hi all, an alternate event for this evening if you're not coming to sudo :)
you can go to this event and represent us!
- marina
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From: Raines Cohen <raines(a)mac.com>
Date: Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 4:14 PM
Subject: [spaghettinight] You're invited to Hear from a Basque (Spain)
ecovillage researcher/blogger over tea tonight at PLACE
To: The Spaghetti Night mailing list <spaghettinight(a)tentacle.net>
Spaghettifolk, we've got a fun guy in town involved in international
sustainable communities (like your lovely group homes) and we're having him
over for tea tonight at a PLACE for Sustainable Living, the neighborhood
ecovillage near Alcatraz and San Pablo. We are hosting a
researcher/videoblogger from Northern Spain who is giving a talk tonight
about his explorations of sustainable community. Join *Ortzi Akizu* tonight
over tea in conversations about his travel to explore different sustainable
living models around the world. It would be a delight to see you there - he
almost made it to SpaghettiNight at Cooperative Roots last night, but the
East Bay Permaculture Guild meeting ran long, and he is eager to meet some
of you before he leaves town tomorrow. Come early for potluck, or later for
conversation and tea.
Optional RSVP via our East Bay Cohousing MeetUp group: http://
www.ebcoho.org/events/134540422/
P.S. If you've got any openings to fill, we've got lots of eager,
experienced community seekers on our East Bay Cohousing group and can help
facilitate introductions and connections, and/or list your open house
events, in more effective ways than the Craig's List overwhelm. I just
yesterday ran into a SpaghettiNighter from Milky Way Co-op who found some
folks from our list, and two others who we connected to Prudence Crandall
House.
[image: Meetup] <http://www.meetup.com/t/ea1_1>
Hear from a Basque (Spain) ecovillage researcher/blogger over tea
(E'Ville)<http://www.meetup.com/__ms3260745/ebcoho/events/134540422/t/ea1_grp/?rv=ea1…>
East Bay Cohousing - Berkeley/Oakland/Emeryville/SF
Added by Raines Cohen
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
7 - 11 PM
a PLACE for sustainable living
1121 64th St.
(just West of San Pablo)
Oakland, CA 94608
Read more on his blog:
http://ekobidaiaria.wordpress.com/
His travel through September covers 3 continents: Oceania, Europe and North
America.
In Canada and USA, he has been in:
- Yarrow Ecovillage
- Kale CSA
- Industrious Nature
- Seattle University
- Portland City Repair Institute
- Post Carbon Cities
- Aprovecho Research Institute
Next up:
- Berkeley Cohousing
- A PLACE for Sustainable Living
- Green Valley Village Ecovillage
- Laytonville Ecovillage
- Solfest XV
- Post Carbon Institute
- Transition US
- LA Ecovillage
- Bicycle Kitchen
He writes: For this project (EKOBIDAIARIA = SUSTAINABLE TRAVELER), I am
working with and for KUTXA EKOGUNEA, an educational Eco-Park located in San
Sebastian, Basque Country, Spain. Researching all over the world during 3
months about sustainable living models based in energy, consumption model,
and rural development. KUTXA EKOGUNEA would like to know more about the
sustainable development situation in different part of the world."
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Anyone interested?
-steve
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From: Peter Mui <petermui(a)gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 7:49 AM
Subject: [FixitClinic] Leapfrog educational tablets
To: fixitfan(a)googlegroups.com
Hi Fixit Fans: Are you interested in this? Contact Jon directly. -Peter
Begin forwarded message:
*From: *J L <juanitobandito(a)hotmail.com>
*Subject: **Fixit: Leapfrog educational tablets*
*Date: *August 13, 2013 12:41:55 AM PDT
*To: *"petermui(a)gmail.com" <petermui(a)gmail.com>
Hi, Peter,
My mom works for the West Contra Costa County School District. The district
is decommissioning hardware and software for the Leapfrog Leap Pad system.
There are 30 non-working tablets. My mom suspects the styluses need
attention. She can show someone how to do this, but she doesn't have the
time to do it herself. These tablets and probably many more would then be
available (with accompanying hard- and software) for donation to an NGO or
other after-school program. The set-up just requires one Windows XP
computer per classroom.
Is this something Fixit Clinic could help with? We don't know who might
need this system, but my mom says it's a good learning methodology. Without
repair and a donation recipient, a few classrooms worth of stuff will
become e-waste.
Thanks for your consideration,
Jon Lowe
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-steve
We have a bunch of AC/DC power adapters lying around,
and we could turn these into extra chargers for our
respective laptops and phones. Is anyone interested in
having a session on this? If so, I'll run it.
The session might go like this.
1. I explain the relevant stuff about electricity
(for at most 10 minutes).
2. We look up the electrical requirements of our devices.
3. We look for matching chargers.
4. If a charger supplies the right electricity but has the
wrong plugs, we cut off the plugs and exchange them.
We'd need these materials.
* Things you want to make adapters for
* Adapters that you're not using, to add to our pool
in Sudoroom
I can also bring some assorted plugs.
If you have a Mac laptop, you should acquire a broken
charger; the plugs seem to be proprietary.
After a long hiatus, the logo revision is back online and ready to be
discussed. I've attached a four page .pdf to review the latest iterations
based on the last feedback I received.
For those not familiar, we've been discussing this for several months now,
and have gone through a lot of different ideas. Prudently, most sudoers
have gravitated towards the logo sketches more similar to the current logo,
and here we are.
This Survey Monkey survey question
<http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Z9W5K3Y>applies to the Very Last Page
(4) of the attached presentation. Please
provide feedback.
It was cool sitting with the SudoRoom folks in the Noisebridge Library.
So many people would have tried to get on my case about how "print is dead"
and told me books are "dead trees." I should go "look online" where all the
"information" is.
It was cool learning about POSIX, going over SmallTalk, and learning about
Ruby, Python and so on while looking at print books.
Viva SudoRoom!
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/
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
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