Friday night) - oh ya marc I still have your camera mount on wood for the
stand will bring it back Sunday or Tuesday is that OK!
- Carl G from SudoRoom has some projects he made for pixel art - we
projected onto the movable walls in the sudoroom ballroom. Since it was so
dark we were able to get a decent size (the walls) and there was a lot of
energy and excitement!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/miromi/51917779157/in/photostream/
Even nicer, I have been trying to get my regular cartoonist drawing group
that meets wednesdays to get involved and even hang out at SudoRoom and
omnicommons. They're just very clever and focus a lot on animation and
cartoons! I finanlly got the projector working and was projecting Brian
Kolm's crazy cat onto the wall, a bowl and on a spinning lazy susan.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/miromi/51917436165/in/dateposted/
Even in he brightly lit movie theater (new parkway) the cartoonists got
realy excited!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/miromi/51917144029/in/photostream/
A lot of people are really into Hayao Miyazaki and theme park rides. I mean
we aren't going to attempt this yet without asking, but what is the next
step from immersive light projection rooms in the Omni Commons Ballroom?
Imagine a guided ride in a wheeled cart right? wouldn't that be super fun?
Hmmm!!!!!
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Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
Hey Sudo. Here're the minutes from tonight's meeting, along with the TL;DR:
https://pad.riseup.net/p/sudoroommeeting-keep
Reopening
After some quieter months, Sudo's getting more active. Reopening isn't
going to entail any single change, just a continuation of the recent bloom
in activity. Expect to see more events, more communication on social media,
and more new faces.
(Social media links here: https://twitter.com/sudoroom/https://www.instagram.com/sudohuman/)
Clean-up
This too is gradual, but Mark would like to hold a cleaning day on Sunday,
March 13th from 1 PM onward. If you're eager to clear some space for a
project or decorate a bit, don't be shy: step up and offer to help Mark on
the 13th. Alternatively, be the change you wanna see. Jake hauled off
hundreds of pounds of Ewaste this week. He can give you the address if
anyone else wants to do the same.
Events
(https://sudoroom.org/calendar/)
~~ Tuesdays: Hardware Hacking from 7 PM
~~ Wednesdays: Sudo Meeting @ 8 PM
~~ Thursdays: Javascipt coding night
>> Sunday, March 13th @ 1 PM: Clean-up day
*Andrew R Gross, (he/him)*
412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>
Hey Sudo!
Tonight's Sudoroom weekly meeting will be the first at the new time:* 8 PM
- 9! *Follow along at *https://meet.waag.org/turtlesturtlesturtles*
<https://meet.waag.org/turtlesturtlesturtles>!
*Agenda:*
- Reopening Discussion (20 min)
- Clean-up plan (20 min)
- Upcoming Events (5 min)
- Show & Tell (15 min)
The agenda and minutes can be found at
https://pad.riseup.net/p/sudoroommeeting-keep
Cheers,
*Andrew R Gross, (he/him)*
412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>
Thinking about projects in micro mobility and change management for Americans. How do we get people who drive cars to walk as much as people who take subways? Make safer biking paths? Remove easy parking and encourage car drivers to park and walk or take a bike share
Most people don’t want to live in strip mall friendly places anymore
Along with light protection mapping this is another cool topic of my time at SudoRoom!!
https://www.telegraphforpeople.com/312-rally/details
Sent from my iPhone
Dear Sudo Room,
Just a reminder that we have not received a payment for this invoice yet. Let us know if you have questions.
Thanks for your business!
Omni Commons
---------------------------------- Invoice ---------------------------------
4799 Shattuck Ave
Oakland, CA 94609 US
https://omnicommons.org
Invoice #: 2474
Date: 02/01/2022
Due Date: 02/25/2022
Terms: Net 25
Amount Due: $8,000.00
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bill To:
Sudo Room
4799 Shattuck Ave
Oakland, CA 94607
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
****************************** Account Summary *****************************
01/01/2022 Balance Forward $28,000.00
Other payments and credits after 01/01/2022 -22,000.00
New charges (details below) 2,000.00
Total Amount Due (activity through 02/01/202 8,000.00
****************************************************************************
<u> Date </u><u> Activity </u><u> Qty </u><u> Rate </u><u> Amount </u>
02/01/2022 Furnishing Fa 1 2,000.00 2,000.00T
____________________________________________________________________________
SubTotal: $2,000.00
Tax: $0.00
--------------------------------------
Total Of New Charges: $2,000.00
Total Amount Due: $8,000.00
Greetings Sudo Room!
This is your monthly donation invoice. Thank you for stewarding the
commons!
Love and solidarity,
Omni Commons Finance Working Group
Hi everyone,
you're getting this email either because you're on the sudoroom discuss email
list, or because I BCC'd you directly. Tonight I'll be hosting Sudoroom for
those who want to come hack on whatever in person, or through telepresence of
any means you can invoke. There's a link to the Jitsi telescreen in this email!
Remember that Omni Commons and Sudoroom policy is presently that
EVERYONE MUST WEAR A MASK AT ALL TIMES INSIDE THE BUILDING.
(if you want to eat something you should go outside)
in the past few weeks, we've had about 4-10 people over the course of the
evening, not including remote participants who logged in through the
telescreen.
I try to be there soon after 6pm.
if you get to the door (at the corner of 48th and shattuck) and you can't get
in, call me or someone else who's there to let you in! Email me if you don't
have my phone number. Actually a great way to get our attention is to join the
video chat link at the end of this email!
We don't always hear the doorbell and I don't answer it after 10PM anyway
because of diminishing returns :)
You should get on this sudoroom discuss mailinglist! click here:
https://sudoroom.org/lists/postorius/lists/sudo-discuss.sudoroom.org/
and you should donate to sudoroom, monthly, by signing up here:
https://sudoroom.org/humans
and if you need to make a one-time donation, you can go here:
https://sudoroom.org/donate
bonus: join the jitsi videochat with the space tonight, and chat with each
other as well as a giant TV screen/speakerphone on the wall of the space:
https://meet.waag.org/turtlesturtlesturtles
(don't worry if you're the only one in the "room", others will join eventually,
and if the camera is pointed at the floor, just yell until someone comes and
talks to you and then ask them to aim it back up into the room)
see you soon!
-jake
when i try to go to sudo-humans i get a cert error
https://sudoroom.org/humans
redirects to
https://humans.sudoroom.org/
which gives a NET::ERR_CERT_DATE_INVALID
> Subject: sudoroom.org
>
> Issuer: R3
>
> Expires on: Feb 17, 2022
> Current date: Feb 23, 2022
>
> You cannot visit humans.sudoroom.org right now because the website uses HSTS.
I know that people are working on a replacement for sudo-humans but maybe we
should fix this anyway until that's ready?
thank you
-jake
Congrats on forwarding this person's phone number to a public list and
while taking the time to remove the giant "DON'T DO EXACTLY THAT" text
at the bottom.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2022 20:10:17 -0800
From: roger.herried <roger.herried(a)sonic.net>
To: Jake <jake(a)spaz.org>
Subject: Re: [sudo-info] old card question
yes...
also if you have a hacker space that wants to get a stash of ancient computers
from the 70's on, I'm dismantling them for gold right now.
one of them was used by professor Erhlich (population bomb) that had a whopping
5 megabyte hard drive that cost $5k
old CIA laptop from eastern europe and other items...
roger
On 2/27/2022 3:11 PM, Jake wrote:
> Hi Roger, can I forward this email and your email address to our public
> discussion list?
>
> -jake
>
> On Sun, 27 Feb 2022, roger.herried wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm a just dumped former manager of the Redstone Building over in SF that
>> used to be the home of Indymedia and a lot of other groups. We were trying
>> to setup a video news broadcast besides a pirate station that were taken
>> down. I'm still sitting on a mobile video camera set and was wondering if
>> you might be interested in that - have a few other things like an old
>> overhead projector etc.
>>
>> let me know if you want these items -
>>
>> roger
I can't always drop by the meetings (they conflict with my drawing group
nights and I tend to sleep early). But I'd like to come by one idea. It's
not very original, but just condense the discussion into a big drawing of
what we're doing and what we're aspiring to. I think even if it sounds
corny or almost like a powerpoint even the administrative stuff like
cleaning and management can be fun.
Oh here's a blast from the past - anthony repetto was a mathematician guy
who hung out at SudoROom, I remember he drew a big math formula on the
sidewalk near SudoROom and we photographed it.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/miromi/albums/72157657512309555
things like this are always so fun! its' a nice way of viewing math, I
think this would be a fun candidate for more of the light projection
experiments. So instead of chalk we could draw a math equation or animation
on the ground...
heh time to learn blender finally
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Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com