this book is super awesome. it's about putting up FM radio stations
around the country in the last ten years (and more) and the group of
activists and former pirates that pushed for and won legislation to
increase legal access to the FM radio band.
it's an anthropological work mostly, and it has a lot of coverage of the
gender gap and dynamics which relate closely to what we're doing in the
hackerspace movement.
-jake
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2014 13:04:28 -0500
From: christina dunbar-hester <c.dunbarhester(a)gmail.com>
To: Christina Dunbar-Hester <c.dunbarhester(a)gmail.com>
Subject: announcing Low Power to the People
Dear friends far and wide,
Apologies for spam, but I'm pleased to announce that Low Power to the People, my book on radio activism,
exists in the world... just out with MIT Press!!
Wanted to share the news with the valued folks who contributed as friends, interlocutors, etc. along the way.
Please feel free to share with interested parties or lists (especially the activists amongst you who are on
lists I may not be on).
with thanks and best wishes--
c
[IMAGE]
--
Christina Dunbar-Hester, Ph.D.
Author of Low Power to the People, MIT Press
Journalism & Media Studies, School of Communication & Information
Affiliated Faculty, Women's & Gender Studies
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
email: christdh(a)rutgers.edu
office: DeWitt 101 (185 College Ave.)
web: http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/directory/christdh/index.html
phone: +1 848-932-7112
fax: +1 732-932-6916
mail: 4 Huntington St., New Brunswick, NJ 08901 USA
I seem to have misplaced my multimeter at sudoroom over the weekend: it's
greenish grey, autoranging, probably has 2 probes on it with very pointy
ends. It's got my friend greg's name written on the back in faint letters.
any leads are extremely appreciated!
Hey all,
Have just lost my only reliable means of transportation - my bicycle - and
desperately need a replacement asap so I can get to and from work. Does
anyone have a decent spare bike sitting around they'd be willing to loan me
for a few weeks until I can get a new one? I'll clean it, patch it, fix it
and generally do everything I can to return it better than I receive it.
Anyone able to help me out?
/Rikke
I’ve symlinked 3 robot-related tools into /usr/local/bin on sudodesk. The new commands are motocommand, motomessage, and motodisk. They are under development and can break, but if you want to try them you should. Here’s how:
1. Get people away from the robot
2. Turn on the robot with the black rotatey-dial thing on the top left of the robot cabinet door.
3. Press the “REMOTE” button on the right side of the robot console.
4. On sudodesk, type the following (including quotes): motocommand “SVON 1”
The robot will growl appropriately as the servos come on.
5. Now on sudodesk, type the following (including quotes): motocommand “START DEMO"
Currently the robot job called DEMO is really slow and unimpressive. Maybe someone could make it wave around perilously… or play the marimba (gently)! We could make a converter that turns midi streams into robot motion.
If you want less exciting stuff, try the above steps, but instead of step 4, type: motomessage “MUST KILL HUMANS”
The robot will show up to 23 characters of your snarky input. I’m working on these remote mode tools here: https://github.com/glvnst/yasnac <https://github.com/glvnst/yasnac>
Someone’s iPhone 4 with cracked glass has been hanging out at sudoroom for at least a few days. The device name it has been given is Vox. Its in sudoroom on the table in the middle of the room where the people sit.
look at the cover of this book (you can click on the image)
http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/low-power-people
the text in the back cover says:
Jake designed this transmitter with the help of wizened elders, to
provide a reliable and repairable communications device for noncapitalist
communities around the world. At that time, cheap and effective
transmitters from China were not yet available on eBay, found by
searching for ST-15B in "consumer electronics".
you'll notice that there are pictures of Mandela and Ghandi on there. The
circuitboards were fabbed eight at a time, so we put a transparency over
the whole thing with EIGHT different pairs of dead revolutionaries:
Mandela and Ghandi
Nina Simone and Rosa Parks
Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Rachel Corrie and Judi Bari
Fidel Castro and Che Guevarra
Emma Goldman and Mother Jones
Ernesto Zapata and Ricardo Flores Magon
Annie Oakley and Lyudmila Pavlichenko
you might notice a pattern of dichotomy in rhetoric vs. direct action,
that was accidental.
needs to be amended already :)
just spoke with the owner of pizzaiolo (Charlie) and he's letting me sell
books outside his restaurant whenever I want to (!), so location and
permitting concerns are now moot!
also, Charlie is *really* into the omni and wants to be a part of it in any
way possible. He also owns boot & shoe and penrose... I'm sure he would
love to do food/drinks for the upcoming omni fundraiser, so someone please
let me know info and dates about that!
He called us an "art movement", which I thought was pretty funny. I was
stoned so I didn't correct him- plus it's not entirely untrue, although
it's definitely an abbreviated way of thinking about what we're all doing.
I figure his ideas about the omni will become richer thru participation :)
anyways, my $1-$7 booksale has moved and is now in front of pizzaiolo
tonight, a couple blocks from the omni. Stop by if you're free! let me
loose for a pee break?
xoxo
Scott
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Whitney Lawrence <whitneyel3(a)gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 5:13 PM
Subject: bylaws (word)
To: Matthew Senate <mattsenate(a)gmail.com>
Matt,
I have made many minor changes to the bylaws. Please find attached the word
doc with track changes. Furthermore, I have included a pdf of the changes
in case you don't use word. Please let me know how you wish to proceed with
communicating these changes.
-whit
Has anyone been moving stuff around in the room above the stage? Chris b's lair???
My brother's loop pedal is missing!!
Also, a mic and mic stand but really the loop pedal is crucial and valuable.... Has anyone seen it?
Plz let me know!
Thanks so much,
Scott
Also does anyone have Chris b's number? Maybe he took it whole
Clearing out stuff?
