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by Yardena Cohen

Sudoroom's 3D printer is travelling to the library this week, for Teen Tech Week! Main branch, downtown 14th St bw Madison & Oak/Lakeside Wednesday March 12, 3:00 PM http://oaklandlibrary.org/events/main-library/sudoroom-presents-3-d-printing

11 years, 4 months

Tonight during Art Murmur: Draw Oakland at Sudo Room!

by Marina Kukso

Hi everyone, Drop by Sudo Room during art murmur tonight to Draw Oakland<http://oaklandwiki.org/Draw_Oakland>with us. We'll get started around 7PM and will just be there throughout the evening. Paper and drawing supplies will be provided but you are, of course, welcome to bring your own materials. We'll be scanning our images and adding them to Oakland Wiki <http://oaklandwiki.org> to illustrate entries, like all of these neighborhoods<http://oaklandwiki.org/neighborhoods>… [View More]

11 years, 4 months

RARP: RAVE ACTION ROLE PLAY - THE NEW RAVE TREND Behind the RAVE | DJBROADCAST

by Romy Snowyla

http://www.djbroadcast.net/features/featureitem_id=243/RARP_Rave_Action_Rol… This is so awesome RARP: RAVE ACTION ROLE PLAY - THE NEW RAVE TREND BEHIND THE RAVE 110 Thursday 6 March, 2014. Text: Maria Mouk. RARPing is a fresh and somewhat secretive new rave form that involves costuming, hidden identities, and random missions while being an off-shoot of LARPing (live action role playing.) Those we interviewed about the subject were not very forthcoming, fearing they would be ousted by … [View More]their RARP community. Read on to find out more. The History of LARP Live Action Role Playing, more commonly known as “LARPing,” is a free form of (mostly) unscripted role-playing (or live acting) that ranges from the purely theatrical through to combative, political or historical. Dozens or hundreds of characters meet in a decided location to freestyle through a framework of accepted scenarios, and live out an abstraction of their appointed avatar, whether it be magician, warrior, or other deviation from their everyday self. Gaining most of it’s momentum across the globe in the 70s with the invent of tabletop role-playing games. LARP identities or genres have since included science fiction, historical recreations, dystopian or zombie apocalypses, and even gender reconstruction scenarios. "...reconstructed realities aim to suspend or even rewrite normal rules of behavior..." Typically LARPing participants have identified with Medieval themes and battlefield scenarios, but as electronic music gains value in the 21st century, so LAPRing has spread a larger and more raving, music party goer.  This is where I stumbled across a story about RARPing. Rave Action Role Playing; a re-reality where electronic music forms the backbone for leaving your real name and day-to-day personality behind. Of course it was only a matter of time until the more bookish genres of LARPing were re-appropriated into more approachable models for a younger social generation. So what exactly is RARPing? Isn’t that just a veil for further party themes? Actually yes. Modes of this experience have often been portrayed by dedicated festival goers, people living in squats or communes, and other alternative scenarios in the vein of USA’s Burning Man Festival/City, where the variety-show and counter-culture freak-flag flies high. (I can attest to being one of the freaks). The details that tie any of this to the LARPing category are that these reconstructed realities aim to suspend or even rewrite normal rules of behavior, through unscripted acting and deviation from those day-to-day identities the person possessed normally. However even these communities have steered away from the complete submersion into the LARPing ethos, since there is not just one organized game under one scenario but too many, and rarely can the events be considered forms of interactive literature, as are many LARPing prompts. (I did however once sit in on a Last Supper at Burning Man, and many attendees there are actually living out “tribal” fantasies, but this was more impromptu than some long lasting role-play.) CONTINUE READING (1 of 2) Next 110 Thursday 6 March, 2014. Text: Maria Mouk. RARPing goes more niche, subtly scripted, and inclusive (or is that reclusive?) An insider told me about his ritual weekend of attending such RARP Festivals. He said that once on site at a secret location, where only former attendees can invite the new, everyone adjusts to the character and “power” they have chosen for themselves. Real names are never revealed. Upon entering the event, the characters are split into “families” and group activities, plots, and assignments throughout the day are supported by notes with clues to help one get through the various tasks. It’s kind of like a psychedelic team building, except no one is able to reveal their identities. At some point during this fantasy rave, the whole thing breaks into a party, where you, the Space Cowboy or whatever you have come as, dances with your “family”, maintaining your secret identity, never to reveal your name, or participate with the society outside of this setting. "...maybe our over stimulated minds need more context than familiar party models can deliver...?" There are also not-so-secretive breakouts of RARP. Take the performative group Micro Rave for example, you might just see them at your next music camp-out. Born as an experiment in 2009, with a focus on “Free-party Rave scenes, Live Action Role-playing, Computer Games, Immersive Theatre and 8-bit Music” this micro-hub of RARPing focuses on creating mini, dance party, experiences at festivals with missions that include “8-bit sounds / 2-bit costumes / Inferior AI / Boss Battles” and of course “Rave Challenges.“ So what role do these modern re-appropriations serve? Certainly it’s an opportunity for interacting with a community more geared to your musical and social interests than the Game Of Thrones model. But is it a form of escapism or extended meaning? Maybe our over stimulated minds need more context than familiar party models can deliver? Maybe we need to add theater and characters to our nights out? Just look at the British for example - they need the barest of excuses to dress up at any occassion. An art theorist researching game theory and LARPing recently suggested that “the terrible beauty of LARP's promise: “[is] you can play whatever rules you like, whenever you like, wherever you like. All you have to do is define them,” but well “we're all playing, and so involved... that we've forgotten that the rules are all our own creation.” This refreshing reminder in real life philosophy serves to ask “who do you want to be today?” The answer: Whoever you want to be. This is no 90s rave, it’s 2014, and these are the questions that push the box past limitations, be it in music or other creative pursuits. Previous CONTINUE READING (2 of 2) Sent from my iPhone [View Less]

11 years, 4 months

Executive Assistant/ Event Planner, Breakthrough Institute, downtown Oak

by Danny Spitzberg

Here's one more for anyone who thinks in post-partisan pragmatist terms and believes in smart public investment... and can do outstanding work as an executive assistant/events coordinator, too http://thebreakthrough.org/about/jobs/ :Danny *Executive Assistant/Events Coordinator. * Background: The Breakthrough Institute is a paradigm-shifting think tank committed to modernizing environmentalism for the 21st century. Our core values are integrity, imagination and audacity. Our goal is to … [View More]accelerate the transition to a future where all the world's inhabitants can enjoy secure, free, prosperous, and fulfilling lives on an ecologically vibrant planet. Job Description: Breakthrough is looking to hire a full-time Executive Assistant/Events Coordinator to provide support to the executive staff and to help plan various events, including our annual June conference. This is a great entry-level position for a smart, capable person interested in a career in nonprofit events management and nonprofit operations. As Breakthrough is a small and growing organization, the Executive Assistant/Events Coordinator will have the opportunity to contribute to a number of different areas related to the operation of the think tank. Ideally, the candidate would be available to start in March. Responsibilities include: - Assistance to the Breakthrough principals running the day to day operations of the think tank - Planning and providing support for various events and dinners throughout the year - General administrative support, including filing expenses, handling invoices and billing, taking notes during staff meetings, scheduling travel - Office maintenance and organization, including answering phones, supply maintenance, communicating with the building managers, setting up work spaces for fellows and new hires - Working with our Director of Development, Events, and Operations and outside events consultant to plan and execute the Breakthrough Dialogue, Breakthrough's annual June conference - Serve as a liaison for attendees of the Breakthrough Dialogue, helping them arrange travel to the conference, answering questions, and processing registrations Qualifications: - Four year college degree - Experience in event planning preferred (college experience okay) - Excellent verbal and written communication skills - Keen attention to detail and high level of organization - High level of proficiency on Macs - An interest in Breakthrough's core mission Salary commensurate with experience. [View Less]

11 years, 4 months

Fwd: [nobawc-announce] Part-time job announcement for Urban Tilth's Cooperative Facilitator

by Danny Spitzberg

Urban Tilth is awesome; this is an awesome opportunity ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dave Karoly <dave(a)nobawc.org> Date: Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 5:33 PM Subject: [nobawc-announce] Part-time job announcement for Urban Tilth's Cooperative Facilitator To: NoBAWC Announcements list <nobawc-announce(a)lists.nobawc.org> Hi, Urban Tilth cultivates agriculture in west Contra Costa County to help the community build a more sustainable, healthy, and just food system. The … [View More]

11 years, 4 months

Fwd: [sfchalkboard] Hiring for Raw Juice Mixologist

by Danny Spitzberg

Anybody interested in (part-time) work as a Rad Marxologist... I mean, Raw Juice Mixologist? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <createchange(a)rocketmail.com> Date: Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 11:41 AM Subject: [sfchalkboard] Hiring for Raw Juice Mixologist To: sfchalkboard(a)lists.riseup.net Project Juice is looking for a master juice mixologist at our production facility in South San Francisco. This is a incredibly important job! All of the ingredients for our juices get juiced … [View More]

11 years, 4 months

Oakland Wiki edit parties at Oakland Public Library branches this Spring!

by Marina Kukso

Hi everyone, Oakland Wiki <http://oaklandwiki.org> has partnered with Oakland Public Library <http://oaklandlibrary.org/> to host a series of edit parties at different branches of the library this spring! See the event dates and locations at http://oaklandwiki.org/Oakland_Wiki_Events There's also a rad flyer that the wonderful librarians have made with all the necessary info attached here. FINALLY, if you're in Oakland tomorrow for first friday, drop by Sudo Room<http://… [View More]

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Fwd: [sfchalkboard] got an old pc laying around, anyone?

by Vicky Knox

Anyone? Anyone? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: ... Date: 2014-03-03 10:56 GMT-08:00 Subject: [sfchalkboard] got an old pc laying around, anyone? To: sfchalkboard(a)lists.riseup.net Hello hello-- I'm trying to find an old PC (preferably a laptop, for the size) to set up as a shared computer for my house. Nothing fancy, just reasonably reliable. We need to run some software on it that's windows-specific, so macs are out. Got one in the bottom of your closet? If so we can try to … [View More]

11 years, 4 months

using the CNC mill

by Sébastien Bourdeauducq

Hi, I'm the founder of Milkymist (now M-Labs) and the http://ehsm.eu conference, and I'm in Oakland for a while. I'm building an open source hardware video mixer called Mixxeo (http://m-labs.hk/mixxeo.html) and would like to experiment with/prototype the case design. My current approach is to take a die-cast aluminum enclosure (Hammond 1590F) and CNC-mill that. Could someone show me around the CNC machine at Sudoroom and if it sounds possible to use it for this project, explain me how to … [View More]

11 years, 4 months

Webinar platform with good privacy practices?

by Vicky Knox

Hi all! I was recently invited to join a webinar using Fuzebox, and am concerned about their privacy practices. The particulars: I was given an access link that went to the inviting party's website and was required to give a full name and ZIP Code in order to be granted access to the webinar on Fuze. On the Fuze webinar site itself, I would have had to have downloaded their proprietary software to my desktop if I desired to stream the webinar and not supply my phone number. Umm...no thanks. I'… [View More]

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