Hi friends,
I'm helping with Abby Crain's performance in the ballroom this weekend and
we're looking for some extra extension cords.
Please email me if you have any of the following that you would be willing
to lend on Friday and Saturday nights. Comp tickets to the show for anyone
who loans equipment!
We need:
1 12x 15' Edison
1 6x 50' Edison
1 4x 25' Edison
Thanks so much!
Sarah
Friends,
Critical Resistance is launching their Oakland Power Projects, working on
finding alternatives to calling the police in Oakland. I think some of you
may be interested in being involved. I am not directly involved in this
working group, but I will be attending. Pass it on to interested parties
too. It's this Wednesday, and I know there are other things going on, but
hopefully some of you can attend. I can do a quick report back at next
week's CDC meeting.
Much love,
Julio
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*The Oakland Power Projects Launch*
*Wednesday March 11, 6:30-8:30pm*
*at Qulture Collective 1714 Franklin St, Oakland (two blocks from downtown
19th St BART)*
Critical Resistance Oakland is launching the Oakland Power Projects, an
alternatives to policing initiative that engages Oakland residents to build
community power and wellbeing without relying on the cops. CR Oakland has
been hard at work fighting against the violence of policing and for
community self-determination for more than 10 years. Join us in this next
phase as we erode the power of policing by investing in the real resources
and practices we need. Learn more and get involved on Wednesday March 11.
*ABOUT THE FIRST PHASE of THE OAKLAND POWER PROJECTS:*
We have talked with residents across the city about their experiences with
police and about their dreams for making Oakland healthy and strong.
Hearing that access to health resources not linked to policing was a
recurring theme in these conversations, Critical Resistance then reached
out to community health workers. CR members talked with emergency room
doctors, community medics, community clinicians, and herbal healers and
asked them what they thought Oakland residents needed to know about staying
healthy and what kinds of resources they would like to see developed in the
city.
>From that information, we’re building our first power project to work with
people to build skills and confidence in addressing some health concerns
while decreasing people’s contact with the cops.
Community convenings are one way to test out what we’re learning, get
feedback on our direction, and hear new ideas about how to make our work
stronger. We use these gatherings to help think about what works (or
doesn’t) in different neighborhoods, with different age groups, and across
race, gender, ethnic, and class differences, and to make adjustments to
help make the Oakland Power Projects relevant.
We need you! Help the Oakland Power Projects take shape. Join us on
Wednesday,
March 11 to get plugged in.
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SUPPORT CR TODAY!
Every donation - big and small - is vital to sustaining CR's fight to end
the prison industrial complex. Go to:
https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/criticalresistance, or mail checks to
Critical Resistance, 1904 Franklin Street, Suite 504, Oakland, CA 94612.
Thank you for your contributions to this struggle.
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Hi again,
Please allow me to add one more opportunity for sudoers to help meet the
technology needs of our neighbors: work with patrons at the Oakland
Public Library learn basic digital literacy skills, like word
processing, Internet browsing, apply for jobs, formatting etc.
Or propose to teach a workshop series on the basics of setting up a
website, graphic design, hardware hacking, programming basics, or any
other skill that you'd like to share.
They really need people to come in once a week to help patrons find
their way around online and get access to basic services. And the
librarians organizing it seem very flexible and enthusiastic.
To get get started, please fill out this interest form:
http://oaklandlibrary.org/sites/default/files/uploads/OPLVolunteerApplicati…
And here's a description of the call for tech trainers that they posted
online: http://www.prelive.volunteermatch.org/search/opp1714947.jsp
I'm doing it! If you have questions, you can email Sara DuBois:
sbubois(a)oaklandlibrary.org
Yours,
April
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I'm giving my most popular workshop again:
Arduino For Total Newbies
Sunday, March 29th, 1pm - 4:30pm. At Noisebridge.
photo from the first
Arduino For Total Newbies
workshop at Noisebridge
Learn all you need to know to make cool projects with Arduino!
You've probably heard lots about Arduino. But if you don't know what it is, or how you can use it to do all sorts of cool things, then this fun and easy workshop is for you. As an example project, we'll be creating a TV-B-Gone remote control out of an Arduino you can take home with you.
Summary:
What: Arduino workshop for total newbies, using TV-B-Gone remote controls as an intro
When: 1:00pm to 4:30pm, Sunday, March 29th
Where: Noisebridge map (including where to push the buzzer)
Who: Anyone and everyone can have fun learning Arduino. Ages 10 to 100
Max #: 50 participants -- This workshop will fill up, so please arrive early!
-- Precedence given to those who register in advance at:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/arduino-for-total-newbies-workshop-tickets-160…
Cost: $35 -- includes everything you need!
And you get to bring your Arduino TV-B-Gone home with you.
Optional: $20 communications/programming cable
-- (some will be available to use for free during the workshop).
Instructor: Mitch
Register for the workshop:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/arduino-for-total-newbies-workshop-tickets-160…
Bring your laptop if you want to go home with the free Arduino software installed on it.
Arduino software runs on Windows, MacOS and Linux.
Description:
Arduino is an amazingly powerful tool that is very simple to learn to use. It was designed so that artists and non-geeks can start from nothing, and make something cool happen in less than 90 minutes. Yet, it is powerful enough so that uber-geeks can use it for their projects as well.
This workshop is easy enough for total newbies to learn all you need to know to get going on an Arduino.
Taught by Mitch Altman. Participants will make their own Arduino clone, and set it up on solderless breadboards to make their own TV-B-Gone remote control to turn off TVs in public places -- a fun way to learn Arduino (and electronics) basics. Bring your laptop, if you can.
Big thanks to Ken Shirriff, who came up with the original TV-B-Gone for Arduino.
Itinerary:
Intro to ArduinoVery short lesson to learn everything you need to know about electronics! Then we will learn to solder. Don't let this scare you! I've taught well over 50,000 people to solder, most of whom have never made anything before in their lives. It is actually a very easy skill to learn. It is also very useful. Then we will each make our own Arduino clone from a kit made by Evil Mad Scientist: DiavolinoNow that we each have our own Arduino, we will set up the free and open-source software on our laptops (if you bring one) -- Windows, MacOS, or Linux are all fine! And then its time to make something and learn how easy it is to use Arduino! I'll (very easily!) show you how to read schematic diagrams, and you'll put together your own TV-B-Gone remote control using your BoArduino. We will use a solderless breadboard. These are really useful, and provide a fast, and very easy way to put circuits together without needing to solder. Target practice is available after the workshop.
You are now ready to download and hack zillions of Arduino projects that are available for free online!
Best,
Mitch.
Good morning y'all,
I am jazzed to announce that on June 29-30 the Library Freedom Project
is hosting a two-day unconfernce, right on on the heels of the ALA
annual conference in San Francisco. The best part: it's at Noisebridge!
https://libraryfreedomproject.org/
We have all kinds of amazing folks confirmed to speak - groups like the
ACLU, Hack the Hood, the Internet Archive, EFF, journalists, and of
course, some incredible librarians from across the country working
towards projects of social justice and political change.
We need tech trainers to help work with participants to learn digital
privacy tools, the way surveillance works, as well as other technology
issues relevant to libraries. If you're interested in sharing your
skills, please email me off-list with the following information:
1. Are you available for an hour slot in the early afternoon (say,
12-3:30) or late afternoon (3:30-7) on Monday, 6/29 or Tuesday, 6/30?
We're getting started each day around 1, done by 7.
2. What technology skills or themes are you most familiar with and would
like to share with librarians to use locally?
Please list anything you'd be able to help with, for example: email
encryption, mobile security, getting a more trusted email address, VPNs,
migrating from proprietary software, xmpp and OTR, How does tracking
work?, Tor, anything else fun?
3. Have you conducted a tech training or skill share in the past that
you think would be useful for a librarian community?
Thanks a million.
All my best,
April
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Hey all!
La Commune is trying to clear away stuff that's been stored back by the
West wall so that we can really push forward on plans for the cafe.
If you have anything stored back there, please note that it should be
removed asap or it risks being thrown away.
There's a compressor back there with a note on it saying not to throw it
away - does anyone know where this compressor belongs? I will move it out
of La Commune today and if it's not claimed by the weekend, I will make
plans to get rid of it.
Also - when we bought all of that metro shelving from John, La Commune paid
for 4 units, I believe ($200). The other 4 were for FNB if I'm not
mistaken. There's only one in La Commune right now so I'll be looking to
reclaim the other three within the next couple of weeks. Just a heads up -
if you've been using one of the metro shelves you may want to relocate
anything being stored on it.
Lastly - Door shifts!
Just want to ask anyone working a door shift (and ask the folks who are
coordinating these to communicate to others not on this list) to please
respect the space behind the La Commune counter. Also, during the day there
are usually not people here to introduce new people to the space and
whoever is at the La Commune counter ends up performing this work. Most of
the time it's alright but I'm wondering if maybe it makes sense to have
another table or desk in the front that is the front door shift desk in
order to differentiate between La Commune and the rest of the Omni? Just a
thought to throw out for your consideration!
Love!
Niki
I intend to order some enlarging paper tomorrow for making large
format and fine art x-ray photos. I've heard noise about a darkroom at
the omni. Is this true?
If not, I have a red phillips phlatlight LED that could illuminate an
empty room for us to make one.
Also...
http://i.imgur.com/eBv7ryo.png
Glossy or matte? My struggle is real.
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Be • knowledgeable • social • patient • fearless • compassionate •
fun • humble • forgiving.
Be a leader
This might be the wrong place to ask this but my laptop crashed yesterday
and is not coming back to life. :(
Wondering if anyone's got a spare I can borrow until I (hopefully) get mine
repaired.
xo
N
Amongst other cool things, I volunteer as a mentor for HAXLR8R, a 3-month incubator progam.
Groups that are accepted into the program for their cool hardware project idea:
* receive some tens of thousands of dollars in return for a small percentage of their company
* live in Shenzhen China for 3 months
* get workspace and access to the way cool tools at the HAXLR8R facilities
* get training from a wide variety of volunteer mentors (who are professionals with diverse experience)
* get help with funding and starting a business
* get connected to all of the resources necessary to make their project into a real product in the market.
Everything you need.
It's pretty awesome.
At the end of the 3 months, everyone goes to San Francisco for the big Demo Day, with lots of media attention.
Many successful (and very different) products have come from HAXLR8R, including Spark, and Nomiku.
If you have a project that you would like to turn into a product, and make a living doing what you love, maybe HAXLR8R could be helpful for you.
The next 15 project groups (HAX 7) moves to Shenzhen (for 3 months) starting in *July*!
The application deadline: *May 23*.
Funding: up to *$100,000*.
If you apply early, your chances of getting accepted are higher (less competition). Your project doesn't need to be perfect (or anywhere close) to apply.
APPLY FOR HAXLR8R here: http://www.haxlr8r.com/
Please feel free to ask me any questions off-list.
Best,
Mitch.
