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New @makerlibrarian account on Twitter
October-12, 2012 by: Phil Shapiro
From: Phil Shapiro ------------------------------------------------------ Hi chugalug community, Worth noting for all you makers, librarians, and makebrarians out there. "The primary resource for librarians who want to learn about makers, hackerspaces, the participatory library and everything in between." Follow at @MakerLibrarian via @liberationtech phil -- Phil Shapiro, pshapiro@his.com http://www.his.com/pshapiro/briefbio.html http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html "Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates "Learning happens thru gentleness."
testing testing 1 2 3
June-12, 2012 by: Ed King
From: Ed King ------------------------------------------------------ I'm using an MSN email account to access a LUG list... the flames of hel= l just got a little hotter I haven't read Chugalug email for a few days so I don't know if this has be= en posted already... http://hackaday.com/category/hackerspaces/ Chatt*Lab is on there now=2C with Tim doing video tour=20 kewl =
ChattLab MakerSpace event, Saturday June 2nd with Caleb from Hackaday.com
June-01, 2012 by: Jason Brown
From: Jason Brown ------------------------------------------------------ Hello Chugalugers. Tomorrow, Saturday June 2nd, Caleb from the website http://hackaday.com/ will be coming through Chattanooga. We are trying to arrange lunch and a tour of the ChattLab MakerSpace while they here and make an event of it. Here is a writeup they did on the Freeside space in Atlanta: http://hackaday.com/2012/05/31/hackerspace-intros-freeside-hackerspace-in-atlanta-georgia/ Look for an email from Tim or me tomorrow morning once we have some details on the where and when. We moved a big 4'x8' CNC router that I have been working on into the space last night, still needs a lot of setup but that thing is going to be awesome! --Jason Brown
PCWorld blog post - Chattanooga's Innovation Culture
January-05, 2012 by: Phil Shapiro
From: Phil Shapiro ------------------------------------------------------ Hi chugaluggers, For those who might be interested, here's a new blog post I wrote for PCWorld magazine about Chattanooga's innovation culture. http://tinyurl.com/6t9mv7g I'm going to be writing some follow up blog posts for PCWorld about Chattanooga and would love to include some FOSS-related stuff. I've been following the discussions on this list about the possibilities of opening a hackerspace. Am happy to reference a funding campaign for such in one of my upcoming blog posts. For example, the Fayetteville Public Library hackerspace near Syracuse, New York, used http://www.indiegogo.com/ to raise funds for their hackerspace. Also, I asked the folks at EPB to send me a screencast showing a 4.5 gigabyte file transfer via gigabit EPB service. They sent me a nice screencast made on a Mac showing the file transfer happening in less than two minutes. I'd love to also link to a screencast showing a similar file transfer happening via two Linux systems. If there's anyone on this list that can help make that happen, thanks for contact me off-list. Ideally you'd have access to Linux running on two Core i7 (or Core i5 system). It doesn't matter what is contained in the data in the 4.5 gigabyte file. If you don't know someone with gig access at home or work, I can see if EPB can assist in getting you access at their offices. City leaders in Chattanooga may or may not realize that FOSS is key to Chattanooga realizing the promise of its gigabit municipal infrastructure. I need no convincing myself. Phil Shapiro -- Phil Shapiro, pshapiro@his.com http://www.his.com/pshapiro/briefbio.html http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html "Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates "Learning happens thru gentleness."
hello #cha and hackerspace
December-17, 2011 by: Taylor McDonald
From: Taylor McDonald ------------------------------------------------------ Hello folks, My name is Taylor McDonald and I have been lurking around the edges of the dev community in Chattanooga for about a year. There has been a lot of conversation about a hackerspace in the past and even more so recently. Being relatively new to the scene, I would like to link arms with what has been going on and contribute to the momentum already rolling. This appears to be a great time to get something like this started, there are several organizations that would support a hackerspace, it just takes some time and effort to get them to see the vision. I would like to help. With regards for moving the hackerspace forward, is there interest in meeting this week to gauge interest, keep the momentum moving? I suggest Thursday (22 December 2011) afternoon somewhere where beer is available. Suggestions? Full disclosure - This is a self-serving attempt to help cultivate, inspire and engage creation, innovation and community in Chattanooga. It is self-serving in that my company desires to eventually partner with the best and most talented chattanoogan's and a hackerspace will be where they can challenge each other and find new limits to break. Our company, Second Site, has partnerships with Layar (Dutch), Metaio (German) and other leaders in the Augmented Reality world and have ulterior motives to add Chattanooga to the world map when people think about AR. It is coming and we will be a part of it. Feel free to contact me: taylor at secondsitellc ((.)) com Best, Taylor 423.486.8562 cell
hackerspace products was ok unity is usable
July-15, 2011 by: Rod-Lists
From: Rod-Lists ------------------------------------------------------ I wonder if a hackerspace could make something like this and sell them for support funds? http://www.casearts.com/wood.html http://steampunkworkshop.com/lcd.shtml ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Harrison" To: "CHUGALUG" Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 12:55:08 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [Chugalug] ok unity is usable On Fri, 15 Jul 2011, Ed King wrote: > first official Hackerspace project: to make a genuine tty out of Steven's > Selectric > > or die trying > http://www.steampunkr.com/anique-computer-console/ >From Movie: Brazil
noSQL was GeekSwap
March-23, 2011 by: Rod-Lists
From: Rod-Lists ------------------------------------------------------ Lisa would noSQL be enough for a drupal site running the book module? I might have a project. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa Ridley" To: "CHUGALUG" Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 12:45:16 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [Chugalug] GeekSwap I was secretly hoping you were harboring this desire to go with a NoSQL option...I'm looking for an excuse to use MongoDB in a real project Sent from my iPad On Mar 23, 2011, at 10:34 AM, Ed King < chevyiinova@bellsouth.net > wrote: I really, really wanted to use VSAM files but 1and1 doesn't offer that so I had to go with MySQL :) From: Lisa Ridley < lhridley@gmail.com > To: CHUGALUG < chugalug@chugalug.org > Cc: CHUGALUG < chugalug@chugalug.org > Sent: Wed, March 23, 2011 9:19:07 AM Subject: Re: [Chugalug] GeekSwap Hey Ed... Quick question regarding future "integration"....what are you using as a database backend...MySQL? Sent from my iPad On Mar 23, 2011, at 10:03 AM, Ed King < chevyiinova@bellsouth.net > wrote: alrighty then, if the swapboard is a "standalone" project then I will proceed with a stupid-simple swapboard and not worry about how or if it will ever be integrated into Drupal... or skinned with Elise's graphics and css... or integrated with Lisa's inventory tracking... or... or... or ;) I don't have anything worth showing yet... damn this nice weather! From: Aaron welch < n2nightfall@gmail.com > To: CHUGALUG < chugalug@chugalug.org > Sent: Wed, March 23, 2011 2:31:46 AM Subject: Re: [Chugalug] GeekSwap I will take the hit on this one. I was having several different efforts going on at the same time. All of which are mutually exclusive of each other. Here is a breakdown of projects as they relate to the Geek Swap Meet: Basic informational website and logos - Elise Craiglist style want to buy/want to sell site - Ed Inventory tracking system for consignment sales - Lisa (did not know you were doing this, but that is totally cool!) All of these projects stand on their own, that way if someone gets busy and something does not get done it is no big deal. What I would like to see now is the logos Elise has designed, the posting system that Ed has created, and the tracking system Lisa is working on. I have to get all of the documents turned in this week, so I would love to see where we stand on all of these. How does this benefit the Hackerspace? We are donating 10% of the profits for the event to the Hackerspace plus providing space at the show for gathering momentum and collecting dues (will talk about this at the next HS meeting). I am really hoping that we can get some good participation from the surrounding community (within 2hrs) to support having these types of events on a regular basis. I really appreciate everything you all have done thus far and look forward to seeing some of these projects come into the light here soon. Here is the link to the new mailing list: http://geekswapmeet.org/list/?p=subscribe&id=1 The Drupal instance is up and running at: http://www.geekswapmeet.org/ -AW On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Lisa Ridley < lhridley@gmail.com > wrote: I second the duplication of effort sentiment. This project is beginning to spin out of control. At this point I'm going to cease and desist anything beyond getting the consignment tracking done, complete with QrCode generator. IMHO, we need a project manager on this. Sent from my iPad On Mar 22, 2011, at 8:39 AM, Ed King < chevyiinova@bellsouth.net > wrote: >Ed, I'm not entirely sure what it is that you've been working on. me either ;-) My involvement in this project started with a quick conversation with Aaron at a Chugalunch 2 or 3 weeks ago. We talked about making a very simple swap board with user-logins and categories. I wasn't aware until recently that Lisa was working on "database stuff" (duplication of effort?) or that we were going to use Drupal. So now I'm like, totally confused as to who-is-doing-what and do we have to integrate with Drupal, which I know nothing about. If we are going to use Drupal then lets get a shared Drupal dev site up asap, and divy up the tasks Also, a reminder of how this project benefits Hackspace would be a good read... From: K. Elise Walker < werkewdesign@gmail.com > To: Mike Harrison < cluon@geeklabs.com >; CHUGALUG < chugalug@chugalug.org > Sent: Tue, March 22, 2011 1:28:52 AM Subject: Re: [Chugalug] GeekSwap Okay. So, let's decide... do you want me to take the time to redo what I have in something that isn't Drupal. Ed, I'm not entirely sure what it is that you've been working on. Can you explain the portion you're working on to me. I'm starting to question my placement in this whole scenario. As far as I know Aaron liked the logo I came up with... if he is having someone else write the code for the general public friendly website that is cool. If anymore graphics are needed let me know, if that is the case and I can help, then I will be more than happy to.
Hackerspace and Libraries
March-11, 2011 by: Mike Harrison
From: Mike Harrison ------------------------------------------------------ http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/03/is-it-time-to-rebuild-retool-public-libraries-and-make-techshops.html Interesting article about libraries, with commentary about "tool lending" and hackerspaces/makeshops...
Makers vs Fire Department and Police
March-05, 2011 by: Mike Harrison
From: Mike Harrison ------------------------------------------------------ http://www.geeklabs.com/toys.mp4 Tonight while playing around with toys at the house... in the pouring rain.. Apparently we caught the eye of someone, probably down at the Signal Mtn Wal-Mart.. A visit from two fire departments and the police later.... The Hamilton County Sheriff and the guys from the Fire Departments were pretty understanding and kewl about the whole thing... They get a +1 for tolerance and being kewl. Jason, can we come play at your house next time? On the list for a real hackerspace: Flame Retardent.. Everything.
Hackerspace Product Idea - Sunday/Monday Confusion
February-26, 2011 by: Mike Harrison
From: Mike Harrison ------------------------------------------------------ On Sat, 26 Feb 2011, Aaron Welch wrote: > Hackerspace Meeting tomorrow at 5PM 535 Chestnut St @ Utiliflex. Aaron, When you called me to ask about borrowing some space, you said MONDAY. If you post on Saturday about "tomorrow" that means SUNDAY. If you need to meet sunday: Ya'll have fun hanging outside.. I'm hoping to -not- be in the office Sunday. For I need to rest on the 7th day which is actually the 1st day (in MySQL) or 0th day (in PHP) of the week. --Mike--
Hackerspace:Looking for Project Suggestions
February-11, 2011 by: Rod-Lists
From: Rod-Lists ------------------------------------------------------ Found some Nettops (5) Sans drives & memory. Bundled with Wifi + antennae. VGA &HDMI, Firewire, Coax, USB. What could be built that generate some noise for the hackerspace?
Hackerspace: Throwing a location out there
January-29, 2011 by: Lisa Ridley
From: Lisa Ridley ------------------------------------------------------ 8807 Consolidated Dr, Soddy-Daisy TN = http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=3Den&rlz=3D&q=3D8807+consolidated+Drive,+So= ddy+Daisy+TN&um=3D1&ie=3DUTF-8&hq=3D&hnear=3D8807+Consolidated+Dr,+Soddy-D= aisy,+TN+37379&gl=3Dus&ei=3Dwg1DTdPBBoKC8gaou
Thursday Night's Hackerspace Chugalug Meeting Notes:
January-29, 2011 by: Mike Harrison
From: Mike Harrison
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#1 - Nancy's head still hurts from the bagpipe "music" indoors.
It sounds really good over a hill or three. Inside a bar?
Huh? What did you say?
#2 - Scotch Eggs Rock (Is that my arteries hardening that I hear)
#3 - Redmine as a web/portal/community system sucks,
but might be useful later for actual projects.
#4 - We'll play with making Hackerspace a sub-topic
of Chugalug's MailMan based system to consolidate
messaging and attempt to keep the signal to noise
reasonable and redundancy low.
#5 - http://www.chugalug.org/widget/members
Cameron wins the cross-posting e-mail volume award.
(please don't compete, just to compete)
#6 - Jason and Myself are collaborating on
remote controlled steep terrain / tank track
lawn mowers to be done by spring. Mow-off
robot lawnmower battles yet to be scheduled.
(Who says they are limited to cutting grass.. Hmm..)
#7 - Discussed future hackerspace work sessions at "GeekLabs/UtiliFlex"
on weekends....
#8 - McHales is off to a great start... Congrats Sid!
We'll be back when there aren't bagpipes indoors....
Gopher was What happened to the hackerspace idea?
January-26, 2011 by: Rod-Lists
From: Rod-Lists ------------------------------------------------------ So ed what could we use a gopher net for? ;) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed King" To: "CHUGALUG" Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 10:14:29 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [Chugalug] Re: What happened to the hackerspace idea? >Besides we are counting on you to help rebuild FIDO net when they pass that internet kill bill. why wait...
What happened to the hackerspace idea?
January-24, 2011 by: Lynn Dixon
From: Lynn Dixon ------------------------------------------------------ I have missed out on some of the emails. I was just wondering what happened to the hackerspace idea that was being tossed around for a while. I would love to contribute if its still active.
Chatthackspace
January-16, 2011 by: Aaron Welch
From: Aaron Welch ------------------------------------------------------ So I wanted to do a more formal email, but time is against me. A thanks goe= s out to all who came out physically and in spirit on Thursday. We voted Ca= meron secretary and Elise as our logo/print designer. I have done some of t= he groundwork for the non-profit by: Talked to TVFCU about bank accounts Talked with the TN Dept of Revenue about tax implications, but need more det= ails. Talked with Rabbit Zilke about helping us go through the motions of getting o= ur IRS 501C3 Due to the lack of attendance we did not really get into our 3 ideas that we= mandated for the meeting, so plan on that next time. Camphouse is a great s= pace for us to meet in and Chris Sorenson mentioned that there will be 2 mor= e similar spaces opening up in the area soon. I hope that Phil is feeling better as he sounded like death run over and tha= t Jason's week got a little less hectic. I believe that two of the board me= mbers are out of town this week, but I will attend via video if you meet whe= re there is wi-fi. I will let those in town choose where to meet, but Thurs= day was the decided day and the time will be around 6PM. That is the minutes as I remember. I hope there is a better secretary next t= ime. Your lord and master, Stewie=
Ping: Jason Brown
January-12, 2011 by: Cameron Kilgore
From: Cameron Kilgore ------------------------------------------------------ Don't wanna nag, but i'm ecstatic by the opportunities this hackerspace presents. How are things on the incorporation/egroupware front?
Hackerspace Sunday
January-09, 2011 by: Mike Harrison
From: Mike Harrison ------------------------------------------------------ Reminder. Am in office now.. It's warm here. :) --------------------- A cold Sunday afternoon of open hackerspace / open house at "GeekLabs/UtiliFlex" from Noon until maybe as late as 10:00pm. We got couch, chairs, coffee pot, cube space, toys to play with.. a projector or two for ad-hoc presentations, WiFi.. etc.. Pretend it's a hackerspace.. What would you like to do? An actual meeting about a hackerspace starting at 5pm-ish. 535 Chestnut Street, Suites 239-243 (2nd floor, behind elevators). It's a key-card access outside.. call either my cell: 423-605-6943 or the office: 423-933-3900 x200 to be let inside. Parking is free downtown in public places on weekend, and there is a lot of it within a block of the building in various directions. --Mike--
Sunday Dec 9th Hackerspace Meeting
January-05, 2011 by: Mike Harrison
From: Mike Harrison ------------------------------------------------------ I got a call from Aaron (I was taking a nap, I am time shifting..) and figured it was appropriate to do this a little differently than normal. Joshua Estes and a couple of other expressed doing this late Sunday afternoon would work best. I need to be working some Sunday anyway.. so lets do it this way: A cold Sunday afternoon of open hackerspace / open house at "GeekLabs/UtiliFlex" from Noon until maybe as late as 10:00pm. We got couch, chairs, coffee pot, cube space, toys to play with.. a projector or two for ad-hoc presentations, WiFi.. etc.. Pretend it's a hackerspace.. What would you like to do? An actual meeting about a hackerspace starting at 5pm-ish. 535 Chestnut Street, Suites 239-243 (2nd floor, behind elevators). It's a key-card access outside.. call either my cell: 423-605-6943 or the office: 423-933-3900 to be let inside. Parking is free downtown in public places on weekend, and there is a lot of it within a block of the building various directions. ------------------ To be clear: I have a little time/money to help shovel some coal into this train..I'd be honored if I got to help blow this whistle some.. but I'm not laying tracks or driving. Got my own train to drive that is getting fueled up for some projects starting February. ------------------
Hackerspace
January-04, 2011 by: Mike Harrison
From: Mike Harrison ------------------------------------------------------ I've created a new thread for this, and topic/keyword for the website. http://www.chugalug.org/widget/category/Hackerspace On Mon, 3 Jan 2011, Joshua Estes wrote: > "Define Hackerspace" > > To me it's a place that has various "spaces". Example, front space for > lounging around. Small kitchen area to make coffee and to have a kegarator. > Space for coders (ie desk where I can plug my laptop in and put headphones > on and not be bothered too much). Space where multiple coders can come > together to brainstorm and work on code together. > > I'm sure others would benefit from a space where the can work with hardware > as well. > > Some extras: 1) Quarterly swap meet and 2) Hacker Classes (ie how to code, > setup servers, etc) Definition accepted with: s/kegerator/fridge which might contain privately owned adult beverages when appropriate/ The issue is liability and licensure, But I think that's an excellent definition. --------------------------- For discussion sake: "rent" is often 6-18/sqft per year, and possibly plus utilities, bandwidth, etc.. For example: 2k sqft at 12/sqft is 2k per month, or 20 people at $100 per head, per month. 12-14/sqft including utilities and 'Net.. is a pretty good deal downtown. but parking is a pain. 10/sqft + utilities is Four Squares on Mtn Creek Road. There is warehouse/industrial space in town for 6/sqft. --------------------------- Organization of such spaces ranges from Co-ops and 501c's to a high tech version of "The Concierge Level" where it is a business for someone to manage. The business model works well for renting out shared office space for people whom want to work away from home (spouse/kids) or meet clients and consider it an office. Such a place includes the ability to use it for package/mail delivery/pickup, reception, and often has shared office equipment (printers, scanner, fax). The Co-op/501c work better for casual hackerspace, and takes someone (not me) to create and organize a leading herd of cats. ---------------------------- Last thought: Perhaps an invasion of a coffee shop or someplace for a while would be a good synergy starting point. Preferably someplace that would appreciate our business. If we displaced an active clientelle, a bunch of geeks hanging around would not be welcome. If we augmented a clientelle or hours, then it is a win-win situation. ---------------------------- That's my brain dump and food for thought for now.