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by Jake

Sudoroom has so many printers, it's hard to keep track! 2D printers, 3D printers, label printers, and even screenprinters! there's some sort of weird flyer-duplicating machine that makes only green ink but is really cheap to use, there's that new fancy COLOR laser printer... so here is a new list, sudo-prints(a)lists.sudoroom.org if you know how to use one of the printers at sudoroom, including the CNC machine (hey it can print in wood) please subscribe to this list! then we can put … [View More]

11 years, 4 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] Sudouino328 PCB Design

by Jake

Hi Hol, I have lots of opinions and advice about this design, but i would like more info about the state of the project first. For example i am curious whether this thing will have a USB port or use the 6-pin serial header like a Boarduino. I have a bunch of Atmega32U4 chips that you can use for this project. True that they are surfacemount but it's not harder to do than through-hole, in fact it can be much easier even for newbies. I have syringes of solder paste, although it can be … [View More]

11 years, 4 months

Fwd: hackerspace burn-out

by Chris Bee

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Chris Bee <hotelcompany(a)gmail.com> Date: Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 12:03 AM Subject: Re: [sudo-discuss] hackerspace burn-out To: Romy Snowyla <romy(a)snowyla.com> I agree with everything on that list, and speaking for myself I think I deal with those issues well enough...I'm pretty good at compartmentalization, and can recognize when the issue lies within me and not assign blame or heat where it's neither needed nor warranted. But... I'… [View More]d like to add "failure to grasp or acknowledge the DIY aspect of hackerspaces." This is directed towards people (NOT sudoers) who seem to regard sudo as a go-to for broken shit that they have no intention of fixing themselves...I don't mind helping people as long as a) they want to be involved with the process of getting their gear working again and b) don't expect me to put whatever I'm doing at the moment on hold to give them my undivided attention. This has probably happened to all of us at one point or another...I'm getting better at setting boundaries but sometimes I feel like I have to be short with people who I really don't want to alienate but who simply aren't going to get the message any other way. One thing I've started doing is wearing a large pair of headphones, which is a cue I picked up from juul....if that doesn't send a clear signal that "I'm here temporally but somewhere else psychically" then I figure it's okay for me to let whoever is trying to drag me into their project what's really going on. -chrisbee On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 5:30 PM, Romy Snowyla <romy(a)snowyla.com> wrote: > Unrealistic expectations > One bad evening improperly distorting perception of hackerspace as a whole > Lack of sleep > Unrealistic understanding of basic human social dynamics > Personal conflicts > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Dec 17, 2013, at 2:23 PM, Craig Rouskey <craigrouskey(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > What are the causes of burnout? > > > On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Romy Ilano <romy(a)snowyla.com> wrote: > >> we all go through cycles of hackerspace burn out. >> >> would it be nice to have a 2 minute therapy session on dealing with it? >> my hackerspace burn out cycles follow my life. It's easy to be cynical and >> burned out if you overdo things, or if you don't communicate - i think i'm >> back on the up and up though! >> >> >> ============================= >> >> Romy Ilano >> romy(a)snowyla.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> sudo-discuss mailing list >> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > sudo-discuss mailing list > sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org > http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss > > [View Less]

11 years, 4 months

New sudoroom t shirt test (color from on demand start up zazzle)

by Romy Snowyla

Hi I got the new test sudoroom zazzle shirt. It was about $24 Advantages Looks nice People can choose the exact color fit and style - huge problem for small people like me since most shirts are too big Fast! I got this up and printed in a week with minimal time and effort I didn't have to put any up front costs and I'm broke so that's nice We don't have to deal with shipping or inventory Disadvantages Very small profit for sudoroom : we'd make $2-3 a shirt Tied to a commercial … [View More]

11 years, 4 months

the bike situation @ sudo

by Chris Bee

Hey sudologists- It seems that we have become a locus of sorts for bikes in various states of disrepair, and they're starting to pile up in sudo. Until we (or I) can get on top of the situation, can we keep the bike population where it's at by holding off on donations/projects for the time being? Or, can we come up with a better storage solution for the less likely candidates for immediate rehabilitation? We're currently at seven bikes in sudo proper, which is awesome on one hand but slightly … [View More]

11 years, 4 months

datashield power strip is shite

by Jake

I plugged my laptop into this weird power strip thingy, a Datashield Model 85, that is from the Beige era of computing. i noticed a while later that it was not powered - so i hit the reset button on the power strip, and it clicked and came back on. after the third time i figured it was no good, and needed to be repaired and not used until then, so i was going to unplug it. But i saw something else was plugged into it, from far away via an extension cord. The new color laser printer! Oh … [View More]

11 years, 4 months

A College Kid Couldn't Afford a 3D Printer, So He Built One Himself

by Eden In Oakland

http://mashable.com/2013/12/20/deltaprintr-3d-printer/?utm_cid=mash-com-g+-… A College Kid Couldn't Afford a 3D Printer, So He Built One Himself Deltaprintr Makes 3D Printing Affordable Show As List By Samantha Murphy Kelly1 day ago When college student Shai Schechter didn't have access to an affordable 3D printer on his SUNY Purchase campus in New York, he set out to build his own model — one that would still crank out 3D-printed objects, but at a much lower cost. "We have a laser- … [View More]and powder-based 3D printer at school, but it costs about $500 for a bucket of powder and that only lasts for about one or two prints," Schechter said. "It's never used because it is so expensive and classes weren’t offered that much in the curriculum." He approached his sculpture professor about building a new 3D printer that uses plastic instead, and sought the help of three good friends. Schecter and his business partners launched a Kickstarter campaign to bring their low-cost design to the masses; the project nearly sold out of preorders in the first week alone. While a new MakerBot 3D printer costs $2,000, the Deltraprintr is significantly less: $475 unassembled or $685 assembled. It's available in two sizes, either 2 feet high (large) or 2.5 feet (extra large). "We are targeting educational institutions first, so people can learn how to assemble them," Schecter said. "When you buy a MakerBot, and you read a manual about how to use it, you don't learn a lot about how the printer and technology works. This is why we are offering the assembly manual on Kickstarter, too — we want people to really get their hands on it." The Deltaprintr uses three stepper motors, located under the acrylic platform where the objects are printed. Motors control the carriages that move the hot end and ultimately create the 3D-printed objects. Since a Deltaprintr design doesn't rqeuire as many parts as other 3D printers, the savings are passed on to consumers. "MakerBot uses belts to move the print head, but ours uses a fishing line," Schechter said. "With the fishing line, you can expand it to make it taller if you want by changing the aluminum rods. It allows it to go faster than the MakerBot and is more accurate. It allows it to go faster than the MakerBot and is more accurate." Although the Deltaprintr team is focusing on getting the product off the ground as an educational tool, it's eying the mass market, too. "We want it to have a place in education, but it's still for the everyday user," Schechter said. "We have a lot of ideas that we plan to execute in the next year to make the Deltaprintr even better and lower the cost even more." Image: Mashable, Christina Ascani Have something to add to this story? Share it in the comments. BONUS: I 3D Printed a Gun Topics: 3D, 3d printer, 3D printing, Apps and Software, Gadgets, kickstarter, Tech [View Less]

11 years, 4 months

A College Kid Couldn't Afford a 3D Printer, So He Built One Himself

by Eden In Oakland

11 years, 4 months

Peer Production Project

by Eddan Katz

Hi Sudo folk. Happy Holidays. Hope everyone's getting some quality time with friends and family. and Happy New Year to those of you already heading off somewhere for vacation. 2141 Broadway Looking ahead to 2014, this email is about buying and rental possibilities for the current building 2135-2143 Broadway with actual numbers. If you'd like to get in touch with the landlords directly, you can email Laurie Cooperman Rosen at lscoop(a)comcast.net; or call George Rosen at 510-504-4259. I … [View More]wanted to update everyone on a meeting Matt & I had with the landlord earlier this month about the possibilities regarding renting/selling/co-op equity of the building where Sudo Room and the Bay Area Public School are currently located. Matt - please correct any of the information that I may have missed or gotten wrong in the inset text below. Since the Bay Area Public School and Sudo Room may (or may not) imminently be moving to the Omni or other location, a new list has been created to further discussion and coalition-building that will continue to take place in the current space at http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/hall. This proposal, to be very clear, does not and will not interfere with any of those plans to move nor with plans to stay at the current location decided by the collective of collectives. Below are the notes regarding how much the southern section of the 2143-2145 Broadway have been rented for in the past, how much they're willing to rent each room individually, the whole floor as a whole, and a graduated occupancy/rate proposal that gives time to attract other potential collaborators visiting the space, and getting a reduced price for the rental of that whole section of $6,500/month for 3 months. Otherwise, according to the proposal discussed, rental of the floor will go up to the market rental price of $8,500 at the end of that 3 months. The other option that has been discussed is putting together a co-op sale where groups and individuals can buy equity in that section of the building, either as a real estate transaction, or as crowd-funding equity shares. Group and individual ownership will participate in any profits and in the governance of the building. Peer Production / Sudo Hall The resulting community will be provisionally called Peer Production. In order to honor the pivotal role that Sudo Room and the other people that first moved into this building have accomplished for the community, the proposed discussion list will be called Sudo Hall. It will also be a priority of the Peer Production project to reach out to the innovative and inspiring stories of the other tenants that are already in the building - including Sound Room, Uptown Kitchen, Yummmeee, and the Pan Theater, among others. In terms of values, integrating with the community we're in and remaining inclusive to attract a broad spectrum of types of people will take priority over political posturing and ideological orthodoxy. The community invitation to join is intended to be welcoming to for-profit, non-profit, small partnership, crowd-fund equity start-up, cooperative corporation, and any other structure under which people best think they can get done what they want to achieve. The objective of Peer Production {Sudo Hall} still aspires to the core of Sudo Room's early description: Doing stuff together to make our community more openly accessible. Peer Production, I believe, is the common thread of the innovative and socially conscious projects that have emerged. If you'd like to talk about this further or just find out what's going on - you can join the Sudo Hall mailing list at http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/hall. We'll take it offline from the sudo-discuss list, but I just wanted to let folks know that this discussion just got started. First order of business is getting more photos and more data about the place. Sudo Room has started a good page at https://sudoroom.org/wiki/2141_Broadway and hopefully there can be more valuable and useful information that will be available through Peer Production and Sudo Hall. > 2135-2143 Broadway > Dec. 6, 2013. 5pm. > > George Rosen. > Matt Senate. > Eddan Katz. > > ---- > Sudo-Hall > > University used to pay $14,000 for the whole floor. > EBMC paid $6,500. 8% annual increase. > > Sudo Room. $1500 > Robert. $1,000 > Dance Studio. $1,100 > Public School. $950. > Room next to it. $950. > Yellow Room $2,500. > Corner Room. $2,200. (access to roof). > > total now at $8,500. > willing to do $6,500. > > > ---- > extra notes > building $5.3 million. > 1.2 million fees. > > Buy - income stream. $4 million for whole building. > > losing $65,000 per year by them being empty. > > $1 million selling price for Sudo Hall wing. > > > Need to do pictures of rooms. & sq. ft. > send photos. > Non-profit rental. > > $6,500 x 3 mos. > whole floor - to start with - $13,000. > [View Less]

11 years, 4 months

Happy t shirts and decentralized sudoroom processes

by Romy Ilano

I'm happy that the t shirt idea is spawning all sorts of creative designs! It's like a github source code. Everyone is tweaking the idea I'm excited to see what weird creative things happen next Thanks sudoroom. ! Sent from my iPhone

11 years, 4 months

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