From beaty at chem.washington.edu Thu Feb 1 15:03:09 2007 From: beaty at chem.washington.edu (Bill Beaty) Date: Fri Feb 2 09:36:16 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] WEIRD SCIENCE MEETING TOMORROW, FRI, 730PM - 11PM Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.2.20070201115940.028578a0@gibbs.chem.washington.edu> As usual, we need a $2 donation for the meeting space. BRING SNACKS! WEIRD SCIENCES 'SALON' Next Meeting: Friday, Feb 2, 2007 730pm to 12PM _________________________________________________________________ ATTENTION ALL TESLA WORSHIPPERS, FREE-ENERGY BUFFS, "CRAZY" INVENTORS, ANOMALY HUNTERS, SCALAR RESEARCHERS, ANTIGRAVITATIONALISTS, AND O/U -NITARIANS! ;) _________________________________________________________________ Meetings of Seattle's "weird sciences group" will take place the first Friday of each month, 700pm to midnight or more. The next meeting is on Friday, 2/2/2007 on Capitol Hill The next meeting will be at MUSEUM OF THE MYSTERIES, 623 Broadway Ave East. The museum is in a storefront on Broadway, downstairs, next to Aoki Sushi and Deluxe Bar and Grill (and very close to Harvard Exit theater.) see: UFO/PARANORMAL GROUP, http://www.seattlechatclub.org/ _________________________________________________________________ Travel: SEE THE [MAP LINK] http://www.amasci.com/freenrg/seameet.html http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?Pyt=Tmap&addr=623+Broadway+Ave+E&zip=98102 Travel: Coming from the north, going south on I-5, in Seattle, get onto Broadway by taking the Denny St. exit, go a few blocks straight then turn left onto Denny. Go up the hill several blocks, go diagonally left onto Olive Way, then turn left onto Broadway at the light. Museum of Mysteries is about four blocks up on Broadway, on the left, just before the stoplight where the stores all end (just before Broadway angles right and becomes Roy St.) It's not visible from the street, instead look for Deluxe Grill and Aoki Sushi. Note that parking is... difficult. Coming from the south, going north on I-5, in Seattle, take the E. Olive Way exit (down in the tunnel.) Continue on Olive, after a few blocks turn left onto Broadway at the light. Museum of Mysteries is about four blocks up, on the left, just before the stoplight where the stores all end (just before Broadway angles right and becomes Roy St.) It's not visible from the street, instead look for Deluxe Grill and Aoki Sushi. If lost call the museum at 206-328-6499 _________________________________________________________________ Yes, the general public is very welcome to attend. BRING SNACKS! _________________________________________________________________ Email me at billb@eskimocom and ask to be put on the seattle weird-sci email announcements list, or see http://amasci.com/wsci/ ((((((((((((((((((((((( ( ( (o) ) ) ))))))))))))))))))))))) William J. 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URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotsea-blabber/attachments/20070202/efd0f94c/attachment.html From beaty at chem.washington.edu Mon Feb 5 12:42:35 2007 From: beaty at chem.washington.edu (Bill Beaty) Date: Mon Feb 5 12:42:51 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] Fwd: UW Surplus Public Store - Tuesday, February 6, 2007: Noon-6PM Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.2.20070205094204.01fc13e0@gibbs.chem.washington.edu> >Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 10:28:35 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time) >From: Aaron Rowe >To: UW Surplus Email Distribution List: ; >Subject: UW Surplus Public Store - Tuesday, February 6, 2007: Noon-6PM > >Dear Surplus Buyers: > >UW Surplus Sales Announcement for 2/6/07. > >Public Store: Tuesday, February 6, 2007 from Noon to 6:00pm >Public Store pictures can be found at: >http://www.washington.edu/admin/surplus/inventory.html > >**Please note that Washington State sales tax will be applied to all store invoices. A completed resale certificate or tax exemption certificate >is required prior to purchase for all buyers who wish to qualify for tax exemption.** > >Typical store items available include (but are not limited to): >Wood & Metal Desks, Computer Monitors, >Wood & Metal Tables, Printers, >File Cabinets, Televisions, Computers, >Wood & Metal Bookcases, Chairs, Office Supplies > >Vehicle for sale at public store 2/6/07 >Year Mileage Price Make Model >1999 49,057 $4,000 Ford F250 Pickup Truck > >Payment methods include Cash, Money Order, Cashiers Check, & >Visa/Mastercard. Items are sold on a first-come, first-serve basis and >always 'as-is, where-is'. > >A line forms prior to opening at Noon, so arrive early! > >Parking Enforcement will be monitoring the W34 lot, please adhere to the >following parking information: > >**Parking Information** >Free (2 hour parking) can be found west of 1007 NE Boat Street. >Pay parking is available on NE Boat Street. >Pay parking is available in the lot located on the SW corner of NE Pacific >Street and NE Boat Street. > >**The University of Washington does NOT provide free parking to customers >visiting the Surplus Property warehouse. Please DO NOT park in parking >lot W-34 or any other UW parking lot unless you have purchased a UW >parking permit. Parking in the garage is limited to LOADING ONLY in the >designated load zones and for the posted time limit ONLY. >Violators will be ticketed. ** > >Hope to see you on Tuesday! >----------------------------- >University of Washington >Surplus Property Staff >Property & Transport Services >PH: 206-685-1573 >FX: 206-616-5280 >surplus@u.washington.edu >http://www.uwsurplus.com ((((((((((((((((((((((( ( ( (o) ) ) ))))))))))))))))))))))) William J. Beaty http://staff.washington.edu/wbeaty/ Research Engineer UW Chem Dept, Bagley Hall RM74 beaty@chem.washington.edu Box 351700, Seattle, WA 98195-1700 ph:206-543-6195 fax:206-685-8665 From eldan at eldan.co.uk Mon Feb 5 17:51:28 2007 From: eldan at eldan.co.uk (eldan) Date: Mon Feb 5 17:51:43 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] Fwd: Doing cognitive science in Second Life: presentation this Wednesday, 4pm References: <45C7B2FC.8050509@indiana.edu> Message-ID: <697C0DF7-4DA3-4B04-8F2F-D74BC295CA16@eldan.co.uk> Second Life is starting to be taken seriously as a venue for teaching classes and for actually conducting research: Begin forwarded message: > From: "Peter M. Todd" > Date: Mon,Feb 5, 2007 2:43:08 PM > To: COGNOSCENTE@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU > Subject: Doing cognitive science in Second Life: presentation this > Wednesday, 4pm > Reply-To: "Peter M. Todd" > > Hello, Cognitive Scientists looking for an interesting new venue in > which to conduct studies.... This week as part of the Q400 > Cognitive Science Senior Seminar capstone course, we will have a > presentation on using Second Life to do cognitive science > experiments, and we're opening up this session for all interested > local folks to attend (and, indeed, for interested non-local folks > as well--we'll be recording and podcasting this session afterwards > from the Cognitive Science website). On Wednesday (Feb. 7), at 4pm > in Psychology room 111 (lasting til 5:30 or beyond), Mitja Hmeljak, > a graduate student in Computer Science, will give us a presentation > on how to do experiments in Second Life. During the class session, > Mitja will introduce us to SL and the SL scripting language, talk > about existing experiments currently being done in SL (not many, > though there are other forms of research being done), describe a > new experiment he's setting up with Rob Goldstone on foraging, and > discuss other possibilities for more studies that can be done. > Please join us if you're interested! > If you'd like to prepare for this session, you can make a free > account (just need an email address) on SL and try it out, > including teleporting to Campus:Second Life island and having a > look around the IU CogSci region in the NE corner. You can also > have a look at the following resources: > > Ondrejka paper is a chapter in the following book (but some other > chapters are also interesting): > http://wwwfaculty.arch.usyd.edu.au/kcdc/conferences/dcc04/workshops/ > workshopnotes7.pdf > > Linden Scripting Language introduction (wiki): > http://rpgstats.com/wiki/index.php?title=LSL101Chapter1 > > about the Campus: Second Life program: > http://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Campus:Second_Life > > some other classes being taught in SL: > http://www.library.ohiou.edu/sllc/index.php/Main_Page > > > cheers, > Peter Todd -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotsea-blabber/attachments/20070205/58398e29/attachment.html From beaty at chem.washington.edu Tue Feb 6 12:59:17 2007 From: beaty at chem.washington.edu (Bill Beaty) Date: Tue Feb 6 12:58:42 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] Fwd: volunteer at Mardi Gras! Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.2.20070206095840.01dddae0@gibbs.chem.washington.edu> >From: "lizabburke" >Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 02:04:55 -0000 >Subject: [fac-announce] volunteer at Mardi Gras! > >Hi Friends, > >We have an amazing event planned for Mardi Gras on Sat, Feb 17th! > >Please plan to volunteer. We are preparing the space and decorating >masks THIS weekend Fri-Sun. We need a TON of volunteers during the >event. Check out the list below and email me with your preferences. > >And, of course, we will also need a crew for clean up on Sunday, Feb >18th after the big bash. > >This is certain to be an exciting event - sharing our fantastic >celebration skills with the public! It is also THE main fundraiser for >the Parade this year. > >We need whole groups of people for different jobs. Think about any >clubs, colleagues, teams or groups you know that might want to lend a >hand and take over volunteer jobs as a group. And please forward this >email! > >I could also use a Volunteer Co-Coordinator(s). > >Thank you! > >Liza >Interim Operations Manager >Fremont Arts Council >(206)547-7440 > >VOLUNTEER JOBS for Carnivale Voudoo - Mardi Gras Fremont: > >Co-Producers: Peter Toms 229-8667 & Ricky Gene Powell 551-3244 >Volunteer Coordinator: Liza (206)547-7440 manager@fremontartscouncil.org >Volunteer Co-Coordinator NEEDED! > >PROMO - Ricky Gene Powell, Lead >*everyone take fliers & forward emails like crazy!* > >SET UP SPACE: Fri, Feb 9 - moving heavy objects & electrical > >SET UP SPACE: Sat & Sun Feb 10th & 11th - all day! >*need a big crew both days! > >MASK DECORATORS: Rob d'Arc, Lead >Sat, Feb 10th 4-8pm & Sun, Feb 11th 4-8pm at the Powerhouse >*need a big crew both days!* > >DURING THE EVENT on Sat, Feb 17th: >SECURITY - Dan Goode, Lead >8-12p Paul Trebach >8-10p >8-10p >10-12p >10-12p >12-2pm >12-2pm >12-2pm >2-4pm >2-4pm > >COAT CHECK - ? Lead >8-10p >10-12p >12-2pm >2-4pm > >MASK SELLERS >8-10p >8-10p >10-12p >10-12p > >DOOR - Marni Goode, Lead >8-10p >8-10p >8-10p >8-10p >8-10p >10-12p >10-12p >10-12p >10-12p >10-12p >12-2pm >12-2pm >2-4pm >2-4pm > >BARTENDERS - certified; Terry Dickerson, Bar Manager - jobs covered > >BUSSERS >8-10p >8-10p >10-12p >10-12p >12-2pm >12-2pm > >SAFETY: Daniel Walsh, Lead > >MEDICAL (on-call) >1 >2 > >AUDIO/TECH - PJ Newman >AUDIO/TECH Support >1. 8-10p >2. 8-10p >3. 10-12p >4. 10-12p >5. 12-2pm >5. 12-2pm > >LIGHTING during event: > >ELECTRICIAN during event: > >PARADE DIRECTOR: Peter Toms >PARADE LEADS: Denise Henrikson & Lars Henrikson >PERFORMERS in costumes - list skill >1 >2 >3 >4 >5 >6 >7 >PUPPETEERS >1.Cameron - inflatable dragon >2 >3 >4 >5 >6 >7 >8 >9 >PUPPET SPOTTERS & PARADE MONITORS - in festive attire! >1 >2 >3 >4 >5 >6 >7 >8 >9 >10 > >MARCHING BAND, Leads: Carl Strandberg carl@vamola.org, Gary Luke 524-5541 > >CLEAN UP! - Bill Smythe, Lead >*big crew needed SUNDAY 2-18!* > ((((((((((((((((((((((( ( ( (o) ) ) ))))))))))))))))))))))) William J. Beaty http://staff.washington.edu/wbeaty/ Research Engineer UW Chem Dept, Bagley Hall RM74 beaty@chem.washington.edu Box 351700, Seattle, WA 98195-1700 ph:206-543-6195 fax:206-685-8665 From shellyhivemind at gmail.com Wed Feb 7 13:20:22 2007 From: shellyhivemind at gmail.com (shelly@hive-mind.com) Date: Wed Feb 7 13:44:18 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] Reminder: TONIGHT!! February 2007 DORKBOT: Multimedia Performance Message-ID: <37bd773c0702071020m5c9c5da8qf86cf57abf0aec19@mail.gmail.com> Dorkbot tonight, in fremont! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: shelly@hive-mind.com Date: Jan 31, 2007 11:51 AM Subject: February 2007 DORKBOT: Multimedia Performance To: dorkbotsea-announce@dorkbot.org, A discussion list for dorkbot-sea < dorkbotsea-blabber@dorkbot.org> !!!DIFFERENT LOCATION, Please note venue change, this month we are at the Fremont Abbey! ********************PLEASE FORWARD FREELY**************** WHAT: FEBRUARY 2007 DORKBOT: MULTIMEDIA PERFORMANCE WHEN: Weds Feb 7, 7:30 PM (show up at 7:00 for a bit of socializing!) WHERE: The Fremont Abbey, 4272 Fremont Ave N , Seattle, WA 98103 http://fremontabbey.org/main.html ADMISSION: 5$ donations welcome to help pay for space, OPEN TO ALL AGES AND SPECIES ************************************************************ FEBRUARY 2007 DORKBOT Greetings, Dorks! On WEDNESDAY, February 7th at 7:30 PM, see multimedia film performances created by Karry Fefer, a Venezuelan/American who has been performing and producing eclectic, poetic films for the past 25 years, and Justin Gorman, presenting his one man multimedia extravaganza ! Doors will be open at 7:00 if you want to show up early and chat with your fellow dorks. As always, we encourage you to bring something to show off at our Open Dork session! Thanks for Chuck and Laura for their special efforts in organizing this Dorkbot. Also, please welcome Toby, Jeremy, and Scott to our overlord committee, we are very happy to have you on board! More details below; http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsea will be updated shortly. Please send any questions or comments to shellyhivemind@gmail.com. ********************************************************************** More about the presenters: *Karry Fefer* is a Venezuelan/American who has been performing and producing films for the past 25 years. Her work utilizes classical and experimental media elements to comment on contemporary culture. The content of her films and performances integrate an eclectic mix of aesthetic, poetic and political elements. She graduated with a Master of Fine Arts from Massachusetts College of Art's school of film and interrelated media. She has studied dance, theater and visual arts. Permanently living in Seattle, her cultural background and daily work informs and motivates her films. *Justin Gorman* *The Justin Show *is a multi-media presentation by Justin Gorman, a cohesive collage of unique short stories, rants, observations and satirical political critique. The presentation is a synthesis of produced videos drawn from Mr. Gorman's four solo CD releases, and PowerPoint presentations inspired by the ease of appropriation in this era of digital information. More information on the artist is available at *www.justinjgorman.com* **************************PLEASE FORWARD FREELY****************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotsea-blabber/attachments/20070207/a81155fa/attachment-0001.html From trochee at gmail.com Sat Feb 10 16:24:47 2007 From: trochee at gmail.com (trochee) Date: Sat Feb 10 16:25:17 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] Ignite Seattle, Tuesday Message-ID: Ignite Seattle! (which I mentioned after Wednesday's Dorkbot) is this Tuesday. http://www.igniteseattle.com/2007/02/ignite-deux-the-speaker-schedule/ Looks like things are starting as early as 6:30pm (Egg Slam) and talks are at 8:30, 9:30, 10:30. Should be lots of interesting stuff! and it's at the CHAC, which is a great venue. see you there! -jeremy From yeknom at gmail.com Sun Feb 11 23:46:46 2007 From: yeknom at gmail.com (baris) Date: Sun Feb 11 23:46:54 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] planer machine Message-ID: <6a20593e0702112046v537f026g8e8a7782a6f30646@mail.gmail.com> hi all, i have a 5ftx3ft pine board that i need to make smooth ( a dinning table top ). i tried using the hand planer but it is close to impossible even after so many hours i spent on it. does anybody know a wood shop where i can get this board planed? thanks b. From dcmartin at mindspring.com Mon Feb 12 03:01:06 2007 From: dcmartin at mindspring.com (Donald Martin) Date: Mon Feb 12 03:01:34 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] planer machine Message-ID: <45D01EC2.7040002@mindspring.com> If you are looking for a thickness planer, it will be hard to locate. a 36 inch wide machine is huge. However, a big sander belt or drun is much easier to find. A few passes throgh a sander might do the job. the other choice is to rip it into boards that will fit, plane them and glue back into the original order If I did it this way, I would use plate joints to make the alignment easier. Don Martin From wesc at technosis.com Mon Feb 12 12:52:25 2007 From: wesc at technosis.com (Wes Cherry) Date: Mon Feb 12 12:53:39 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] planer machine In-Reply-To: <6a20593e0702112046v537f026g8e8a7782a6f30646@mail.gmail.com> References: <6a20593e0702112046v537f026g8e8a7782a6f30646@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: millwork supply on 1st ave has giant drum/belt sanders that will work for your application. http://www.millworksupply.com/ I used them for some purple heart benches in my backyard. as i remember it wasn't too expensive. -W On Feb 11, 2007, at 8:46 PM, baris wrote: > hi all, > i have a 5ftx3ft pine board that i need to make smooth ( a dinning > table top ). i tried using the hand planer but it is close to > impossible even after so many hours i spent on it. > > does anybody know a wood shop where i can get this board planed? > > thanks > b. > ...................................................................... > .. > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with > electricity.......... > ..........................http:// > dorkbot.org............................ > ...................................................................... > .. From trochee at gmail.com Tue Feb 13 01:49:19 2007 From: trochee at gmail.com (trochee) Date: Tue Feb 13 01:49:28 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] =?iso-8859-1?q?3rd-world_internet_caf=E9_as?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_theater_set?= Message-ID: Last weekend I saw a great play produced by local Seattle theatre company Macha Monkey (http://www.machamonkey.org/). "We Are Not These Hands" is a NW premiere. I mention it here because almost the entire play takes place in a third-world ramshackle internet cafe. The set designer lists special thanks to Re-PC: the need for thanks is borne out by the electromechanical chaos that makes up the back wall of the entire set: it is built of junk CRT monitors actively displaying the insanity of the web, from surreal wargames to beach photographs to porn. In addition to the cool set, the actors and script knocked my socks off. Among other cool things, the two street kids speak a peculiar urban dialect that reminds me of Clockwork Orange. http://www.machamonkey.org/wanth.htm Go see it while it's still running here! -jeremy From chris at nart.org Sun Feb 18 14:29:15 2007 From: chris at nart.org (Christopher Prosser) Date: Sun Feb 18 14:29:25 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] Arduino 101? Message-ID: <60ca9c740702181129v482ba5b4p2f1ba4a2aadbfc42@mail.gmail.com> Hey Folks, In a brief moment of impulse purchasing last night I ordered an Arduino from SparkFun. I'm well versed in microcontrollers (having written C and asm straight up for the AVR, along with using a PIC, and Handyboard, etc), but I'm always looking for something easier to program thats just powerful enough. The fact that you can extend the Wiring language for programming the Arduino using C to make it do stuff it wasn't designed to do is just great. That way I can use Wiring for 90% of the stuff and pore over the datasheet for the last 10%. And its open source to boot, finally. Is anyone interested in having an Arduino 101 gathering? It would be open to all skill levels. The basic aim would be to get the tool chain setup and working, and hook up and an LED to blink in response to pressing a button. I'm thinking some weekend day in March. Thoughts? --chris From mike at dawgdayz.com Sun Feb 18 20:40:30 2007 From: mike at dawgdayz.com (Mike Payson) Date: Sun Feb 18 20:40:40 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] Arduino 101? In-Reply-To: <60ca9c740702181129v482ba5b4p2f1ba4a2aadbfc42@mail.gmail.com> References: <60ca9c740702181129v482ba5b4p2f1ba4a2aadbfc42@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Hey Chris, I'd be very interested. My company (www.maximumrobotics.com/?s=wiring) sells the Wiring board (basically the Arduino on steroids), but I've been so busy that I haven't had time to do much with it. I've finally set aside some time today to work with it, but I'm sure there'll still be plenty to learn next month. Mike On 2/18/07, Christopher Prosser wrote: > > Hey Folks, > > In a brief moment of impulse purchasing last night I ordered an > Arduino from SparkFun. > > > > > > I'm well versed in microcontrollers (having written C and asm straight > up for the AVR, along with using a PIC, and Handyboard, etc), but I'm > always looking for something easier to program thats just powerful > enough. The fact that you can extend the Wiring language for > programming the Arduino using C to make it do stuff it wasn't designed > to do is just great. That way I can use Wiring for 90% of the stuff > and pore over the datasheet for the last 10%. And its open source to > boot, finally. > > Is anyone interested in having an Arduino 101 gathering? It would be > open to all skill levels. The basic aim would be to get the tool chain > setup and working, and hook up and an LED to blink in response to > pressing a button. I'm thinking some weekend day in March. > > Thoughts? > > --chris > ........................................................................ > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... > ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ > ........................................................................ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotsea-blabber/attachments/20070218/9274e4f3/attachment.html From jeremy at lowly.org Sun Feb 18 20:55:00 2007 From: jeremy at lowly.org (Space Matters) Date: Sun Feb 18 20:55:20 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] Arduino 101? In-Reply-To: References: <60ca9c740702181129v482ba5b4p2f1ba4a2aadbfc42@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <20070218175500.s6a7i9e7y834s0sc@mail.throbbing.org> Hey drop me a line when you set a date for this, I'd like to lend a hand if I'm free. -jer Quoting Mike Payson : > Hey Chris, > > I'd be very interested. My company (www.maximumrobotics.com/?s=wiring) sells > the Wiring board (basically the Arduino on steroids), but I've been so busy > that I haven't had time to do much with it. I've finally set aside some time > today to work with it, but I'm sure there'll still be plenty to learn next > month. > > Mike > > On 2/18/07, Christopher Prosser wrote: >> >> Hey Folks, >> >> In a brief moment of impulse purchasing last night I ordered an >> Arduino from SparkFun. >> >> >> >> >> >> I'm well versed in microcontrollers (having written C and asm straight >> up for the AVR, along with using a PIC, and Handyboard, etc), but I'm >> always looking for something easier to program thats just powerful >> enough. The fact that you can extend the Wiring language for >> programming the Arduino using C to make it do stuff it wasn't designed >> to do is just great. That way I can use Wiring for 90% of the stuff >> and pore over the datasheet for the last 10%. And its open source to >> boot, finally. >> >> Is anyone interested in having an Arduino 101 gathering? It would be >> open to all skill levels. The basic aim would be to get the tool chain >> setup and working, and hook up and an LED to blink in response to >> pressing a button. I'm thinking some weekend day in March. >> >> Thoughts? >> >> --chris >> ........................................................................ >> .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... >> ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ >> ........................................................................ >> > From joeb at sounddsl.com Mon Feb 19 23:36:37 2007 From: joeb at sounddsl.com (Joe Benner) Date: Mon Feb 19 23:36:53 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] Invitation to attend Tacoma Dorkbot meeting #1 Message-ID: <005401c754a8$b5fc7ad0$6601a8c0@token> Hi dorkbot-sea, If you're interested, please come on down to dorkbot-tac's first meeting. And please tell any South Sounders that you know too. Thanks, Joe & Laura !!!! PLEASE FORWARD !!!! LOCATION: 1117 Broadway, Tacoma (be sure to look for the door at this address marked "Club SOTA") TIME: 7:00 PM DATE: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 ADMISSION: Free and open to all dorkbot "people doing strange things with electricity" The first Tacoma dorkbot meeting will be on Tuesday, February 20 at Tacoma School of the Arts' club SOTA Laura and Joe will talk a little to introduce dorkbot, encourage people to present at future meetings, and answer questions. The presenters for the evening are: Justin Gorman: The Justin Show is a multi-media presentation by Tacoma-based artist Justin Gorman, a cohesive collage of unique short stories, rants, observations and satirical political critique. The presentation is a synthesis of produced videos drawn from Mr. Gorman's four solo CD releases, and PowerPoint presentations inspired by the ease of appropriation in this era of digital information. More information on Justin is available at http://www.justinjgorman.com Eric McNeill: Untitled: Portrait, Movement - Rabbit!!!: Seattle-based artist and technologist Eric McNeill will discuss the design and construction of his animated LED panels, and will also give an introduction to using Rabbit Microprocessors. In addition to simply showing lo-res video, "Untitled (Portrait/Movement)" is an example of some of the more advanced things you can do with a $50 micro like the Rabbit - for example, networking support to allow the piece to put or fetch media on or from the Internet. More info about Eric can be found at http://smellsnew.com There will also be an open dork after the presentations where anyone can take the floor for about 10 minutes to show us what you're working on, make announcements, look for collaborators, etc. --- Special thanks to SOTA for making Club SOTA available to dorkbot --- For more information please visit http://dorkbot.org and http://dorkbot.org/dorkbottac We look forward to seeing you there! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotsea-blabber/attachments/20070219/f5667e89/attachment.html From alienrelics at yahoo.com Tue Feb 20 00:06:14 2007 From: alienrelics at yahoo.com (Steve Greenfield) Date: Tue Feb 20 00:06:23 2007 Subject: Fwd: [dorkbotsea-blabber] Invitation to attend Tacoma Dorkbot meeting #1 Message-ID: <517542.26349.qm@web54305.mail.yahoo.com> Yeah! I've only made it to one Seattle Dorkbot, just not in the cards due to traffic and time. So it's great to see one in Tacoma! Steve --- Joe Benner wrote: > From: "Joe Benner" > To: "'A discussion list for dorkbot-sea'" > > Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 20:36:37 -0800 > Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] Invitation to attend Tacoma Dorkbot > meeting #1 > > Hi dorkbot-sea, > > If you're interested, please come on down to dorkbot-tac's first > meeting. > And please tell any South Sounders that you know too. > > Thanks, > > Joe & Laura > > > > !!!! PLEASE FORWARD !!!! > > > > LOCATION: 1117 Broadway, Tacoma (be sure to look for the door at > this > address marked "Club SOTA") > > TIME: 7:00 PM > > DATE: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 > > ADMISSION: Free and open to all > > > > dorkbot > > "people doing strange things with electricity" > > > > The first Tacoma dorkbot meeting will be on Tuesday, February 20 > at Tacoma > School of the Arts' club SOTA > > > > Laura and Joe will talk a little to introduce dorkbot, encourage > people to > present at future meetings, and answer questions. > > > > The presenters for the evening are: > > Justin Gorman: The Justin Show is a multi-media presentation by > Tacoma-based > artist Justin Gorman, a cohesive collage of unique short stories, > rants, > observations and satirical political critique. The presentation > is a > synthesis of produced videos drawn from Mr. Gorman's four solo CD > releases, > and PowerPoint presentations inspired by the ease of > appropriation in this > era of digital information. More information on Justin is > available at > http://www.justinjgorman.com > > > > Eric McNeill: Untitled: Portrait, Movement - Rabbit!!!: > Seattle-based artist > and technologist Eric McNeill will discuss the design and > construction of > his animated LED panels, and will also give an introduction to > using Rabbit > Microprocessors. In addition to simply showing lo-res video, > "Untitled > (Portrait/Movement)" is an example of some of the more advanced > things you > can do with a $50 micro like the Rabbit - for example, networking > support to > allow the piece to put or fetch media on or from the Internet. > More info > about Eric can be found at http://smellsnew.com > > > > There will also be an open dork after the presentations where > anyone can > take the floor for about 10 minutes to show us what you're > working on, make > announcements, look for collaborators, etc. > > > > --- Special thanks to SOTA for making Club SOTA available to > dorkbot --- > > > > For more information please visit http://dorkbot.org and > http://dorkbot.org/dorkbottac > > > > We look forward to seeing you there! > > > > > ........................................................................ > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with > electricity.......... > ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ > ........................................................................ > Steve Greenfield // Digital photography, scanning, Polymorph Digital Photography // retouching, and photomorphing 253-318-2473 voice // to your specs. polymorph@polyphoto.com // http://www.polyphoto.com/ // Based in Tacoma, WA, USA -------------- next part -------------- ........................................................................ .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ ........................................................................ From toby at paddfam.com Tue Feb 20 10:26:52 2007 From: toby at paddfam.com (Toby Paddock) Date: Tue Feb 20 10:27:09 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] Looking for Don Martin In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <200702201526.l1KFQwYR026487@omr8.networksolutionsemail.com> Anyone know Don outside of the meetings and could contact him for me? Or give me his phone number? Or give him my number? Or some such thing? Thanks, Toby From toby at paddfam.com Tue Feb 20 20:40:26 2007 From: toby at paddfam.com (Toby Paddock) Date: Tue Feb 20 20:40:41 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] (not) Looking for Don Martin In-Reply-To: <200702201526.l1KFQwYR026487@omr8.networksolutionsemail.com> Message-ID: <200702210140.l1L1eSTf028935@omr9.networksolutionsemail.com> Don contacted me. Please disregard. Thanks, Toby > -----Original Message----- > From: dorkbotsea-blabber-bounces@dorkbot.org [mailto:dorkbotsea-blabber- > bounces@dorkbot.org] On Behalf Of Toby Paddock > Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 7:27 AM > To: 'A discussion list for dorkbot-sea' > Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] Looking for Don Martin > > Anyone know Don outside of the meetings and could contact him for me? Or > give me his phone number? Or give him my number? Or some such thing? > > Thanks, > Toby > > ........................................................................ > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... > ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ > ........................................................................ From cfharr at erols.com Thu Feb 22 13:27:22 2007 From: cfharr at erols.com (Chuck Harrison) Date: Thu Feb 22 13:28:02 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] [Fwd: [SeattleRobotics] Expressive Robotics Lecture by Cynthia Breazeal] Message-ID: <45DDE08A.8AB64663@erols.com> FYI -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: "actioncontrols" Subject: [SeattleRobotics] Expressive Robotics Lecture by Cynthia Breazeal Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:17:13 -0000 Size: 16782 Url: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotsea-blabber/attachments/20070222/fa035b33/attachment-0001.mht From nonseq at drizzle.com Thu Feb 22 16:12:12 2007 From: nonseq at drizzle.com (Steve Peters) Date: Thu Feb 22 16:12:31 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] Alchemy in Portland Message-ID: <3a0ab0a9ac2e977784309aec0852c4a6@drizzle.com> apologies for cross-posting... Alchemy, an installation by Steve Peters & Christine Wallers, runs March 1-30 at the Portland Art Center: http://www.portlandart.org/newsite/07_03_MG Opening reception: Thursday March 1, 6 to 10 PM Artist talk: Saturday March 3 at 2 PM. Originally made for an old adobe chapel in New Mexico, this is the piece we presented last year at CoCA in Seattle as part of the In Resonance show at Bumbershoot. It consists of a series of large brass bowls suspended from the ceiling, with sound projected through the bowls themselves. Whispering voices are electronically transformed as they travel from bowl to bowl through the space. More info on the piece, including photos and sound sample at http://steve-peters.blogspot.com Thanks, Steve -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 809 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotsea-blabber/attachments/20070222/9961f5fe/attachment.bin From beaty at chem.washington.edu Fri Feb 23 13:33:52 2007 From: beaty at chem.washington.edu (Bill Beaty) Date: Fri Feb 23 13:34:02 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] Drunk Puppet Night! @ ReBar 8PM Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.2.20070223102347.01f95660@gibbs.chem.washington.edu> Those who enjoy twisted animation fests should check out this 3D version (tonight and Sat.): http://www.monkeywrenchpuppetlab.org/ Feb 23 - Mar 10 (Fridays and Saturdays) 21+ $15 doors open 7PM Rebar: 1114 ((((((((((((((((((((((( ( ( (o) ) ) ))))))))))))))))))))))) William J. Beaty http://staff.washington.edu/wbeaty/ Research Engineer UW Chem Dept, Bagley Hall RM74 beaty@chem.washington.edu Box 351700, Seattle, WA 98195-1700 ph:206-543-6195 fax:206-685-8665 From toby at paddfam.com Mon Feb 26 01:54:25 2007 From: toby at paddfam.com (Toby Paddock) Date: Mon Feb 26 01:54:33 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] dorkbot Wednesday March 7: Retro-Dork Message-ID: <200702260654.l1Q6sPvM003019@omr3.networksolutionsemail.com> WHAT: March Dorkbot: Retro-Dork WHEN: Wednesday March 7, 7:30pm WHERE: 911 Media Arts Center http://www.911media.org/ Mark your calendar (but not your PDA, they haven't been invented yet) Dust off a piece of history for show 'n tell. Things that were and things that could have been. More details soon. From sluggo55555 at yahoo.com Mon Feb 26 14:32:09 2007 From: sluggo55555 at yahoo.com (victor cobb) Date: Mon Feb 26 14:32:19 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] Anyone understand motor controllers Message-ID: <145425.32704.qm@web38009.mail.mud.yahoo.com> I seem to be having an issue with driving a windshield wiper motor with an L298 motor controller. I'm using a computer power supply 12v 6amp that when I hook up direct seems to have plenty of torque but I loose too much through the motor driver. If anyone has any Ideas on a stronger motor controller or any way to overcome my limits let me know! Thanks in advance Victor --------------------------------- It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotsea-blabber/attachments/20070226/7b64ae96/attachment.html From chris at nart.org Mon Feb 26 14:41:32 2007 From: chris at nart.org (Christopher Prosser) Date: Mon Feb 26 14:42:33 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] Anyone understand motor controllers In-Reply-To: <145425.32704.qm@web38009.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <145425.32704.qm@web38009.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <60ca9c740702261141p4a4d8b45y22b2eb1c0945c2b0@mail.gmail.com> use 2 L298's in parallel. -c On 2/26/07, victor cobb wrote: > I seem to be having an issue with driving a windshield wiper motor with an > L298 motor controller. I'm using a computer power supply 12v 6amp that when > I hook up direct seems to have plenty of torque but I loose too much through > the motor driver. If anyone has any Ideas on a stronger motor controller or > any way to overcome my limits let me know! > > Thanks in advance Victor > > ________________________________ > It's here! Your new message! > Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. > > > ........................................................................ > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... > ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ > ........................................................................ > > From rich at spambutcher.com Mon Feb 26 15:36:02 2007 From: rich at spambutcher.com (rich@spambutcher.com) Date: Mon Feb 26 15:36:14 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] Anyone understand motor controllers In-Reply-To: <145425.32704.qm@web38009.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <145425.32704.qm@web38009.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <45E344B2.9090700@spambutcher.com> if you're not getting the current handling you think you should - it may be the supporting components (think the L298 needs a bunch of diodes) - might want to look at: http://www.robotobjects.com/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=67 http://www.dprg.org/projects/1998-04a/ for inspiration. victor cobb wrote: > I seem to be having an issue with driving a windshield wiper motor with > an L298 motor controller. I'm using a computer power supply 12v 6amp > that when I hook up direct seems to have plenty of torque but I > loose too much through the motor driver. If anyone has any Ideas on a > stronger motor controller or any way to overcome my limits let me know! > > Thanks in advance Victor > From beaty at chem.washington.edu Tue Feb 27 00:24:18 2007 From: beaty at chem.washington.edu (Bill Beaty) Date: Tue Feb 27 00:24:28 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] Anyone understand motor controllers In-Reply-To: <145425.32704.qm@web38009.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.2.20070226210520.0227fc00@gibbs.chem.washington.edu> At 11:32 AM 2/26/2007 -0800, you wrote: >I seem to be having an issue with driving a windshield wiper motor with an L298 motor controller. I'm using a computer power supply 12v 6amp that when I hook up direct seems to have plenty of torque but I loose too much through the motor driver. If anyone has any Ideas on a stronger motor controller or any way to overcome my limits let me know! The question is: what resistance do those transistors have when turned on (how much voltage is lost through those transistors?) The datasheet only gives that voltage loss for 1amp and 2amp, it's listed as VCEsat. It's pretty bad: worst case of five volts lost for two amps. For more than 2amp load, this loss would be larger. So maybe your motor is only seeing a few volts, and the transistors are eating the rest. Yes, several chips wired in parallel would help a lot. datasheet for L298 http://www.st.com/stonline/books/pdf/docs/1773.pdf > >Thanks in advance Victor > > >It's here! Your new message! >Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. >........................................................................ >.........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... >..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ >........................................................................ ((((((((((((((((((((((( ( ( (o) ) ) ))))))))))))))))))))))) William J. Beaty http://staff.washington.edu/wbeaty/ Research Engineer UW Chem Dept, Bagley Hall RM74 beaty@chem.washington.edu Box 351700, Seattle, WA 98195-1700 ph:206-543-6195 fax:206-685-8665 From eldan at eldan.co.uk Tue Feb 27 02:17:54 2007 From: eldan at eldan.co.uk (eldan) Date: Tue Feb 27 02:18:18 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] PHP help wanted Message-ID: Hello dorks, 911 Media Arts--who have kindly agreed to host our next meeting and are being very helpful to us--are in need of some PHP help for the building of their new website. In their words: "We have much of the implementation of the website completed (which uses the Drupal platform), however we are stuck on a few fronts which need some PHP wizardry." If you're interested, email 911's Communications and Development Director, Carrie Bodle: carrie@911media.org . Eldan ----- http://eldan.co.uk/ "don't ask me how it works or I'll start to whimper"