[SH-Discuss] Electronics lab upgraded!

2013-09-12 Thread Omar Rassi
Two weeks ago, I got drunk one day at the space and shat out a computer. Today, I got drunk again and installed the electronics lab Fedora spin on said computer and placed it at our electronics lab. The password for the default user account is: synhak You can read more about the electronics lab s

Re: [SH-Discuss] PorchRokr Festival - 2013 Application

2013-09-12 Thread Torrie Fischer
On Wednesday, September 11, 2013 10:26:47 PM gs volt wrote: > Details and form are here: > > http://highlandsquarefestival.com/exhibitors/info.php > > Porch Rokr (10am-7pm) is the next big highland square event that is being > planned. and I think it'd be great for SYN/HAK to be part of it - > no

Re: [SH-Discuss] Hacker Scouts

2013-09-12 Thread Torrie Fischer
On Wednesday, September 11, 2013 04:44:40 PM T Baldwin wrote: > Here are some ideas - depending on the age group: > - Go through the Arduino tutorial projects, then take ideas from the > kids and help them discover how to make their own ideas come to life SparkFun Inventor's Kit: https://www.spar

Re: [SH-Discuss] Proposal for new computer workstations...

2013-09-12 Thread Torrie Fischer
On Thursday, September 12, 2013 04:41:35 PM Byron Moran wrote: > I have an old desktop I would mind getting rid of. I'm not going to use it > in the foreseeable future. If I donate it, can I write it off? If not, I'd > be willing to sell it for relatively cheap. Yup. We've got a form for that. Bri

Re: [SH-Discuss] Proposal for new computer workstations...

2013-09-12 Thread Byron Moran
I have an old desktop I would mind getting rid of. I'm not going to use it in the foreseeable future. If I donate it, can I write it off? If not, I'd be willing to sell it for relatively cheap. On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 4:26 PM, Omar Rassi wrote: > To add on to what Torrie is saying, these system

Re: [SH-Discuss] SYN/HAK

2013-09-12 Thread Torrie Fischer
On Friday, September 06, 2013 07:47:53 AM Ann Klindworth wrote: > Is this organization still active? > > *Annie Klindworth* > Mechanical Engineering, The University of Akron, Class of 2016 > *aj...@zips.uakron.edu * Hah! We are incredibly active and doing very well :) Are you looking for anythin

[SH-Discuss] SYN/HAK

2013-09-12 Thread Ann Klindworth
Is this organization still active? *Annie Klindworth* Mechanical Engineering, The University of Akron, Class of 2016 *aj...@zips.uakron.edu * ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@synhak.org https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [SH-Discuss] Hacker Scouts

2013-09-12 Thread T Baldwin
Here are some ideas - depending on the age group: - Go through the Arduino tutorial projects, then take ideas from the kids and help them discover how to make their own ideas come to life - MIT's Scratch programming - have them learn the fundamentals, then (again) let them bring their own ideas - T

Re: [SH-Discuss] Proposal for new computer workstations...

2013-09-12 Thread Omar Rassi
To add on to what Torrie is saying, these systems can also be resold, spend $100 to make one, sell it back out at $150 on craigslist. Refurbishing old machines can be a source of income for the space, instead of just dues and cash donations, I'm more than happy to put in the work. As I asked in my

Re: [SH-Discuss] Proposal for new computer workstations...

2013-09-12 Thread Torrie Fischer
Hey look, Torrie wrote another novel! On Thursday, September 12, 2013 10:40:01 AM Alexander Golightley wrote: > This is a fantastic idea and I think that this would help SYN/HAK quite a > bit. I can't, however, justify spending extra money at the moment. > > I have paid our rent up until our leas

Re: [SH-Discuss] Proposal for new computer workstations...

2013-09-12 Thread Torrie Fischer
On Thursday, September 12, 2013 08:43:00 AM Justin Herman wrote: > Just some things to think about: > > Before we purchase equipment do we have a location where these computers > will live? (perkins or somewhere else) A plan we've had for a long time was to get a desktop at the EE lab with the a

Re: [SH-Discuss] Design project

2013-09-12 Thread Torrie Fischer
On Thursday, September 12, 2013 09:03:53 AM Justin Herman wrote: > I wanted to know if anyone is good at graphic design and had the time to > design some postcards, & business cards for the space. I would ask Zuzu, though for some reason I don't think she is subscribed to discuss@. > > I have a

Re: [SH-Discuss] Proposal for new computer workstations...

2013-09-12 Thread Alexander Golightley
This is a fantastic idea and I think that this would help SYN/HAK quite a bit. I can't, however, justify spending extra money at the moment. I have paid our rent up until our lease is up in the beginning of December. When we entered the space we are in now we agreed with our landlord that our rent

[SH-Discuss] Design project

2013-09-12 Thread Justin Herman
I wanted to know if anyone is good at graphic design and had the time to design some postcards, & business cards for the space. I have access to wholesale printing and I am willing to sponsor the purchase of some of these items but I don't have the time or graphic assets for this. Let me know you

Re: [SH-Discuss] Proposal for new computer workstations...

2013-09-12 Thread Justin Herman
Just some things to think about: Before we purchase equipment do we have a location where these computers will live? (perkins or somewhere else) Have we used any other resources to acquire equipment? Contacting other groups (makers alliance, Ham Clubs, ect) and trading, Looking on Craigslist, goi