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by Stephen Whitmore

Heya! I'm going to grab some pizza for folks for tonight's sudo meeting. How many people usually attend? Any dietary restrictions I should keep in mind?

9 years, 11 months

Keep Omni safe and secure over the holidays

by Laura Turiano

Friends, At the Commons working group meeting we were discussing how, last year, over the winter holidays, many of the people who usually spent time at the Omni were not around. What resulted was people without an interest in taking care of the Omni and our community entering the space, engaging in conflict, and ignoring community agreements. With that in mind, we would like to ask Omni collective members who are in town over the next several weeks to come by the space on a regular basis and check the building to make sure everything is secure and that the space is being used appropriately. All the doors (Ballroom, main entrance, and the two 48th St doors) should be locked at all times unless there is a member of a member collective keeping a door unlocked for a particular reason (such as loading, or an event) and someone is keeping a eye on who is coming into the building. Please remember that non-members can only be in the building as guests of a member. If you let someone into the space, you are taking responsibility for them. From omnicommons.org/wiki/building: Only members of member collectives are granted 24-hour access to the space. Members are asked to not occupy the space without at least one other member present for safety reasons. Members are not obligated to let non-members in to the space at any time. Members may ask non-members to leave the space at any time, for any reasons. If your collective is hosting an event or class, one of your responsibilities is to make sure everyone leaves after the event is over. Please ensure members of your collective understand this information. And please sign up for an ongoing door shift here: https://ethercalc.com/omni-front-desk. <https://ethercalc.com/omni-front-desk> Thanks to everyone for your hard work and friendship over the past year. Laura, for the Commons working group

9 years, 11 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] Laser

by Kironyo

Thank u Morgan for the training on the laser cutter, I was able to make this bag prototype. See attachment. From my Android phone on T-Mobile. The first nationwide 4G network.

9 years, 11 months

Meeting re how the BID can best support Omni Commons (fwd)

by Jake

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 23:52:15 -0800 From: Shifra de Benedictis-Kessner <shifra(a)temescaldistrict.org> To: Jake(a)spaz.org Subject: Meeting re how the BID can best support Omni Commons Hi Jake! I am the new Executive Director for the Temescal BID, and I'd like to set up a meeting with you and/or any other decision makers at Omni Commons to get to know your organization, and learn how I can best support you. I've shared some of your events on Facebook, and taken a short tour of your space (as well as attending the Bicycle Music Festival after-party in your space!). But I'd like to know best how to talk about all your amazing organizations, as well as your over-arching mission. I offer marketing and promotions support to all the organizations and business in the district, as well as coordinating the cleaning, and graffiti removal in all the different zones. I am eager to hear your issues, challenges, and successes. I'm also interested in finding out if Omni Commons rents out space for events on a regular basis, and if I could possibly publicize. People frequently approach me for meeting/event space available in the district. And on a different note, the storage unit that the Temescal BID's clean team uses will be demolished in less than 4 weeks to make way for the development at 51st and Telegraph. The BID is urgently looking to find the team a new storage unit in the district, and we are willing to rent one. We are definitely interested in both temporary and permanent solutions given the urgent need. The team needs a space on the ground floor, ~200-250 square feet. The team needs access 5 days a week (M-F) starting at 8am and ending at 2:30pm. Do you happen to have any extra space available? Please let me know when you would be available to meet? Omni Commons is an important stakeholder in the Temescal BID. Best, Shifra -- Shifra de Benedictis-Kessner Executive Director Temescal Telegraph BID 4430 Telegraph Ave #49 Oakland, CA 94609 510 860-7327 shifra(a)temescaldistrict.org www.temescaldistrict.org https://www.facebook.com/temescaldist

9 years, 11 months

Invoice 1207 from Omni Oakland

by Omni Oakland

Greetings Sudo Room! This invoice for January rent should be paid before the end of the month if possible. It's going to be tight going into 2016, but we're simultaneously in our final round of negotiations to purchase the building! Love and solidarity, Omni Commons Finance WG ------------------------ Invoice Summary -------------------------- Invoice # : 1207 Invoice Date: 12/14/2015 Due Date: 12/28/2015 Terms: Net 30 Amount Due: $2,000.00 The complete version has been provided as an attachment to this email. ---------------------------------------------------------------------

9 years, 11 months

embroidery machine

by Jake

people have been using the embroidery machine lately. you might notice a piece of fabric on it with practice runs on it, and a black piece with SUDOROOM in green thread. the machine works perfectly. if you want to learn how to use it, I can show you anytime i'm there, including every tuesday evening starting at 7pm. For now you need to use a stencil to get lettering. (although you can certainly try to freehand stuff) There are a couple of sets of letters you can set up to spell out your name or whatever. you could also take a thin piece of wood and carve a design into it, and use it as a stencil. You could also (easily) 3D print a stencil with the design of your choice on it. There is probably also a way to use the laser engraver to make a stencil, although the groove in the stencil should be a bit wider than the laser beam. Probably the right settings and the right wood would produce a good stencil after a single pass. Also, the embroidery machine can be used as a sewing machine, in which you can move the fabric in any direction (not just in a straight line). The catch being that you have to move it yourself and it won't guide you or help you keep a pace. The hardest part is controlling the speed using the pedal.. It's like a clutch on a sports car, it takes some getting used to. Let me know if you want a lesson. -jake

9 years, 11 months

line printer at sudoroom!

by Jake

I brought in a Panasonic KX-P2180 Dot Matrix printer a while ago, and someone found some tractor-feed paper for it. I want to use it to print lines from IRC when someone says 12:34 < jerkey> !print 12:33 < sudobot> DOOR EVENT: RichardStallman swiped into the building the printer will actually print that line onto the paper and advance one line like a typewriter. this is what a dor-matrix printer looks like in action: (ours will be printing lines of text, not graphics) https://youtu.be/qlEUrEVqDbo?t=28 so i got a USB to parallel converter, and i plugged it into the desktop computer next to the 3D printer. It comes up as /dev/usb/lp0 because of kernel module usblp, which sees the hardware and makes that device. If i become root, i can do echo "hello world" > /dev/usb/lp0 and it will print "hello world" to the paper, and advance to the next line. this works a couple of times, but then the printer stops printing, and then the command doesn't exit, until you press a button on the printer and then it prints SOME of what you sent it, and you have to press the button again and again... it makes no fucking sense. I experienced this in the past too, playing with the same kind of printer, probably under DOS, and I never figured out what the fuck was wrong. any ideas? the printer is still set up on the desk if you want to play with it. -jake

9 years, 11 months

No TA3M SF in December. Have a great break.

by Danny O'Brien

December, January and February are always a little awkward for USian Techno-Activism Third Mondays. December is very close to the holiday break. The third Monday in January is MLK day, and in February it's President's day. We're going to take a break in December, and we'll announce plans for January and February in 2016 (hint: those plans may well have the word "Tuesday" in them). For now, many thanks to everybody for your talks, your questions and you support in 2015, and see you next year. d.

9 years, 12 months

11th Workshop Weekend in Oakland - this weekend - is looking for volunteers!

by J.D. Zamfirescu

Hi Sudoers, Summary: • what: Volunteers wanted for hacker-y workshop event • where: Tech Liminal in downtown Oakland • when: This weekend, Dec. 12-13. • why: Help out a fun community event, get free workshops and dinner, and meet other awesome people! • how: reply to this email or email volunteer(a)workshopweekend.net The 11th Workshop Weekend is taking place in downtown Oakland this weekend (Dec 12-13) and we're looking for a few volunteers to help check people in, give directions, help connect laptops, and handle random issues as they come up. (Most of the time will be relatively relaxed, and feel free to bring a book or something to work on when nothing's going on.) Volunteers are asked to help out for a 4-hour time block on Saturday on Sunday. We'll treat you to dinner on Thursday night and your admission is on us (normally $40) if you want to take any of the workshops offered during the evening. Learn more about Workshop Weekend by checking out our workshop catalog at http://workshopweekend.net/catalog -- and if you're interested, let me know or email volunteer(a)workshopweekend.net I hope to see some of you there! Best wishes, J.D. === More about Workshop Weekend === Join Workshop Weekend on December 12 & 13 to make a robot <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> , dissect a computer <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> , make ice cream <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> or chocolate <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> , make your own digital beats <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> and plan your website <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> , hack your tastebuds <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> and more <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=http%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foaklan…>. A flat $40 admission gets you as many workshops as you like all weekend long. (Some workshops have an additional fee for materials.) For families coming to Workshop Weekend together, we're keeping our $10 discount for all parent admissions with the purchase of two or more admissions for children (under 18). Sign up on the same account and the discount will be automatically applied. Our December event features over 20 workshops to choose from -- a few old favorites are coming back alongside a number of new printmaking, food, and holiday-themed workshops. Join us for: - Vanilla Extracts <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> - Light Blue Bean <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> - LED Ornaments <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> - LED Light Belt <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> - Printmaking: Traditional <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> - Printmaking: Monotype <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> - Digital Music <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> - New Year's Resolutions <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> - Website Planning <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> - 3D Printed Cookie Cutter <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> - Computer Dissection <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> - DIY Gift Wrap <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> - DIY Holiday Cards <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> - Arduino Robot Box <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> - Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> - Hack Your Tastebuds <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Foakla…> - …and more! Sign up at http://workshopweekend.net/catalog <http://workshopweekend.net/er?url=http%3A%2F%2Fworkshopweekend.net%2Fcatalo…> — hope to see you there!

9 years, 12 months

servo motors

by robb

need servo motors for many pan/tilt led lights. you has extras? you know where to get cheap? plz let me know. thx ~r

10 years

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