[saturdayhouse] Re: reactable

2009-04-13 Thread Crusoe
Also, the other half of work involves a DLP or homebrew LCD projector. I have a overhead projector being dropped off today. Found it for $30 on craigslist. Next, we'll need another LCD monitor to take apart. -Daniel backscatter was available for the camera to see. So the next plan of

[saturdayhouse] Re: reactable

2009-04-13 Thread Phil Smith
(bulb + 15'' lcd) == projector that needs a bigger mirror, or a way to work without it. The ones we have are 1'x1' On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 9:25 AM, Ryan Reggio rreg...@gmail.com wrote: i have another one we can use its a desktop monitor. its not all that big but i think it will work for our

[saturdayhouse] Re: reactable

2009-04-13 Thread Ryan Reggio
maybe I'm thinking of the wrong thing. when he said projector i had an image of an old over head projector, the same kind they used in school classrooms and such. however maybe he was talking about something else. if its one of those old overheads then all we need to do is set the lcd (after

[saturdayhouse] Sun ultra 20, cheep

2009-04-13 Thread amorphous . yet . not
if advertising on SH is inappropriate please delete and accept apologies. Due to big and recent lifestyle changes, i'm offering aforementioned sun ultra 20: 4 gig ram 2x 250 gig sata amd opteron wifi nvidia quadro...1400 I think sony 20 lcd mouse/keyboard if you need it $400, negotiable. :)

[saturdayhouse] Re: reactable

2009-04-13 Thread Phil Smith
oh duh, right. On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Ryan Reggio rreg...@gmail.com wrote: maybe I'm thinking of the wrong thing. when he said projector i had an image of an old over head projector, the same kind they used in school classrooms and such. however maybe he was talking about

[saturdayhouse] Action Community

2009-04-13 Thread Lion Kimbro
Action is crucial, primary, hard, and without it, nothing can happen. Action must be conquered daily; And more than action, -- working with others. This is clear, and I will never debate against it. This said: We can make things endlessly, and take things apart endlessly. What

[saturdayhouse] Re: Action Community

2009-04-13 Thread Robert Eickmann
Action is vital and crucial, however it must be directed. You can hit a diamond with a sledgehammer and nothing will happen, but if you hit it with a little hammer in just the right spot Saturday House as a group has had two ways of attaining action, and both of them have very significant

[saturdayhouse] Re: Action Community

2009-04-13 Thread Crusoe
One problem with grand pronouncements is that it requires a often ruthless ideological leader, something most hackers and folks in general shy away from. Better to treat it as a garden. You want a tomato plant, you plant tomato seeds. You don't try and convince a cabbage it really wants to be a

[saturdayhouse] Re: Action Community

2009-04-13 Thread Calvin Freitas
SaturdayHouse seemed to be focused on startups because those were the people who kept coming back consistently. The startup folks who came to SaturdayHouse changed the direction of my life and I'm glad they were there when I started going. Prior to that, I hadn't known much about the culture or

[saturdayhouse] Re: Action Community

2009-04-13 Thread mike begley
One problem with grand pronouncements is that it requires a often ruthless ideological leader, something most hackers and folks in general shy away from. Better to treat it as a garden. You want a tomato plant, you plant tomato seeds. You don't try and convince a cabbage it really