Are there any objections to me hanging that giant whiteboard up on the
common wall to the left of sudoroom? It would go in the place of the
corkboard, which I would then mount vertically to the right of
sudoroom, behind that weird curvy art shelf thing.
I have heard the Community Democracy Project like to mount it on an
easel for their meetings. But I haven't actually gotten a clear answer
about whether the wall mounting would work for them.
Thanks!
http://www.raftstore.net/index.php?route=product/search&filter_tag=Grade%20…
my nerd friend kim is visiting... she used to volunteer at a non-profit
called RAFT. They take donations of office supplies, e-waste from tech
companies in the Bay Area and create low-cost kits sold to schools
(teachers).
these kits teach STEM skills (math, science, etc) in a fun and interesting
way. they also weave art as well.
--> this would be another potentially interesting, fun, honorable way for
SudoRoom to acquire funds.
similar to the electronics and biohacking DIY kits... many have children,
many are teachers...
we have patrick, who is into polymer clay teaching toys... we have hacking
sexual health...
throwing the idea out there.
Friends! Let's all thank Jake for doing an awesome job getting the
locking mechanism working again with our tamale raspi! Now we can get
into the space without having a physical key. Ease of access is the
first step in making sudoroom open to the hacker community at large.
Thanks Jake!!
Getting in:
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/page/Door_Access#Inside_Door
Bill
Join us at 2141 Broadway, entrance on 22nd St in downtown Oakland.
Please share with your friends to enjoy wonderful refreshments and an
awesome documentary!
// Matt
I'm here right now with Patrick
I am happy when people are here early I'm the morning
Thinking of putting a green light on the homepage so that its obvious to visitors we are here and they can buzz in
Also Saturday after art murmur is officially an art gallery day for people with morning hours and kids etc
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> "killing it"
I don't work the kind of industry jobs where I'd ever meet people who
use phrases like this to mean the things you're talking about, and
while sometimes I complain about not making industry money, it's nice
to be reminded of the upside.
> Doesn't the civilized psyche secretly crave the things it sets itself apart from and
> gives up and projects on its image of the noble savage though?
I'm sorry, I respect you Anthony, but someone mentioning AAVE really
isn't the time to start meditating on the ideas of civilization and
savage. It really isn't. I am still perplexed in my attempt to
interpret that as anything other than racist, and the replies about
hip-hop and "gangsters" aren't really helping me.
Is it really necessary to remind some of you that the words "African
American" include people in your own hacker/maker communities, rather
than this bizarre dreamscape of philosophical Others? Really?
> a bunch of nerds (conventionally thought of as white) are engaging in some kind
> of outsider-critique of someone else's community (black).
I'm sorry George, I respect you but I can come up with nothing but
profanity in response to this sentence. I will try again in 24 hours.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/05/03/this-is-the-worlds-fir…
This Is The World's First Entirely 3D-Printed Gun (Photos)
...
Early next week, Wilson, a 25-year University of Texas law student and founder of the non-profit group Defense Distributed, plans to release the 3D-printable CAD files for a gun he calls “the Liberator,” pictured in its initial form above. He’s agreed to let me document the process of the gun’s creation, so long as I don’t publish details of its mechanics or its testing until it’s been proven to work reliably and the file has been uploaded to Defense Distributed’s online collection of printable gun blueprints at Defcad.org.
All sixteen pieces of the Liberator prototype were printed in ABS plastic with a Dimension SST printer from 3D printing company Stratasys, with the exception of a single nail that’s used as a firing pin. The gun is designed to fire standard handgun rounds, using interchangeable barrels for different calibers of ammunition.
...
WHEN AN UNREGISTERED # calls
"Henderson Morgue. You stab em. we slab em. Eight ball speaking"
Nashville sperm bank. you squeeze it we freeze it.How may I help you?
"You are the source of Freedom : the price of Freedom is awareness and action"
ACS Green Chemistry Institute®
The Twelve Principles of Green Chemistry*
Prevention
It is better to prevent waste than to treat or clean up waste after it has been created.
Atom Economy
Synthetic methods should be designed to maximize the incorporation of all materials used in the process into the final product.
Less Hazardous Chemical Syntheses
Wherever practicable, synthetic methods should be designed to use and generate substances that possess little or no toxicity to human health and the environment.
Designing Safer Chemicals
Chemical products should be designed to effect their desired function while minimizing their toxicity.
Safer Solvents and Auxiliaries
The use of auxiliary substances (e.g., solvents, separation agents, etc.) should be made unnecessary wherever possible and innocuous when used.
Design for Energy Efficiency
Energy requirements of chemical processes should be recognized for their environmental and economic impacts and should be minimized. If possible, synthetic methods should be conducted at ambient temperature and pressure.
Use of Renewable Feedstocks
A raw material or feedstock should be renewable rather than depleting whenever technically and economically practicable.
Reduce Derivatives
Unnecessary derivatization (use of blocking groups, protection/ deprotection, temporary modification of physical/chemical processes) should be minimized or avoided if possible, because such steps require additional reagents and can generate waste.
Catalysis
Catalytic reagents (as selective as possible) are superior to stoichiometric reagents.
Design for Degradation
Chemical products should be designed so that at the end of their function they break down into innocuous degradation products and do not persist in the environment.
Real-time analysis for Pollution Prevention
Analytical methodologies need to be further developed to allow for real-time, in-process monitoring and control prior to the formation of hazardous substances.
Inherently Safer Chemistry for
Accident Prevention
Substances and the form of a substance used in a chemical process should be chosen to minimize the potential for chemical accidents, including releases, explosions, and fires.
*Anastas, P. T.; Warner, J. C. Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice, Oxford University Press: New York, 1998, p.30. By permission of Oxford University Press.
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