[SH-Discuss] Westlake Porter Public Library's Mini-Maker Faire Sat. 8/23 10a-2p
Everyone: Debbie from Westlake Porter Public Library informs that the Westlake Porter Public Library Mini Maker Faire is scheduled Sat. 8/23 between 10a-2p I wanted to let everyone know the schedule and have cc'd Debbie as well. If you have any questions, please contact Debbie at 440-871-2600 Debbie: Thanks for connecting with Synhak. In the past we have been welcomed at the Cleveland and Akron Mini Maker Faires and enjoyed it a lot. It is great for us to participate in the events as we get to share our enthusiasm with your community. We'll discuss possibilities for Synhak to participate at our subsequent member meetings, will provide you feedback as well. Regards, -- G | Gaurav Narain Saxena | (330) 283 - 4972 | gsvolt.wordpress.com | @gsvolt I am a Board Member at SYN/HAK http://www.synhak.org: The Akron Hackerspace located at 48 S Summit St Akron Ohio 44308https://maps.google.com/maps?q=48+S+Summit+St+Akron+Ohio+44308 I am providing technical consulting services to Sherwin-Williamshttp://www.sherwin-williams.com/on behalf of Bennett Adelson http://www.bennettadelson.com/ (Microsoft Solution Center) located at 6050 Oak Tree Blvd, Cleveland, Ohio 44131https://maps.google.com/maps?q=6050+Oak+Tree+Blvd,+Cleveland,+Ohio+44131 I have also been providing solutions to non-trivial problems other businesses may have through my company Whiskey Bits LLC located in Portage Lakes, Ohio Learn more about things I have created by reading my About pagehttp://gsvolt.wordpress.com/about-2/on my blog http://gsvolt.wordpress.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@synhak.org https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [SH-Discuss] Giant yarn?
They would work well with the giant knitting needles Devin made for Amanda On May 21, 2014 1:43 AM, Craig Bergdorf mm1...@gmail.com wrote: we could make a giant hat to put on the roof above the entrance :) (maybe a little fan to keep it standing up) Extreme knitting! On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 1:25 AM, Andrew Buczko a4s...@dsprototyping.comwrote: Hey guys, look at this: https://www.etsy.com/listing/186064781/loopy-mango-big-loop-merino-wool-yarn?ref=sr_gallery_2ga_ex=etsy_findsga_ref=etsy_findsga_utm_source=adhocga_utm_medium=emailga_utm_campaign=new_at_etsy_051714_11968355882_0_0ga_redirect=1ga_filters=shawl+accessories+wrapga_search_type=allga_view_type=gallery It's GIANT YARN! I never new that existed ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@synhak.org https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@synhak.org https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@synhak.org https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [SH-Discuss] Raspberry pi
If you can't find a monitor for it: If he can SSH into it with another computer (using PuTTY) he could run a VNC server on it and connect to it with a VNC client like Ultra VNC and remote desktop to it in order to view it that way. Here is the tutorial I used for my Beaglebone Black: http://digitaldiner.blogspot.com/2013/05/quick-hint-for-beaglebone-black-user.html -Will On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 1:24 AM, Robert Rybicki rob...@robertrybicki.comwrote: Dear all Robert W got a Raspberry pi and he is up and running with raspbian. We found out how horrible the composite video is. I only have two displays in the house that are digital. One is the huge tv that I don't want him getting squashed with and the other is for my work desktop. Does anyone have a display with hdmi or dvi that they want to donate to him? Best Rob Sent from my iPhone ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@synhak.org https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Very Respectfully, William G. Schaffer 330-752-3328 The University of Akron ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@synhak.org https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[SH-Discuss] 5/23-5/24 UAkron is hosting National Student Steel Bridge Competition at Knight Center
event details here: http://www.uakron.edu/engineering/beyond-the-classroom/student-design-teams/steel-bridge-competition.dot they need 40 volunteers .. and mostly it might be a good show :) here's a cool video they put together: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwnofbRJBP4 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@synhak.org https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[SH-Discuss] garage door design contest
TWIMC at SH Short version = The contest has been cancelled. Long version = Because I was feeling like I did not have sufficient support and enthusiasm from the members of SYN/HAK for the garage door design contest I created, I brought up the subject at last night's weekly meeting. Since the contest requires considerable time to create the individual entries and marketing materials, plus requires an initial outlay of personal funds, I wanted to get a quick Yes or No vote from the 14 SH members present at the meeting. If a majority of members voted to continue working on the contest or abandon the contest immediately, I would have been able to end the discussion during the meeting within two minutes. A positive outcome would have prompted further discussion after the meeting or, online, through email. Unfortunately, the simple request for a quick vote turned to the usual chaos we have all seen at the weekly meetings over the past few months when new subjects and issues are presented. What should have been a two minute exercise in group democracy rapidly descended into the all-too-common middle-school playground fight, with petty bickering, silly suggestions, frivolous warnings against undesirable images, and outright stupid comments. There were a few good ideas about improving the contest, but it was hard to concentrate with all the noise. Just because the contest winner would get 1/3 of the entry fees collected is not a valid reason the make the entry fee evenly divisible by 3. As the contest originator, why should I have to appeal to the math-challenged contestant? Anybody who progressed past 6th grade should not have a problem with a decimal or fractional reminder after performing a numerical division. Several members brought up the apparently real possibility of lurking artistic trolls who are just waiting for an opportunity to mess with a contest and produce results in line with their anti-social agenda. I am still waiting for the video or still photos of the anonymous trolls. I even had to defend the use of paint and/or decals as a safe medium that would not interfere with the functionality of the garage door. I wonder about such an imagination that ponders a winning design that might require 35 coats of paint, weighing over 100 lbs. Or, maybe they thought the use of a decal would somehow prevent the door from bending at the hinges? After careful consideration and a willingness to accept a minor financial loss, I have decided to end the contest before it ever got started. The $55 collected from five people, from a total of eleven entries purchased even before the final details were worked out, will be returned to them in full. The $30 gift certificate for the contest winner that was made available by Urban Eats Cafe and Patnode Photography will be converted to cash and distributed back to the sponsors. The conversation about contest co-sponsorship with another downtown business will be terminated. From a personal standpoint, I am withdrawing from any involvement in the repair or repainting of the SH garage door. It is not my project and I will not spend any time, money, or energy on it. Someone else can take it on as a project, if they are so inclined. I also don't want to be involved in any project concerning the exterior of the building, such as signage, mailbox location, installing a RFID door entry system, use of a garage door opener, CFLs for lighting, etc. Don't ask me for my opinion about what the garage door should look like or what kind of signage should be on the building or where to install the mailbox. I really don't care about any of the possibilities. This incident has definitely had an adverse effect on my morale and attitude about SYN/HAK and some of the members. I will be way more cautious in the future before I try to do something positive for the organization. There is a limit to the artificial drama, negativity, and pettiness I am willing to tolerate. Sincerely, Philip ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@synhak.org https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [SH-Discuss] garage door design contest
Philip, I don't think there was a lack of enthusiasm for the contest. A lot of members, myself included, were reluctant to commit SynHak to the contest without the details of it finalized for a review. -Steve --- Original Message --- From: Philip P. Patnode ppatn...@gmail.com Sent: May 21, 2014 8:39 PM To: SYN/HAK discussion list discuss@synhak.org Subject: [SH-Discuss] garage door design contest TWIMC at SH Short version = The contest has been cancelled. Long version = Because I was feeling like I did not have sufficient support and enthusiasm from the members of SYN/HAK for the garage door design contest I created, I brought up the subject at last night's weekly meeting. Since the contest requires considerable time to create the individual entries and marketing materials, plus requires an initial outlay of personal funds, I wanted to get a quick Yes or No vote from the 14 SH members present at the meeting. If a majority of members voted to continue working on the contest or abandon the contest immediately, I would have been able to end the discussion during the meeting within two minutes. A positive outcome would have prompted further discussion after the meeting or, online, through email. Unfortunately, the simple request for a quick vote turned to the usual chaos we have all seen at the weekly meetings over the past few months when new subjects and issues are presented. What should have been a two minute exercise in group democracy rapidly descended into the all-too-common middle-school playground fight, with petty bickering, silly suggestions, frivolous warnings against undesirable images, and outright stupid comments. There were a few good ideas about improving the contest, but it was hard to concentrate with all the noise. Just because the contest winner would get 1/3 of the entry fees collected is not a valid reason the make the entry fee evenly divisible by 3. As the contest originator, why should I have to appeal to the math-challenged contestant? Anybody who progressed past 6th grade should not have a problem with a decimal or fractional reminder after performing a numerical division. Several members brought up the apparently real possibility of lurking artistic trolls who are just waiting for an opportunity to mess with a contest and produce results in line with their anti-social agenda. I am still waiting for the video or still photos of the anonymous trolls. I even had to defend the use of paint and/or decals as a safe medium that would not interfere with the functionality of the garage door. I wonder about such an imagination that ponders a winning design that might require 35 coats of paint, weighing over 100 lbs. Or, maybe they thought the use of a decal would somehow prevent the door from bending at the hinges? After careful consideration and a willingness to accept a minor financial loss, I have decided to end the contest before it ever got started. The $55 collected from five people, from a total of eleven entries purchased even before the final details were worked out, will be returned to them in full. The $30 gift certificate for the contest winner that was made available by Urban Eats Cafe and Patnode Photography will be converted to cash and distributed back to the sponsors. The conversation about contest co-sponsorship with another downtown business will be terminated. From a personal standpoint, I am withdrawing from any involvement in the repair or repainting of the SH garage door. It is not my project and I will not spend any time, money, or energy on it. Someone else can take it on as a project, if they are so inclined. I also don't want to be involved in any project concerning the exterior of the building, such as signage, mailbox location, installing a RFID door entry system, use of a garage door opener, CFLs for lighting, etc. Don't ask me for my opinion about what the garage door should look like or what kind of signage should be on the building or where to install the mailbox. I really don't care about any of the possibilities. This incident has definitely had an adverse effect on my morale and attitude about SYN/HAK and some of the members. I will be way more cautious in the future before I try to do something positive for the organization. There is a limit to the artificial drama, negativity, and pettiness I am willing to tolerate. Sincerely, Philip ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@synhak.org https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@synhak.org https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [SH-Discuss] garage door design contest
Welcome, If you have given up i'de restart it as a less formal competition: if you want to be considered YOU buy a ledger sheet and show what it is you want. we'll all vote (not on a Tuesday) If you win, pay for it. For obvious reason our troll to member ratio is that of (deleted). It's a good idea, but the presentation was incorrect for the crowd you were addressing. (don't give a Tuesday meeting an opportunity to build something, the builders come other days and avoid Tuesdays like a wasp on meth. Too many people think that Tuesday meetings is what we are, they were supposta be where should we steer, and open to the public ONLY for transparency. Next Wednesday I will be sitting on the stage doing approximately nothing (*tbd) If non-members and interested parties want to check out the space tell them to come check out me making paper airplanes live for one night only. The Tuesday meeting should be something you want to be at, not an idea that this will get me closer to the synhak's in-crowd if i show up for it as I have seen since the garage. Philip: I truly hope this continues, just don't bring it up on Tuesdays. This is something for the otherside of synhak (the side torrie, omar gave up on squinting to see the dim candlelight of, and what imo is synhak) is ready and willing to contribute to. The side that doesn't make it to the minutes because nothing official will ever happen. On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 9:33 PM, Steve Radonich IV nesfr...@outlook.comwrote: Philip, I don't think there was a lack of enthusiasm for the contest. A lot of members, myself included, were reluctant to commit SynHak to the contest without the details of it finalized for a review. -Steve --- Original Message --- From: Philip P. Patnode ppatn...@gmail.com Sent: May 21, 2014 8:39 PM To: SYN/HAK discussion list discuss@synhak.org Subject: [SH-Discuss] garage door design contest TWIMC at SH Short version = The contest has been cancelled. Long version = Because I was feeling like I did not have sufficient support and enthusiasm from the members of SYN/HAK for the garage door design contest I created, I brought up the subject at last night's weekly meeting. Since the contest requires considerable time to create the individual entries and marketing materials, plus requires an initial outlay of personal funds, I wanted to get a quick Yes or No vote from the 14 SH members present at the meeting. If a majority of members voted to continue working on the contest or abandon the contest immediately, I would have been able to end the discussion during the meeting within two minutes. A positive outcome would have prompted further discussion after the meeting or, online, through email. Unfortunately, the simple request for a quick vote turned to the usual chaos we have all seen at the weekly meetings over the past few months when new subjects and issues are presented. What should have been a two minute exercise in group democracy rapidly descended into the all-too-common middle-school playground fight, with petty bickering, silly suggestions, frivolous warnings against undesirable images, and outright stupid comments. There were a few good ideas about improving the contest, but it was hard to concentrate with all the noise. Just because the contest winner would get 1/3 of the entry fees collected is not a valid reason the make the entry fee evenly divisible by 3. As the contest originator, why should I have to appeal to the math-challenged contestant? Anybody who progressed past 6th grade should not have a problem with a decimal or fractional reminder after performing a numerical division. Several members brought up the apparently real possibility of lurking artistic trolls who are just waiting for an opportunity to mess with a contest and produce results in line with their anti-social agenda. I am still waiting for the video or still photos of the anonymous trolls. I even had to defend the use of paint and/or decals as a safe medium that would not interfere with the functionality of the garage door. I wonder about such an imagination that ponders a winning design that might require 35 coats of paint, weighing over 100 lbs. Or, maybe they thought the use of a decal would somehow prevent the door from bending at the hinges? After careful consideration and a willingness to accept a minor financial loss, I have decided to end the contest before it ever got started. The $55 collected from five people, from a total of eleven entries purchased even before the final details were worked out, will be returned to them in full. The $30 gift certificate for the contest winner that was made available by Urban Eats Cafe and Patnode Photography will be converted to cash and distributed back to the sponsors. The conversation about contest co-sponsorship with another downtown business will be terminated. From a personal standpoint, I am
