I've been a trustee of the SF chapter of the Awesome Foundation since it started in the summer of 2010. Since then we've given a $1,000 grant, no strings attached, to over 60 awesome projects that people have submitted to our website.
There's a new Oakland chapter starting up, and they're looking for trustees. Here's what's required to be a trustee:
* a sense of awesome
* put in $100 per month
* the ability to read through lots of projects once a month and show up to a meeting to consense upon an awesome project with the other 9 trustees
The Awesome Foundation is not an "official" non-profit. It's totally anarchy. There are over 80 Awesome Foundation chapters around the world. Collectively we've given away $1,875,000 to 1,875 projects since 2010.
http://www.awesomefoundation.org/
If you're interested in being part of the new Oakland Awesome Foundation chapter, please email me off-list.
Best,
Mitch.
Hi all, in case you haven't heard -- Wikipedia is celebrating its 15th
birthday this week, and we're celebrating Saturday!
We'll have several presentations throughout the afternoon, ranging from the
"weird old days" of early Wikipedia, to gender bias in the encyclopedia's
content. I will be hosting a panel with various perspectives on the
significance of Wikipedia from a journalist, an education specialist, and a
social justice activist. I've posted interviews
<https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnDuxSh4Rp5gsvae2Iegcom5-fzK6nk0d> with
the panelists.
If you are curious about, a fan of, or a contributor to Wikipedia, I urge
you to join in!
The event is free, but advance registration is required -- and it's almost
full, so sign up ASAP if you want to join! *Learn more here
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/Wikipedia_Day_…>,
and register here
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1IHjdZSrNbI_ITzOKYlwintMun18a7qdyLIh823hZEG…>.*
-Pete
--
Pete Forsyth
Wikipedia and Sudo Wiki: [[User:Peteforsyth]]
attention hackers, i have posted the following radio gear:
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/ele/5401839733.html
it is taking up needed space, so if you are interested in taking these
things for a project please let me know.
-jake
>
> Well it's that time of year again. I think Sudo should represent with a
> table at MakerFaire in San Mateo this year. If we can get enough ppl to
> staff a table, attendance at the faire means free tickets, a casual shared
> workload, and generally more fun. SudoMesh could show stuff, Jake could
> whip up some sound circuit stuff, and I could add in a sculpture.
>
> sounds like fun
let's go
~r
i certainly like the sound of building an enclosed area upstairs & will
help w/same but it really hasn't been that cold the past few days.
i wonder if the worst is behind us.
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> 1. Re: a warm place to hack (Autonomous)
> 2. Re: a warm place to hack (Jake)
> 3. need power strips for sudoroom (robb)
> 4. Hardware Hacking Tuesday sub this week? (Jake)
> 5. Re: a warm place to hack (Alex Peake)
> 6. Re: a warm place to hack (yar)
> 7. Re: a warm place to hack (hol(a)gaskill.com)
> 8. Re: a warm place to hack (hol(a)gaskill.com)
> 9. Fwd: [omni-discuss] Application for membership - The Mess
> (Jenny Ryan)
> 10. Friends of Goto to gather sat 1/9 @ 7pm (Matthew Senate)
> 11. Re: a warm place to hack (Ed Biow)
> 12. Do you have an awesome project? (Hilary Naylor)
> 13. Re: a warm place to hack (Jake)
> 14. TAZ status? (hol(a)gaskill.com)
> 15. Re: TAZ status? (Marc Juul)
> 16. Re: TAZ status? (Morgan Allen)
> 17. Re: TAZ status? (Patrik D'haeseleer)
> 18. Re: a warm place to hack (Adam)
> 19. Re: TAZ status? (Morgan Allen)
> 20. Re: a warm place to hack (Marc Juul)
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> Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2016 21:35:03 -0800
> From: Autonomous <autonomous666(a)gmail.com>
> To: Jake <jake(a)spaz.org>
> Cc: "sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org"
> <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org>
> Subject: Re: [sudo-discuss] a warm place to hack
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> >please write back if you think this is a good idea.
>
> Yeah, you can also look up one of the following heating methods: Kotatsu,
> Korsi, Mesa Camilla, or Sandali
>
> I have used something similar to stay warm in sub-freezing temperatures
> without having to rely on space heating.
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 6:23 PM, Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote:
>
> > we are all starving for a warm place to hack, and sudoroom attendance is
> > reduced for obvious reasons.
> >
> > what we need is a warm room to hack, and i propose the following:
> >
> > we tarp above the server balcony of sudoroom, and seal the whole thing
> > like a room. To enter from the steps you have to pull back a
> magnetically
> > sealed thing or maybe we can make a hinged door thing, i don't know.
> >
> > all the heat from the servers (and people hacking in there) will be
> > conserved and it will be social in addition to being warm.
> > I have some lighting that might be appropriate, to help people feel like
> > they're in the sun, as well as providing warmth.
> >
> > also it will be a nice chance to clean up that area and move things
> around
> > and make it a hacking zone again.
> >
> > HOW CAN I HELP?
> >
> > if you have tarps or sail material or blankets or rope or anything you
> > think could be used to close off the area, let's talk about it to see if
> it
> > will work. If you bring it in on your own I hope you install it too - it
> > might take some carpentry or something to have places to attach it.
> > I think the ceiling should be about 10' high, or whatever it takes to
> > enclose the eastern shelves up there and securely seal to the wall.
> >
> > if you know what any of the stuff is upstairs, and think you can clean up
> > or move things elsewhere, please do that. We have a lot of printers and
> I
> > don't know which ones are good or bad, and there are a lot of stereo
> > systems and computers up there that maybe need to be put back into
> > inventory, or put in the e-waste pile.
> >
> > also it's really dirty and dusty up there, so if you know where is a
> > vacuum and/or brooms/dustpans please help get it clean up there.
> >
> > please write back if you think this is a good idea.
> >
> > -jake
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>
we are all starving for a warm place to hack, and sudoroom attendance is
reduced for obvious reasons.
what we need is a warm room to hack, and i propose the following:
we tarp above the server balcony of sudoroom, and seal the whole thing
like a room. To enter from the steps you have to pull back a magnetically
sealed thing or maybe we can make a hinged door thing, i don't know.
all the heat from the servers (and people hacking in there) will be
conserved and it will be social in addition to being warm.
I have some lighting that might be appropriate, to help people feel like
they're in the sun, as well as providing warmth.
also it will be a nice chance to clean up that area and move things around
and make it a hacking zone again.
HOW CAN I HELP?
if you have tarps or sail material or blankets or rope or anything you
think could be used to close off the area, let's talk about it to see if
it will work. If you bring it in on your own I hope you install it too -
it might take some carpentry or something to have places to attach it.
I think the ceiling should be about 10' high, or whatever it takes to
enclose the eastern shelves up there and securely seal to the wall.
if you know what any of the stuff is upstairs, and think you can clean up
or move things elsewhere, please do that. We have a lot of printers and I
don't know which ones are good or bad, and there are a lot of stereo
systems and computers up there that maybe need to be put back into
inventory, or put in the e-waste pile.
also it's really dirty and dusty up there, so if you know where is a
vacuum and/or brooms/dustpans please help get it clean up there.
please write back if you think this is a good idea.
-jake
Hi Sudoers,
I'm a trustee for the Bay Area chapter of the Awesome Foundation, and every
month we give $1000 to an awesome project. Art, whimsy, social endeavors...
See what we think is awesome at the link below. There's an easy
six-question application and no reporting requirements or strings attached
with the grant.
http://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/sf
Are you doing something awesome? Do you know someone who is? Tell them to
apply!
And feel free to send this out to any liststervs of awesome people.
Thanks,
Hilary
for The Awesome Foundation
sf(a)awesomefoundation.org
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Hilary Naylor, Ph.D.
www.a2zed.us
Oakland CA
It sounds like kind of a noisy, hellish place, what with the server
noise, the claustrophobia, to say nothing of the high density of geeks,
but I guess I'm pretty well insulated so I'm failing to see the charm.
That typed, I do have a truck for transport, and a few spare tarps left
over from Occupy as well as some spare lights and power strips that
would be required to make such a place semi-habitable. Give me a holler
if and when you want this to happen.
Ed
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> To: Max B <maxb.personal(a)gmail.com>
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> -about making a box there: keep in mind that the servers-appliances noise
> may be annoying after awhile.
>
> -however, i have two wood 4'x8' lattices for donation if wanted. sample
> image attached.
>
> -all i ask is for someone with a truck/van to be pick up (in san rafael)
> though. -i cannot carry them in my little car otherwise I would offer
> deliver as well.
>
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>
>
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>
> On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 7:19 PM, Max B <maxb.personal(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> There is a lot of mesh stuff up there as well as the server/network
>> infrastructure. I'd want one of the mesh folks to be around for cleaning if
>> possible.
>>
>> On January 3, 2016 6:23:11 PM PST, Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote:
>>
>>> we are all starving for a warm place to hack, and sudoroom attendance is
>>> reduced for obvious reasons.
>>>
>>> what we need is a warm room to hack, and i propose the following:
>>>
>>> we tarp above the server balcony of sudoroom, and seal the whole thing
>>> like a room. To enter from the steps you have to pull back a magnetically
>>> sealed thing or maybe we can make a hinged door thing, i don't know.
>>>
>>> all the heat from the servers (and people hacking in there) will be
>>> conserved and it will be social in addition to being warm.
>>> I have some lighting that might be appropriate, to help people feel like
>>> they're in the sun, as well as providing warmth.
>>>
>>> also it will be a nice chance to clean up that area and move things around
>>> and make it a hacking zone again.
>>>
>>> HOW CAN I HELP?
>>>
>>> if you have tarps or sail material or blankets or rope or anything you
>>> think could be used to close off the
>>> area, let's talk about it to see if
>>> it will work. If you bring it in on your own I hope you install it too -
>>> it might take some carpentry or something to have places to attach it.
>>> I think the ceiling should be about 10' high, or whatever it takes to
>>> enclose the eastern shelves up there and securely seal to the wall.
>>>
>>> if you know what any of the stuff is upstairs, and think you can clean up
>>> or move things elsewhere, please do that. We have a lot of printers and I
>>> don't know which ones are good or bad, and there are a lot of stereo
>>> systems and computers up there that maybe need to be put back into
>>> inventory, or put in the e-waste pile.
>>>
>>> also it's really dirty and dusty up there, so if you know where is a
>>> vacuum and/or brooms/dustpans please help get it clean up there.
>>>
>>> please write back if you think this is a good idea.
>>>
>>> -jake
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