[Imc-makerspace] IMC-Tech Meetup Fri, 7/27 Notes

Mon Jul 30 19:10:30 UTC 2012

Stewart,

I was concerned about the speed of the video documentation for the
conference, not my own audio. I did use the machine in question for audio a
couple of weeks ago, and that's how I know that's it's fast for the task.

Sorry I interrupted. I made the wrong assumption of why people were there
in the Makerspace when I popped in.

the real issue was NOT my audio, but the possible use of that machine for
the documentation of the conference session - which was going very slowly -
but with very high quality. I wish I had the time to set tehm up with a
linux way of doing it on the machine I was using for burning CDs in the
public lab - there is no machine up there capable of writing a CD or DVD.

On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Stewart Dickson <mathartspd at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Thanks to everybody who showed up for pizza at the Makerspace last night.
>
> It was pretty well attended -- John Koontz, Barry Todd, Barry Isralewitz,
> Carl(?) from the Bike
> Project -- Especially notable were our former members from out out-of-town,
> Brian Duggan and Josh King.    http://oti.newamerica.net  The  OTI  Josh
> kept referring to is
> Open Technology Institute, which is nearly synonymous with the New America
> Foundation.
>
> Here are my notes:
>
> Davis Roknich was very upset about the performance of his audio
> (transcoding) "renders" on the
> machines in the upstairs production facility.   He claimed that there is a
> machine in the Makerspace, which is faster, that he wants to use -- E.g.,
> move upstairs, I think...   I don't fully
> understand all of the problems.   Barry Todd says that the machine David
> was talking about in
> the Makerspace is actually a lot older and theoretically slower than the
> Production machines
> upstairs.  Perhaps it relates to performance of a certain piece of
> software, availability of
> CD/DVD-ROM burners upstairs or other issues that I didn't catch from what
> David was saying.
>
> Apparently, David was working on something he perceived as urgent relating
> to the GRC, but
> he clearly had not planned for sufficiently in advance.   I really support
> David's energy and
> dedication to using the IMC as a Production Center for Independent Media.
>   I hope that he
> won't give up, but will work to become integrated into the IMC and will
> get the cooperation
> he needs to work toward his goals for media production.
> http://www.indyradio.nu
>
> We need to get a quote from an Electrical/HVAC contractor about upgrading
> the electrical
> circuit, if not also upgrading the air conditioning in the Peep-way/Server
> Room.   Electrical
> circuit upgrade is necessary to putting the servers on uninterruptable
> power supplies, which they
> currently are not.
>
> Josh gave us a great brain-dump of the current state of Chambana.net,
> including co-locations
> adjacent to the Rathaus (City Hall) in Vienna, Austria, and another
> Chambana.net co-location
> site on the West Coast.   Josh promised another brain-dump to the IMC-Tech
> e-mail list.
>
> John Koontz has lots of "lightly used" servers available.   Although, it
> looks like we need to
> upgrade the electrical in the server room before we can add machines.   We
> have already slated
> some machines in the IMC for replacement, and I think that Barry Todd has
> machines in mind
> to move in to replace them.  Barry, please let us know what help you need
> in scheduling and
> getting this done.  Thanks!
>
> GRC Digital Wireless sessions are this afternoon from 3:00-6:15PM.
>
> We talked about the UC2B connection which is coming in August.   Barry
> Todd has been thinking
> about how the conduit will be run from the network box outside, into the
> building and to the
> appropriate network connection point.
>
> I will work on connecting up the Illinois EV Club, the Bike Project with
> the Makerspace to
> develop ideas on Mutant Bikes, Bike hub generation and lighting electrical
> systems and
> bike motor-assist electrical generation systems.   The contact at the
> Illinois EV club is
> David Noreen, who has occasionally come to Makerspace meetings and events.
>
> It is awesome that we are having the Sewing Switchcraft Workshop at the
> Makerspace
> Summer Make-A-Tion, because we have a fully-equipped Costume Closet, right
> next to our
> Space at the IMC.   We should try to get people who are associated with
> the Costume Closet
> involved in the Sewing Switchcraft Workshop.
>
> I hope that we will get a chance to reschedule another UpCycle event with
> GreenPurpose,
> because the previously scheduled Makerspace workshop had to be canceled
> due to a family
> illness.
>
> RFID Door Locks -- Yes.   Arduino RFID readers.   Laminate RFIDs into
> Hackerspace Passports.
> OK, Key Cards for the rest of the IMC?
>
> BTW, have you seen this one?
>
> http://hackaday.com/2012/07/**25/arduino-resistor-and-**
> barrel-plug-lay-waste-to-**millions-of-hotel-locks<http://hackaday.com/2012/07/25/arduino-resistor-and-barrel-plug-lay-waste-to-millions-of-hotel-locks>
> Onity hotel door locks pwned beyond all recovery
>
> Long-format continuing classes, such as computer programming.
>
> Brian Duggan talked a little about ArtSpace DC (there are also locations
> in Elgin, Wheaton, IL,
> up North).
>
> Erich Heine met up with Brian in DC, where they talked about the idea of
> writing a proposal for
> funding a part-time MakerSpace staff resident to host open hours, computer
> help desk, plan and
> facilitate workshops.
>
>
>
>
>
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