From cshields at gmail.com Fri Apr 1 23:20:34 2011 From: cshields at gmail.com (Corey Shields) Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 23:20:34 -0400 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] RedBull hackerspace invitational Message-ID: Looks pretty cool: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QenCwxx7x90&feature=feedu -- Corey Shields From mark at suso.com Sat Apr 2 15:13:18 2011 From: mark at suso.com (Mark Krenz) Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 19:13:18 +0000 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] RedBull hackerspace invitational In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20110402191318.GU2901@dorabella.servers.suso.com> Funniest comment on that video: Password = BESURETODRINKYOURREDBULL On Sat, Apr 02, 2011 at 03:20:34AM GMT, Corey Shields [cshields at gmail.com] said the following: > Looks pretty cool: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QenCwxx7x90&feature=feedu > > -- > Corey Shields > _______________________________________________ > Bloominglabs-announce mailing list > Bloominglabs-announce at bloominglabs.org > http://www.bloominglabs.org/mailman/listinfo/bloominglabs-announce > -- Mark S. Krenz IT Director Suso Technology Services, Inc. From jtillots at gmail.com Tue Apr 5 02:05:11 2011 From: jtillots at gmail.com (Jenett Tillotson) Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 02:05:11 -0400 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] New mailing lists to help start some other Indiana Hackerspaces Message-ID: There are now two mailing lists, hosted by Bloominglabs, that can be used to gather support for some more Indiana hackerspaces: Indianapolis-hackerspace at bloominglabs.org Lafayette-hackerspace at bloominglabs.org You can sign up for either one at: http://www.bloominglabs.org/mailman/listinfo Anyone can join. If you are interested in seeing a hackerspace get started in either location, please sign up! Jenett -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://www.bloominglabs.org/pipermail/bloominglabs-announce/attachments/20110406/869b80c0/attachment.html From jtillots at gmail.com Thu Apr 7 10:41:12 2011 From: jtillots at gmail.com (Jenett Tillotson) Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 10:41:12 -0400 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] GeoCaching boxes for TEDxBloomington Message-ID: For TEDxBloomington, Kevin Makice has asked us to make six geocaching boxes. His ideas is to have these boxes collect things from the visitors that he can then use for his TEDx talk. He is raising money for this through KickStarter and has earmarked $150 or $25 a piece for us to build these. Please submit your ideas at http://www.bloominglabs.org/index.php/GeoCaching_Boxes by April 8th. Good ideas will be quick to build and cheap. We want any and all ideas. If you need a wiki account, drop me an email and I'll get you one. Or just send me your ideas through email and I'll add them for you. 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Garrett Galloway (850)345-0037 garrettg84 at gmail.com On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Jenett Tillotson wrote: > For TEDxBloomington, Kevin Makice has asked us to make six geocaching boxes. > His ideas is to have these boxes collect things from the visitors that he > can then use for his TEDx talk. He is raising money for this through > KickStarter and has earmarked $150 or $25 a piece for us to build these. > > Please submit your ideas at > http://www.bloominglabs.org/index.php/GeoCaching_Boxes by April 8th. Good > ideas will be quick to build and cheap. We want any and all ideas. If you > need a wiki account, drop me an email and I'll get you one. Or just send me > your ideas through email and I'll add them for you. > > Kevin gives us lots of lip service and this would be a great way to be part > of TEDxBloomington. > > Jenett > > _______________________________________________ > Bloominglabs-announce mailing list > Bloominglabs-announce at bloominglabs.org > http://www.bloominglabs.org/mailman/listinfo/bloominglabs-announce > > From mistasteve at gmail.com Fri Apr 8 13:03:05 2011 From: mistasteve at gmail.com (S Charlesworth) Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 13:03:05 -0400 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] [Bloominglabs-members] GeoCaching boxes for TEDxBloomington In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hey everybody, I posted some ideas and I see there were some other really good ideas up there. What's the plan next? Should we maybe meet up this weekend to see if we can pick the 6 we want to go with? I am going to hack something together for the Twilio/phone idea I had this weekend. Steve On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Jenett Tillotson wrote: > For TEDxBloomington, Kevin Makice has asked us to make six geocaching > boxes. His ideas is to have these boxes collect things from the visitors > that he can then use for his TEDx talk. He is raising money for this through > KickStarter and has earmarked $150 or $25 a piece for us to build these. > > Please submit your ideas at > http://www.bloominglabs.org/index.php/GeoCaching_Boxes by April 8th. Good > ideas will be quick to build and cheap. We want any and all ideas. If you > need a wiki account, drop me an email and I'll get you one. Or just send me > your ideas through email and I'll add them for you. > > Kevin gives us lots of lip service and this would be a great way to be part > of TEDxBloomington. > > Jenett > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bloominglabs-members mailing list > Bloominglabs-members at bloominglabs.org > http://www.bloominglabs.org/mailman/listinfo/bloominglabs-members > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bloominglabs.org/pipermail/bloominglabs-announce/attachments/20110408/59787e83/attachment.html From jtillots at gmail.com Fri Apr 8 13:46:40 2011 From: jtillots at gmail.com (Jenett Tillotson) Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 13:46:40 -0400 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] [Bloominglabs-members] GeoCaching boxes for TEDxBloomington In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I'm going to be out of town this weekend, but I'll take responsibility for the metal box with the magnets and the monkey puzzle. Those both are easy to build anyway. If no one has picked up the reverse geocache box, I'll start building that on Wednesday. If I can help when I get back to town on Sunday, I'd be happy to. I'll also be around next weekend and would be happy to have a building party for these then or any time during the week as well. Jenett On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 1:03 PM, S Charlesworth wrote: > Hey everybody, > > I posted some ideas and I see there were some other really good ideas up > there. What's the plan next? Should we maybe meet up this weekend to see if > we can pick the 6 we want to go with? I am going to hack something together > for the Twilio/phone idea I had this weekend. > > Steve > > On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Jenett Tillotson wrote: > >> For TEDxBloomington, Kevin Makice has asked us to make six geocaching >> boxes. His ideas is to have these boxes collect things from the visitors >> that he can then use for his TEDx talk. He is raising money for this through >> KickStarter and has earmarked $150 or $25 a piece for us to build these. >> >> Please submit your ideas at >> http://www.bloominglabs.org/index.php/GeoCaching_Boxes by April 8th. Good >> ideas will be quick to build and cheap. We want any and all ideas. If you >> need a wiki account, drop me an email and I'll get you one. Or just send me >> your ideas through email and I'll add them for you. >> >> Kevin gives us lots of lip service and this would be a great way to be >> part of TEDxBloomington. >> >> Jenett >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bloominglabs-members mailing list >> Bloominglabs-members at bloominglabs.org >> http://www.bloominglabs.org/mailman/listinfo/bloominglabs-members >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bloominglabs.org/pipermail/bloominglabs-announce/attachments/20110408/a5602fdd/attachment.html From mistasteve at gmail.com Fri Apr 8 14:08:16 2011 From: mistasteve at gmail.com (S Charlesworth) Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 14:08:16 -0400 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] [Bloominglabs-members] GeoCaching boxes for TEDxBloomington In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hey Jenett, That sounds great. I have a GPS shield, and I believe Nathan has a GPS unit (not to speak for him, though), so I can get the guts to the reverse geocache together and I'll bring that on Wednesday to work on, too. I was also pondering the 'two boxes have to be close for the lock to open' idea you had, and think likewise I can put together the internal electronics for that and then look at the essential lock and box part. So for now I'll take those and the cellphone/web piece, although anybody who also wants to work on them is welcome to join in. Interesting and creative ideas people have about the boxes themselves, where to hide them, etc are also welcome. Let me know when you want to have a build party. I am out for part of Sunday afternoon, though. Thanks, Steve On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Jenett Tillotson wrote: > I'm going to be out of town this weekend, but I'll take responsibility for > the metal box with the magnets and the monkey puzzle. Those both are easy to > build anyway. > > If no one has picked up the reverse geocache box, I'll start building that > on Wednesday. > > If I can help when I get back to town on Sunday, I'd be happy to. I'll also > be around next weekend and would be happy to have a building party for these > then or any time during the week as well. > > Jenett > > > On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 1:03 PM, S Charlesworth wrote: > >> Hey everybody, >> >> I posted some ideas and I see there were some other really good ideas up >> there. What's the plan next? Should we maybe meet up this weekend to see if >> we can pick the 6 we want to go with? I am going to hack something together >> for the Twilio/phone idea I had this weekend. >> >> Steve >> >> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Jenett Tillotson wrote: >> >>> For TEDxBloomington, Kevin Makice has asked us to make six geocaching >>> boxes. His ideas is to have these boxes collect things from the visitors >>> that he can then use for his TEDx talk. He is raising money for this through >>> KickStarter and has earmarked $150 or $25 a piece for us to build these. >>> >>> Please submit your ideas at >>> http://www.bloominglabs.org/index.php/GeoCaching_Boxes by April 8th. >>> Good ideas will be quick to build and cheap. We want any and all ideas. If >>> you need a wiki account, drop me an email and I'll get you one. Or just send >>> me your ideas through email and I'll add them for you. >>> >>> Kevin gives us lots of lip service and this would be a great way to be >>> part of TEDxBloomington. >>> >>> Jenett >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Bloominglabs-members mailing list >>> Bloominglabs-members at bloominglabs.org >>> http://www.bloominglabs.org/mailman/listinfo/bloominglabs-members >>> >>> >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bloominglabs.org/pipermail/bloominglabs-announce/attachments/20110408/b6e10e94/attachment.html From jtillots at gmail.com Fri Apr 8 17:41:24 2011 From: jtillots at gmail.com (Jenett Tillotson) Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 17:41:24 -0400 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] Fwd: Wisdom of Play In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Here's some information from Kevin (kmakice at gmail.com) about the Geocaching boxes. Our project is called Toy Boxes and we are part of the Wisdom of Play event that is coinciding with TEDxBloomington on May 14th. There are three links you should know about: http://wisdomofplay.com - this is the main news site for our projects http://tamingthebutterfly.com - this is the game/registration site for our community ARG http://kck.st/fmyQi1 - our Kickstarter funding page Please distribute these links widely, as it will only help the projects to do so. If anyone wants to contribute content in the form of a blog post, please let Kevin know and he can arrange that on the main WoP site. 1) Kickstarter is expected to be a success (reasonable amount, some locals with the means to step in at the last moment, potential for much more), but there is no guarantee. We need to operate simultaneously as if Wisdom of Play will and won't be funded. That means: check in on the Kickstarter site to see how we are doing before making any purchases, and try to delay any purchases as long as you can without causing creative problems for yourself. I think there are lots of things we can get started on now while spending very little money like the reverse geocaching box. 2) Kickstarter money (or last-minute alternative sponsorship) won't be available until mid-May. This is because we can't get it out of Kickstarter until we have successfully ended our campaign (end of April), Amazon clears it, and then the bank does. I'm anticipating it being available by May 16, give or take a week. Please SAVE RECEIPTS so the project can pay you back for what you buy up front. If Kickstarter is more successful, they'll be able to raise stipends for each project to allow you to do more with that money. 3) The Toy Boxes are being used as Kickstarter rewards. We will need to fix or replace any boxes as necessary assuming the funds to do so are available. 4) All projects should try to document (video, photos, journals, sketches) all the work they do. We will be creating a documentary DVD to give to most of the backers that contain lots of goodies about these projects. You likely will have some help with this, in the form of a student who will be documenting TEDx as well. Keep everything. I'm looking forward to building these boxes and see how the people of Bloomington interact with them. Get back to me or Kevin if you have any questions. Jenett -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I may also be partial as the site is owned by another Dept of the Navy guy =) http://www.societyofrobots.com/robotforum/ Huge repository of step by step instructions on how to do just about anything http://www.instructables.com/ Excellent source for robotics projects and build logs http://letsmakerobots.com Best source for anything computer security related - current events, new tools, etc. http://isc.sans.edu/ Good reviews for new hacker tools http://www.darknet.org.uk/ News Sites: http://slashdot.org/ http://lifehacker.com/ http://defensetech.org/ Another site I'm following devoted to an open source robotics platform/lab http://myrobotlab.org/ I hope all of you are doing well. I know I still haven't had the time to join you guys officially, but I plan on doing so over the summer so that my classes don't interfere with participation - Darn this second job! I will be re-arranging my classes to Tues/Thurs instead of Tues/Weds for next fall if I'm still teaching - instead of schooling, goooo masters degree!! Are you all still keeping meeting minutes for your current meetings? I see there is a section on the wiki for it, but I haven't seen an update for a while. Since I can't participate at the moment, this is my only link =( I keep a virtual private server at linode.com with 200gbyte of transfer a month. If you guys were to post video of the meetings or anything I could easily host it for you if that were a concern. I can also host other files if you all want! Garrett Galloway (850)345-0037 garrettg84 at gmail.com From chuck at chucklane.net Wed Apr 13 11:56:41 2011 From: chuck at chucklane.net (Chuck Lane) Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:56:41 -0400 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] Nerd Sites and some thoughts... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I really like reading the daily wtf at http://www.thedailywtf.com/ I also read reddit geek, tech, webdev, and web_design http://www.reddit.com/r/geek/ http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/ http://www.reddit.com/r/web_design/ http://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/ Lifehacker is good. I like some of the articles on Gizmodo On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Garrett Galloway wrote: > Just curious what all nerd sites (electronics, hacking, etc.) you all > follow on a regular basis. Here are some of the ones I keep RSS feeds > or bookmarked and regularly checked: > > Best (my opinion) source for robotics discussion on the net - there > are some extremely talented and intelligent people that help out on > these forums. I may also be partial as the site is owned by another > Dept of the Navy guy =) > http://www.societyofrobots.com/robotforum/ > > Huge repository of step by step instructions on how to do just about > anything > http://www.instructables.com/ > > Excellent source for robotics projects and build logs > http://letsmakerobots.com > > Best source for anything computer security related - current events, > new tools, etc. > http://isc.sans.edu/ > > Good reviews for new hacker tools > http://www.darknet.org.uk/ > > News Sites: > http://slashdot.org/ > http://lifehacker.com/ > http://defensetech.org/ > > Another site I'm following devoted to an open source robotics platform/lab > http://myrobotlab.org/ > > I hope all of you are doing well. I know I still haven't had the time > to join you guys officially, but I plan on doing so over the summer so > that my classes don't interfere with participation - Darn this second > job! I will be re-arranging my classes to Tues/Thurs instead of > Tues/Weds for next fall if I'm still teaching - instead of schooling, > goooo masters degree!! > > Are you all still keeping meeting minutes for your current meetings? I > see there is a section on the wiki for it, but I haven't seen an > update for a while. Since I can't participate at the moment, this is > my only link =( I keep a virtual private server at linode.com with > 200gbyte of transfer a month. If you guys were to post video of the > meetings or anything I could easily host it for you if that were a > concern. I can also host other files if you all want! > > > Garrett Galloway > (850)345-0037 > garrettg84 at gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > Bloominglabs-announce mailing list > Bloominglabs-announce at bloominglabs.org > http://www.bloominglabs.org/mailman/listinfo/bloominglabs-announce > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I will resume obeying proper list protocol, at least after I hit send here. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bloominglabs.org/pipermail/bloominglabs-announce/attachments/20110421/f9dc1ada/attachment.html From dosman at packetsniffers.org Fri Apr 22 14:37:41 2011 From: dosman at packetsniffers.org (dosman) Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:37:41 -0400 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] 40W laser etcher/cutters for under $1k Message-ID: <1B0AD834-AC66-422B-A291-B923FECCEAA9@packetsniffers.org> FYI, this was making the rounds on hackaday last week, Chinese 40W laser cutters are all over Ebay for around $900 including shipping. However, at this price point, the first thing you do with a brand new machine is take it apart and fix all the assembly mistakes, but still that's not bad if you know what you are getting into. This link is to a blog of one guys journey through getting his laser cutter working: http://www.stephenhobley.com/blog/2011/04/11/buying-a-laser-cutter-from-china-part-one/ -Nathan From schatzb at gmail.com Mon Apr 25 09:30:36 2011 From: schatzb at gmail.com (Barry Schatz) Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 09:30:36 -0400 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] Books on Basic, QBasic and Visual Basic: still relevant? Also a book on Expect. Message-ID: My dad is clearing out old books and I figured someone here might have a use for them. Or not. Let me know if you're interested. I can get the title/author and ISBN info if you want.