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BACH [Bay Area Consortium of Hackerspaces] Newsletter 0

by Jenny Ryan

Bay Area Consortium of Hackerspaces http://ba.chgrp.org Newsletter #1 August 2013 Bay Area Hackerspace Roundtable BACH is a loosely-organized association of hackerspaces in the San Francisco Bay Area. BACH strives to be very thin, with almost no over-head. We exist to help member spaces coordinate, communicate, and collaborate. Above all, we support the Bay Area hackerspace community's existent inter-dependence and resilience. Learn more and find notes on past roundtables at hackerspaces.org<http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Bay_Area_Consortium_of_Hackerspaces/> . Our next BACH Roundtable will be in September (date TBD) at LOL [Liberating Ourselves Locally], a people-of-color-led, gender-balanced makerspace in East Oakland. Subscribe<https://lists.riseup.net/www/subscribe/bayareahackerspaces>to the mailing list and stay tuned for an announcement with date, time, and address! Upcoming Events Across the Bay August - CakeFest (CakePHP), Aug 29-Sept 1, online and in San Francisco http://cakefest.org - Disability Awareness Night 2013, Aug 16, San Jose Giants Stadium - Bay Area Homebrew Festival, Aug 24, Fort Mason Ctr September - SynBioBeta SF <http://synbiobeta.com/sf2013/>, November 15th at the Mission Conference Center, 7am-7pm. October - Bay Area Drupal Camp 2013, October 24-27, Berkeley http://2013.badcamp.net - Responsive Design Studio, October 15-16, Mountain View http://rosenfeldmedia.com/events/responsive-design-studio/fall-2013/ - Design Hacking, 14 Nov, and Finance Hacking, 8 Oct, Hacker Dojo, Mountain View August Updates: Hackermoms is closed for August. http://mothership.hackermoms.org/calendar/ San Leandro Coworking and HayHackers are exploring the idea of combining forces to represent the middle and south side east bay. At some later point we can divide and spread across the land, helping to reach our Fremont hackers closer to where they live. Ace Monster Toys http://meetup.acemonstertoys.org/ - 3D Printing, every other Wednesday @ 7:30pm (August 14, 28) - Arduino / Raspberry Pi / Microcontrollers, alternating Wednesdays @ 7pm (August 7, 21) - Assemble 3D Printers, alternating Wednesdays @ 7:30pm (August 14, 28) - Sewing & Textiles Open Lab, every other Tuesday @ 7pm (August 13, 27) - General Meeting / Open House, every Thursday @ 7:30pm - CNC Router Introduction, Tuesday, August 13th @ 7pm - Learn to Use a 3D Printer, Wednesday, August 14th @ 7pm - Hacker Scouts Open Lab, Sunday, September 1st @ 2pm Counter Culture Labs http://www.meetup.com/Counter-Culture-Labs/ - Open Bioinformatics: Exploring the Genome<http://www.meetup.com/Counter-Culture-Labs/events/132990982/>, Sunday, August 11th @ 7pm @ Sudo Room - Weekly Working Meetings<http://www.meetup.com/Counter-Culture-Labs/events/133176082/>, every Wednesday @ 6pm @ Ahnon’s - Monthly General Meeting, Last Fridays @ 6pm @ Sudo Room Hacker Dojo - The 12 Tasks of Hercules: Robot hacking every Saturday @ 1:30pm - Laptop Music Production Workshop, Tuesday, August 13th @ 7pm - SVSC - Quantum Computing Discussion Group<http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/3562002-svsc-quantum-computing-discussio…>, Friday, August 16th @ 5pm - Repair Cafe Mountain View, Sunday, August 18th, 10am-5pm - Linux Virtualization Workshop, Monday, August 19th @ 7pm - Internet of Things Silicon Valley Meetup, Tuesday, August 20th @ 6pm - Cooking For Hackers: Steak And Red Wine<http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/3461003-cooking-for-hackers-steak-and-re…>, Wednesday, August 21st @ 6:30pm - Spokenvote - Rails for Charity Hack Session<http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/3331002-spokenvote-rails-for-charity-hac…>, Sunday, August 25th @ 6pm - Execution Models & Architectures for Big Data Cloud Computing & Streaming<http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/3068001-execution-models-architectures-f…>, Monday, August 26th @ 7pm - HTML5 Game Development Study Group: Tuesday, August 13th, Tuesday, August 20th, and Monday, August 26th @ 6pm LOLspace - LOL Open Hack Night: Decolonizing Technology every Monday starting @ 7pm - How We Move: Urban dance class on Sunday, August 18th starting at noon - Construction Class every Saturday starting @ 1pm - Resilient Communities Legal Cafe, a non-profit legal advice clinic hosted by the Sustainable Economies Law Center, every First Thursday starting @ 4:30pm Marin Makers http://www.meetup.com/MarinMakerspace/ - Planning for the Mini Maker Faire, Tuesday, August 20th @ 6:30pm - Monthly General Meeting, every First Tuesday @ 6:30pm - Even more planning for the Mini Maker Faire, Tuesday, September 10th @ 6:30pm Noisebridge - Special event: Saturday, August 10, 16:00: Noisebridge "______ the Bridge" Party<https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Noisebridge_%22_the_Bridge%22_Party>, a summer fundraising party for Noisebridge - Circuit Hacking Monday, every Monday @ 7:30pm - Frontend Web Development, every Monday @ 8pm - Gamebridge Unityversity, every Monday @ 7pm - Noisebridge Weekly Meeting, every Tuesday @ 7pm - Five Minutes of Fame, every Third Thursday @ 8pm - BAHA - Bay Area Hacker’s Association security meetup, Second Sundays @ 2pm - Tastebridge / Vegan Hacker monthly food hacking, Last Thursdays @ 7pm - Post-Waste Nexus every Thursday except for 3rd Thursdays @ 7pm - 3D Thursdays (3D Printing & Fabrication) every Thursday except for 3rd Thursdays @ 7pm Sudo Room - Today I Learned is a series of one-off classes and workshops, every Saturday from 2-5pm. Check https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Today_I_Learned for the full schedule! - Sudo Kids every Tuesday, starting at 5pm. - Microcontroller Hacking Night every other Tuesday @ 7pm [August 13, 27] - Python and Javascript meetups every Thursday @ 7pm - Oakland Wiki meeting every Thursday @ 7pm - Oakland Mesh Network hack nights every Thursday @ 8:30pm - Cryptoparty / Digital Security Workshop every Third Sunday starting @ 2pm - POSSE [Potluck Orientation Skill-share Swap-meet Event] Party every Third Friday from 6-9pm - General Meeting and Potluck every Wednesday @ 7pm - Most Awesome Guacamole Fest Fundraiser (TBD in August) Awesome projects happening in various hackerspaces: Ace Monster Toys - We crowdfunded a brand new CNC Metal Mill, for fabricating custom parts from solid blocks of metal. http://on.fb.me/11v5B32 - Stefan is making his own bow for archery: http://on.fb.me/1coYygL - Humanoid robot made from 16 servos: http://on.fb.me/19xOOBe - Fabricating custom PCBs (circuit boards) using the desktop CNC router: http://on.fb.me/16EN6c2 - 3D scanning and then 3D printing ourselves: http://on.fb.me/167AM45 - Lasercutting leather goods: http://on.fb.me/15c4VTc - Tesla Coils! http://on.fb.me/17iUWHn Counter Culture Labs - Glowing algae bioart is currently in ideation stage! - The Desktop Biolab <http://desktopbiolab.org> is a project to create a low-cost desktop biotech lab to help citizen scientists do genetic engineering at home. - A fork of the community education space, Berkeley Biolabs is to be a biotech incubator for therapeutics-based clinical research. Noisebridge - Excellent LED hacking projects combining electronics and arduino! A skill-share event took place last Tuesday, August 6th. Among the projects worked on included a LED matrix display, a VU-type meter and a coat with 200+ LEDs. - The Noise Orchestra <https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/NoiseJam> is an open ensemble of handmade, hand-wired, and hand-coded instruments. - Post-Waste Nexus <http://postwastenexus.org/>endeavors to reuse and recycle electronic waste, place refurbished computers with free and open source software in our communities, provide education and job training, use environmentally responsible e-waste handling practices, and operate under consensus decision making. - A group of Noisebridgers, the DreamTeam<https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/DreamTeam>, are conducting research and working on projects related to brain computer interfaces. - Some Noisebridgers just finished a super-successful Kickstarter campaign<http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/swiftnav/piksi-the-rtk-gps-receiver>for Piksi, a low-cost RTK GPS receiver (centimeter level precision) with open source software and board design targeted at UAVs. Sudo Room - The Oakland Mesh group <http://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh> successfully crowdfunded the first round of hardware for the community wireless network we’re building throughout East Oakland. Want to join the mesh? Add your node here: http://meshmap.sudoroom.org - GETit <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Phage_therapy> is collaborating with local clinics to develop novel therapies for the eradication of antibiotic resistant gonorrhea. - Some folks have been working on a brain-computer interface for controlling MC Hawking, the open source robot currently on loan from Noisebridge. - SudoMaté RISE is a carbonated yerba mate natural energy drink. An open source soda: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Sudomate - available at Sudo Room. - Subiir is currently brewing their 7th batch: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Subiir_7 - Juul is building an arcade machine running all free and open source video games, and with a variety of controllers. - Eddie Che is building a small mobile greenhouse for growing food, and previously built a rocket stove at the space: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rocket_Stove_Finished.jpg - Sun Synchrony is building and designing a new device for producing solar electricity. The cells are more than twice the power of conventional silicon cells, and this system provides nearly double the electricity per given area, charges electronics much faster solar, and offers maximum OFF-GRID INDEPENDENCE. We Have Questions: Does your hackerspace have its own general liability insurance? Would you be interested in pooling to get a better price on a policy, if available? CREDITS: Kudos to Ace Monster Toys who actually emailed their updates when asked. Others: you can learn! Jenny Ryan (Sudo Room) collected most of these updates by hand. Yes, from each site, one by one. Deep bows of gratitude for representing everyone so well. Judi Clark (SL Coworking) added a few updates, did the layout for the print & pdf versions, added these snarky comments and printed some hand-out versions. Calendar Feeds: 1. Hackermoms: http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/hsflo4jnaakg2vrp4addsimceg%40group.cal… 2. Noisebridge: https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=1uesj915rces4cbmcr8j3sg8t0%40grou… 3. Sudo room: https://sudoroom.org/?plugin=all-in-one-event-calendar&controller=ai1ec_exp… 4. Ace Monster Toys: http://www.meetup.com/Ace-Monster-Toys/events/rss/Ace+Monster+Toys/ 5. Hacker Dojo: http://events.hackerdojo.com/ 6. Marin Makers: http://www.meetup.com/MarinMakerspace/

11 years, 5 months

This Sat 8/10: Today I Learned: Federated Syndicates, Auction Markets + List of Upcoming TIL's!

by Marina Kukso

Hi everyone, This Saturday at 2PM please join us at Sudo Room for *"Today I Learned": Federated Syndicates, Auction Markets<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Today_I_Learned#August_10:_Federated_Syndicates.2…> *. Want to know what that means? Come at 2PM! We have a lot of really exciting TIL's<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Today_I_Learned>coming up. Here's the rundown for the next six weeks: *August 17: Popcorn Party:* Learn how to make lots of fun flavors of popcorn! Movie night after??? *August 24: Fixit Clinic:* Come learn how to fix your broken whatever! *August 31: Git Part 2: Hacking Sudoroom's Articles:* Learn git by collaboratively working on our Articles of Association *September 7: The Hacker Distro:* Learn about Arch Linux<https://www.archlinux.org/>and why it's the software hacker's DIY distro of choice! *September 14: Understanding DNA and Evolution* -- From the sticky inside of your mouth to public internet databases *September 21: SQL Injection & Prevention: *SQL Injection or "SQLi" is a one of the most dangerous, popular and fun web appl exploits found today on the modern web. This workshop will cover the basics of SQL and then dive into some SQLi exploitation and mitigation techniques. Please forward far and wide and if you're interested in signing up to do a workshop, please just enter your workshop & contact info under your preferred date on the Sudo Room wiki<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Today_I_Learned> . Best, Marina

11 years, 5 months

make your own RFID tag

by Jake

i mean, the real things are only about $2 and an attiny chip is $1, and your time is surely worth something, and you should just get a numeric code to get into sudoroom, which doesn't require any matter, but in case you decide to make an RFID tag yourself, here's how: http://scanlime.org/2008/09/using-an-avr-as-an-rfid-tag/ i believe this will work with the sudoroom RFID reader. but why bother? you can just buy a tag or get a code you can type in. -jake

11 years, 5 months

so how's the sudoRoom table for Noisebridge this Saturday?

by Romy Ilano

You've gotta show off how awesome SudoRoom is! looking forward to the Noisebridge party which will become the SudoRoom at noisebridge fest!

11 years, 5 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] Oakland Police Radio Feed

by Yardena Cohen

On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 9:34 AM, Yardena Cohen <yardenack(a)gmail.com> wrote: > There used to be a way to listen online to OPD's radio communications > here: http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/10182 So, it looks like a new feed has already sprung up: http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/14659 I'm still interested in learning how to do it, though. Never hurts for us all to learn more skills. :)

11 years, 5 months

sudo kids update & upcoming sudo kids: worms & food maps!

by Marina Kukso

hi everyone, just wanted to share a bit about what we're up to with the sudo kids project. wall of text below. contact myself or ray if you want to get involved! best, marina ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Marina Kukso <marina.kukso(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 1:48 AM Subject: upcoming sudo kids: worms & food maps! To: "sudo-kids(a)lists.sudoroom.org" <sudo-kids(a)lists.sudoroom.org>, hello(a)sl-co.com, Jonathan Levin <jdlevin(a)gmail.com>, Beverly Chang < changb7(a)gmail.com>, rick(a)bace.org hi everyone, lots of new folks interested in sudo kids! i've copied a number of the new folks here. (new people: let me know if you'd like to be added to this wonderful virtually traffic-free list, or add yourself at http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-kids) here are a few updates about sudo kids: - updated wiki entry with a bit more info about who we are and what we do - feel free to add more/modify/etc.: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/SudoKids - more need for folks who want to lead activities and/or want to help coordinate. have an idea for a project or activity that you'd like to do? we've done calligraphy, radio, clay, art, mate-brewing, gardening, homestead-keeping, piano, book-binding, and more. if you have an idea, we should do it! feel free to reply all, reply just to me, or come chat on a tuesday about anything you'd like to do. and if have a vague idea or aren't sure what you'd like to do or want some help defining what you'd like to do, we'd be happy to flesh ideas out with you. - we have lots of stuff coming up! check out the schedule below: - *this sunday 8/11: worms!* judi will be bringing a worm project to sudo kids outdoor chapter which takes place every sunday at 10AM at my house (2429 adeline). if you have outdoorsy projects and/or kids you'd like to do outdoorsy projects with, let me know! - *next tues 8/13: food map!* beverly wanted to try out a food hack night and so we're tentatively planning on getting some local food from a goodeggs.com market that supposedly happens every tuesday near sudo room and mapping out where the food comes from and how it got to us. - *next sun 8/18*: *no plans yet!* want to do an activity? this slot is available! - *tues 8/20:* *tentative POSSE party!* the bay area community exchange timebank (http://timebank.sfbace.org/) has been meeting every other month at sudo and recently held a POSSE party (Potluck Orientation Skillshare Swapmeet Events). these are open community events that get people exchanging and sharing outside of the old ways. there will be food, skillshares, gift circles, and lots of families! we hope to get some cross pollination between SudoKids and the BACE communities. if you want to learn more about this, rick from BACE is copied on this email (rick(a)bace.org) and would be happy to chat. aaand that's the end of the wall of text. you are all awesome and i love you. yay, we are doing sudo kids! we're making it happen! yaaay! marina

11 years, 5 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] Oakland Police Radio Feed

by Jake

does anyone know what the frequency is? One can buy a $12 SDR receiver which plugs into the USB, and can decode many kinds of radio signals including fancy encryptable signals used by some police depts. once we get reception going, it will be appropriate to talk about choosing a server to host a stream. -jake Aug 6, 2013 09:34:34 AM, yardenack at gmail.com wrote: >There used to be a way to listen online to OPD's radio communications >here: http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/10182 > >This required someone in the city to connect an analog radio and serve >the content digitally. They regularly had over 100 listeners, and >peaked at 3000+ during crisis events. But it was hosted in an office >that just closed shop and so as of today, they had to take down their >feed. Right now I don't think there's another way to listen to OPD >online. > >Perhaps this is a gap that Sudoroom could fill? Does anybody know how >to get something like this set up? I imagine we'd need to relay to a >data center because of the large number of streamers. Or maybe just >colocate locally? Does anyone know a cheap colo in Oakland?

11 years, 5 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] sudoroom phone!

by Yardena Cohen

On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 10:33 PM, Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote: > I think sudoroom should have a telephone! a real telephone, wired into the > wall. Perhaps sudoroom already has a telephone number? I don't know. We do! Our paired DSL comes with two phone numbers: 510-858-5052 510-858-7145 Right now our modem is attached directly to a 2-line jack. To start receiving calls, all we need is a splitter box and DSL filters. Last I checked there were a number of decent handsets lying around. We really should have done this already, and I'm glad someone is showing the initiative. :)

11 years, 5 months

sudoroom phone!

by Jake

I think sudoroom should have a telephone! a real telephone, wired into the wall. Perhaps sudoroom already has a telephone number? I don't know. The reason i say this is because unlike noisebridge, sudoroom is only open (to non-members a.k.a. potential members) at uncertain times. I would really like to be able to tell these people "call this number to see if anyone is at the space". That way, if sudoroom is open, the members there can answer the telephone and tell the noobs that it's okay to bike over, or whatever they do for transport. If there is not a telephone at sudoroom already, I think we should set up a VOIP phone. I know there is at least one VOIP box at sudoroom and if not, i volunteer to donate one. (it's just a little box that plugs into the ethernet, and has a telephone jack) If anyone has a nice telephone, we can use that. Alternately I volunteer to grab a payphone from noisebridge (there are a couple on a shelf) and bolt it to the wall inside sudoroom and set it up. but i am not willing to set up the VOIP account and configure the little box, someone else can do that. Fortunately the cost of a VOIP phone line is on the order of $2 per month (yes thats right). I think it should be a 510 number, because some people don't have long distance and it actually matters. -jake

11 years, 5 months

Moar Bottles!!11

by Morten H. D. Fuglsang

Folks, Subiir needs more bottles still, in order to bottle our most recent batch. So get your beer-face, get to drink, rinse with the bottle washer and place in cupboard. Also, remember to get regular capped bottles, no twist-tops :) Harrr! Make a great day, Morten

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