Hi All,
Below is info about a current project to archive something important and dear to me. Before there was Wired and the couch surfing interns who worked for Mondo and left to start Wired-- there was Mondo 2000. I remember reading an issue of URB magazine and noticing Mondo 2000 on the newsstand. Things every Black nerd needed to see at an early age was in Mondo, like: virtual reality, tech pioneers and mavericks, and even an article about Pamela Z.
To meet and share ideas with these folks was amazing. Names that should mean something if you believe in the real power of what we all strive to do. > > Captain Crunch, R.U. Sirius, Queen Mu, William Gibson, Mark Pesce, and more.
If you're interested in helping to digitize or what not, get in touch with them.
Best,
Scott R. Edmonds
Mobile: 1-510-928-3469
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> Date: October 27, 2015 at 5:49:53 PM EDT
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> Subject: Project Update #25: MONDO 2000: An Open Source History by R.U. Sirius
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> New Plan for completion
> Posted by R.U. Sirius
> For backers only
> Hi folks!
> Hope this finds you well. I’m under migraine (for real. 3 weeks). Health shit really has been getting in my way.
> Anyway, well, my hope that another very professional writer would join me in completing the Mondo 2000 section of the book appears to have not worked out. I gave it an extra month which is why you all have not heard from me sooner.
> My final plan to finish/crowdsource the book ought to work, if I can gather up all my skills as an editor at the end of the process. I’m going to push hard for speedy delivery. The plan should allow for that.
> Before I share the plan, this seems to be a good place to pick up volunteers to help… even though I haven’t heard back from the previous volunteers.
> This is the first place I’m sharing this new plan, except with a few folks personally. I’ll be looking elsewhere for volunteers too. You folks have been exceptionally kind. Thought you might like to participate.
> So first of all, the folks who said they would open my ancient discs so I could extract the content? We were going to do this, I think, in September. I’ve lost track of you and haven’t heard back. I have a note that makes me think it may have been Bryce Lynch who was going to help with that. Hoping this will shake the tree.
> Secondly, I’m looking for someone to scan all the issue of Mondo 2000 and a bunch of archival stuff … press clippings, ad brochures ad infintum. I’d need it done fast if possible and would prefer someone in the SF Bay Area. Even just the issues would be awesome.
> This this would be tremendously helpful and would improve on both the timing and quality, but if it doesn’t happen, I will work around it.
> Finally, if you have an urge to write something for the book… or to interview a Mondo 2000 participant who interests you, I’m opening it up to “outsiders.” See The Plan, below…
> The Plan
> I plan to take a lot of material from the magazine itself and weave the story telling around it. But also, add commentary geared towards the ideas etc. in the magazine. Even more fun, I think… I am inviting people who wrote for the magazine, a few other favored writers and the patient folks who contributed via Kickstarter to rummage through any magazines they may have and write about it. React to an issue or an article or just let something jar a memory and tell a story.
> It’s my hope to also have the issues all scanned, but in the meantime, if you have that resource (back issues) it’d be great if folks would get going.
> Naturally, I can’t guarantee that every bit of writing will get into the book, but it will get onto the website. Pre-Mondo issues of Reality Hackers and High Frontiers and a few archival bits are at Internet Archives… https://archive.org/details/mondohistory ... but I want to discourage too much focus on the old issues. I’ve got a shitload of writing already about the early years. If you want to participate and you have actual MONDO 2000 magazines, please use those. If I can’t get the magazine scanned soon (or at all) and if I can’t get my old discs cracked open, I will live with that. I’ll be setting a deadline for the end of January 2016 to collect materials. Thank you Thank you Thank you for your patience and support … and I hope a few of you might want to help in one way or another.
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Hello All,
I am going in a trip from Nov. 3rd to the 11th and I have no place to park
my car for that length of time.
If someone in the list living near BART would allow me to park in their
driveway or similar; between Richmond to SF Airport I would donate $50 to
Omni (https://omnicommons.org/donate.html). It will make me happier knowing
that I am donating that money Omni, besides that it will way cheaper than
paying the airport!
I would share the receipt of my donation with you.
Many thanks in advance,
Daniel
p.s. please feel free to email me directly to my email or ask me for my
number if you prefer to call. Thx!
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It's called "Forum Friends" - a mobile app for accessing and making posts
to internet forums.
Here is the link to install the beta version for Android:
https://play.google.com/apps/testing/org.autonomous.forumfriends
A bit of history:
Internet forums are a grassroots alternative to mega corporate social media
sites and had their beginnings with dial-up bulletin boards in the days
before the internet came into existence. Today there are 10s of thousands
of internet forums with some having over 1.5 million registered users. And
there are now over a dozen good open source forum server platforms
including nodebb, a nodejs forum server.
Forum Friends is a multi-platform app written primarily in Javascript with
some Java and ObjectiveC code to support Android and IOS platforms. Forum
data is accessed and updated via a restful json api and data is cached
locally via indexeddb. The app also works with a nodejs server to securely
verify in-app purchases. The design enables many possibilities including
secure crypto messaging and pier-to-pier serverless message exchange over
private networks.
If someone would like to install it on their android phone or tablet and
take it for a spin, that would be great! Also, if there is a javascript
meetup this week I would like to attend.
Thanks,
Autonomous.
I attached a few screenshots.
Hi all,
We'll be hosting our first of a potentially bi-monthly pop-up bazaar
featuring local artists, artisans and craftmakers this Saturday in the
entrance hall. This is a last-minute call for collaborators - if you're
interested in running a table, playing music, contributing art/crafts, or
something completely different that would contribute to making the event
awesome, please get in touch by sending an email to
collabazaar(a)omnicommons.org
I'm planning also to set up a table for info about the Omni. If you'd like
to add literature/info/flyers about your collective, a class or event, I'll
be setting up a dropoff spot behind the front counter later today.
The mission of these Collabazaars is to create a sustainable model for
fundraising for the Omni's monthly expenses while simultaneously providing
local makers in our community with income and visibility to support their
continued creative / artistic / crafty / culinary endeavors. It's something
many of us have been talking about for awhile now, with limited volunteer
energy to execute - but even if the first one is small I'm sure we can grow
this!
Collaborators confirmed so far:
* Francisco Jimenez, Tucan Vinegars: Selling delicious homemade Costa
Rican-style vinegars. Free tastings available!
* Abby Normal Art by Antoinette Gaggero
* Liberation Food Coop: Fair trade, fresh-roasted coffee, hibiscus
lemongrass kombucha, and a variety of teas to sample.
* Radical zines available by donation
Please share the facebook event widely:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1661603590723647/
Flyers will be available tomorrow afternoon at the front counter of the
Omni if anyone would like to help with promoting!
Love,
Jenny
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"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."
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We have a GTX980ti that won't fit in a dell poweredge server. Our
alternative, doing iterative cone beam CT reconstructions on a 2008 crap
machine isn't quite working.
On 26 Oct 2015 12:46 pm, "Jake" <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote:
> i have a pcie x1 extender that uses a usb3 cable, it's for bitcoin miners.
> does that help?
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Hello All!
Straight to the point:
Instead of going to buy a new/used piece of furniture or whatever item from
a store, one should ask in their Collecive and or the Omni email list(s).
So if a member has it, then the two parties involved will decide the amount
of money that the person receiving the item should donate to Omni. This
idea is not inclusive to items, it could include services.
For example (a real example): I am going in a trip for 11 days (Nov 3 -
11), and I have no place to park my car for that length of time.
If I use the parking lot at the airport, it will cost me $18 a day making
it a total of $198 plus tax. But, I would be happier if someone in the list
living near BART would allow me to park in their driveway or similar; from
anywhere in Richmond to North Oakland, or from SF to the SF Airport so that
I would donate $50 to Omni.
The person doing the monetary donation could do it in person or use the any
of these methods online: https://omnicommons.org/donate.html
What are your thoughts?
Many thanks for reading this email.
Daniel
p.s. i will send another email with my real #ISO request as an example of
what I mean, and perhaps I get some replies.
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Hi! I'll be at Sudo Room working on music a bit after 5pm today. If you're
interested in electronic music production please come by and say hello.
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I'll be holding this meetup every Sunday between 5-7(ish) pm. We can meet
at Sudo Room and move into another open room in Omni if necessary.
This group will be focusing on the production/composition/programming
aspect of electronic music production with an emphasis on Ableton Live and
Logic Pro X. However,all DAW's (Reason, Cubase, Pro-Tools, Fruity Loops
Studio) are welcome.
I'd like to keep the group loose and unstructured for now so we can let it
grow organically.
The idea is to meet others interested in electronic music production, learn
from each other, inspire ideas, collaborate on projects, etc.
~Merry
Email Yvonne (bottom of the email) if you'd like to join this excellent
jobs list...
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*About Hack the Network:*
This project is aimed at connecting qualified candidates from
underrepresented groups with job opportunities in tech and tech-related
companies. The goal is to use my networks to upend the current networked
hiring system, by tapping into pools of talent that people in tech don't
normally have access to.
*Here's how it works*:
1. Check out the jobs below. I’ve included links to their application
pages and if you like you can apply to them directly.
2. However, if you feel strongly that you are a good fit for the
position and would like a referral, send me your resume (even if you have
already sent it) with your name, the job title, and the employer in the
subject line.
3. If it looks like you are what the employer is looking for, I’ll email
you to schedule a quick skype call.
4. If we both want to proceed after that discussion, then I will refer
you to my friend to follow on with the application process.
I can’t guarantee that this process will land you a job. However, you’ll
likely stand a better chance than with just a cold contact. Also, I don't
post all of the positions that HTN companies are seeking to fill. So, if
you see a position of interest posted on an HTN company website which is
not in the newsletter, let me know. Please feel free to share this with
friends who are looking for work, potential employers, or organizations
which you think would be interested.
If tech is the future, we should have a seat at the table.
*Y-Vonne Hutchinson*
Executive Director, ReadySet
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yvonne(a)thereadyset.co
hello fellow sudoers!
I wish I could be around sudo/omni more but i am so busy/inundated with
bookselling crap! On that tip:
would anyone be interested in helping me make a simple website?
also, I need someone to help me learn filemaker pro (or something similar,
theres something expensive called bookhound that i've heard is good but
pricey,) so that I can (ideally) create a single inventory of my rare books
and use that to upload onto both my website and amazon.com (or abebooks.com)
with the same file.... I think this is possible?! This would be book info,
price and in some cases, images.
basically i'm looking for someone to help me get started online! If you can
help, plz let me know! I have a little bit of $ to pay for this and would
definitely try to compensate you the best I can!
Blessings,
Scott
