someone "cleaned" the 3d printer table and now the guitar string that we
use to clear up clogs in the nozzle is missing.
don't clean up something if you don't know how to use it! i'd rather have
a functional 3d printer or soldering setup than a clean, useless table.
i fixed the motor drivers on the type A machine 3d printer, now we just
need another guitar string to clean the nozzle and we're back in business.
-jake
Howdy Y'all
Counter Culture Labs of the Omni Commons is throwing A Party for Science
on Friday, June 5th from 8:00PM to late, as our Kickstarter [1] is under
way! Come mingle with the citizen science, hackers, and artists of the
open source movement. Have fun and enjoy yourselves as we celebrate the
scientific method by counting drinks, but remember if someone orders
H20, please don't ask for H20 too!
Live music and alcoholic/non-alcoholic drinks will be supplied. $5 cover
charge at the door.
Date: June 5th
Time: 8:00PM - late
Address: 4799 Shattuck Avenue, Oakland, CA 94609
Links:
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[1] http://gator3095.hostgator.com/tinyurl.com/CCLKickstarter
Hi all,
There's less than 24 hours to vote in the election for the Wikimedia
Foundation's Board of Trustees. This is a really important one, in my
opinion, and many others; in short, I believe the Foundation has been
suffering from never having prioritized understanding the social dynamics
in its volunteer base. That has been manifesting in many ways over the last
year or two. With three of 10 seats open, this is a good opportunity to
nudge things in a better direction. I wrote several blog posts about it,
here: http://wikistrategies.net/tag/trustee-election-2015/
In order to vote, you have to have at least 300 edits to Wikipedia or its
related projects -- 20 of them have to have been between last October and
April. (There are some other ways to qualify too, but that's the main one.)
All the voting info is here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/Board_electi…
Voting ends at 4pm Pacific on Sunday May 31.
Wikipedia is IMO the most widespread and in many ways most important
instances of "hacker culture" having an impact. I think it's important that
its social health be understood, and that such knowledge should have a
strong influence in the kind of planning and intervention the Foundation
does. Please take a look, and if you're eligible, vote!
Pete
[[User:Peteforsyth]] on the wiki
I'm sorry if this isn't really correct for this list, but I thought it
would be best to ask. I've just moved to Walnut Creek from a small city.
While I know it not to be fully true, I've always heard the standard
sterotype/generalization that 'Oakland isn't safe, blah blah blah, you're
going to get shot/mugged/other'. I would love to come vist Sudoroom,
everything I've read about it and the people there seems like a great time.
I suppose my question is "would I be safe to take BART down from Walnut
Creek to MacArthur and walk to sudo? Should I be worried?".
Any tips? I'm sorry, I'm just new around here.
Mike
The world outside is sort of hostile to hackers !
I was a little down because many well meaning people keep trying to direct me to fields inappropriate for me.. Social work, children's education . Mommy bloggers , public school teachers
Maybe it's because I'm a woman ! But I'm a hacker and nerd at heart.
Why do the powers that be try to take these making people and try to drown them out to become bureaucrats?
Even though we don't always get along we are honestly not passive like most normal people. I love the energy at Noisebridge and Sudoroom.
If I were forced to stop being a hacker and only socialize with passive non creative folks it'd definitely be a downer
But part of that energy comes with a dark side. We are often temperamental. We do not function well In sanitized environments that are "safe for kids". We Are not always the right people to do social work or teach non passionates
The energy comes with a price!
We are yin and yang.
But id rather hang out with true ha hackers of all genders. I imagine my future surrounded by bureaucrats and it's not pretty at all .. Or folks lecturing me not to do my best work because their notions of a woman's happiness are outdated and traditional
I hope we can all hug next Sunday
Love you all !
Sent from my iPhone
