OMG yay, I set up some VOIP phones a while ago on onsip.com to call each
other, it's free but apparently getting actual POTS numbers is expensive.  But
they can call each other and even do voice calls!

I also setup a VOIP number for sudoroom using voip.ms on advice from Sean, and
now we have a phone in sudoroom!

the number is I HACK AT 386 and i just tested it and it's working.  It's a
VOIP phone that a new member (Nicholas?) did some major surgery on to replace
the hangup button...after Thomas operated on it to replace the earpiece!

did you know that Sudoroom recently got a Beam Pro telepresence robot?

https://telepresencerobots.com/robots/suitable-technologies-beam-pro/

https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Beamrobot

Unfortunately the software on it is from 2020 and doesn't connect to any
servers...i filed a support ticket with Blue Ocean Robotics which claims to
have taken over support for these things, but it was just a Jira ticket plugin
and I haven't heard back from them so I'm guessing we're on our own.

But it's an I3 CPU and the motorized base is just plugged in over USB, so if
we can pick apart the software they were using we can make our own interface!

-jake

On Mon, 8 Apr 2024, Judy Tuan via sudo-discuss wrote:

> Today I set up a voice-over-IP line for the first time for work. I even got
> a vanity toll-free number. I learned that you can use something called a
> "softphone" (i guess software phone?) with your VOIP service, and the
> softphone can be an app on whatever device you currently have. I ended up
> using Zoiper for iOS, "registering" my SIP (I don't know what SIP stands
> for still), and I was able to make a few test calls! That was thrilling
> lol. BUT a few hours later, we tried to call into the number, and I didn't
> get a push notification, so I don't know if this is a viable alternative
> for my work (a retail business). Soon I'll make recordings and a phone
> tree! Even if we don't end up using it, it was fun to learn.
>
> Just now, I turned on my reMarkable (1) tablet for the first time in
> months, and it would connect to wifi but not sync nor get updates. I had to
> ssh into the tablet and reset the clock. I followed this great resource:
> https://remarkable.jms1.info/info/clock.html This was my first time sshing
> into my reMarkable! it was ... remarkably easy? lol
>
> So I did a little bit of hacking today! Glad to hear little project updates
> from yall too =)
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 7:55 PM Jenny Ryan via sudo-discuss <
> sudo-discuss@sudoroom.org> wrote:
>
>> That's so sweet, Julie!
>>
>> And thanks for the prompt Romy <3
>>
>> Work-related, I'm deep into two things in particular at the moment: 1)
>> streamlining our i18n (internationalization) process for both web and app
>> repositories (using Weblate and an eclectic assemblage of bash scripts +
>> translate toolkit); and 2) better streamlining comms processes between
>> devs, outreach partners, UI/UX partners, and funders. Fun times! FYI our
>> core projects include https://censorship.no, https://ouinet.work, and
>> https://ouisync.net.
>>
>> In personal time, been taking a UX design course from Google cuz I'm
>> getting exhausted from project + product management in our understaffed org
>> and would like to work more closely with user feedback + product design,
>> researching & planning our outdoor kitchen DIY build, gardening &
>> automation, and iterating on the ideal tech nomad travel bag :)
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Jenny
>> On 4/8/24 19:06, jemeyerson via sudo-discuss wrote:
>>
>> I've been out of town visiting folks, but fixed a pillow for my grandma
>> and helped fix a dead buzz light-year for my 3-year-old cousin.  Both are
>> very happy now haha.
>>
>> Julie
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent from my Galaxy
>>
>>
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Romy Ilano via sudo-discuss <sudo-discuss@sudoroom.org>
>> <sudo-discuss@sudoroom.org>
>> Date: 4/7/24 2:48 PM (GMT-05:00)
>> To: sudo-discuss <sudo-discuss@sudoroom.org> <sudo-discuss@sudoroom.org>
>> Subject: [sudo-discuss] How is everyone doing? What have you worked on
>> this week?
>>
>> I'm all in on augmented reality. I'm still thinking a lot about light
>> projection.
>>
>> I have been busy, haven't had time to stop by. Will try to make it to
>> hardware hack night Tuesdays!
>>
>> One positive change is that I've been minimizing as much as possible the
>> presentations I've had to look at this week. I think I just saw too many.
>>
>> Another thing is, I'd like to come to sudoroom and focus entirely on
>> hacking. I feel like I was on that track, but really cool people would
>> distract me and try to get me into that the past few weeks.
>>
>> =============================
>>
>> Romy Ilano
>> romy@snowyla.com
>>
>>
>>
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