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Tuesday - MicroController Hack Night // Lilypad

by Romy Ilano

Tomorrow is MicroController hack night. I'm working on Lillypad Arduino (wearable electronics) It's nice, I was able to get more done in the past 2 days than I have in the past few weeks... and with a full-time job too! It's weird. I guess I was just very good at avoiding listening to people pitch stuff. It's does wonders for productivity. I'm not sure if I can be very helpful tomorrow, as I am in a making mood! I am not going to be so interested in hearing about people's kickstarters but it's all good. I just want to give happy energy at making and there will be a project that will lead to nice things. Useful videos to watch. I like these because I actually do stuff seeing these... they will not get you stuck in the "not doing" cycle of doom. These are very relevant videos for beginners. - Becky Stern was an NYU New Media Lab graduate - her embroidery + arduino videos are very helpful - http://blog.makezine.com/2008/04/21/lilypad-arduino-embroider/ - Leah Buchley came up with the Lilypad design - she is cool - http://web.media.mit.edu/~leah/ Some parts of SudoRoom aren't quite prettily decorated with art. In the long term future I would love to donate lace-dripped electronics and embroidery to be part of useful things like the door project.

13 years, 5 months

Sunday was a good day // microcircuits

by Romy Ilano

Sunday was a good day. Finally focused and actually worked on stuff /: wearable electronics. Just started! The first step I used scraps from marinas old Halloween costume and borrowed one needles I think the sewing Crew left behind. I used old thread left behind in the sewing room too. For the embroidery I mostly faked my way through this. Still figuring out the lilypad stuff. I avoided wasting my whole night looking at every other persons expensive fashion led project in the whole world A guy from Portland came by who is visiting various hackerspaces. He was having a nice time here I've been sidetracked and hijacked by a lot of people trying to get free PR for their projects Thank you sudoroom !

13 years, 5 months

FRe: Dystopia News: No-Sex Apartments.

by GtwoG PublicOhOne

Hi Matthew- How many people at SudoRoom are in chronic econo-crunch or borderline homeless? How many of us are likely to fall for developer horse-puckey that these little prison cells are "futuristic" and "high tech", considering that the ones in San Francisco are designed to accommodate nearly-wall-sized Telescreens? Haven't we had numerous conversations including meetings, on the subject of living arrangements and potential community developments? How much of our listmail consists of two-word comments that would ordinarily occur in a chat window or text message format? Personally I find it inconvenient to have to keep deleting listmail threads consisting of "I'm locked out," and "Coming" and "Thanks," and "Is anyone in?" and "Yes," and suchlike, but I have no desire to tell others what they should and shouldn't post on the list. It's not as if we're being charged by the word, as with telegrams. There's method to my madness. You don't have to trust me on that, and you're welcome to not read anything I post, but at least I maintain "subject header discipline" so you can spot the stuff you don't want to read. Finally, please respect my nym rights by not using names for me other than the ones I use in my own postings. I don't go posting your PII online, please don't post mine. BTW, that's not even remotely negotiable. Peace- -G. ===== On 13-05-20-Mon 3:28 PM, Matthew Senate wrote: > George, > > I do not think this email is relevant for the sudo-discuss email list. > > I agree it is relevant for sudo room, sudoers, and sudo room > discussion with sudoers. However, sudo-discuss is a list with its > purpose to discuss sudo room, its on-going projects, and relevant news > (such as safety concerns in the neighborhood)--not necessarily every > call to action or item of news. > > Cheers, > Matt > > > On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 3:07 PM, GtwoG PublicOhOne > <g2g-public01(a)att.net <mailto:g2g-public01@att.net>> wrote: > > > > No-Sex Apartments. > > (Creative commons, with attribution to "G.") > > In cities across the USA, a new "solution" to affordable housing is > being promoted: micro-apartments of less than 200 square feet. New > York's conrol-freak in chief, Mayor Bloomberg, is promoting them (New > Yorkers call them "Bloom Boxes"). A developer in San Francisco is > promoting them. And developers in Seattle WA are building them by the > hundreds. > > The Seattle apartments were recently covered in a CBS News > article, here: > http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57582327/tiny-apartments-are-creating-a… > > If you look at the picture, something immediately stands out: a > TWIN BED. > > As the article says, "...(the) apartment comes with a small private > bathroom, a microwave and a mini-refrigerator. There's just enough > room > for a twin bed, a neatly hung rack of clothes and shelves." (There's > not even room for a desk, so forget about working from home: it's back > to the plantation for you, worker-bee.) > > And therein lies the catch, or more accurately the "nudge," to use the > Newspeak word for "manipulation." > > A twin bed is sufficient for sleeping, but not sufficient for a > regular > sex life with others, much less a stable relationship. > > Sure, you can manage it occasionally, but for the long term it's right > out. Squeezing two people into a bed meant for one is miserable, > particularly in the hot summer. > > This is one form of "birth control" that won't be controversial > with the > Vatican or other right-wing religious denominations. I suppose that > also qualifies as a "feature." (We won't mention the fact that > you can > carry on a satisfactory solo sex life in a twin bed, lest the twin > beds > be replaced with "stand-up beds" consisting of straps on the wall.) > > There's no need for the Oligarchy to make an explicit No Sex rule. > They > don't have to, when they can just "nudge" the architecture to enforce > that outcome by "nudging" people who might think to disobey. > > Best of all (from the Oligarchy's perspective), there's nothing to > revolt against. A revolt against a type of architecture is like a > revolt against traffic jams or weather: there's no obvious > evil-doer to > hurl ballots and tomatoes at. > > The Oligarchy likes micro-apartments because they are more profitable > per square foot of building, compared to apartments that let you > have a > bed big enough for two people, and a fridge big enough to let you keep > enough food that you don't have to go shopping every day. > > The working masses (that would be us) who are being lined up to > live in > these boxes would do well to recognize that they are also about > the same > size as prison cells. > > The only difference is that you have the key to your cell, just like > inmates in "honor system prisons" for white collar criminals. > That, and > there isn't a guard staring at you whilst you poop, though I'd be > careful about the tiny apartments that come with internet and TV > service > included (no choice of carriers either), as the "smart sensors" > won't be > far behind. > > Smaller houses and apartments are of course part of a viable > approach to > sustainability: primarily through lower energy consumption and > proximity > to public transport. Some years ago, a close friend and I came up > with > various designs for micro-houses, from about 160 square feet, up to > about 400 - 500 square feet. A building with a 500 square foot > "building footprint" was sufficient for a family of four. We were > designing for the sake of sustainability, and for the ability of > individuals and communities to build these houses for themselves > at low > cost. > > But as with eating bugs, it's one thing to do it by the choice of your > own free will, quite another to do it by way of getting mercilessly > milked by the Oligarchy. Especially when the Oligarchs continue > to live > in 12,000 square foot (and larger) mansions with sprawling lawns > on all > sides. > > What the world can't afford, is the Oligarchy. Darwin, take note! > > -G. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > sudo-discuss mailing list > sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org > <mailto:sudo-discuss@lists.sudoroom.org> > http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss > >

13 years, 5 months

HELP: Water spilled on MacBook Air!

by Diana Wu

Spilled a glass of water and I tried turning it off, letting it dry upside down, but mouse and keyboard don't work, the screen flickers, and it keeps turning itself on and off without my input. Any help? I tried opening the back of it, but don't have those tiny tools, any idea where to get one? does sudoroom have any? Thanks, Diana

13 years, 5 months

Choose Your Own Adventure

by Ray Lai

Hey all, we talked about Choose Your Own Adventures. Remember CYOA? Here's a link to someone who REALLY studied CYOA. http://samizdat.cc/cyoa/ Raymond Lai Ice Cream Man Atomic Ice Cream Facebook.com/MotoAtomico

13 years, 5 months

time

by Romy Ilano

i remember when i was in undergrad in nyc in the mid 1990s and i had friends at nyu film school. they didn't have fully digital video editing back then. it cost a lot of money to make a short film. I think some classmates of hers were spending up to $10,000 on a film i remember a similar situation for press, printing the cost has gone down so much now. you can make a film for almost nothing; even cartoons and animations most of what you have to do is find focus and time. that's always the hard part. and making something that people actually find useful. it's a lot of sh*twork and requires sacrifice planning and foresight but the end result is worth it

13 years, 5 months

Writers inspiration - this year you write your novel by Walter Mosley

by Romy Snowyla

Inspiration - donating this book this year you write your move, by Walter Mosley It's very good Most writers I met in Berlin said they were working on their book but few finished. Always delighted when I found out someone actually did get their book done Incidentally he is an African American mystery writer Sent from my iPad

13 years, 5 months

fix-it day success

by Marina Kukso

it was fun and i am looking forward to the next one! we got A LOT done. http://runningahackerspace.tumblr.com/post/41456463243/when-even-the-smalle… - marina

13 years, 5 months

https://door.sudoroom.org

by Yardena Cohen

Hey Sudoers, As of right now, tamale.sudoroom.org is deprecated - don't visit unless you like SSL warnings. You can now control our inside & outside doors from: https://door.sudoroom.org/ Passwords will probably change soon as well. I've just gotten some feedback that since this uses POST, it's no longer easy to directly bookmark the "open door" page. Sorry for the regression and we'll find a solution to that soon.

13 years, 5 months

List of fundraising projects on wiki - please add your name!

by Marina Kukso

The list of money-bringing projects discussed in the last few meetings has been migrated to the wiki: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/page/Funding_Idea Please add your name next to projects that you are interested in working on and/or spearheading. Please add additional projects you're currently working on or are planning to start working on. - marina

13 years, 5 months

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