[Mesh] Hacknight Notes 4/17

[Jenny Ryan]

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Reposted for posterity at: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/17_April_2014
http://pad.sudomesh.org

April 17th Hacknight

=Attendees=
* Marc, Chris, Max, Mario, William, Noemie, Matt, Deekoo ("I
contribute paranoia"), Alex, Philip, me too (Daniel)

=Updates=
* Max got the captive portal working on iOS 7!
* Marc wrote an article in Slingshot! Check it out!
* Matt working on a technical diagram to describe what your router does
* BART contract out to revamp their connectivity
* Marc announces our second mesh service: the cheese machine

=Announcements=
* Activist training next Thursday - can we bring some cryptoparty?
** https://pad.riseup.net/p/EarthDaytoMayDayNVDA
* Cryptoparty this Sunday 2-5pm, special edition focused on journalists.
* Noemie will be filming short (15min) interviews with folks on Sunday

=Discussion=
*  Pre-deployment plans -
** logging,
** hardware watchdog to picostation,
** cases and antennas for the Sparkys,
** finding tall locations

=ToDos=
* update active nodes
* Add to Wishlist:
** Antenna towers
** Power supplies (be inventive! eg; power supply to a Roomba)
* pick up VOIP adapters

=Misc=
* "My so-called VPS"
* Protip: Most places throw their magazines out on Tuesdays
* "I want spikes on my hardhat"
* "Build server down!"
* interesting IoT server on Raspi: http://thethingbox.io - Raspbian,
Mosquitto, Node.js, Node-Red
* fdroid, nodecipher

=Gratuitous Link Dump=
* Knight News Challenge - feedback period ends tomorrow:
https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/2014/submissions/toward-a-network-commons-building-an-internet-for-and-by-the-people
* BART procurements:
http://www.bart.gov/about/business/procurement/contractsout
* BATMAN-advanced installation
http://wiki.hacdc.org/index.php/BATMAN-Advanced_Setup
* Don't Copy That Floppy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up863eQKGUI
* LibreMap: https://github.com/libremap
* Topology diagram (with Virtual Public Network aka VPuN)
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Diagrams#Network_Topology_Diagram
** explanation of VPuN cites gnunet https://gnunet.org/gnunet-vpn and
http://www.isaca.org/Journal/Past-Issues/2001/Volume-3/Pages/Virtual-Private-Networking-Confidentiality-on-Public-Networks.aspx
* Open Source tools - http://openhatch.org/
- -- 
Jenny
http://jennyryan.net
http://sudomesh.org
http://thevirtualcampfire.org
http://technomadic.tumblr.com

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"Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories."
- -Laurie Anderson

"Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining
it."
 -Hannah Arendt

"To define is to kill. To suggest is to create."
- -Stéphane Mallarmé
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