[Commotion-discuss] [OTI-Field] Commotion: now without the paper clips

Ben West ben at gowasabi.net
Mon Apr 22 16:25:42 UTC 2013


Or possibly use the opportunity to print some Kickin' It Old School
t-shirts, similar to this one.  But with Cookie Monster holding a paperclip.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Men-s-Kickin-It-Old-School-Tee/12510567

On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Preston Rhea <
prestonrhea at opentechinstitute.org> wrote:

> Also if anyone would like to share their "where were you when you first
> learned the era of Commotion paperclips was over," that would be a good
> thread too.
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Georgia Bullen <
> georgia at opentechinstitute.org> wrote:
>
>> + Commotion Discuss list
>>
>> This sounds great! The paper clip "dancing lights" state (as Jonathan
>> describes it) was always the most challenging from a dexterity perspective.
>>
>> If anyone has opportunities to confirm this, please share here on the
>> commotion-discuss list!
>>
>> -Georgia
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 10:59 AM, Georgia Bullen <
>> georgia at opentechinstitute.org> wrote:
>>
>>> + Commotion Discuss list
>>>
>>> This sounds great! The paper clip "dancing lights" state (as Jonathan
>>> describes it) was always the most challenging from a dexterity perspective.
>>>
>>> If anyone has opportunities to confirm this, please share here on the
>>> commotion-discuss list!
>>>
>>> -Georgia
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 9:43 AM, Andy Gunn <
>>> andygunn at opentechinstitute.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> This is a game-changer. We weren't able to do this pre-DR1, so it never
>>>> crossed my mind to do it with other builds.
>>>>
>>>> Amazing find Dan, thank you. We need to do this a few more times with
>>>> fresh out-of-the-box routers, to confirm.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 04/17/2013 03:33 PM, Dan Staples wrote:
>>>> > Whether or not we are all insane, that's still open for discussion.
>>>> > However, I'm not sure whether or not we could have done this pre-DR1.
>>>> At
>>>> > least it works now!
>>>> >
>>>> > On Wed 17 Apr 2013 09:28:13 PM CEST, Ryan Gerety wrote:
>>>> >> :-) nice! Were we all insane to be doing it the other way by default?
>>>> >> Was there a way to also upload firmware? Or only online?
>>>> >>
>>>> >> On 4/17/2013 1:09 PM, Dan Staples wrote:
>>>> >>> So it looks like Commotion can be flashed onto stock Ubiquiti
>>>> routers
>>>> >>> using the AirOS web interface. No need for the confusing paper
>>>> >>> clip/command line method. Just wanted to give folks a heads up, as I
>>>> >>> expect it will be greatly beneficial for educational and training
>>>> >>> efforts.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> I was only able to test by flashing the AirOS firmware onto one of
>>>> our
>>>> >>> Picostations, and then flashing Commotion via the web interface. I
>>>> >>> wasn't able to test an actual stock router, but I don't expect there
>>>> >>> will be any differences. If anyone has access to a stock router and
>>>> >>> could confirm this, that would be very helpful.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Dan
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>>>> >>
>>>> >
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>>>>
>>>> Andy Gunn
>>>> Field Engineer, Open Technology Institute
>>>> New America Foundation
>>>> 202-596-3484
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Georgia Bullen
>>> Field Operations Technologist, Open Technology Institute<http://oti.newamerica.net/>
>>> New America Foundation
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Georgia Bullen
>> Field Operations Technologist, Open Technology Institute<http://oti.newamerica.net/>
>> New America Foundation
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