Hey all,
Leaving Berlin tomorrow and heading to London for a few days (first
Cambridge for one), then Paris for some more.
Found some cool spaces to check out, looking for places to crash! Any one
think they know someone with a couch in these locations?
Cheers,
Matt
>> happy bartstrike day. for any of you who are able to work from home, sudo
room will be open by 10AM.
Who might be the likely sudo room gatekeepers/admitters "by 10AM" for
this week ??
Hey ! A lot of noisebridge and sudoroom folks hang out at the DNA lounge death guild event Monday nights.
I spent a good deal of time talking about projects with folks there. There's also great wifi and a 24 hour pizza place next door.
Dance is a great way to get your emotions out ! Let's connect tonight!!!
---
Romy Ilano
Founder of Snowyla
http://www.snowyla.com
romy(a)snowyla.com
Hi Folks,
I'm back from a brief hiatus and returning to sudo room with chips and wires tomorrow night for some good ole fashioned 8-bit tinkering. There have been a few projects going around involving solar power - it would be good to get a handle on this sun tracking thing once and for all, and a group is already in depth with some custom hardware but I think it would be fun to hack something together with car charger panels and servos. I will be working with Morten and Julio on a little project we call the garden sentry, which is basically a different take on the now more or less old hat closed-loop plant watering / aquaponics setup, with an emphasis on - you guessed it - being cheap. Beer machine testing will resume two weeks later since we're still waiting on some components to increase the heating power. Bonus round if time allows: testing out some of the solenoid valves that Steve donated. We probably won't be building a cryogenic fuel thrust vectoring lunar lander rocket engine with them as had been originally planned, but I have high hopes we can get within 1.5 orders of awesomeness magnitude.
I will have some extra chips on hand if you're just getting started - atmega328p, uln2003, 555 timers, etc.
Hope to see y'all there!
Hol
Hey all given an apparent discontinuation of BART service I thought it
might be useful to let people know I'll be driving thru Oakland and SF the
next couple of days, in particular between sudo room and noisebridge.
I'll be heading down to sudo room for a brief stop at some point in the
next couple of hours and then over to sf, I have room for a few if anyone
needs a lift into the city later this afternoon.
Also this seems like an epic opportunity for someone to throw together a
Fuck BART carpool web app, or connect BART to the Internet of Things so
that we can control it remotely.
--
ThanX,
;+)
https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Fort
hi all,
happy bartstrike day. for any of you who are able to work from home, sudo
room will be open by 10AM.
if awaken cafe hasn't been ransacked yet, there may even be vegan donuts in
it for you! =O
- marina
hi everyone,
we are paying the rent today.
- marina
----- Forwarded message -----
From: "Laurie Cooperman Rosen" <Lscoop(a)comcast.net>
To: <exchequer(a)sudoroom.org>
Cc: <eddan(a)eddan.com>, <mattsenate(a)gmail.com>
Subject: 7/2013 Statement, 2135 Broadway
Date: Sun, Jun 30, 2013 04:17
Dear Sudo Room-
Attached please find the 7/2013 Statement. Thank you! There was a
disconcerting incident today where somebody sprayed graffiti on and around
the ADA toilet upstairs. If anybody has a lead on this or saw something
suspicious, please let us know, as we can't pick up that area on camera :-(.
Thanks~
Laurie & George
The Gonorrhea Eradication Team is a citizen science project launched out of
sudo room:
http://www.sudoroom.org/wiki/Phage_therapy
We're a small group of hackers and scientists that are trying to crowdfund
our initial lab rental and supplies in order to get the research started.
The goal is, as the name states, to cure Gonorrhea using phage therapy.
This is important since Gonorrhea is becoming increasingly resistant to
existing antibiotics!
Much more info on our crowdfunding campaign website:
http://www.wepay.com/donations/gonorrhea-eradication-team
Hopefully we'll be able to transition from rented lab space to Counter
Culture Labs ( the upcoming east bay diybio space ) in a few months.
Stay excellent.
--
Marc
As my task from this past week for the Mesh group has been to do some more research on tax structure advantages and disadvantages - I wanted to share my excitement about 501(c)(7) with everyone. Social Clubs!
Check it out -- http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Other-Non-Profits/Social-Clubs.
Examples of 501(c)(7) ----
College social/academic fraternities and sororities
Country clubs
Amateur hunting, fishing, tennis, swimming and other sport clubs
Dinner clubs that provide a meeting place library, and dining room for members
Variety clubs
Hobby clubs
Homeowners or community associations whose primary function is to own and maintain recreational areas and facilities
There is debate about whether the NSA's PRISM program is related to
Palantir's products.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/23/1218189/-HBGary-Palantir-Prism-Fac…
Whether they are related or not, it seems that the government's claims of
transparency and audibility of the NSA's PRISM program is related (perhaps
directly) to the claims of Palantir's. Search for "immutable auditing"
below:
http://www.palantir.com/wp-content/static/pg-analysis-blog/2009/07/Privacy-…
It seems that even professor Lessig has bought into their marketing.
http://lessig.tumblr.com/post/54268127504/on-the-freedom-to-speak
(Palantir's product is the kind of thing that prof Lessig had always
wanted, as you can read in his book "Code: and Other Laws of Cyberspce". In
trying to strike a "balance" between copyright and privacy, prof Lessig
proposes solutions that fail to prevent blanket government surveillance.)
We need to scrutinize these technically incredible claims. I wager that for
any given system that touts immutable audibility, there is a way to hack
around it. As long as the NSA can tap the wires and record information in
vast databases for cold storage, we are absolutely in risk.
Technical/legal concepts that need to be scrutinized:
* immutable audit log (see http://www.std.com/~cme/non-repudiation.htm)
* non-repudiation
* chain of custody
- JaeKwon
hi, i live in marin and heard about the hackerspace starting. i would not only like to be involved, but would like to donate an extra office chair. its in my car and was going to go a thrift shop tomorrow. would it be welcome and can i drop it off today? if so, address?
-John
**
*
NOTE PLEASE:
‡ means the actual exact details are in the confidential readme, attached,
whose password you should know, which i strongly encourage SRers read
instead of this. plus the layout didn't get screwed up. in particular,
what looks like redactions below is merely what happens when you cut and
paste graphics.
‡'s are where the info was. ok.
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*Concernynge The Camera, &c,*
*or,*
*Some Obseruations *
*Happily Pursuant *
*to a *
*Greater Securitie*
**
*a hopefully platform-independent explanation *
*of her work so far*
*by*
*a female faust*
*
*
* introduction*
because i only did what i knew i could, of all i conceive may be true about
this setup, certainly it needeth a readme, by way of explanation.
therefore, upon well founded advice i hereby attempt to document my work
(something i have never done before in this realm) & thus enable & invite
help to advance the cause......
* what about that machine downstairs?*
warning : if that cam is not recording i will have to go back in & do some
more cobbling, more frankensteinian *(/fræ*ŋ*k-*ɛ*n-*ʃ*t-ēē-nē-*ə*n/)** *than
faustian no doubt. because it has to work. a. s. a. p...
and because it doesn't work if
- it doesn't work
- it isn't persistent, or
- it doesn't record
and would be better if
- it can be (securely) accessed from elsewhere other than the computer
to which it is attached
- it auto uploaded so we didn't have to worry
* *
* the way i did the doorcam:*
the [image: Picture 3.png] is running the smartest OS X (which means that
the eminently useful OS 9 has already been broken on it, but can be
reinstalled). (however the *Terminal* on it should have most if not all
of what you would expect from a 'nix box).
An awesome & awesomely painless tutorial that introduced me to *QuickTime
Broadcaster*, courtesy of murphymac.com, may be found
here<http://murphymac.com/slib/quicktime-broadcaster.htm>;
consider it a readme on the program. The version of it that i used came
from here <http://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/apple/quicktime/qtbroadcaster/>; the
pro version of QT from
here<http://www.oldapps.com/mac/quicktime.php?old_quicktime=20>*
(it says you don't need QT pro but I think you do); the macam download from
here <http://sourceforge.net/projects/webcam-osx/?source=dlp>.
*more specifically *
the relevant files in the box's Apache Webserver (*
Library/Webserver/Documents/*) that were used to create what was semi up &
running are all called "*works" -- *no filetype for the program-specific *
settings* files; the .*sdp & the .mov *for the exported files upon which
one must click should one want to stream the image.
if you want to change any of the settings you can only do so when it is NOT
broadcasting. audio has been disabled by default, to save cpu goodness.
i was doing multicast with auto generated IP addresses -- it generates two,
one for video & one for audio anyway -- & assigns port numbers
automatically. i don't know how this is supposed to work if the audio is
enabled, the two address thing.
the exported file "*works.mov*" is easily parsed by QuickTime, on a machine
running OS X, & on one running Vista.
the exported file "*works.sdp*" is easily parsed by VLC, on a machines
running OS X, & on a machine running i-didn't-ask-but-possibly-linux.
please see the awesome & awesomely painless murphymac tutorial mentioned
above, if for no other reason than the awesomeness. well, that & that it
tells you almost everything you need to know.
*because i wanted it to stream painlessly*
i needed the stream to not be overly consumptive of bandwidth: i was
looking for a way that it could be served by an intermediary computer. i
am relatively new at this (no! really?) so i am not sure without further
study if my solution accomplished this.... it would have to work well
first... but here's what i did (with some detail in case any one wants to
follow up on one of the other alternatives so they can have what benefit
may be had from my work).
*youtube*
i tried to upload the .*mov *to youtube but it was not fooled by the
Quicktime wrapper.
*blogger version one*
ditto blogger.
*ustream*
i had tried to stream using the camera & *ustream.tv* originally, on the
account i made just for that purpose, but *'/%@ ustream, probably in an
effort to make the user either go pro or upgrade or both, makes it
extremely (*extremely) *difficult. could not log in -- buttons
unclickable or missing, kept redirecting to a sign up page. i hate it when
i am told i cannot do something for no ≈®&/?†&$! reason. so i logged in
with my other, slightly newer power-pc laptop -- whilst sniffing the
exchanged packets -- studied the results & cobbled together some urls.
so if you want to log into ustream, there's a file with a couple urls in it,
‡ & there's a folder with some relevant cookies in it‡. i really don't
think the cookies are that relevant, but if they are, replace the ones
already there with them.‡
the file is visible.‡ open it & you will find the following two url's‡ --
enter the long one & then the short one into the address bar of
*Safari* ([image:
Pasted Graphic 5.tiff].in the dock, or click on the Finder, or on the
Desktop background, & go to /Applications/Safari) (sure, install Firefox,
but it will be slow!) the long one will return a whole bunch of plaintext,
or it will download it. ignore that & enter the shorter one anyway. ‡
you are then on the dashboard. *et voila.*
however, i found had the same problem again when i wanted to broadcast
or *go-live
*as the natives call it, & no longer had the patience. if someone wants me
to i can sniff & cobble for that as well -- shouldn't be hard. whatever
that means. i may do it anyway -- then we wouldn't have to worry about
recording -- & wouldn't need an application running on the box -- or would
at the very least, if we ran both, have a backup.
*what i ended up doing*
was taking the .*mov*‡ & encoding it in base64, something that i have been
known to do & may in fact be quite... *fond...* ....of. let's leave it at
that for now, hmmm? in any event by doing so, that is, by borrowing the
structure of the old embed code that youtube, which is google, still
supports (because untold millions of embeds would break otherwise), &
plugging in the *data-encoded URI*, i was able to get it past Blogger. the
html:‡
*<object height="315" width="420"><param name="movie"
value="data:video/quicktime;base64,blahblahdataencodedblah"></param>*
*<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param>*
*<param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param>*
*<embed src="data:video/quicktime;base64,blahblahdataencodedblah"
type="video/quicktime" width="420" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always"
allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>*
and the result was live (at least on the boxes i tested, more on that
below) at my least visited (and least used) blogspot.‡
*if the camera becomes unrecognized *
at first -- way at the beginning, after i set up the [image: Pasted
Graphic.tiff] -- the camera went unrecognized, since it was not firewire;
it became recognized & remained so after i futzed with it. here's what i
did:
- renamed the top usb port with *open firmware* so that open firmware
thought it was firewire ‡
- (*sudo nvram* probably has a way but
- i did it by booting into *open firmware *by holding down the "o"
& "f" keys at startup & then
- entering "*devalias*" &
- noting the pci hw address of the top usb port which one
could tell because the keyboard & mouse were in the
other one, & then
- "*devalias [whatever-i-nicknamed-the-firewire]
[/the-old-firewire-address]*"‡ to save the address somewhere
i wouldn't misplace it & everyone else could get to it &
- "*devalias fw [/whatever-it-was/hub@
-whatever-wasn't-the-keyboard]*"‡ to name the usb port the
traditional "*fw*" which all the other routines would expect
firewire to be called
- "reset-all" which restarts the machine
- AND
- by opening Terminal ([image: Pasted Graphic 9.tiff] in the *dock**
*or* /System/Applications/#1Utilities/Terminal*) & piping the command
at the heart of the application *macam *to the command at the heart
of *QuickTime Broadcaster, *a terminal command that looks like
"*/Applications/macam
| /Applications/QuickTime\ Broadcaster*)‡
after which it FINALLY recognized the camera, & has ever since.
*if a way cannot be found to record the stream*
pipe it over the network to the upstairs computer (watch that tutorial & it
will be a snap -- there's a setting to broadcast to just one machine) &
record it from there. DO NOT TRUST the "*save to disk*" feature unless you
personally verify that the resultant files may be played. they are
certainly fat enough to be movies, & they look like movies when i opened
them as text (something i love to do), but i could not get functioning
videoplayback.
if that fails just attach a big enough hard drive externally, quit *quicktime
broadcaster & *either use *quicktime** *(a pro version is installed on the
box) or better yet, *macam*, which leaves a smaller footprint.
waaa. i wanted streaming! but last i checked, there was this problem:
*the stream cannot be seen from outside*
as the kind soul who chatted with me‡ & others are well aware, though when
i actually did leave, one SRer‡ was able to get the stream on his machine.
he was, however, inside. the SRer i chatted with earlier‡ pointed out that
only being able to get the stream from inside may be all for the best; i
will leave that up to what people think. i do not, however, consider it a
detriment to my privacy. as a matter of fact, this is one of the rare
cases in which i find that i feel the surveillance *enhances* my security,
rather than threatening it.
that said, i have thought quite a bit about why it seems the stream was not
available from outside the local network, & have come to the conclusion
that the camera needs to be assigned a static domain-style URL, that points
to the LAN ip address, even though the broadcast addresses that the program
assigns are static.
there is a place i think in the netherlands that has a free dns updating
service for just such eventualities, & gives static addresses like DYNDNS
used to give, with a freeware updater. & i will probably test this theory.
*remember*
if you change any of the settings, in order to stream you have to go to the
menu along the top of the screen while it is broadcasting & hit *export. *
*please *leave me a note if you do, attached to this thread if possible or
privately. i will be ever so happy to do the weird data encoding stuff to
get the webpage up & running as well. (i think that's cool). & if it all
the well no hitch, perhaps then it can graduate & be official on the SR
website!
*other notables*
- the camera needs a drape or divider behind it to block out
backlighting, which interferes with the image.
- we could use more cameras of course
- a real extension cord would rock
- locking is good
- i was thinking the happy-sudoers-and-oakland-folks-together altar
that i made to inaugurate the new era of beefier security
could go on top
- there needs to be a cabinet or something to put the computer &
associated equipment in
- i have one in mind that just needs doors put on
- that is why i positioned the sign as i did on wednesday, i
realize that is not a daytime solution
- if anyone else has cabinet ideas please feel free, only do drop
me a line please so i don't do unnecessary work
- i welcome any ideas, suggestions, comments:
- of course i would prefer if others built on what i have done, but
- i know what is really important.
- i did this because it needed to be done,
- i really don't want another incident, however minor, to occur &
catch us with our camera down.
- it isn't over until the fat lady, after drinking her celebratory
pint of Guinness & going outside for a smoke,
- finds that the video camera downstairs catches her likeness,
- clearly, as she leaves,
- and records it.**
be seeing you.
**
*notes*
**
*‡ means the actual exact details are in the confidential readme which i
strongly encourage SRers read instead of this. *
*and here: www DOT keygenguru.com SLASH sn SLASH apple_quicktime_7_4_1 DOT
html
**and then it isn't over; it just began.......
Thanks Craig, for posting the ad. Due to Gonorrhea's anti medical
resistant nature, there is coming to a point where the bacteria is
becoming resistant to the old ways of treatment (3rd generation
treatment).
This project was organized and started by Craig, with contribution to a
few other Sudoroomers to research new ways to treat Gonorrhea in the
community using a radical new method, which was developed in the soviet
era, but since forgotten. What is different about this group's research
is that all the data, unlike corporate sponsored and academia, will be
published for the public domain, free and open source, following to the
guidelines of sudoroom itself while maintaining credibility.
Open source scientific data is a new frontier that has been unexplored.
And with this closed world, citizen scientists must step up to the
rights of free access information. We ask that your donation to make
this possible here:
http://www.wepay.com/donations/gonorrhea-eradication-team.
If you like to know more about the project and how to contribute please
contact Craig, email below.
Thanks for your time.
-Louis
---
Louis T. Huang
http://aegia.nu/
+415.676.0179
louis.huang(a)aegia.nu
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [sudo-discuss] Fwd: Marina, today is the last day to
receive $50 off Workshop Weekend: Arduino admission!
Date: 2013-06-28 17:52
From: Craig Rouskey <craigrouskey(a)gmail.com>
To:
Cc: "sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org" <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org>
Hello! For those of you who don't know, my name is Craig. My fellow
citizen scientists in the Bay Area and I are launching our project aimed
at monitoring and ERADICATING ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANT GONORRHEA USING PHAGE
THERAPY.
We need your support! We are nearly ready to begin our screening
program and are bootstrapping the project as we speak! Please read the
following information and let us know how you would like to help. If you
are able to contribute funds (i.e. support our laboratory rental fees,
help us purchase equipment, reagents or supplies, or support the
screening of individual patients, please contribute through our online
WePay campaign. If you would like to contribute by lending your time,
talent, or expertise, please feel free to reply to this e-mail!
WePay
campaign: http://www.wepay.com/donations/gonorrhea-eradication-team [5]
Project Site: http://www.sudoroom.org/wiki/Phage_therapy [6]
ABOUT US:
We are a volunteer group of experienced citizen scientists working to
foster healthy communities through innovative medical research. Our team
includes PhD and Masters-level microbiologists, immunologists and
cellular biologists. Together, we are taking on our first major project:
the eradication of antibiotic resistant gonorrhea! We would like to work
with you to: (1) Implement an on-the-street Gonorrhea screening program;
(2) Provide a consistent feed of data that is open to the public
(open-access); and (3) develop novel, phage therapies for the treatment
of antibiotic resistant Gonorrhea.
WHY ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANT GONORRHEA?
Since the 1970s, the bacterial pathogen Neisseria gonorrhoeae
(Gonorrhea) has been developing resistance to 3rd generation
antibiotics. These antibiotics are the last line of defense against
gonorrheal infection. Antibiotic resistant Gonorrhea is therefore a
growing public health concern. In the United States, this concern is
exacerbated by the fact that primary treatments for gonorrheal
infections are solely antibiotic-based. It is crucial to continuously
monitor antibiotic resistant Gonorrhea while researching and developing
new, non-antibiotic treatment regimens.
SCREENING AND PHAGE THERAPY
Patients who participate in free Gonorrhea screenings will have their
private results within 24 hours. The results will be available online
through our data reporting system. Patients will enter in their Patient
ID and self-generated passphrase to obtain their status.
From this private, anonymous, and secure data, we will openly and
freely publish results detailing the incidence and prevalence of the
emerging antibiotic resistant strains of gonorrhea. Upon receiving
results, patients will be counseled as to how to seek treatment.
Positive results will be reported (anonymously) to the Center for
Disease Control and positive samples will be grown in our laboratory.
From these samples we will harvest and characterize the viruses that
infect Gonorrhea. Bacterial viruses (bacteriophages or phages: viruses
that infect only bacteria) are present in all species of bacteria and
when active, have the potential to kill or 'shut down' their bacterial
host. Infecting Gonorrhea with its own bacteriophage causes the bacteria
to die. While gonorrhea is fighting its phage infection, your body will
have time to generate a natural immune response to your gonorrhea
infection. Bacteriophage therapy is already being used for other
infectious diseases including tuberculosis and with your commitment, we
can make this new gonorrhea treatment a reality!
There are many ways to participate in this project! By contributing
funds you can either support our lab rental, fund our equipment and
reagent purchases, or fund our screening program. You can also
participate by coming to our weekly meetings and lending your scientific
brain to the project.
Here's to making the world healthier!
Craig Rouskey
On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 3:42 PM, Marina Kukso <marina.kukso(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
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> Date: Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 3:41 PM
> Subject: Marina, today is the last day to receive $50 off Workshop
> Weekend: Arduino admission!
> To: marina.kukso(a)gmail.com
>
> Hi Marina,
>
> I wanted to remind you that today is the last day to register for
> Workshop Weekend: Arduino and receive $50 off admission with the code
> ARDUINOEARLY713!
>
> On July 13th and 14th, WE'LL TAKE YOU FROM ARDUINO ROOKIE TO WHIZ
> IN JUST TWO DAYS -- if you've been wanting to get started with Arduino
> but you have no idea where to start or you're feeling intimidated by
> all there is to learn, come join us!
>
> Arduino is an electronics platform designed for artists, designers,
> and hobbyists. Here's just a taste of what kind of stuff you can make
> using one:
>
> * _Arduino Quadcopter_: An autonomous flying quadcopter -- use it to
> spy on your friends!
> * _The Inebriator_: An automated cocktail mixer -- it won't ask you
> for a tip!
> * _Laser Harp_: A futuristic musical harp that forgoes strings in
> favor of lasers!
> * _Secret Knock Door Lock_: A door lock that opens only when the right
> knowcking pattern is applied!
> * _RC Lawn Mower_: Why break your back in the heat? This lawn mower is
> completely autonomous!
> * _Tweet-A-Watt_: A power consumption meter that tweets your daily
> electricity consumption.
>
> Unlike past Workshop Weekends, THE ARDUINO WEEKEND IS DESIGNED TO
> BRING YOU TO A LEVEL OF DEEP EXPERTISE IN ONE PARTICULAR TOPIC,
> comprehensively leading you through all the key steps. Again, YOU
> DON'T NEED TO HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH ARDUINO,
> ELECTRONICS, OR PROGRAMMING to attend!
>
> Check out the full schedule and register here:
> https://workshopweekend.net/arduino/catalog [1]
>
> Also unlike past Workshop Weekends, Saturday's workshops will be the
> same for everyone: you'll be guided through three building block
> workshops to get you up to speed. On Sunday, you'll be able to work on
> your own projects with our team of expert mentors present to give you a
> hand, while also enrolling in your choice of advanced workshops on
> topics such as advanced programming, working with audio, motors and
> movement, and LCD character displays.
>
> Check out the full schedule and register here:
> https://workshopweekend.net/arduino/catalog [2]
>
> And please reach out to us if you have any questions at all about the
> weekend!
>
> I hope we'll see you there!
>
> Warmly,
> J.D., Rolf, Michael, Malcolm, Lee, Andrew, and the rest of the Arduino
> Weekend Team
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If you haven't heard of Soylent, it's a much-blogged-about and recently
crowd-funded attempt to replace the "drudgery" of purchasing and preparing
food with a convenient, nutritionally complete beverage. See the original
blog posts (quite entertaining) here: http://blog.soylent.me/
Anyway, they just announced they're hiring someone to "mix" Soylent at
their facility in Oakland for 5 hrs/day, $20/hr.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5954164
I thought this might appeal both to the hacking and the
alternative-income-seeking impulses of many members of the Sudoroom krewe.
If anybody ends up doing this, let me know - I'm pretty curious!
// Garrett
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Hi,
I'm looking over the SudoRoom projects and the most ambitious, the one most
interesting to me, and the one that needs funding now is the Mesh Network.
- Could we redesign the front page so that the mesh network is featured
more prominently? it is a manifeestation of all the SudoRoom values
- Could there be periodical updates so that people can find the donate
button and donate to the mesh network?
- Could the front of the wiki features the mesh network as the featured
project?
Personally as a newsreader, I'd prefer to see more discussion of the mesh
network on the sudo-discuss list. If there is some kind of security issue
then I can understand avoiding doing that.
What doesn't appeal to me as a discussion reader is reading lots of self
righteousness, or people weakening a viewpoint by going to the extreme. I'm
talkinga bout people that wind down into such deep conspiracy theories that
they make anyone with a tangentially related theory seem like a total
crackpot.
Then again, you can do whatever you want. I'm not working on the mesh
network right now, I just like the idea of it.
It solves so many economic, social, and political issues in one fall stroke.
Best,
Romy
hey all,
luis is interested in working on the calendar plugin a bit to help people
who might be interested in our events connect to the right event and event
organizers. is this something that others might be interested in?
- marina
I want to thank everyone who came together last night to collaboratively
bust their butts and get the event organized and running smoothly! Major
props to the night owls who helped with final cleanup and with luggin those
ginormous speakers back to my house! In the end we made ~$200, which was
4/9 of the total donations (4/9 went to Bike Smut and 1/9 went to Rock
Paper Scissors for hooking it up with the beer). Maybe we should have a big
event where 100% goes to SR? :] :]
I had a wonderful time! The major highlights for me were absolutely Ray's
aphrodesiac ice cream and witnessing the Sudo Mateists working hard the day
before (Not trying to toot horns--in all seriousness, I find food to be way
more sensual than porn).
After the show was over, I walked around and solicited people's feedback
for the show. Some members of the audience...
- wished there would have been a greater presence of male-bodied people,
transgender people and people of color, as well as a greater diversity of
non/gendered roles played out. (I spoke afterward with Phil about the high
presence of female-bodied people, and he said that the majority of the
production crew are female-bodied as well, and that they would like more
diversity in the films they recieve and is open to input.)
- wondered how crowdsourcing porn affects demographic of submissions
- were not surprised at the lack of diversity in queer porn
- had not seen strap-on sex before, and were delighted
- were displeased that there was no warning about two films with
(staged) nonconsensual acts
- want to hack sexuality
- might want to have a screening of very diverse porn
- think it would be really good to have a follow-up conversation!
Sorry if I missed your point--if you pm me I can add it in, or please
respond to the list. On the latter point, would anyone be interested in
organizing this?
Hugs,
Vicky
Hello!
Please join us at Sudo Room (2141 Broadway, entrance on 22nd St., take the
elevator upstairs) this Saturday 6/29 at 2PM for "Today I Learned": How to
showcase your 3D printed work with a time-lapse video.
Here's some more info about this free workshop:
We will be doing a video, time-lapse of a 3D print from two angles. This
will involve 2 cameras, using magic latern on at least one camera. In the
class we will learn how to:
- Set up lighting for optimal video
- Set up multiple Cameras to shoot 3D prints
- Use magic lantern for a Canon 550d, 5d Mark ii, or similar camera to
do a time-lapse of the process
- Record a post and pre-print video about the project
*
*
*his workshop is part of the series “Today I Learned,” a series of free
workshops that take place every Saturday at 2PM at Sudo Room, a creative
community and hackerspace in downtown Oakland. Check out the full schedule
at http://sudoroom.org/wiki/Today_I_Learned and please forward widely.*
Reposted here: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2013-06-26
=Attending=
* jenny, len, patrick, sam, timon, daniel, marina
=Introductions=
''Let's get to know each other!''
Co-Facilitator: [List Co-Facilitator]
* Introduction to purpose and format of this meeting
Brief personal intros (< 20 sec per person)
* [Go-around topic]
Icebreaker (10 min)
* [Pair/small group discussion on a topic.]
=Announcements (Consent Agenda)=
''Use this section to briefly announce and consent to items that need no
more details or discussion''
Co-Facilitator: [List Co-Facilitator]
(< 8 minutes)
*Sudo Kids:
**Want more coordinators!
**Brainstorm different activities, with the kids on Tuesdays, while cooking
**Sam, Timon, Patrick, Marina, Ray
**Will potentially need another night of the week due to changes in
schedule :(
***Public School movie nights [every other?] Tuesday, perhaps staggering
Tuesdays twice a month and maybe Mondays w/ musical instruments!!
**Outdoor portion of Sudo Kids this Sunday at Hearth house in West Oak.
Come play with ducks and construct things!
*Sudo-POSSE Party in cooperation with BACE Timebank. Planning Potluck this
Friday from 7-9pm!
**3rd Fridays avalable? First one in July. (Potluck Orientation Skillshare
Swapmeet Event)- Lets invite public school, democracy project, oakland-wiki
for a Meta Networking Event?
*Cleaning of Natural Decay - Move to Wednesday nights?
*Found a potential new location? Use
http://hackerspaces.crowdmap.com/(ask Matt for admin access)
**Tweet any space details @sudoroom
**Email info(a)sudoroom.org
*Interested in more inter-hackerspaces collab? Join Open Hack Night every
Monday at 7pm @LOL (1234 23rd Avenue, San Antonio (east Oakland)). LOL is
a POC, Queer and Women-organized hackerspace. It is radically
inclusive--EVERYONE is a desired member! Their organizers want us to do
more stuff at each others' spaces.
*Next BACH Event: Third Saturdays, next is 7/20, 6pm at Hacker Dojo -
http://ba.chgrp.org
*Sudo Bike - ask Matt about borrowing it for a set period of time, or for
donations to "Sudo Bike"
*Every Thurs. at 7PM: Oakland Wiki meetup! http://www.oaklandwiki.org
*Every Thurs. at 8:30pm: Mesh Networking meetup:
http://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh
*RADIO!!!!
**sign up for a slot at
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApmrUsz7z5DodDVaZnJ4TW1ndC1jd1…
**contact marina for training, or test out the documentation:
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Sudo_Radio
= ACTION ITEMS =
''Use this section to review old tasks and propose new tasks. Keep topics
brief - if topics are large, they can spillover into later discussion,
after-meeting small group discussion, listserv discussion, or next meeting
discussion''
Co-Facilitator: [List Co-Facilitator]
(< 30 mins)
==Old Action Items==
*Door Access: Current status and next steps
**Document process for editing access codes & whether it's possible to
have temporary access codes (Andrew) - Marina will follow up with Andrew
**state of the camera - web access, recording, access to camera computer
***Has a local drive storing video, needs to make a remote setup
*Ray will spearhead putting together curriculum for youth in the community
- Bill suggests a workshop on security
*DONE: Jenny will start a spreadsheet for churches, schools, and other
community groups that we can do outreach to for people to sign up to meet
with specific organizations:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ao_Q7DQvNFT-dEdhZUJaQ3dDY2plMj…
*POSTPONED - Tim will share the map of potential properties available for
purchase.
*POSTPONOED - Jenny to call bank to find out about online access
*EVERYONE: CLEAN and encourage others to clean! Model good behavior and
suggest cleaning to other people. It is our responsibility to help
everyone in our community grow in their ability to act cooperatively :D
==New Action Items==
*points brought up in Perimeter Security Document (emailed @sudo-discuss
and available at
http://faustsstudy.blogspot.com/2013/06/sudoroom-perimeter-security.html
**The Overhead Light In The Entryway - Timon will notify George
**The Trees Across The Street
**the parking deck next door
**The Intersection Of 22nd & Broadway --- (has been fixed)
**the coordination of a call-in campaign if necessary
**This is awesome! Thank you!
*Add calendar [2141broadway.wordpress.com] to Infobot's screensaver [Max]
*Update calendar for common space [Jenny]
*Update events protocol:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fyHwH-O_tMEW3c01HvHbmAHDqj6aD2DSDmpdtM_…
*Regular check-in between The Public School and Sudo Room - Thursday
evening Supper Club potlucks starting at 6
*Ask Ryan to put up the logo designs on the wiki [Jenny]
*SpaceAPI to indicate space open/closed [Jenny talk to Andrew]
==Postponed==
''items here are not for discussion, only for reference for later meetings
so that we don't forget about them :)''
* Add robots.txt for sudo room (open item for anyone to take on) MATT (out
of town)
[Postponed] Talk to Danny O'Brien, intro from JC to Jordan, invite him to
come to a future sudo meeting to share insight!
**Straight to the source--but out of the country :( Will be back later this
month and Jordan will follow up then.
*[Postponed until necessary] Eddan - Reference letter from George
*[Postponed until necessary] Jenny sync with Troy on library - Not yet but
they will
*Set up date for label-printing organizing of stuff event - Jenny!1 -troy
**still need to set a date
*[Postponed until someone throws Romy a massive love bomb] Romy to lead
diagram for Articles of Association amendment
*Romy to work with Troy to turn the articles into a flow diagram.
Diagrams and drawings of sudo room members being passed around.
*[Postponed until ?] Add articles to github (gitorious!!!!!!!? -
https://gitorious.org/+sudo-room) - Yardena is going to put these articles
up
=Fiscal Solvency=
''In this section we review our current financial situation and budget,
approve monthly budgets, and discuss any other finance-related issues.''
Exchequer: We need a new exchequer
Co-Facilitator:
*Setting up co-exchequers
*The future of the ex-chequer (items suggested from 5/29 meeting):
**New exchequer (tasks):
***Get on bank account
***Follow up on deposits made
***Presents budget during meetings
***Coordinates with scribe to make budget available to all members
[transparency]
***Determine if per-member dues can be reduced
***Forecasting longer-term budget
**Exchequer tasks that could easily be done do-acraticly:
***Coordinate new ways of paying
***Investigate alternative sources of income
***Encourage donations
***Infographics? Coordinate with Romy :D
**Bank Links
***Documentation: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Sudo_room/banking (out of date?)
***Update information about login to bank (might make this private)
* Pay your dues :)
* Review and consensus process:
** Fiscal Solvency Spreadsheet -
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlKk2X9KKqlFdFZJUy12x3ZUhDUmx2…
** Rent: $1500; Utilities: $220; Services: $50
**Target membership contribution: $88 per member (based on approx. 30
people)
=Amendments to the Articles of Association=
''In this section we discuss and review any proposed amendments to the
articles of association: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Articles_of_Association''
Co-Facilitator: [List Co-Facilitator]
=Conflict Resolution=
''In this section we address any conflicts that have gone through the
conflict resolution process as described here:
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Articles_of_Association#Section_3.2_Conflict_Reso…
''
Co-Facilitator: [List Co-Facilitator]
Test Driven Governance: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Governance_tests
=Discussion=
''Add any discussion or other agenda item spillover to this section''
Co-Facilitator: [List Co-Facilitator]
*Discussion of Common Space coordination and communication channels
[Micaela]
**Michaela has made an awesome website for coordinating the common space:
http://2141broadway.wordpress.com/
**We decided to have a regular check-in between Public School and Sudo
Room, First Thursdays Supper Club starting at 6pm.
*Library System - shared between sudo room
**Max has begun setting it up!
**http://socuteurl.com/jiffymeowmeow
*The Summer Sudo Sparseness
**Jenny started an Outreach spreadsheet - please add to it and sign up to
make contact, drop off fliers, etc!
**Paper calendars?
**Does summer hackerspacing have a repelling effect on folks?
**Field trips and outdoor excursions
**Saturday night dance parties
== Landlord Situation ==
*[Possibly postponed] Landlord situation
**Update them on the state of the access system
**Trash/recycling - we need a key for access to the trash
***George doesn't want to give the key to people because he doesn't trust
us to properly sort the trash.
***We need to be able to access the trash.
**Suggest requests be made in writing, a little more formalized, because
there are often folks in the space he addresses who are new to the
community.
**Suggest a monthly in-person check-in instead!
**Immediately write down what George requests and forward it along to him
and sudo-discuss for confirmation.
== Membership Benefits ==
*[possibly postponed] discussion around membership benefits
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Membership_Benefits_Discussion (has infographic)
**Probationary period for new members, upon which 24/7 access is granted
**Let's ship something soon, and its imperfection will enrage those willing
to hack on it =)
*[[possibly postponed]Publicity Pipeline - how do we have better outreach
strategies both for sudo room and for sudo room events?
**Gwibber
*501(c)3 status and fiscal sponsors:
**Could for example Noisebridge open up a bank account for us?
https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/501c3app
*Membership management system
**Some codez https://github.com/substack/sudo-members
**Billz codez https://gitorious.org/sudowho
*Andrew set up the keypad system and reached out to the Public School
(if it doesn't work he will fix it tonight :-) try code 31337)
*What kind of information to publicly display?
*Buzzer access to other tenants in the building
*Bitcoin payment mechanism implementation (Romy)
*Funding ideas
**Current list here: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Funding_Ideas
**People were reminded to add their names next to projects they were
interested in, unclear how many did so.
*Next steps?
**Membership & Access Discussion: who is a member? what are the benefits of
membership? how is membership related to access?
**Articles of Association on member benefits:
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Articles_of_Association#Section_2.3_Benefits
**Made staggered wepay system, seeking feedback/improvements:
https://www.wepay.com/donations/sudo-room
*Summary of possible membership benefits structures:
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Membership_Benefits_Discussion
*Straw poll on membership and access:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1zCaEAVVjLwMrWcoPlGb09-G6bvaaiewi33FTz3OBpt…
=Post-Meeting Small Group Meetups and Discussion=
Co-Facilitators: YOU! & ?
Scribe: Convert notes to wiki page and email the list with a link to the
notes page and a succinct list of highlights (including action items).
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
~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
we have library software up and running at
*http://www.socuteurl.com/jiffymeowmeow*
*
*
*problems with it:*
its not open source but its free as in beer cos i got it free from my job
at oclc
logins have to be numeric, you know like a real concrete libraries would do
-solution you can always just use 123456, password: 123456
logins can't be registered but have to be created by a staff account which
123456 is.
*needs doing* *still*
create a redirect from library.sudoroom.org
scan all the books, the software is good
create physical lib/membership cards
*from now on,
*
please try and check out your books there (adding the book into the system
if necc).
notconfusing
Tomorrow is the mesh night...
https://sudoroom.org/ai1ec_event/1225-2/?instance_id=65402
does anyone have any photographs of the progres the group is making?
it would be nice to put on the sudoroom blog.
we could also put a direct link for donations to the mesh network on the
blog.
whenever we make a sudoroom blog, it goes on the twitter, etc. and it is a
nice wayo f showing that sudoroom is an active, vital place.
Hi, I created a new etherpad - SudoRoom maintenance to list items that are
broken that need to be repaired
https://pad.riseup.net/p/sudoroommaintenance
Please add to this with a link to the wiki for the particular broken piece
of hardware or software
a repost.
this document will also be available at
http://faustsstudy.blogspot.com/2013/06/sudoroom-perimeter-security.html
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*An Engineer's Diuers Obseruations Concernynge *
*Security *
*Made After Some Contemplation Of** *
*SudoRoom*
*Campus, Disposition, Maintenance, &c,*
*That Are Deserving*
*Of A Most Full *
*&*
*Rapt *
*Attention*
❝
*Crime prevention through environmental design*
*
(CPTED) is a multi-disciplinary approach to deterring criminal behavior
through environmental design. CPTED strategies rely upon the ability to
influence offender decisions that precede criminal acts. As of 2012, most
implementations of CPTED occur solely within the built environment.
Changing the areas we reside in to deter criminals from committing acts in
our communities is the main goal of CPTED. With urban design and the
planning that goes into the creation of new and reformation of older
communities, citizens in these neighborhoods and places of business can
feel safer at all hours.❞ [Read
more<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_prevention_through_environmental_design>
at Wikipedia]
*
*(1)*
*The Overhead Light In The Entryway*
The Landlord MUST replace this light and make sure that its operational.
There should be no hesitation: you ask, he replaces. It should have been
done yesterday.
*(2)*
*The Trees Across The Street*
Get the City of Oakland to trim back the trees (hopefully) just around the
street-lamps across the street. There are three lights up on the building
across the street, meant to light the street: it could be much better
lit. See the double-plus-good discussion on Anti-Blight, below.
*(3)*
*The Parking Deck Next Door*
The building owner may be the owner of the parking deck. If he does,
getting the lights that are busted fixed is as easy as it was in number
(1). He is required to do it. And he should know this, if he has owned
property for more than a month. Because he should know first or secondhand
that if he does not fix it there is a damn good possibility (based on
precedent in case law) that he will be financially liable for damages
resultant from any further criminal activity.
*if he’s not the same owner, then it’s a research question whether a
property owner owes a duty of care to next door neighbors. I guess that
would be why there are blight laws, huh?*
*which means, if he does nothing, SRers may have a case against him for
what has already occurred (?).*
If it’s things like lights in the alley then there are 10 lights. There
were 7 that were spaced at regular intervals as you go down the alley,
mounted 15- 20 feet up on the wall of the parking deck. If they were there
they would be shining light down into that darkness from where they are no
longer mounted about 20 feet up. Only one non-functional one remains. Once
you see it you’ll be able to see where the others were.
Then there are the three lights whose bulbs are burnt out where the bank
drive thru is (was?) down at the other end of the alley.
*(4)*
*The Intersection Of 22nd & Broadway*
Street-lamps each have two super bright bulbs by means of which they light
up the night. This in turn enables people to see other people at a greater
distance than they would otherwise, and avoid interaction if that is
prudent.
At the intersection of 22nd & Broadway one of the streetlight's bulbs is
out. On the SR side of the street. This does in fact make things more
dangerous.
The city has to replace it, and pronto -- same deal -- we need to bug the
fuck out of them until they do it.
*Conclusion*
Three different departments and one council-person; one or two building
owners.
Call them once a day until its done.
it is a principle of sound design that good lighting is essential to a
secure building. building codes are written stemming from, and
reinforcing, this. There are, consequently, social, political, and legal
mechanisms whereby certain actions that prevent and/or counteract blight
can be taken. The point is to do so with the least amount of delay or
opportunity for that action to devolve into inaction, which leads to more
blight, and directly and indirectly may result in harm to people or
property. Which we do not want. Which is the point.
*Further Instruction*
Is it a part of fire code? The fire department requires trees be trimmed
back so that people will not be able to break into other people's houses
without being seen...
*A Note Concerning Insistent Constituents*
Without delving into the ethical underpinnings, that ism, without agreeing
or disagreeing with this social principle, one can see that it is
empirically true that the squeaky wheel gets the grease. Applying this to
the situation at hand, the axiom becomes: if you keep bugging them, they
will do it.
SR has a landlord, who may or may not be the building owner. It also has a
council-person, and a person who runs the department responsible for the
city's control of urban blight, and a person who runs the department
responsible for the city's trimming of trees. A month of hearing from
someone every daywill probably motivate the necessary action. They are
limited in the resources that they have, including attention. A kindly
daily reminder/report of status will help focus that attention.
as far as organizing the once a day calling
*it’s important to actually reach them*
*[what if you can’t? –ed] [i would be willing to go in person –ed] *
come up with talking points or even specific phrases,
( like republicans do) such as “constituent service”
remind them that there have been “five events in the past month *[accuracy
check, please –ed] *requiring police intervention at SR”* [as i/we
understand it -- i do not have all the details myself –ed]*
*- the pepper spraying incident *
*- the car break-in*
*- the stolen ipad*
*- the being held up at gunpoint*
*- the guy messing with the keypad trying to get in*
maybe give a status report such as X,Y and Z await action; A is scheduled
for <day>,<date>; B is underway; C has been promised, but no date has been
scheduled/estimated/committed to
* a secondhand bit of info, FWIW: where SR is, at the edge of Koreatown
Northgate, or KoNo, there are no beat cops because supposedly Northgate has
the lowest incidence of violent crime -- but this is only because the city
does not count armed robbery as a violent crime. KoNo has the highest
incidence of armed robbery.*
*[fontsize emphasis mine –ed]*
*Notes On Finding Property Owners*
Get APN
zoom in on map (assessors map at http://www.acgov.org/assessor/maps2.htm)
to get the parcel # (APN) then you can get more details here also
take APN and/or other details and feed them in to http://rechart1.acgov.org
I forgotten the exact method of feeding the APN into the link above to
find the current owner, mainly because I can’t remember right now what the
right combo of leading, trailing, and extra middle zeros to trim is, but
we hack right? 3 quick ideas
*1. Brute force – *
try the different combinations of zeroes etc
*2. Use knowledge that you have of a property already – *
and feed it in to retrieve that property’s info to backward engineer the
right format
*3. Go to courthouse – *
and look on their property info computers. They rarely have a queue and
seem to be available for just this kind of use by the public. Unrestricted
access 8:30-2:30 or 4 except for passage through the courthouse entrance:
metal-detector for your person and the x-ray machine for your effects.
*[following are the results of the Speaker's engaging in the above research
technique –ed]*
Parking deck
8-648-16-3
[Owned by “exempt public agency” per Assessor’s,
so very likely city of Oakland]
Parcel of SR building
8-648-1
Parcel facing Broadway at other end of block from SR
8-648-18
Middle of block and alley next to SR building
8-648-17
Having found out that the City of Oakland owns the parking deck next door,
and they’re responsible for its blight makes me both more and less
optimistic about whether they alone will fix the blight depending on my
estimation of their willingness to fix their own problems. OTOH, since they
are responsible to the citizenry in general, and they have geographic
knowledge of problems via mapping crime and they are the landlords of the
blighted property they arguably already have the kind of legal liability
for what has happened recently, the kind that was mentioned above only in
prospect for SR’s landlord. As I understand it, it’s established law that
if a government is performing a function that isn’t unique to government
(the set of which seems to be shrinking), that it has no sovereign immunity
for doing it poorly.
Please forgive the upcoming caps: WARNING: GO TO AN ACTUAL LAWYER IF YOU
WANT A LEGAL OPINION RENDITIONED RENDERED. I only offer my opinion which is
not withheld pending ransom retainer. (Sorry for the caps –CYA.)
The point is court action possibly offers another stick (but it is a blunt
instrument). A carrot might be to offer to help correct the situation, but
that would be poisonous to relations with city unions, probably, even if a
qualified person could be fielded. The greater point you already know well
and practice: to think (sideways or whatever direction) to the extent you
believe the issues are salient. Hope my modest thought offering is helpful.
*see also wikipedia:*
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_prevention_through_environmental_design*
*and its reading list:*
• International CPTED Association
• European Designing Out Crime Association
• Stichting Veilig Ontwerp en Beheer (the Netherlands)
• California Designing Out Crime Association
• Crime prevention and the built environment.
• Washington State University CPTED Annotated Bibliography. Url last
accessed May 6, 2006.
• Oscar Newman, *Creating Defensible Space* (pdf) (Washington, D.C.: U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development
and Research, 1996). Url last accessed May 6, 2006.
• CPTED LinkedIn Discussion Group
• SmartCode Module on CPTED
• Secured by Design (UK)
*N.B.: These are the near verbatim notes I took of an impromptu talk. They
have been reviewed and edited by both the Scribe and the Speaker, & unless
bracketed & followed by attribution, (as in "[...in respect of
actionability alone these ideas are robust indeed. –ed.]") represent the
ideas mostly in the exact words of the Speaker.*
*
*
--
*Be seeing you.*
let's all check out the calendar and ensure that our recurring events are
up to date: http://sudoroom.org/calendar/
if you are the host of a regular event, please ensure that the calendar
entry for your event is up to date. if not, please edit and/or remove it.
it's very sad when people come to events where the organizer is not
present. people who have this experience often don't return to the space.
we've had new people come for events listed on the calendar where the
organizer didn't show up multiple times this week (at least while i was
here), and it made me sad to see them sad and it made me sad to have to say
i didn't know why there was no one facilitating the event.
additionally, if you have to cancel or can't make it to an event, please
email the list (it's ok if it's last minute!), and we can let any
participants know that the event was cancelled at the last minute. even
this is better than having no one show up with no explanation.
you hold in your hands the hearts of the gentle participants of your
events. be respectful of them! :D
- marina
ps - if you need to edit/delete an event you host but don't know how or
don't have access to the wordpress site, please let me know and i will be
happy to help you.
hi everyone,
james from the school factory has offered to have a skype call with us to
talk more about fiscal sponsorship. if you'd be interested in being on a
call with him, please message me offlist so that we can schedule something
that works for everyone.
- marina
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: James Carlson <j(a)bucketworks.org>
Date: Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 9:32 AM
Subject: Re: fiscal sponsorship status for lolspace?
To: Praveen Sinha <dmhomee(a)gmail.com>
Cc: Marina Kukso <marina.kukso(a)gmail.com>, James Carlson <j(a)bucketworks.org>,
Jen-Mei Wu <veganjenny(a)gmail.com>
Marina, we're still helping new spaces. Does Sudoroom need fiscal
sponsorship? I'm happy to connect on this. Want to grab a slice of time to
connect using http://doodle.com/jamescarlson and we can talk through the
deets?
Cheerfully,
James Carlson
414-215-0215
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 12:58 AM, Praveen Sinha <dmhomee(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Yo Marina,
>
> We are fiscally sponsored by school factory (in fact I had to miss a
> meeting with them tonight). In so far as taking on new people, I hope they
> are! I have cc'ed the amazing James Carlson who has been working with us
> and I can't say enough good things about. He should be able to let you
> know.
>
> James: Marina is one of the core organizers of Sudoroom, a space in
> downtown oakland. We work with them a lot!
>
> Talk to you guys soon!
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 9:35 PM, Marina Kukso <marina.kukso(a)gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> hey both,
>>
>> we're having a discussion about fiscal sponsorship/nonprofit status at
>> sudo right now and we realized that we weren't sure about lol's current
>> status. are you guys still fiscally sponsored by school factory? (our
>> people had some confusion about whether school factory was still taking on
>> new people).
>>
>> - marina
>>
>
>
hi everyone,
we have so many computers, but also not enough workstations (most notably,
the computer that was part of the 3D printing station has been fried :C).
i'm afraid that i'm ignorant of which computers in the closet and around
the space are functional (a few are labeled, but most of them aren't).
hilary and i had the pleasure of finding a working computer this weekend,
and we are interested in finding more.
if any of you know which computers are functional and which aren't, we
would love to do an inventory with you.
if no one quite has a handle on this info, would folks be interested in
doing an inventory day? inventory + install day part 2?
- marina
ps - if you'd like to participate in an inventory + install day, please let
us know what date(s)/time(s) would be good for you.
Sudoers,
Please add to tomorrow's agenda here:
https://pad.riseup.net/p/sudoroommeeting
Also a reminder that we will be paying July rent by the end of this week,
so please bring a check or cash to the meeting, or donate online via the
WePay!
Summer is an especially tough time for hackerspace sustainability, so
anything extra you can pitch in is super appreciated.
Cheers,
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
~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
I have a no-longer-working Airport Express and an Apple Bluetooth keyboard (with battery corrosion) if anyone wants them to try to fix/spare parts. (Or if someone wants to show me how to fix them!)
Ping me off-list.
-C
--
Cyrus Farivar
"suh-ROOS FAR-ih-var"
Journalist and radio producer | cyrusfarivar.com (http://cyrusfarivar.com)
Author, "The Internet of Elsewhere" | internetofelsewhere.com (http://internetofelsewhere.com)
US: +1 510 394 5485 (m) | Twitter/Skype: cfarivar
"Being a good writer is 3% talent, 97% not being distracted by the Internet."
cfarivar(a)cfarivar.org (mailto:cfarivar@cfarivar.org)
Folks from AORTA - http://aortacollective.org - gave a great talk on
conflict resolution at Allied Media Conference this past weekend. They
sent along the template for their Conflict Resolution Profile Worksheet
which could be useful for all kinds of organizations/projects dealing w/
conflict.
The idea is that everyone fills out a form listing their communication
preferences before engaging in conflict resolution, so everyone has an idea
of what works and what doesn't work for each person. If communication
preferences clash, hopefully folks can find a way to compromise - adjusting
their communication in a way that doesn't escalate things (but if there's a
big divide, that's a sign that mediation may be helpful).
--mark B.
https://medium.com/the-web-we-make/1afe8b898455
The Web We Lost
Anil Dash in The Web We Make
6 min read
The tech industry and its press have treated the rise of billion-scale social networks and ubiquitous smartphone apps as an unadulterated win for regular people, a triumph of usability and empowerment. They seldom talk about what we've lost along the way in this transition, and I find that younger folks may not even know how the web used to be.
So here's a few glimpses of a web that's mostly faded away:
Five years ago, most social photos were uploaded to Flickr, where they could be tagged by humans or even by apps and services, using machine tags. Images were easily discoverable on the public web using simple RSS feeds. And the photos people uploaded could easily be licensed under permissive licenses like those provided by Creative Commons, allowing remixing and reuse in all manner of creative ways by artists, businesses, and individuals.
A decade ago, Technorati let you search most of the social web in real-time (though the search tended to be awful slow in presenting results), with tags that worked as hashtags do on Twitter today. You could find the sites that had linked to your content with a simple search, and find out who was talking about a topic regardless of what tools or platforms they were using to publish their thoughts. At the time, this was so exciting that when Technorati failed to keep up with the growth of the blogosphere, people were so disappointed that even the usually-circumspect Jason Kottke flamed the site for letting him down. At the first blush of its early success, though, Technorati elicited effusive praise from the likes of John Gruber:
[Y]ou could, in theory, write software to examine the source code of a few hundred thousand weblogs, and create a database of the links between these weblogs. If your software was clever enough, it could refresh its information every few hours, adding new links to the database nearly in real time. This is, in fact, exactly what Dave Sifry has created with his amazing Technorati. At this writing, Technorati is watching over 375,000 weblogs, and has tracked over 38 million links. If you haven’t played with Technorati, you’re missing out.
Ten years ago, you could allow people to post links on your site, or to show a list of links which were driving inbound traffic to your site. Because Google hadn't yet broadly introduced AdWords and AdSense, links weren't about generating revenue, they were just a tool for expression or editorializing. The web was an interesting and different place before links got monetized, but by 2007 it was clear that Google had changed the web forever, and for the worse, by corrupting links.
In 2003, if you introduced a single-sign-in service that was run by a company, even if you documented the protocol and encouraged others to clone the service, you'd be described as introducing a tracking system worthy of the PATRIOT act. There was such distrust of consistent authentication services that even Microsoft had to give up on their attempts to create such a sign-in. Though their user experience was not as simple as today's ubiquitous ability to sign in with Facebook or Twitter, the TypeKey service introduced then had much more restrictive terms of service about sharing data. And almost every system which provided identity to users allowed for pseudonyms, respecting the need that people have to not always use their legal names.
In the early part of this century, if you made a service that let users create or share content, the expectation was that they could easily download a full-fidelity copy of their data, or import that data into other competitive services, with no restrictions. Vendors spent years working on interoperability around data exchange purely for the benefit of their users, despite theoretically lowering the barrier to entry for competitors.
In the early days of the social web, there was a broad expectation that regular people might own their own identities by having their own websites, instead of being dependent on a few big sites to host their online identity. In this vision, you would own your own domain name and have complete control over its contents, rather than having a handle tacked on to the end of a huge company's site. This was a sensible reaction to the realization that big sites rise and fall in popularity, but that regular people need an identity that persists longer than those sites do.
Five years ago, if you wanted to show content from one site or app on your own site or app, you could use a simple, documented format to do so, without requiring a business-development deal or contractual agreement between the sites. Thus, user experiences weren't subject to the vagaries of the political battles between different companies, but instead were consistently based on the extensible architecture of the web itself.
A dozen years ago, when people wanted to support publishing tools that epitomized all of these traits, they'd crowd-fund the costs of the servers and technology needed to support them, even though things cost a lot more in that era before cloud computing and cheap bandwidth. Their peers in the technology world, though ostensibly competitors, would even contribute to those efforts.
This isn't our web today. We've lost key features that we used to rely on, and worse, we've abandoned core values that used to be fundamental to the web world. To the credit of today's social networks, they've brought in hundreds of millions of new participants to these networks, and they've certainly made a small number of people rich.
But they haven't shown the web itself the respect and care it deserves, as a medium which has enabled them to succeed. And they've now narrowed the possibilites of the web for an entire generation of users who don't realize how much more innovative and meaningful their experience could be.
BACK TO THE FUTURE
When you see interesting data mash-ups today, they are often still using Flickr photos because Instagram's meager metadata sucks, and the app is only reluctantly on the web at all. We get excuses about why we can't search for old tweets or our own relevant Facebook content, though we got more comprehensive results from a Technorati search that was cobbled together on the feeble software platforms of its era. We get bullshit turf battles like Tumblr not being able to find your Twitter friends or Facebook not letting Instagram photos show up on Twitter because of giant companies pursuing their agendas instead of collaborating in a way that would serve users. And we get a generation of entrepreneurs encouraged to make more narrow-minded, web-hostile products like these because it continues to make a small number of wealthy people even more wealthy, instead of letting lots of people build innovative new opportunities for themselves on top of the web itself.
We'll fix these things; I don't worry about that. The technology industry, like all industries, follows cycles, and the pendulum is swinging back to the broad, empowering philosophies that underpinned the early social web. But we're going to face a big challenge with re-educating a billion people about what the web means, akin to the years we spent as everyone moved off of AOL a decade ago, teaching them that there was so much more to the experience of the Internet than what they know.
This isn't some standard polemic about "those stupid walled-garden networks are bad!" I know that Facebook and Twitter and Pinterest and LinkedIn and the rest are great sites, and they give their users a lot of value. They're amazing achievements, from a pure software perspective. But they're based on a few assumptions that aren't necessarily correct. The primary fallacy that underpins many of their mistakes is that user flexibility and control necessarily lead to a user experience complexity that hurts growth. And the second, more grave fallacy, is the thinking that exerting extreme control over users is the best way to maximize the profitability and sustainability of their networks.
The first step to disabusing them of this notion is for the people creating the next generation of social applications to learn a little bit of history, to know your shit, whether that's about Twitter's business model or Google's social features or anything else. We have to know what's been tried and failed, what good ideas were simply ahead of their time, and what opportunities have been lost in the current generation of dominant social networks.
[Originally published December 2012.]
Anil Dash
I love NYC, tech & funk. You can see all the things I'm up to at http://anildash.com/ or reach me at anil(a)dashes.com or 646 833-8659.
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Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
Thanks, just need to pick up some materials for the hop over to SF
(and, Redwood City for the legal case.) Che.
you could, volunteer a number mine's 440-935-5434 and, the time will
be between 8 and 9:30 so, please can someone give me the hookup?
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Michel Bauwens <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net>
Date: Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 9:15 AM
Subject: [P2P-F] Fwd: Google Mine: Service To "Help" You Share Your
Gadgets, Clothes And Other Stuff With Friends
To: p2p-foundation <p2p-foundation(a)lists.ourproject.org>
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <dante.monson(a)gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 10:17 PM
Subject: Fwd: Google Mine: Service To "Help" You Share Your Gadgets,
Clothes And Other Stuff With Friends
To: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com>
via Seth
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: S
Date: Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 7:54 AM
Subject: Google Mine: Service To "Help" You Share Your Gadgets, Clothes And
Other Stuff With Friends
http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/21/google-is-reportedly-working-on-a-service-…
Google is apparently working on an app called Google Mine that is meant to
help you share real-world items, such as CDs, cars, bikes, gadgets or
clothes, with your friends. The service, which is apparently closely
integrated with Google+, is said to be in private beta testing within
Google right now.
According to Chitu, the service also allows you to catalog your belongings,
review them (which could be cool for purchases) and send requests to borrow
stuff from friends. There also seems to be something akin to a wish list
and a feature that will allow you to share a list of items you don’t want
to share but just want to give away. All of this sharing, of course,
happens on Google+.
[image: google_mine]<http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/google_mine.png>
The service, the report says, is available on the web and through an
Android app. The app also supposedly includes a 3D viewer that’ll show you
your objects, though it’s not clear how you would get these models into the
app.
Google is obviously not the only company interested in this kind of
real-world tracking. Mine <http://getmine.com/>, a startup that launched
last December<http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/10/blippy-redux-mine-launches-a-service-for-s…>
and
that probably doesn’t have the exact same name by coincidence, is also
working on giving its users the ability to track the things they own, but
with a focus on what they’ve bought online. This service, though, seems to
be more focused on e-commerce than on the sharing economy.
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Hello!
Two ideas came up during a sit outside with all my stuff. Let's keep
accessibility as a priority! How do you guys feel about:
a) Can we intentionally unlock the front door of the common room where
the cosmic stairs are? eg, first one in each day, unlocks it? I
noticed that the Fresh tomatoes group likes to leave the bottom
Broadway-side door open, which seems to be cool with George.
b) Who was it that was super-nearby? Perhaps, could this person put on
paper+tape on the side door: "If locked, can call : _______" & he can
use the door IP? (at reasonable hours)
rawk on. and, my generator's almost complete now!
of good note also, the main desktop is working again and the power
cord for the extra laptop came back for those who don't have their own
laptops :) sudo is an excellent example, let's just figure out these
other access things!
rap back, che
if any of you are in los angeles... i saw my cool feminist asian american
studies firend mimi nguyen speak at telic arts exchange a few years ago.
http://www.telic.info/
I was recommending the place to one of my friends, and I saw that they run
the public school los angeles
http://www.telic.info/the-public-school
their blog posts are really hilarious... kind of funnier than ours, which
are so serious.
>> http://www.telic.info/node/40
what the hell is going on here? i guess it's a witty thing on derivatives,
but so funny!
This makes me consider visiting los angeles again, they are like the
machine room. so funny! all those frustrated film industry people.