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by Vicky Knox

Ken makes some really good points as to the practical importance of creating a user-friendly and attractive web presence for Noisebridge. This topic/event may be of interest not only to people who want to help out Noisebridge, but people interested in working on sudoroom dot org and the wiki. If you ever need wiki help, I am available. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ken M. Haggerty <kenmhaggerty(a)gmail.com> Date: 2013/3/28 Subject: [Noisebridge-discuss] [8:00pm in Turing] Noisebridge Homepage Hacking! Web development! To: noisebridge-discuss(a)lists.noisebridge.net *Interested in ...* • Making it *easier* to *donate* to Noisebridge?! • *Web* development? • A more *usable* and *attractive* homepage for Noisebridge? *NOISEBRIDGE HOMEPAGE HACKING!* Stop by at *8:00p**m** tonight* in *Turing* (classroom) if interested in helping or providing feedback Ken Haggerty is organizing :D I will bring some cookies? Oreos? * * * * * A group of us will begin hacking out an alternative homepage design, and * IFF* enough people like it, we can use it on Noisebridge.net. (DON'T WORRY, the wiki **isn't** going anywhere. ...also, if it sucks, it'll just be good web-dev practice) But *why*, you ask, should Noisebridge have a new homepage, when our current one is perfectly fine? • A wiki is pretty *intimidating* to look at if you are not already a technically-oriented person. • Noisebridge is awesome because it's *welcoming* to everyone, and our homepage should welcome all hackers, from our computer scientists to our architects, fashion, and food hackers! • A clear and clean homepage will make it easier to *solicit donations* to keep Noisebridge running! (where is the donate button??) • A better homepage with a clear message can *attract non-members* who are interested in learning more about Noisebridge. This is the same time/place as the usual weekly Frontend Web Development lab, so others present will also be working on other cool things too. Cool beans, show up or shoot me a message at kenmhaggerty(a)gmail.com if interested, -Ken _______________________________________________ Noisebridge-discuss mailing list Noisebridge-discuss(a)lists.noisebridge.net https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss

11 years, 1 month

This Sat 3/30: Today I Learned: Intro to Bicycle Repair and Maintenance

by Marina Kukso

Hi everyone, Please join us at *2PM this Saturday* (3/30) for the "Today I Learned" workshop "*Intro to Bicycle Repair and Maintenance.*" Come learn how your bike works and how to do basic bicycle maintenance and repair. Feel free to bring your bike! Also, if you have them available, bring *tools*, *materials*, *parts*, and other *useful supplies* as a drive to fill our space with more bike essentials! Location: Sudo Room: 2141 Broadway, entrance on 22nd St., take the elevator upstairs Date & Time: Saturday 3/30 at 2PM Supplies: Yourself (optional: your bike!) Cost: Free *This workshop is part of the series “Today I Learned,” a series of free workshops that take place every Saturday at 2PM at Sudo Room, a creative community and hackerspace in downtown Oakland. Check out the full schedule at sudoroom.org <http://sudoroom.org/wiki/Today_I_Learned> and please forward widely.*

11 years, 1 month

Re: [sudo-discuss] Find 3D printers near you

by hol＠gaskill.com

So from below I read $0.25/cm3 material cost Based on rough properties i get these: @ 1.25g/cm3*($40/1000g filament) = 5 cents/cm3 material cost @ 1.25g/cm3*((180C-20C)*2J/gK*$.2/kWh*0.00027kWh/J) = 1.7 cents/cm3 heating energy cost...maybe we should try printing through a kill-a-watt to see how it adds up with motors, controller, PC too if we want the whole energy component of unit cost. So the big question is really of labor, of who is going to do the manifold checking, slicing, setup, babysitting while it prints, and verification of the complete part, and how much is their time worth. Volunteers? Do we put that responsibility on the customer and offer accordingly lower prices? If we go with that model, how do we foolproof the interface for the machines? If there's interest, we could put together a proposal for crowdfunding a bank of 3D printers and staffing the operation. This isn't the first time it's been brought up so maybe it's worth taking a closer look. For metal, it's $8/cm3 +$6 handling at shapeways (http://www.shapeways.com/materials/steel)...anyone interested in joining that 3D printed rocket engine design competition? :) Mar 15, 2013 09:50:47 AM, drorex(a)gmail.com wrote: Just a note, I recently "reverse engineered" their pricing uploaded several objects of a known size and put their prices into a spreadsheet), they dont actually tell you how they calculate it. It's: >$6 + $0.25/cm^3, with a minimum price of $9.50 -- so it's definitely to your advantage to combine multiple parts into a single upload. > > On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 9:31 AM, Adam Stiles adam.d.stiles(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > For some reason it doesn't rank the printers by proximity -- there are actually many in SF and Oakland that don't appear on Page 1, so click through ... and maybe list the sudoroom printer to make a few bucks on the side? Find a 3D printer near you.http://www.makexyz.com/ >_______________________________________________ > sudo-announce mailing list > sudo-announce(a)lists.sudoroom.org > http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-announce > > > > >_______________________________________________ >sudo-announce mailing list >sudo-announce(a)lists.sudoroom.org >http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-announce >

11 years, 1 month

Sudo room should be about creating

by Romy Ilano

I like that statement made last week It's not interesting to be constantly promoting products from private companies I mean you can be polite about it and appreciate the love but you are all right: what's the point of a creative space if the members ideas are getting hijacked to do free pr for companies with business plans ? Why buy food from local take out? Isn't it better to make your own food? --- Romy Ilano Founder of Snowyla http://www.snowyla.com romy(a)snowyla.com

11 years, 1 month

More ideas on solvency, this time from Noisebridge...

by Tommy York

Who seems to be having a somewhat similar problem in this bleak, bleak month of March (there's a lot of interesting information about their scale and reserves here): https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2013-March/035494… You know what? I too am more than willing to bike around in the next couple of days, collecting donations if you can't make tonight or any evening later this week. I'm not working until Monday. Send me an email and I'll figure something out. I love exercise anyway. ----------------- Thomas Riley York (杨德民) 510.926.0510 http://www.linkedin.com/in/tommyyork

11 years, 1 month

New equipment :Wacom bamboo tablet

by Romy Ilano

We have new equipment: a Wacom bamboo tablet How do we store it so nobody steals it but everyone can use it? I'd like to start some drawing sessions! Is there a scanner at sudo room ? --- Romy Ilano Founder of Snowyla http://www.snowyla.com romy(a)snowyla.com

11 years, 1 month

Cuddle Puddle for the Economy

by Vicky Knox

So I am on a late-night Noisebridge wiki binge, and we need this: https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Cuddle_Puddle_for_the_Economy oh and chchcheck it out.. https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Category:History_of_Noisebridge <em>Moral of the story: When working on the Sudo Room wiki, remember that your hilarity and fascinating experiences are going down in history.</em> &hearts;

11 years, 1 month

SATURDAY: Noisebridge survival benefit + 5-yr Anniversary!

by Vicky Knox

=======>>NOISEBRIDGE BENEFIT======= Noisebridge, like Sudo Room, is way too close to the red for comfort. Join me and your friends and your friends' friends this ,,..,,,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,...,,,.,...,.,,.., ., ,,.., ,,.,.,,,..,,.,...,,. >>>>><<<SATURDAY>>><<<4-11p>>>> >>>>>2169 Mission St (at 18th)<<<<<<< ..,,.....,..,,,..,..,.,.,.,.,,.,,.,.,.,..,.,.,.,.,,....,,, For at 5 years old, it faces the potential of disappearing...,,.,...,...,,,.,.,.,..,,,..,. .,....,,...,,.,.,,,.,.,,.,...,.,.,,.....,,....,.,,..,,,.,.,,.,.,., <<https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Art>> ,,....,.,,.,,..,..,...,,...,......,,..,......,.....,,,..,.,.,...,.

11 years, 1 month

Fwd: [Noisebridge-discuss] Panic! Noisebridge will close down in July UNLESS YOU READ ALL OF THIS EMAIL (Part 1 of many)

by Naomi Most

Worth reading. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Danny O'Brien <danny(a)spesh.com> Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 1:40 AM Subject: [Noisebridge-discuss] Panic! Noisebridge will close down in July UNLESS YOU READ ALL OF THIS EMAIL (Part 1 of many) To: Noisebridge-Announce <noisebridge-announce(a)lists.noisebridge.net> Cc: Noisebridge Discuss <noisebridge-discuss(a)lists.noisebridge.net> Long email. Really really worth it. Go down to bit marked {}{}{}{} if you don't want Noisebridge to die. There are links down there. Helpful, useful, stop-Noisebridge-dying links. So, Noisebridge The Great, San Francisco's most awesome free-as-in-speech hackerspace, was packed tonight. There was the backend webdev with Ruby kids, the Light Patterns with LED and Arduinos gang were teaching up a storm, Gent Thaci from Kosovo (the world's second youngest country!) was giving a talk explaining how free software hackers are helping build a new nation, and how Noisebridge and other hackerspaces were inspiring him and his friends. Lots of people were plotting the fundraiser for this weekend, others were mopping and sweeping, somebody is building a huge mysterious thing out of wood, and oh my. We had the weekly meeting, and two things happened. One is that we consensed on making me the new treasurer. Then the old outgoing treasurer revealed we only have $7000 left in the bank. Our monthly expenses are $5000. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I AM MADE TREASURER. I am about to POUNCE on our accounts to explore out what's going on in intricate ultra-transparent detail (expect even longer bloody emails soon), but I already have a pretty good idea. Our income wobbles up and down because we rely a lot on random donations. Sometimes we pull in more donations, and sometimes we pull in less. We've been pulling in less for a few months now, and if that carries on, we're all done by July. As in, can't pay rent and have to shut down. I am not too keen on being the treasurer that managed to kill Noisebridge in less than three months, but I HAVE A PLAN. 1) Panic (see this mail) 2) Big fundraiser on Saturday! Come and party and donate! (I admit this was already happening and planned before I became treasurer, but still.) {{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ SERIOUS BIT: 3) When I heard how screwed we were, I instantly ran across the space to the Ruby class and gave a little speech asking them to give money. Some of them signed up for monthly donations, many dropped some bucks in the donation bucket. People love us, and want to give us money! We need to ask people who love us for cash more often, and I will. But for now sporadic donations are not enough. We need to increase Noisebridge's regular, guaranteed monthly income so we don't dip so low. I figure that out of the thousand or so people who use Noisebridge, love Noisebridge, have a Noisebridge key they're waiting to use, or are just happy something like Noisebridge exists somewhere in the world, young and old, bazillionaire dotcommer or ingenious starving hacker, can pay $10 or maybe more a month to keep Noisebridge stable and regular. But it turns out it is actually really hard to pay us regularly. You can use Paypal, but some people do not like Paypal, and it needs a credit card. You can drop $10 in the box, but what hacker remembers that every month? What hacker remembers to pay their *own* bills every month? Also, what do you get for $10 a month? Sure, you get the world's craziest hackerspace, not-even-run by anarchist lunatics who built WikiLeaks and run one of the biggest Tor nodes and work for the EFF and construct X-Ray Lasers from spare parts and inspire SciFi books and start 3D printing companies and make kombucha and robots, and you get to come to it 24/7 and we'll give you a key, and share our software and our classrooms and teach you how to fix your laptop or use our woodshop or share our library or use the darkroom or cook some food or have a free shell account or throw a party or chase a robot or paint a picture or make a dress. But you could do that without paying $10 anyway, right? Well, maybe only until July, but yes, I agree you should get more. {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} So here is my deal as the All New Treasurer: If you send me your email, RIGHT NOW, to treasurer(a)noisebridge.net , and just pledge to me that you would like to pay $10 (or more) a month to Noisebridge, I promise: * I will sort out a way to get you to pay, even if it is sending one of my minions to your house to pick up $10 worth of quarters from your couch. Do not sweat about Paypal or stuff. We are going bust. We will find a way to help you donate in the easiest way possible. For now, I just need you to pledge. * If 200 people splurge $10 a month, and we can collect the money from them, we will be stable enough to keep going past July (our current burn rate is $2Kish). * If 300 or so people do this, we will slowly get back to our $15K reserve without support from companies or the government or charitable foundations (though I am hitting up other people of course). At that point, I will advocate we start spending your money on a COMPLETELY COOL RENOVATIONS OF NOISEBRIDGE. I will RAM THROUGH CONSENSUS that we should spend any money that is more than three months reserve on infrastructure improvements. Everyone loves me, so they will agree. If they do not, we will just keep the money around for emergencies like this. It will be like Kickstarter "stretch goal"! Only via a strangely formatted text-only email! * Everyone on my pledge list will be an Associate Member for the purposes of strange Noisebridge politics. But I insist they will get more! * As Treasurer, I solemnly declare that everyone on my list will be heretofore known as SAVIOURS OF NOISEBRIDGE. That will make them BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE IN THE HISTORY OF NOISEBRIDGE. When somebody asks you to move out of the way for a class, you can just say I AM A SAVIOUR. When someone needs you to wash dishes, just say EXCUSE ME I AM A SAVIOUR OF NOISEBRIDGE. Some people may have started Noisebridge and be all hoighty-toighty. BUT YOU WILL HAVE STOPPED NOISEBRIDGE STOPPING. And far more recently than them. YOU WILL BE THE BESTEST. * If you are another hackerspace, and you communally pledge $10, we will come and wash your dishes and try and fix your 3D printer. That is my once-in-a-lifetime offer. Send me mail at treasurer(a)noisebridge.net with how much you pledge, and I will add you to the saviour list. Go to this web form and add your name, I will add you to the saviour list: http://nburl.net/pledge Better still, go to this Paypal page, and sign up for $10 and I will INSTANTLY MAKE YOU A SAVIOUR: http://nburl.net/save Donate to Noisebridge via Causes.com, and THE SAME THING WILL HAPPEN: http://nburl.net/causes As newbie naive hubristic impatient Treasurer I will set up Amazon Payments, Square, Swipe, Dwolla and whatever the hell you want. I will work out a way to get your payment from China or Brazil, Kosovo or New York. But first I need you to pledge! I will let everyone know how many people pledge, and keep mailing long emails until we are saved. We have three months to save Noisebridge. Help me, only tenbucks monthly, you're my only hope. http://nburl.net/pledge d. PS Did I say to come to our fundraiser party? This Saturday, 3PM- late. Tutorials, music, raffles, art and more! https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Art PPS Pledge 10 bucks and I will also stop with the Star Wars puns. http://nburl.net/pledge _______________________________________________ Noisebridge-discuss mailing list Noisebridge-discuss(a)lists.noisebridge.net https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss -- Naomi Theora Most naomi(a)nthmost.com +1-415-728-7490 skype: nthmost http://twitter.com/nthmost

11 years, 1 month

Financial records (we'll get a system going soon)...

by Tommy York

Until then, thanks to Matt for running this to the bank. We'll figure out a system soon for aggregating images of all of our deposits and etc.

11 years, 1 month

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