we got the embroidery machine working!!! it's totally awesome.
tl;dr we need needles! who will order this ebay item?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/25-MEISTERGRAM-INDUSTRIAL-EMBROIDERY-MACHINE-NEEDLE…
it takes a little coordination though, because it's an industrial sewing
machine with a clutch pedal to engage the motor - and it's very powerful.
So it will sew very rapidly and you have to steer the needle around the
pattern at a rate matching the sewing rate.
it's kindof like driving a ferrari in that way.
anyway, it came with a single needle and it is broken now. We need more
needles!!! we have plenty of everything else.
it uses weird needles - they are the normal length (1.5") but their upper
shank is 1/16" diameter which is smaller than standard sewing machine
needles.
http://www.sewingmantra.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/sewing-machine-needl…
the machine is a Meistergram model M'100 and it uses the same needles as
the M700 / M800 like the ones in the ebay item are for.
if you order these needles, write to the list so we don't end up with 50,
although i'm sure we'll need them if we use it enough.
-jake
Dana and I have a grand idea for setting up easily programmable LED
displays at Noisebridge in a massive matrix. What we need are donations of
panels, which will be purchased and shipped by Mitch on his China trip. See
our nicely organized wiki page for details, source code, and more info.
https://noisebridge.net/wiki/LED
It still reflects the old address.
Thanks, cheers, and HAX THE PLANET!!!
- RAYC _ RAYC .. RAYC
P.S. Also plan on syncing to work on the eeg in the near future. :D
Our inventory tracking system is now up and running again!
Go to:
http://stuff.sudo
Create labels by filling out the form and hitting "save and print"
(remember to look at the preview of the label before printing, you have to
manually hit enter in the description textbox to create newlines).
Stick the label on the item, and you can either scan the QR code to go to
the item's wiki page, or look at the ID on the printed label and for e.g.
ID 42, go to:
http://o.sudoroom.org/42
When you print a label it will come out of the label printer next the the
wooden 3D printer. If it doesn't work, ensure that the label printer is on
(it should have a green light) and connected.
The software has been updated to the latest codebase so it should crash
less and will automatically restart if it does crash.
The code is here:
https://github.com/sudoroom/labitrack
Unfortunately (or fortunately) our old database was lost in the mists of
moving (or maybe it wasn't but I couldn't find it) but the wiki pages
remain, so it should be easy enough to create redirects.
--
marc/juul
On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 12:58 PM, yar <yardenack(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> It's not your fault, it's not anybody else's fault either. I really
> hope the confusion isn't interpreted as bad faith or a lack of
> support. We all need to get better at that, of course, but also get
> better at forgiving each others' mistakes, in the spirit of jubilee.
I want to just reiterate this in light of the past few days of
conversation. I have heard a lot of different narratives about what
happened with Backspace over the past few months. I don't claim to
know exactly what happened anymore, but it seems to boil down to a
huge string of communication failures that resulted in Backspace
paying for space to operate, yet having no space until now.
At Thursday's meeting, the subject of past-due utility bills came up,
but it seems apropos to mention that lots of Omni groups have not paid
utility bills, or even rent, and one of the amazing potential things
about Omni is our capacity to be a non-evil landlord - each according
to their ability and their need.
It's clear that most backspace folks are WORKERS whose primary concern
is being able to see their clients and students and make a living
wage. It's also clear to me that the primary benefit of having
Backspace at Omni is NOT the money they'd bring in, but the new
people, energy and perspectives. It would REALLY SUCK if we lost all
that by fighting with them over money.
Other than money, the only other concern I'm hearing about this
proposal is about space. While I have expressed concerns about
"enclosure" in the past, Backspace's plans for the den or "storage
room" are NOT enclosures. They're stewardship of commons. This is
exactly the model I always dreamed of for our building!
Finally, there's BAPS. I think it might help to separate BAPS'
pragmatic need to host many evening classes from BAPS' position as a
roving "nomadic" group without dedicated space, and both from the
concept of "enclosure". Because it seems to me like Backspace's
pragmatic needs are similar to BAPS - to assemble in spaces and occupy
them for a finite period, for classes and 1-on-1 sessions. So what are
the ways we can frame this as a collaboration rather than a
competition?
I think these problems would get solved a lot faster if we were all
able to trust each other, the best path to building trust is for
Backspace to begin operating at the Omni ASAP, and the best way for
that to happen is to show support and forgiveness all around. Thanks.
A fellow named Dustin has been spending the last several days hanging out
all day in La Commune.
I talked to him today and explained that we're not yet open and that, while
he's here, he needs to either be vouched for by someone who is a member of
a member collective or attending an event or otherwise involved in work
related to the Omni.
I told him that I was leaving at 7pm and he'd need to find someone to vouch
for him at that time or else he'd have to leave. He said ok. I mentioned
this to him again around 7:15 and he said that someone at Sudo said he
could be in the building until 10pm. I told him that this was not the case,
and explained again our pre open to the public access policy. He walked
away from me saying "You're the only one who has said that to me." heading
back inside the building.
He said that "the guy with dreadlocks" told him he could hang out here. I
went and got Chris B and Mary from CCL and we approached him together.
Chris told him that he wasn't vouching for him and that he should leave.
Mary and I both told him that we'd be open to the public eventually but
that we just are not at the present moment. He left and said he wasn't
coming back.
Just sending this email so it's on the record. I'll try to add to the wiki,
as well.
Niki
On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 11:35 AM, margaretha haughwout
<margaretha.anne.haughwout(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> No we are exploring co-administration with other groups so that classes
> could be taught in the disco. 2 dedicated rooms.
On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Andrew Lowe <andrew(a)lostways.com> wrote:
> The proposal was for:
>
> Dedicated Space:
>
> BDRM 2, STORAGE 1
Hmm. When I asked Sara for clarification, she said it was only one
dedicated locked room:
https://omnicommons.org/lists/private/consensus/2014/000105.html
I worry it might be harder to reach consensus if there is no potential
for the kids' room (storage1) to actually be a kids' room at any time
of the day.
Can the folks who brought the brown couch in and left it La Commune please
move it by Saturday? We are renting the ballroom for an event on Sunday and
they will be using the cafe to stage catering.
Additionally, La Commune is hoping to have the bookstore provisionally open
by November first. This would be a transitional period while we continue to
work on getting the cafe open.
If y'all could help us out by not leaving stuff in La Commune but rather
taking it to wherever its final destination w/in the Omni will be, that
would be tremendous.
<3
Niki