Hi sudoers:
There's a new not-for-profit Makerspace opening in Berkeley; they're
holding an open house this Friday Jan 30 from 8PM-11PM and you're
invited to drop in, check out the space, socialize, and meet founders
John Boiles and Joe Taylor.
East Bay Makers Club: https://eastbaymakersclub.com/
Hope to see you there, -Peter
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It’s close to the end of January and we are making progress. I don’t
think we’ll be opening this month, but I’m hopeful we are a just 2 to 3
weeks away from being able to soft open. We have two new 3d printers on
order from Prusa, we are figuring out our electrical in order to put a
4ft x 8ft Shopbot CNC mill in, and we’ve got a couple new items in the
clubhouse.
We are hosting *Build Night this Friday Jan 30th*, and John will be
back. If we have any of our new orders in we’ll be building those and
putting them in. *All are welcome, no memberships required.*
Last build night we had a wonderful group of 10 makers.
Hope to see you in the space soon.
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...begins now! Sorry I forgot to send blasts, but if you see this and
happen to be free, come on down! We're here!
Sudo Room Party
7-???pm
Every Thursday!!! except when there's a Member Meeting on the second
Thursday of the month
Observe this absurdly beautiful charcuterie board! Also we have a bunch of
fruit! And drinks!
$ sudo party --hard
Warmly,
~judy
According to article below Grocery Outlet applied for a liquor license
at the former Walgreen’s location.
“...Temescal is experiencing a bit of a boom: Recent openings include
pickleball social club Pickle Athletics and coffee shop Alleyway Cafe,
while buzzy spots like “martini dive bar” Tallboy and natural wine bar
Snail Bar continue to thrive. Still, the area is not immune to the
challenges faced by the rest of Oakland: Beloved brewery Roses’ Taproom
shuttered in November after eight years, citing a decline in business.
Temescal Brewing, a brewery of nearly 10 years, filed for bankruptcy in
October but remains open…”
https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/oakland-walgreens-grocery-outlet-213073…
Hi Fixit Coaches:
We have a Fixit Clinic this Wednesday Jan 21 at Northeastern U. / Mills
College:
https://makerspaces.northeastern.edu/events/repair-advice-clinic-4/
Can you Coach? Sign up at http://bit.ly/inpersoncoachsignup
The campus has a beautiful and well-equipped Makerspace complex and the
adjacent Mills College Art Museum is open until 8PM Wednesdays so feel
free to arrive early and walk the campus or visit the museum.
These events are important public-facing outreach programming to raise
the prominence of sudoroom / Omni Commons and recruit new members as we
work alongside neighbors to fix their stuff.
Even if you can’t make it right at the start you’re welcome to drop in
anytime and hang out with us. You’re also most welcome to bring your own
projects to work on.
Sign up at http://bit.ly/inpersoncoachsignup; and if you know anyone
else who would make a good Coach: bring ‘em along!
Hope to see you Wednesday, -Peter
Peter Mui @ Fixit Clinic
www.fixitclinic.org – Neighbor-to-neighbor repair fostering thriving,
resilient communities
+1 408 647 5790
fixitclinic(a)gmail.com
Hiyas!
Come to our first member meeting of the year! This Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026,
7pm - 9pm.
Please add to the agenda:
https://crypt.unredacted.org/doc/#/2/doc/edit/7Me-lslAtwAcx784AEFPGVLp/
The next member meeting after this is on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, 4pm - 6pm
(before Dark Mode starts at 6).
Here are all the upcoming member meetings for this year:
https://sudoroom.org/events/categories/member-meeting/
We're planning on doing them twice a month, on a Thursday and on a Sunday
(so people who can't make it to one hopefully can make it to the other)
~judy
Hi Sudoers:
See this RFP for City of Oakland program that Sudoroom could be
potentially qualified to apply for:
https://apps.oaklandca.gov/ContractOpportunities/Opportunity?num=389532,
the close date is Jan 16 but you might contact the contract manager to
see if the date is extended.
If nothing else: applying for this is good practice for Sudoers who are
interested in securing grants for sudoroom.
Sincerely, -Peter
sudo friends -
In my recent visits to sudoroom, I've talked about and demonstrated FPGAs
(among other things). I personally consider FPGAs to be an enabling
technology, like microcontrollers but with some key advantages.
They also have a reputation of being hard to learn.
There seems to be at least some interest in turning these chaotic discussions
into activities thoughtfully set up for teaching/learning. Maybe the
word "class" won't apply.
I'll keep this first message short, although I certainly have ideas,
at least about how to get started. I'm a huge believer in learning by doing.
I plan to be at sudoroom tonight (Dec 30), and we can have in-person discussions.
Maybe this thread can capture ideas in a less ephemeral form.
- Larry
Hi everyone! We have 9 days left before the next time we have to pay rent,
and we're short $750. We estimate that in the next 9 days, roughly $300
will come in through the regular monthly donations that members have set
up, which means we're still short $450.
Noisebridge and Double Union have both recently run Gofundme campaigns; we
could do this too but it would take a concerted marketing effort. Is anyone
interested in looking into this with me? Please email me on or off list!
nb
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-noisebridges-lifechanging-work
du
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-double-unions-impactful-mission
Hi Sudoers:
Some of you might be interested in this new e-bike hub motor with regen
capability.
…”Instead of mounting the disc rotor to the motor’s shell, which has
been the go-to method for decades, they mounted the disc rotor to the
carrier plate that holds the planet gears in the motor’s internal
gearbox. It requires a slightly different shell for the motor – one that
lets a mount connect the disc rotor to the gears’ carrier plate.
…the disc rotor now doubles as the user-operable clutch that has always
been missing. That means the motor can switch into generator mode,
essentially becoming a brake as it loads the motor and converts
rotational energy back into electrical energy to charge the battery. The
controller and motor continuously communicate with each other,
increasing or decreasing braking power according to how hard the user
pulls the brake lever.”
https://electrek.co/2025/12/23/weve-been-lied-to-electric-bike-motors-can-d…
Seasons Greetings, -Peter