We really need to put pressure on these F*!&^#(&-ing A*!&^#(&-holes at the Boy Scouts of America. They really do not seem to care about the world we all inhabit, and need to be put in their place.
MAKE, Sparkfun, Adafruit are into pressuring the BSA. If we can get a bunch of hackerspaces to do the same, we will make an impact.
"no matter what happens, how we all react to a group like the BSA will define "us" fighting and losing is ok, but i think you need to fight it all the way… think of a world where there are hacker scouts, learning sharing and it would all start with a shared victory together over an old oppressive scared group trying to get in the way of the future." -- Phil Torrone, of Adafruit
Here are just a few places to add some well-placed comments:
>>>>>> Boy Scouts Google+ page:
>>>>>> https://plus.google.com/u/0/+BoyScoutsofAmerica/posts
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Boy Scouts Facebook page:
>>>>>> https://www.facebook.com/pages/Boy-Scouts-of-America/113441755297
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bot Scouts on Twitter:
>>>>>> https://twitter.com/boyscouts
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Boy Scouts on YouTube:
>>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/bsa100years
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Email:
>>>>>> PR(a)scouting.org
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The official publication for the adult volunteers site:
>>>>>> http://blog.scoutingmagazine.org
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Twitter:
>>>>>> http://www.twitter.com/scouting
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Facebook:
>>>>>> http://www.facebook.com/scoutingmagazine
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Email:
>>>>>> scoutingmag(a)gmail.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Boy's Life Magazine:
>>>>>> http://boyslife.org/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Twitter:
>>>>>> https://twitter.com/BoysLife
>>>>>> Email:
>>>>>> boyslife.mag(a)scouting.org
Best,
Mitch.
At our last general meeting we had people mention they were very
uncomfortable with pitching their idea/project/innovation to a VC and those
alike, so I thought how could I help in that area!
Here it is guys
I host post show for the largest pitch event in Silicon Valley which is
called SF New Tech (sfnewtech.com)
The event is a monthly event where startups from across the world come to
launch officially in SF. Well launch or re launch or re introduce.
I wanted to personally invite a few Sudoers to come and observe and get
tips and inspiration from great startups. Network,meet friends, or lookf
for a job (people are always hiring)
This month you will hear Prezi, Fiverr, BitBalloon,SaasMax,Situation
Assesment Global,and Twibfy
The event is Wed Aug 21( so I will not be at the general meeting) and I
hate to steal people from it but it will be a great opportunity to look,
watch,observe,network,and meet people in Tech ,if thats your thing. Tickets
are 25, but I do have a guest list and I can get you in under #ThatTechGirl
for a smile.
So if you want to go for free let me know
I will be on bart
Doors open at 530 for free tacos
Pitches start at 730- I estimate a wrap at 930p
Location is Mighty at 119 Utah
FULL INFO- Go to http://libertymadison.com/?p=433 <http://t.co/KGbyGhxNR1>
415.937.3785
*Fiverr rescheduled for next month, due to a family emergency
StoryCorps <http://storycorps.org/stories-archive/> is about preserving the
stories of our lives. Have a friend or family member interview you, or
interview them.
They are coming to Oakland. Open time slots this Friday at Peralta
Hacienda (in Fruitvale):
10am-11am
2pm-3pm
3pm-4pm
Contact Dennis Rojas if you're interested in taking part.
Hey all sudoers!
Tonight's Sudo Kids' theme is Twist Ties! We will b making twist tie art,
jewelry and doing some pre-viz for a twist tie stop motion epic (Atom &
Iris have kicked around a Twist Tie treatment of Moby Dick or The Rhyme of
the Ancient Mariner). So bring your twist ties or pipe cleaners and let's
make it happen!
Does anyone have a stop motion program? Something with onion skinning?
See you tonight 5pm for the start of food and 6:00pm-ish for festivities.
Oh, and tonight is the P.O.S.S.E. party. So bring delish-ous-ness!
Nom nom nom,
Ray
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Sebastian Benthall <sbenthall(a)gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 11:37 AM
Subject: Course for the Fall: i290M- Open Collaboration and Peer Production
To: oa-team(a)lists.berkeley.edu, open-it(a)lists.berkeley.edu
Cc: D-Lab Team <dlab-team(a)lists.berkeley.edu>, Aaron Culich <
aculich(a)eecs.berkeley.edu>
Hi all,
Just wanted to circulate this course announcement for what we'll be
teaching this Fall.
Note the section at the end where we are encouraging people working on open
projects to contact us so we can direct students towards them.
Please forward widely. Thanks -- Seb
*i290M Fall 2013 : Open Collaboration and Peer Production*
*Instructors : Sebastian Benthall, Thomas Maillart and John Chuang*
*Class : F 11am-1pm in South Hall 210*
*Lab : T 1-2pm in South Hall 202 and on Internet Relay Chat (IRC)*
http://courses.ischool.berkeley.edu/i290m-ocpp/site/information.html
*Course Description :
*This course is a hands-on exploration of the theory and practice of open
online collaboration. Students will engage multi-disciplinary literature
about collaboration while contributing to an existing open project (such as
open source software, Wikipedia, or OpenStreetMap). Readings will explore
business models for open source software organizations, incentives of
cooperation and organization design for open source projects. Practical
work will be organized around themes of project management infrastructure,
community self-governance, and engineering education through open source
participation. The goal of the class is to engage students in an existing
open source community while developing functionality and expertise that can
be part of iSchool Masters projects, faculty-directed research, and beyond.
*Prerequisites* :
Programming skills are not a prerequisite, but programmers are more than
welcome to join. Students will come to the first lecture with an idea of
the open project they want to contribute to, and which problem they want to
address. If possible, a first contact with the community active in the
project should already be established.
*UC Berkeley Open Source Projects Promotion
*
This class promotes contributions by students to UC Berkeley Open Source
Projects. Feel free to contact us at sb(a)ischool.berkeley.edu to explain
your progress so we can match students with it.
I have been told that one or more of the people currently running sudo mate
have removed mate-brewing gear from sudo room and are apparently brewing at
another location.
This seems like something that should have been brought up with the group,
or at least been announced to the mailing list. (Perhaps it was and I just
missed the email?)
There are now a few issues:
1. No-one else can now brew mate at sudo room.
2. Some of that gear was purchased by and for the beer brewing group,
which made the last bottling session problematic.
3. I don't know the contact info for anyone who knows about this.
Who-ever moved the gear: We love you for brewing delicious sudo mate for
sudo room, but please reply to this email and update the sudo mate wiki
page!
--
Marc Juul
Hello,
The Fixit Clinic is going to do a TIL on August 24, and I have a few
questions:
- Will the common room be available for us to expand into if there are more
people than comfortably fit in the sudoroom?
- Is anyone with knowledge of the 3D printer planning to be there? At a
recent Fixit Clinic in Boulder, CO someone was able to fix a broken blender
by 3D printing a part "while you wait". I think that is incredibly cool,
and would hope that if an opportunity presented itself to do this here, it
would be fun, but I don't know anything about running the printer, the
modeling software, etc.
Thanks, and see you next Saturday.
--
-steve
hi everyone,
BACE, the Bay Area Community Exchange, will be having their monthly POSSE
Party (potluck, orientation, skillshare, swapmeet, event) at sudo room this
coming Tuesday evening 8/20 in conjunction with SudoKids. come join for
both!
best,
marina
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: rick s <900lbadvertising(a)gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 5:48 PM
Subject: SudoKids
To: 900lbadvertising(a)gmail.com
[image: </a] <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/SudoKids> SudoKids
and
Bay Area Community Exchange BACE is having a POSSE Party at
Sudo Room this Tuesday! Do you have kids in your life who need to be
entertained, socialize, learn and try interesting activities? All while
getting to share in a delicious potluck and hangout in a cool hackerspace.
Then this event and SudoKids <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/SudoKids> is for
your family.
"We like to keep activities *a la carte*, said Ray Lai one of the
organizers of SudoKids. The kids let us know what they are interested in
doing.
"My kids are always saying 'Mom let's go to Sudo Room!'" says Stephanie of
Richmond. They love it here!
SudoKids is the children’s program at Sudo Room <https://sudoroom.org/>, a
community hackerspace in downtown Oakland located at 2141 Broadway.
SudoKids happens every Tuesday night from 6-8:30PM (dinner at 5PM).
This Tuesday will be our BACE monthly POSSE Party (potluck, orientation,
skillshare, swapmeet, event). We invite all families to join us for the
fun. If you would like to offer a kids activitiy or have any questions
please contact Rick Simon - rick(a)bace.org
Go to the SudoKids <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/SudoKids> wiki for more info.
--
A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is
reality.
John Lennon
At our last general meeting we had people mention they were very
uncomfortable with pitching their idea/project/innovation to a VC and those
alike, so I thought how could I help in that area!
Here it is guys
I host post show for the largest pitch event in Silicon Valley which is
called SF New Tech (sfnewtech.com)
The event is a monthly event where startups from across the world come to
launch officially in SF. Well launch or re launch or re introduce.
I wanted to personally invite a few Sudoers to come and observe and get
tips and inspiration from great startups. Network,meet friends, or lookf
for a job (people are always hiring)
This month you will hear Prezi, Fiverr, BitBalloon,SaasMax,Situation
Assesment Global,and Twibfy
The event is Wed Aug 21( so I will not be at the general meeting) and I
hate to steal people from it but it will be a great opportunity to look,
watch,observe,network,and meet people in Tech ,if thats your thing. Tickets
are 25, but I do have a guest list and I can get you in under #ThatTechGirl
for a smile.
So if you want to go for free let me know
I will be on bart
Doors open at 530 for free tacos
Pitches start at 730- I estimate a wrap at 930p
Location is Mighty at 119 Utah
FULL INFO- Go to http://libertymadison.com/?p=433 <http://t.co/KGbyGhxNR1>
415.937.3785 Text/Talk
About.me/LibertyMadison <http://about.me/LibertyMadison>
#ThatTechGirl <http://www.instagram.com/LibertyMadison> is
@LibertyMadison<http://www.twitter.com/libertymadison>
Founder and Host @LifewTechnology
<http://www.twitter.com/lifewtechnology>:Translating Tech </to> Talk
OPRAH.com Next TV Show Host TOP 40 Finalist
www.LibertyMadison.com<http://www.libertymadison.com/>
in case anyone was wondering about the block monolith on the shelf, I have
plugged it in (i had to find the right power adaptor) and looked into it.
It's a 4T hard drive! it has 943 gigs in use.
here are lists of what's on there. if anyone knows more about the drive,
speak up!
-jake
Hello All,
I'm in need of some beta testers for my new Android app, RedZone.
RedZone is a Find My Phone type app with a geofencing twist that I've
been working on since Open Whisper System's Spring Break of Code event
earlier this year. Upon public release the app will be fully open
sourced and made available for free on Google Play without adds or any
of that other junk.
The application has be written to support all versions of Android 4.2.2
and higher. I've tested it extensively on the Nexus One, Nexus 4 and
Nexus 7 but now I need the help of others.
If interested please contact me, I hope to distribute beta APKs starting
tomorrow or soon after. If you know of anyone outside this list who
might also be interested please provide them with my email address as well.
Cheers,
-- rhodey
Hi,
We seem to have all of the tools for making ethernet cables but
none of the materials (plugs and cable). Did I maybe miss them?
Alternatively, does anyone have a 30-foot ethernet cable I
could have/buy/barter/&c.? The ones in the ethernet cable bin
are all too short.
Tom
Hi though,
If you have a minute, could you try to figure out how to embed vimeo videos
in our wiki? As far as I know, the particular video here is not on youtube
or anywhere else:
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Art_and_Revolution#Sustainability_as_Art
Let's get these wiki spaces known and populated! Languages, materials
hacks, life hacks, intel, w/e!
Eddie Che
-- or, Death Guild, anyone?
if it wasn't for the do-or-do-not-there-is-no-try rule, i would be
announcing my intention to go out dancing this evening, with an eye to
perhaps thereby facilitating a ride for myself and a longtime close friend
of mine, who has never been.
should you or anyone you know be attending via automotive transport the
which may have room still for two, and should you want to contribute to my
spiritual health and aesthetic re-invigoration, please contact.
note to self: perhaps "death guild" ought to be featured in the subject
line, no?
--
*Be seeing you.*
Renee Domingo of OFD justifies DAC w/ "Oakland's long history of civil discourse & protest" http://www.publicceo.com/2013/08/opinion-oakland-breaks-new-ground-in-contr…
On Jul 25, 2013, at 10:14 AM, Mindy Stone wrote:
> good one mike! yes....i'll be there and I invited two friends to come too.
>
> mindy
>
>
> From: mike wilson <electionamend(a)gmail.com>
> To: Ed Biow <biow(a)riseup.net>
> Cc: Mindy Stone <mindystone1(a)yahoo.com>; Occupy Oakland Web Committee-Internal <occupyoakland_web(a)lists.riseup.net>; "Connelly, Mary" <mary(a)lovegadget.com>; sudoroom Discussion List <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org>; "La Mastro, Heather" <hrhheather17(a)yahoo.com>; "Massar, JP" <massar(a)alum.mit.edu>; "Smith, Gerald" <gsmith1917(a)gmail.com>; "Jan, Greg" <gregjan4(a)yahoo.com>; "Winter, Gwen" <gwenwinter(a)yahoo.com>; "Edmonson, Orion" <orion_orion99(a)yahoo.com>; nomby.drones(a)gmail.com; "Smith, Josh" <occupyoakland(a)riseup.net>
> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 7:46 AM
> Subject: Re: OO Anti-DAC Meeting Thursday, 6PM at the sudoroom
>
> I'll be there. Continue to organize, Ed. Let Jean Quan locate your posterior.
>
> Mike
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 2:59 AM, Ed Biow <biow(a)riseup.net> wrote:
> After a fair amount of dithering since GA on Sunday I decided that we should meet at the sudoroom on 22nd and Broadway at 6PM on Thursday. I figure if worse comes to worse at least it will be an introduction for some of us to that fine facility.
> http://occupyoakland.org/ai1ec_event/organize-against-dac-for-july-30th/?in…
>
> Man, I should never be trusted to organize anything, I can't locate my non-trivial posterior with either hand.
>
> https://sudoroom.org/
>
> I'll tweet the meeting a bit to see if I can interest a couple of others at #DAC, etc.
>
> The hopes of the free world go with you,
>
> Ed
>
>
>
> On 07/22/2013 10:14 PM, Mindy Stone wrote:
>> Hey Ed,
>>
>> So when are we meeting on Thurs and where? I think someone from SF wants to come over to our meeting. I got our event posted on Indybay...I think we need to get fliers made/out and contact various orgs/group to get their support and hopefully a commitment to come out next Tues.
>>
>> What do you think????
>>
>> hugs,
>> mindy
>
>
>
>
From a different mailing list but of likely interest here too, I share
a posting from Craigslist. GO Josh!
j.
Non-profit auto repair facility needs help
I am an auto mechanic by trade and have been in the industry for over
14 years. I recently moved to Oakland and I am interested in starting a
non-profit auto repair facility or some other form of community based
auto repair. I want to do my part to help the people of oakland and the
community as a whole to get their cars fixed and running properly. This
will help people get and stay employed. It will reduce carbon emission
by keeping cars running properly and more efficiently. And it will
reduce pollution by guaranteeing the proper disposal of toxic chemicals
that may otherwise be disposed of in other ways.
I am in the very beginning of the process and reaching out to any and
everybody that is willing to help, give advice, and/or be involved. I
have all or at least most of the automotive knowledge to run the
business, but I am NOT a business guy. The concept of writing a business
plan is like asking me to design a suspension bridge. It seems
overwhelming and daunting.
I envision several different aspects of this business. I would like to
have a sliding scale that would cater to low income customers. I want to
be a community resource for knowledge about the auto repair industry and
possibly even have classes to teach people about their cars and how to
fix them. I envision hiring young people and teaching them a skill so
that they can become successful. Or possibly hiring felons or other
"non-hirable" members of the community. I also think all profit should
go into a fund to help supplement the lower income customers.
Please help. If you think you have information or know how to get the
ball rolling or want to be apart of the project, please contact me.
Together, let's do our part to get people to work and keep food on
their tables. This city needs us. And either way, who doesn't need an
honest mechanic? I mean really!
Thank you!!!
Josh
614 565 2145
Hey,
So It's come to my attention that quite a few people from Sudo Room are
heading to Burning Man. So...
Who's going? and where are you camping?
I'll be at 9:00 plaza at the Barber Ella camp (We give hair cuts :-) )
--Andrew
Hey folks,
The Cryptoparty / Digital Security Workshop scheduled for this Sunday has
been postponed until *Saturday, August 31st*. That Saturday is the last day
of The Public School's weeklong Summer School. The general theme of that
day will be Information, so we'll start the day with a Cryptoparty - with
hands-on workshops to assist you in generating key signatures, using
encrypted and off-the-record chat, and other tools such as Tor and
Redphone. We'll wrap up the day with lightning talks ranging from the
Electronic Frontier Foundation's work in fighting for civil liberties,
discussions of why privacy and security matter, and the Oakland mesh
network project.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Jenny
http://jennyryan.nethttp://thepyre.orghttp://thevirtualcampfire.orghttp://technomadic.tumblr.com
`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
"Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories."
-Laurie Anderson
"Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it."
-Hannah Arendt
"To define is to kill. To suggest is to create."
-Stéphane Mallarmé
~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
Last couple of times I've come by there's been a little bronze dog propping
the downstairs door open, I'm guessing it's one of the other building
tenants?
P.S. sudo room is open.
--
ThanX,
;+)
https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Fort
Max,
A couple of links from having this problem a few months ago. Bottom line: you may need a driver to make your Mac's USB appear to be a serial port. I had it working on Mac 10.6.8.
I can confirm that my USB port has been configured to be a serial port with this software:
http://www.ftdichip.com/drivers/VCP/MacOSX/FTDIUSBSerialDriver_v2_2_18.dmg
In case you need it:
http://www.ftdichip.com/Support/Documents/InstallGuides/Mac_OS_X_Installati…
When you get this figured out, would you help get this info on the wiki please?
judi
Begin forwarded message:
> Message: 12
> Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 19:47:47 -0700
> From: Max Ogden <max(a)maxogden.com>
> Cc: Sudo Discuss <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org>
> Subject: Re: [sudo-discuss] 3D printing - help???
> Message-ID:
> <CAONf+LSFg5FQkxJsx2OcAGh6jU50cvBO5r9qh=cYZQ3K8pXJNw(a)mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> I'm down here at sudoroom trying to get the printer to connect to
> Pronterface on my Mac but I can't get it working. The printer PC is
> currently occupied by someone doing email. Has anyone done it on a Mac yet?
> Maybe Mac OS 10.7 is incompatible or something.
>
We need a bike repair class. Everyone would benefit
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note™, an AT&T LTE smartphone
-------- Original message --------
Subject: [sudo-discuss] Help with Bikes on Saturday
From: Andrew <andrew(a)roshambomedia.com>
To: sudo-discuss <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org>
CC: [sudo-discuss] Help with Bikes on Saturday
Will anyone be around to help with some bike repair on Saturday?
--
-------
Andrew Lowe
Cell: 831-332-2507
http://roshambomedia.com
Hey All,
Theres a cryptoparty scheduled for this sunday, but none of the organizers
from the last one can make it.
Would anyone be interested in showing up to help people who come by get
pgp/textsecure/otr set up?
I can be there, but I'm only a little above beginner when it comes to
seting this stuff up my self.
Thanks,
Andrew
Does anyone have access to a co-location room that I could film in? Or,
alternatively, does anyone care if I borrow a bunch of the rack servers
from sudo for like a day in the next couple of weeks? I am shooting a
scene for a film, and will need it.
Server co-lo would be sweet.
Let me know,
Rusty Lindgren
**
hey sudoers, i'm between jobs and its about time to ditch the expensive SF
apartment, am wondering if anyone has, or knows of, a cheap warehousey
kinda room in oakland somewhere, that is open to cats since I already have
a kitty. I'm going to be at burning man til after sept 1 but i have to
give 30 days notice before i move out of this place else they screw me for
my deposit. would like to move either mid-end of september or by oct 1.
thanks for any help you might be able to give.
hi all, an alternate event for this evening if you're not coming to sudo :)
you can go to this event and represent us!
- marina
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Raines Cohen <raines(a)mac.com>
Date: Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 4:14 PM
Subject: [spaghettinight] You're invited to Hear from a Basque (Spain)
ecovillage researcher/blogger over tea tonight at PLACE
To: The Spaghetti Night mailing list <spaghettinight(a)tentacle.net>
Spaghettifolk, we've got a fun guy in town involved in international
sustainable communities (like your lovely group homes) and we're having him
over for tea tonight at a PLACE for Sustainable Living, the neighborhood
ecovillage near Alcatraz and San Pablo. We are hosting a
researcher/videoblogger from Northern Spain who is giving a talk tonight
about his explorations of sustainable community. Join *Ortzi Akizu* tonight
over tea in conversations about his travel to explore different sustainable
living models around the world. It would be a delight to see you there - he
almost made it to SpaghettiNight at Cooperative Roots last night, but the
East Bay Permaculture Guild meeting ran long, and he is eager to meet some
of you before he leaves town tomorrow. Come early for potluck, or later for
conversation and tea.
Optional RSVP via our East Bay Cohousing MeetUp group: http://
www.ebcoho.org/events/134540422/
P.S. If you've got any openings to fill, we've got lots of eager,
experienced community seekers on our East Bay Cohousing group and can help
facilitate introductions and connections, and/or list your open house
events, in more effective ways than the Craig's List overwhelm. I just
yesterday ran into a SpaghettiNighter from Milky Way Co-op who found some
folks from our list, and two others who we connected to Prudence Crandall
House.
[image: Meetup] <http://www.meetup.com/t/ea1_1>
Hear from a Basque (Spain) ecovillage researcher/blogger over tea
(E'Ville)<http://www.meetup.com/__ms3260745/ebcoho/events/134540422/t/ea1_grp/?rv=ea1…>
East Bay Cohousing - Berkeley/Oakland/Emeryville/SF
Added by Raines Cohen
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
7 - 11 PM
a PLACE for sustainable living
1121 64th St.
(just West of San Pablo)
Oakland, CA 94608
Read more on his blog:
http://ekobidaiaria.wordpress.com/
His travel through September covers 3 continents: Oceania, Europe and North
America.
In Canada and USA, he has been in:
- Yarrow Ecovillage
- Kale CSA
- Industrious Nature
- Seattle University
- Portland City Repair Institute
- Post Carbon Cities
- Aprovecho Research Institute
Next up:
- Berkeley Cohousing
- A PLACE for Sustainable Living
- Green Valley Village Ecovillage
- Laytonville Ecovillage
- Solfest XV
- Post Carbon Institute
- Transition US
- LA Ecovillage
- Bicycle Kitchen
He writes: For this project (EKOBIDAIARIA = SUSTAINABLE TRAVELER), I am
working with and for KUTXA EKOGUNEA, an educational Eco-Park located in San
Sebastian, Basque Country, Spain. Researching all over the world during 3
months about sustainable living models based in energy, consumption model,
and rural development. KUTXA EKOGUNEA would like to know more about the
sustainable development situation in different part of the world."
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Anyone interested?
-steve
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Peter Mui <petermui(a)gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 7:49 AM
Subject: [FixitClinic] Leapfrog educational tablets
To: fixitfan(a)googlegroups.com
Hi Fixit Fans: Are you interested in this? Contact Jon directly. -Peter
Begin forwarded message:
*From: *J L <juanitobandito(a)hotmail.com>
*Subject: **Fixit: Leapfrog educational tablets*
*Date: *August 13, 2013 12:41:55 AM PDT
*To: *"petermui(a)gmail.com" <petermui(a)gmail.com>
Hi, Peter,
My mom works for the West Contra Costa County School District. The district
is decommissioning hardware and software for the Leapfrog Leap Pad system.
There are 30 non-working tablets. My mom suspects the styluses need
attention. She can show someone how to do this, but she doesn't have the
time to do it herself. These tablets and probably many more would then be
available (with accompanying hard- and software) for donation to an NGO or
other after-school program. The set-up just requires one Windows XP
computer per classroom.
Is this something Fixit Clinic could help with? We don't know who might
need this system, but my mom says it's a good learning methodology. Without
repair and a donation recipient, a few classrooms worth of stuff will
become e-waste.
Thanks for your consideration,
Jon Lowe
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We have a bunch of AC/DC power adapters lying around,
and we could turn these into extra chargers for our
respective laptops and phones. Is anyone interested in
having a session on this? If so, I'll run it.
The session might go like this.
1. I explain the relevant stuff about electricity
(for at most 10 minutes).
2. We look up the electrical requirements of our devices.
3. We look for matching chargers.
4. If a charger supplies the right electricity but has the
wrong plugs, we cut off the plugs and exchange them.
We'd need these materials.
* Things you want to make adapters for
* Adapters that you're not using, to add to our pool
in Sudoroom
I can also bring some assorted plugs.
If you have a Mac laptop, you should acquire a broken
charger; the plugs seem to be proprietary.
After a long hiatus, the logo revision is back online and ready to be
discussed. I've attached a four page .pdf to review the latest iterations
based on the last feedback I received.
For those not familiar, we've been discussing this for several months now,
and have gone through a lot of different ideas. Prudently, most sudoers
have gravitated towards the logo sketches more similar to the current logo,
and here we are.
This Survey Monkey survey question
<http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Z9W5K3Y>applies to the Very Last Page
(4) of the attached presentation. Please
provide feedback.
It was cool sitting with the SudoRoom folks in the Noisebridge Library.
So many people would have tried to get on my case about how "print is dead"
and told me books are "dead trees." I should go "look online" where all the
"information" is.
It was cool learning about POSIX, going over SmallTalk, and learning about
Ruby, Python and so on while looking at print books.
Viva SudoRoom!
Bay Area Consortium of Hackerspaces
http://ba.chgrp.org
Newsletter #1
August 2013
Bay Area Hackerspace Roundtable
BACH is a loosely-organized association of hackerspaces in the San
Francisco Bay Area. BACH strives to be very thin, with almost no over-head.
We exist to help member spaces coordinate, communicate, and collaborate.
Above all, we support the Bay Area hackerspace community's existent
inter-dependence and resilience. Learn more and find notes on past
roundtables at hackerspaces.org<http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Bay_Area_Consortium_of_Hackerspaces/>
.
Our next BACH Roundtable will be in September (date TBD) at LOL [Liberating
Ourselves Locally], a people-of-color-led, gender-balanced makerspace in
East Oakland. Subscribe<https://lists.riseup.net/www/subscribe/bayareahackerspaces>to
the mailing list and stay tuned for an announcement with date, time,
and
address!
Upcoming Events Across the Bay
August
-
CakeFest (CakePHP), Aug 29-Sept 1, online and in San Francisco
http://cakefest.org
-
Disability Awareness Night 2013, Aug 16, San Jose Giants Stadium
-
Bay Area Homebrew Festival, Aug 24, Fort Mason Ctr
September
-
SynBioBeta SF <http://synbiobeta.com/sf2013/>, November 15th at the
Mission Conference Center, 7am-7pm.
October
-
Bay Area Drupal Camp 2013, October 24-27, Berkeley
http://2013.badcamp.net
-
Responsive Design Studio, October 15-16, Mountain View
http://rosenfeldmedia.com/events/responsive-design-studio/fall-2013/
-
Design Hacking, 14 Nov, and Finance Hacking, 8 Oct, Hacker Dojo,
Mountain View
August Updates:
Hackermoms is closed for August. http://mothership.hackermoms.org/calendar/
San Leandro Coworking and HayHackers are exploring the idea of combining
forces to represent the middle and south side east bay. At some later point
we can divide and spread across the land, helping to reach our Fremont
hackers closer to where they live.
Ace Monster Toys
http://meetup.acemonstertoys.org/
-
3D Printing, every other Wednesday @ 7:30pm (August 14, 28)
-
Arduino / Raspberry Pi / Microcontrollers, alternating Wednesdays @ 7pm
(August 7, 21)
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Assemble 3D Printers, alternating Wednesdays @ 7:30pm (August 14, 28)
-
Sewing & Textiles Open Lab, every other Tuesday @ 7pm (August 13, 27)
-
General Meeting / Open House, every Thursday @ 7:30pm
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CNC Router Introduction, Tuesday, August 13th @ 7pm
-
Learn to Use a 3D Printer, Wednesday, August 14th @ 7pm
-
Hacker Scouts Open Lab, Sunday, September 1st @ 2pm
Counter Culture Labs
http://www.meetup.com/Counter-Culture-Labs/
-
Open Bioinformatics: Exploring the
Genome<http://www.meetup.com/Counter-Culture-Labs/events/132990982/>,
Sunday, August 11th @ 7pm @ Sudo Room
-
Weekly Working
Meetings<http://www.meetup.com/Counter-Culture-Labs/events/133176082/>,
every Wednesday @ 6pm @ Ahnon’s
-
Monthly General Meeting, Last Fridays @ 6pm @ Sudo Room
Hacker Dojo
-
The 12 Tasks of Hercules: Robot hacking every Saturday @ 1:30pm
-
Laptop Music Production Workshop, Tuesday, August 13th @ 7pm
-
SVSC - Quantum Computing Discussion
Group<http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/3562002-svsc-quantum-computing-discussio…>,
Friday, August 16th @ 5pm
-
Repair Cafe Mountain View, Sunday, August 18th, 10am-5pm
-
Linux Virtualization Workshop, Monday, August 19th @ 7pm
-
Internet of Things Silicon Valley Meetup, Tuesday, August 20th @ 6pm
-
Cooking For Hackers: Steak And Red
Wine<http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/3461003-cooking-for-hackers-steak-and-re…>,
Wednesday, August 21st @ 6:30pm
-
Spokenvote - Rails for Charity Hack
Session<http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/3331002-spokenvote-rails-for-charity-hac…>,
Sunday, August 25th @ 6pm
-
Execution Models & Architectures for Big Data Cloud Computing &
Streaming<http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/3068001-execution-models-architectures-f…>,
Monday, August 26th @ 7pm
-
HTML5 Game Development Study Group: Tuesday, August 13th, Tuesday,
August 20th, and Monday, August 26th @ 6pm
LOLspace
-
LOL Open Hack Night: Decolonizing Technology every Monday starting @ 7pm
-
How We Move: Urban dance class on Sunday, August 18th starting at noon
-
Construction Class every Saturday starting @ 1pm
-
Resilient Communities Legal Cafe, a non-profit legal advice clinic
hosted by the Sustainable Economies Law Center, every First Thursday
starting @ 4:30pm
Marin Makers
http://www.meetup.com/MarinMakerspace/
-
Planning for the Mini Maker Faire, Tuesday, August 20th @ 6:30pm
-
Monthly General Meeting, every First Tuesday @ 6:30pm
-
Even more planning for the Mini Maker Faire, Tuesday, September 10th @
6:30pm
Noisebridge
-
Special event: Saturday, August 10, 16:00:
Noisebridge "______ the Bridge"
Party<https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Noisebridge_%22_the_Bridge%22_Party>,
a summer fundraising party for Noisebridge
-
Circuit Hacking Monday, every Monday @ 7:30pm
-
Frontend Web Development, every Monday @ 8pm
-
Gamebridge Unityversity, every Monday @ 7pm
-
Noisebridge Weekly Meeting, every Tuesday @ 7pm
-
Five Minutes of Fame, every Third Thursday @ 8pm
-
BAHA - Bay Area Hacker’s Association security meetup, Second Sundays @
2pm
-
Tastebridge / Vegan Hacker monthly food hacking, Last Thursdays @ 7pm
-
Post-Waste Nexus every Thursday except for 3rd Thursdays @ 7pm
-
3D Thursdays (3D Printing & Fabrication) every Thursday except for 3rd
Thursdays @ 7pm
Sudo Room
-
Today I Learned is a series of one-off classes and workshops, every
Saturday from 2-5pm. Check https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Today_I_Learned for
the full schedule!
-
Sudo Kids every Tuesday, starting at 5pm.
-
Microcontroller Hacking Night every other Tuesday @ 7pm [August 13, 27]
-
Python and Javascript meetups every Thursday @ 7pm
-
Oakland Wiki meeting every Thursday @ 7pm
-
Oakland Mesh Network hack nights every Thursday @ 8:30pm
-
Cryptoparty / Digital Security Workshop every Third Sunday starting @ 2pm
-
POSSE [Potluck Orientation Skill-share Swap-meet Event] Party every
Third Friday from 6-9pm
-
General Meeting and Potluck every Wednesday @ 7pm
-
Most Awesome Guacamole Fest Fundraiser (TBD in August)
Awesome projects happening in various hackerspaces:
Ace Monster Toys
-
We crowdfunded a brand new CNC Metal Mill, for fabricating custom parts
from solid blocks of metal. http://on.fb.me/11v5B32
-
Stefan is making his own bow for archery: http://on.fb.me/1coYygL
-
Humanoid robot made from 16 servos: http://on.fb.me/19xOOBe
-
Fabricating custom PCBs (circuit boards) using the desktop CNC router:
http://on.fb.me/16EN6c2
-
3D scanning and then 3D printing ourselves: http://on.fb.me/167AM45
-
Lasercutting leather goods: http://on.fb.me/15c4VTc
-
Tesla Coils! http://on.fb.me/17iUWHn
Counter Culture Labs
-
Glowing algae bioart is currently in ideation stage!
-
The Desktop Biolab <http://desktopbiolab.org> is a project to create a
low-cost desktop biotech lab to help citizen scientists do genetic
engineering at home.
-
A fork of the community education space, Berkeley Biolabs is to be a
biotech incubator for therapeutics-based clinical research.
Noisebridge
-
Excellent LED hacking projects combining electronics and arduino! A
skill-share event took place last Tuesday, August 6th. Among the projects
worked on included a LED matrix display, a VU-type meter and a coat with
200+ LEDs.
-
The Noise Orchestra <https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/NoiseJam> is an
open ensemble of handmade, hand-wired, and hand-coded instruments.
-
Post-Waste Nexus <http://postwastenexus.org/>endeavors to reuse and
recycle electronic waste, place refurbished computers with free and open
source software in our communities, provide education and job training, use
environmentally responsible e-waste handling practices, and operate under
consensus decision making.
-
A group of Noisebridgers, the
DreamTeam<https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/DreamTeam>,
are conducting research and working on projects related to brain computer
interfaces.
-
Some Noisebridgers just finished a super-successful Kickstarter
campaign<http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/swiftnav/piksi-the-rtk-gps-receiver>for
Piksi, a low-cost RTK GPS receiver (centimeter level precision) with
open source software and board design targeted at UAVs.
Sudo Room
-
The Oakland Mesh group <http://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh> successfully
crowdfunded the first round of hardware for the community wireless network
we’re building throughout East Oakland. Want to join the mesh? Add your
node here: http://meshmap.sudoroom.org
-
GETit <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Phage_therapy> is collaborating with
local clinics to develop novel therapies for the eradication of antibiotic
resistant gonorrhea.
-
Some folks have been working on a brain-computer interface for
controlling MC Hawking, the open source robot currently on loan from
Noisebridge.
-
SudoMaté RISE is a carbonated yerba mate natural energy drink. An open
source soda: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Sudomate - available at Sudo Room.
-
Subiir is currently brewing their 7th batch:
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Subiir_7
-
Juul is building an arcade machine running all free and open source
video games, and with a variety of controllers.
-
Eddie Che is building a small mobile greenhouse for growing food, and
previously built a rocket stove at the space:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rocket_Stove_Finished.jpg
-
Sun Synchrony is building and designing a new device for producing solar
electricity. The cells are more than twice the power of conventional
silicon cells, and this system provides nearly double the electricity per
given area, charges electronics much faster solar, and offers maximum
OFF-GRID INDEPENDENCE.
We Have Questions:
Does your hackerspace have its own general liability insurance? Would you
be interested in pooling to get a better price on a policy, if available?
CREDITS:
Kudos to Ace Monster Toys who actually emailed their updates when asked.
Others: you can learn!
Jenny Ryan (Sudo Room) collected most of these updates by hand. Yes, from
each site, one by one. Deep bows of gratitude for representing everyone so
well.
Judi Clark (SL Coworking) added a few updates, did the layout for the print
& pdf versions, added these snarky comments and printed some hand-out
versions.
Calendar Feeds:
1. Hackermoms:
http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/hsflo4jnaakg2vrp4addsimceg%40group.cal…
2. Noisebridge:
https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=1uesj915rces4cbmcr8j3sg8t0%40grou…
3. Sudo room:
https://sudoroom.org/?plugin=all-in-one-event-calendar&controller=ai1ec_exp…
4. Ace Monster Toys:
http://www.meetup.com/Ace-Monster-Toys/events/rss/Ace+Monster+Toys/
5. Hacker Dojo:
http://events.hackerdojo.com/
6. Marin Makers:
http://www.meetup.com/MarinMakerspace/
Hi everyone,
This Saturday at 2PM please join us at Sudo Room for *"Today I Learned":
Federated Syndicates, Auction
Markets<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Today_I_Learned#August_10:_Federated_Syndicates.2…>
*. Want to know what that means? Come at 2PM!
We have a lot of really exciting
TIL's<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Today_I_Learned>coming up. Here's the
rundown for the next six weeks:
*August 17: Popcorn Party:* Learn how to make lots of fun flavors of
popcorn! Movie night after???
*August 24: Fixit Clinic:* Come learn how to fix your broken whatever!
*August 31: Git Part 2: Hacking Sudoroom's Articles:* Learn git by
collaboratively working on our Articles of Association
*September 7: The Hacker Distro:* Learn about Arch
Linux<https://www.archlinux.org/>and why it's the software hacker's
DIY distro of choice!
*September 14: Understanding DNA and Evolution* -- From the sticky inside
of your mouth to public internet databases
*September 21: SQL Injection & Prevention: *SQL Injection or "SQLi" is a
one of the most dangerous, popular and fun web appl exploits found today on
the modern web. This workshop will cover the basics of SQL and then dive
into some SQLi exploitation and mitigation techniques.
Please forward far and wide and if you're interested in signing up to do a
workshop, please just enter your workshop & contact info under your
preferred date on the Sudo Room wiki<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Today_I_Learned>
.
Best,
Marina
i mean, the real things are only about $2 and an attiny chip is $1, and
your time is surely worth something, and you should just get a numeric
code to get into sudoroom, which doesn't require any matter, but in case
you decide to make an RFID tag yourself, here's how:
http://scanlime.org/2008/09/using-an-avr-as-an-rfid-tag/
i believe this will work with the sudoroom RFID reader. but why bother?
you can just buy a tag or get a code you can type in.
-jake
On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 9:34 AM, Yardena Cohen <yardenack(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> There used to be a way to listen online to OPD's radio communications
> here: http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/10182
So, it looks like a new feed has already sprung up:
http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/14659
I'm still interested in learning how to do it, though. Never hurts for
us all to learn more skills. :)
hi everyone,
just wanted to share a bit about what we're up to with the sudo kids
project. wall of text below. contact myself or ray if you want to get
involved!
best,
marina
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Marina Kukso <marina.kukso(a)gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 1:48 AM
Subject: upcoming sudo kids: worms & food maps!
To: "sudo-kids(a)lists.sudoroom.org" <sudo-kids(a)lists.sudoroom.org>,
hello(a)sl-co.com, Jonathan Levin <jdlevin(a)gmail.com>, Beverly Chang <
changb7(a)gmail.com>, rick(a)bace.org
hi everyone,
lots of new folks interested in sudo kids! i've copied a number of the new
folks here. (new people: let me know if you'd like to be added to this
wonderful virtually traffic-free list, or add yourself at
http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-kids)
here are a few updates about sudo kids:
- updated wiki entry with a bit more info about who we are and what we
do - feel free to add more/modify/etc.:
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/SudoKids
- more need for folks who want to lead activities and/or want to help
coordinate. have an idea for a project or activity that you'd like to do?
we've done calligraphy, radio, clay, art, mate-brewing, gardening,
homestead-keeping, piano, book-binding, and more. if you have an idea, we
should do it! feel free to reply all, reply just to me, or come chat on a
tuesday about anything you'd like to do. and if have a vague idea or aren't
sure what you'd like to do or want some help defining what you'd like to
do, we'd be happy to flesh ideas out with you.
- we have lots of stuff coming up! check out the schedule below:
- *this sunday 8/11: worms!* judi will be bringing a worm project to
sudo kids outdoor chapter which takes place every sunday at 10AM at my
house (2429 adeline). if you have outdoorsy projects and/or kids
you'd like
to do outdoorsy projects with, let me know!
- *next tues 8/13: food map!* beverly wanted to try out a food hack
night and so we're tentatively planning on getting some local food from a
goodeggs.com market that supposedly happens every tuesday near sudo
room and mapping out where the food comes from and how it got to us.
- *next sun 8/18*: *no plans yet!* want to do an activity? this slot
is available!
- *tues 8/20:* *tentative POSSE party!* the bay area community
exchange timebank (http://timebank.sfbace.org/) has been meeting
every other month at sudo and recently held a POSSE party (Potluck
Orientation Skillshare Swapmeet Events). these are open community events
that get people exchanging and sharing outside of the old ways.
there will
be food, skillshares, gift circles, and lots of families! we hope to get
some cross pollination between SudoKids and the BACE communities. if you
want to learn more about this, rick from BACE is copied on this email
(rick(a)bace.org) and would be happy to chat.
aaand that's the end of the wall of text. you are all awesome and i love
you. yay, we are doing sudo kids! we're making it happen! yaaay!
marina
does anyone know what the frequency is? One can buy a $12 SDR receiver
which plugs into the USB, and can decode many kinds of radio signals
including fancy encryptable signals used by some police depts.
once we get reception going, it will be appropriate to talk about choosing
a server to host a stream.
-jake
Aug 6, 2013 09:34:34 AM, yardenack at gmail.com wrote:
>There used to be a way to listen online to OPD's radio communications
>here: http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/10182
>
>This required someone in the city to connect an analog radio and serve
>the content digitally. They regularly had over 100 listeners, and
>peaked at 3000+ during crisis events. But it was hosted in an office
>that just closed shop and so as of today, they had to take down their
>feed. Right now I don't think there's another way to listen to OPD
>online.
>
>Perhaps this is a gap that Sudoroom could fill? Does anybody know how
>to get something like this set up? I imagine we'd need to relay to a
>data center because of the large number of streamers. Or maybe just
>colocate locally? Does anyone know a cheap colo in Oakland?
On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 10:33 PM, Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote:
> I think sudoroom should have a telephone! a real telephone, wired into the
> wall. Perhaps sudoroom already has a telephone number? I don't know.
We do! Our paired DSL comes with two phone numbers:
510-858-5052
510-858-7145
Right now our modem is attached directly to a 2-line jack. To start
receiving calls, all we need is a splitter box and DSL filters. Last I
checked there were a number of decent handsets lying around. We really
should have done this already, and I'm glad someone is showing the
initiative. :)
I think sudoroom should have a telephone! a real telephone, wired into
the wall. Perhaps sudoroom already has a telephone number? I don't know.
The reason i say this is because unlike noisebridge, sudoroom is only open
(to non-members a.k.a. potential members) at uncertain times.
I would really like to be able to tell these people "call this number to
see if anyone is at the space". That way, if sudoroom is open, the
members there can answer the telephone and tell the noobs that it's okay
to bike over, or whatever they do for transport.
If there is not a telephone at sudoroom already, I think we should set up
a VOIP phone. I know there is at least one VOIP box at sudoroom and if
not, i volunteer to donate one. (it's just a little box that plugs into
the ethernet, and has a telephone jack)
If anyone has a nice telephone, we can use that. Alternately I volunteer
to grab a payphone from noisebridge (there are a couple on a shelf) and
bolt it to the wall inside sudoroom and set it up.
but i am not willing to set up the VOIP account and configure the little
box, someone else can do that. Fortunately the cost of a VOIP phone line
is on the order of $2 per month (yes thats right).
I think it should be a 510 number, because some people don't have long
distance and it actually matters.
-jake
Folks,
Subiir needs more bottles still, in order to bottle our most recent batch.
So get your beer-face, get to drink, rinse with the bottle washer and place
in cupboard. Also, remember to get regular capped bottles, no twist-tops :)
Harrr!
Make a great day,
Morten
hi everyone,
radio room was rearranged this past weekend and is still somewhat in flux.
things are disconnected and kind of all over the place.
also the raspberry pi that was streaming content from the radio room to
radio.sudoroom.org has a problem and i am borrowing both it and the audio
interface that was attached to it to troubleshoot it. i've left notes in
the radio room to this effect as well. will aim to return both of these
(hopefully fixed!) within the next few days!
best,
marina