From wiml at hhhh.org Wed Jul 4 17:31:33 2007 From: wiml at hhhh.org (Wim Lewis) Date: Wed Jul 4 17:31:43 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] Crazy Russian high voltage installation Message-ID: This showed up on Metafilter. Some sort of high-voltage towers (tesla coils? van de graaf generators? not clear) in the Russian countryside: LiveJournal post, in Russian: http://master-z-great.livejournal.com/72559.html This guy's journal is full of People Doing Terrifying Things With Electricity, great fun, even though I can't read any of the text. Same images, some English captions: http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/07/creepy-high-voltage- installations.html Google Maps view of the site: http://maps.google.ca/maps? t=k&ll=55.923792,36.819161&spn=0.00128,0.004216&z=18 Via: http://www.metafilter.com/62632/Danger-Danger-High-Voltage From laura at maccary.com Thu Jul 5 14:23:09 2007 From: laura at maccary.com (Laura MacCary) Date: Thu Jul 5 14:23:13 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] FW: EMP/Sci-Fi museum's 2008 Science Fiction Short Film Festival Message-ID: <002001c7bf31$8a5cd1b0$6501a8c0@fawkes> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: 2008 Science Fiction Short Film Festival Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 10:40:30 -0700 From: Kate Jaffe To: Hello, I'm excited to write to you regarding the third annual Science Fiction Short Film Festival sponsored by the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame and the Seattle International Film Festival. From June 1 through September 15, 2007, the Science Fiction Short Film Festival will accept short film submissions, up to 15 minutes in length, that have been produced after 2003 for entry into the competition. Submissions will be judged based on originality, quality, artistic merit, innovation, voice, style and narrative. This is an amazing opportunity for new and established filmmakers to present their film to a panel of distinguished film, television, literature, and science fiction industry professionals. The chosen entries will be screened in competition during the festival, which takes place in January or February (exact date TBA), 2008, at the Cinerama Theatre in Seattle, Washington. We're offering a unique chance for filmmakers to enter their films in a nationally recognized festival. Please pass this information along if you think your fellow Dorkbot members would be interested. We welcome the opportunity to view their work. The Science Fiction Short Film Festival promotes and encourages an awareness, appreciation and understanding of the art of science fiction cinema. Its mandate is to create a forum for creative artistry in science fiction film and recognize the most outstanding short films produced. More information and submission details can be found at http://www.sfhomeworld.org/filmfestival. Festival submissions are also accepted through Withoutabox at http://www.withoutabox.com/login/4608. We encourage you to post this information publicly, and look forward to the opportunity to view and evaluate these original works of science fiction short filmmaking. All the best, **Kate Rutledge Jaffe** Coordinator, Public Programming Experience Music Project Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame t: (206) 262-3260 f: (206) 770-2727 330 Sixth Avenue North Suite 200 Seattle WA 98109 emplive.org | sfhomeworld.org Current Exhibitions /Out of this World: Extraordinary Costumes from Film and Television/ June 16, 2007 - September 30, 2007 //Sound and Vision: Artists Tell Their Stories// February 28, 2007 (permanent collection) //Disney: The Music Behind the Magic// November 4, 2006 - September 9, 2007 //Alien Encounters// September 10, 2006 - November 4, 2007 Upcoming Exhibitions /American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music/ October 13, 2007 - September 7, 2008 //Innersphere: Sculptural Works by Rik Allen// November 17, 2007 - April 25, 2008 From shellyhivemind at gmail.com Mon Jul 9 19:46:29 2007 From: shellyhivemind at gmail.com (shelly@hive-mind.com) Date: Mon Jul 9 19:46:33 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] Dorkbot's "Strange Things" Call for Proposals In-Reply-To: <37bd773c0707091644j63450bcfra90429e0c40e800d@mail.gmail.com> References: <37bd773c0707091644j63450bcfra90429e0c40e800d@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <37bd773c0707091646p1ccb8d6fi8d408887b26934f7@mail.gmail.com> Hello Dorkbots! I am very happy to announce that our biannual show "Strange Things" (a.k.a . Seattle Dorkbot's People Doing Strange Things with Electricity III) will be held at 911 Media Arts Center from December 8 to January 9th, 2008. We will take over 2800 square feet of the building with our strange and amazing art, art that in some way uses technology. We want your art at "Strange Things", whether it be LED wall hangings or full room robotic installations! The full request for proposals, with submittal requirements, is at: http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsea/events/pdstwe3/callforartists.shtml Please note the deadline for proposals: September 10, 2007. I am really excited the show is finally happening, it took us a while to find a space, and special thanks to 911 Media Arts Center! Shelly Your Seattle Dork Overlord From nonseq at drizzle.com Wed Jul 11 18:23:04 2007 From: nonseq at drizzle.com (Steve Peters) Date: Wed Jul 11 18:23:12 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] Francisco Lopez & Matt Shoemaker, this Friday Message-ID: <1c6b2abc7d3d3898d096edb31785fec1@drizzle.com> Chapel Performance Space at Good Shepherd Center 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N (in Wallingford, just south of 50th St.) Friday, July 13 at 8 PM Francisco Lopez & Matt Shoemaker - intense electro-acoustic/concrete music Complete details at http://gschapel.blogspot.com UPCOMING EVENTS: Next weekend will be our big, crazy Festival of Wayward Music, to announce the Chapel to the community at large. Friday, July 20: Piano Christening event with Wayne Horvitz, Julie Ives, Gust Burns, Amy Rubin, Johanna Kunin, Victor Noriega, Cristina Valdes, Hugo Solis, Dawn Clement Saturday, July 21: day-long Festival of Wayward Music with Gamelan Pacifica, Climax Golden Twins, One World Taiko, Stuart Dempster, Amy Denio, Wally Shoup, Garrett Fisher Ensemble, Paul Rucker, Lori Goldston & Angelina Baldoz, Jim Knodle & Wendi Martin, Susie Kozawa, Dennis Rea & Ed Petri, Bill Horist, Yann Novak, Paul Taub, writers from Subtext & Clearcut Press, and many (many) more. Full line up and schedule will be posted soon. From nonseq at drizzle.com Fri Jul 13 15:12:13 2007 From: nonseq at drizzle.com (Steve Peters) Date: Fri Jul 13 15:12:24 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] Lopez & Shoemaker tonight at the Chapel Message-ID: <58ab117e417eea18a66707771ac9de40@drizzle.com> Chapel Performance Space at Good Shepherd Center 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N (in Wallingford, just south of 50th St.) Friday, July 13 at 8 PM Francisco Lopez & Matt Shoemaker - intense electro-acoustic/concrete music Complete details at http://gschapel.blogspot.com UPCOMING EVENTS: Next weekend will be our big, crazy Festival of Wayward Music, to announce the Chapel to the community at large. Friday, July 20: Piano Christening event with Wayne Horvitz, Julie Ives, Gust Burns, Amy Rubin, Johanna Kunin, Victor Noriega, Cristina Valdes, Hugo Solis, Dawn Clement Saturday, July 21: day-long Festival of Wayward Music with Gamelan Pacifica, Climax Golden Twins, One World Taiko, Stuart Dempster, Amy Denio, Wally Shoup, Garrett Fisher Ensemble, Paul Rucker, Lori Goldston & Angelina Baldoz, Jim Knodle & Wendi Martin, Susie Kozawa, Dennis Rea & Ed Petri, Bill Horist, Yann Novak, Paul Taub, writers from Subtext & Clearcut Press, and many (many) more. Full line up and schedule is now posted on the web site. From josephgray at grauwald.com Fri Jul 13 15:48:31 2007 From: josephgray at grauwald.com (Joseph Gray) Date: Fri Jul 13 15:48:35 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] [Fwd: Sounds Outside July 14!] Message-ID: <48841.205.242.113.10.1184356111.squirrel@grauwald.com> Come to Capitol Hill's Cal Anderson Park (12th & Pike) tomorrow afternoon for a FREE mind-bending line-up of avant music on a bed of greens. Show starts at 2pm. Featuring: # Paul Rucker # Gust Burns # Orkestar Zirkonium # Non Grata follow links below for more info: ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Sounds Outside July 14! From: "Monktail Creative Music Concern" To: "Monktail Creative Music Concern" -------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Suggests http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=262641 http://www.seattleweekly.com/calendar/wire/2007-07-14/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotsea-blabber/attachments/20070713/f2418ed0/untitled-2.html From heurihermilab at gmail.com Sat Jul 14 06:05:39 2007 From: heurihermilab at gmail.com (Heurihermilab) Date: Sat Jul 14 06:05:44 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] Fwd: Bring Your Own Art III: Tomorrow! References: <4c984c070707131254vc0277bs90a328fcfc993581@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <865E998E-3682-4AC0-B255-4F64A4EB04A8@gmail.com> Should the giclee gods nod, I'll have a piece or two in this. Irregardless, there should be plenty of interest. Not necessarily a Salon des Refus?s (in the best sense), but you never know...and perhaps a dorkbotter or two will be involved... cj. Begin forwarded message: > Subject: Bring Your Own Art III: Tomorrow! > > Hello Artists and Friends! > > This a reminder for the third annual Bring Your Own Art Show. We are > tremendously excited about the responses we have received. > > Just a quick reminder for participating artists that the set-up time > for the event is 1:00 PM - > 7:00 PM on July 14th. The event starts at 9:00 PM and will go until > 2:00 > AM. Artists can tear-down at anytime. > > Walk-in art will be accepted (and appreciated!). So please tell you > friends! > > Participating artists receive free admission. Otherwise a $10 donation > is suggested. > > The event is happening at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, which is > located at 4408 Delridge Way SW. > > Directions: > Youngstown is just a short drive from downtown Seattle: > > From Interstate 5 or State Route 99, take the West Seattle Bridge > Exit. Take the Delridge Way SW (South Seattle Community College) Exit. > Turn Left into the Youngstown Cultural Center parking lot just past SW > Genesee Street at 4408 Delridge Way SW. > > The Youngstown Cultural Arts Center offers free parking. > > Thank you! > > Daniel Coughlin > Curator - BOYA III > http://www.seattleoutsider.org/ From dreeder at panix.com Mon Jul 16 23:52:40 2007 From: dreeder at panix.com (David Reeder) Date: Mon Jul 16 23:52:44 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] [OT] Moving sale -- everything must go! Message-ID: <200707170352.l6H3qee14410@panix2.panix.com> Hallo Geek Wonders-- I'm moving soon, and have a number of items in excellent condition to sell off. The starting prices are just a guide, reasonable best offers accepted in all cases. Cash only. Please contact me for an address to arrange to stop by for pick up. Please contact me at dreeder@panix.com. CD Sony player (CDP-CX230) . Holds 200 CD's . Remote included . Programmable: setlists, group categories, naming of individual CDs STARTING PRICE: $150 (original price: $350) Twin Futon with stand and cover STARTING PRICE: $175 (original price: $450) RCA 21" television . stereo inputs/outputs . DVD/VCR inputs STARTING PRICE: $150 (original price: $300) Beige desktop PowerMac G3 package: . Includes internal card to support firewire and USB . Viewsonic monitor, 17", PC-to-MAC adaptor included . Epson Stylus Photo 700 printer, includes extra unused ink cartridge . Installation disc for OS 9.1, upgradable to 9.2 ** This IS a legacy Mac, but it was the most stable warhorse prior to the release of the G5. I run a home music studio and I used quite efficiently through mid-2006. I intentionally waited to switch to OSX because the machine was so stable and all my software was (and some still is) OS9 based. It's an excellent machine and there is plenty of standard software that runs well on it (Word, Excell, ProTools, music or video, &c...) If you're Mac curious, or wish to outfit a library or a new computer user -- this would be excellent whollistic solution for that purpose. The printer works excellent, and the firewire/USB card makes the G3 compatible with current external devices. STARTING PRICE: $400 (original package price: greater than $1000) Lucent Technologies: WaveLAN/PCMCIA Card . Two ISA PC cards and antannae . One PC card for traditional PCMCIA slot . Datarate: 2Mb/sec . Runs in 2.4 GHz range . Wireless range of up to 600ft ** Meant for the true geek of legacy wireless technology. PC/UNIX based. STARTING PRICE: $300 (original price: $2500) ........................................................................ David Reeder dreeder@panix.com 7b54 1ac1 8596 a0c5 9c33 http://www.danaprajna.com ed16 384f ea98 c09f 9d4f From joeb at sounddsl.com Tue Jul 17 12:10:25 2007 From: joeb at sounddsl.com (Joe Benner) Date: Tue Jul 17 12:11:59 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] Tonight: Tacoma dorkbot #5 at Club SOTA - Robots and Interactive Circuits Message-ID: <000001c7c88c$fc6b3710$6901a8c0@token> !!!! PLEASE FORWARD!!!! It's Art! It's Technology! It's free! It's dorkbot! Tonight: Tacoma dorkbot #5 at Club SOTA (sorry sorry sorry for the short notice - dorkbottac is ON for tonight and it looks to be a great meeting!) LOCATION: 1117 Broadway, Tacoma (be sure to look for the door at this address marked "Club SOTA") TIME: 7:00 PM DATE: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 ADMISSION: Free and open to all (directions at the end of this email) dorkbot "people doing strange things with electricity" The fifth Tacoma dorkbot meeting will be on Tuesday, July 17th at Tacoma School of the Arts' Club SOTA The presenters for June are Andrew Becherer and Laura MacCary: ------------------------------------------ Andrew Becherer - Undergraduate, Computing and Software Systems University of Washington, Tacoma Andrew will be discussing Behavior Based Robotics and the leJOS Development Enviroment for Lego Mindstorms. He will implement a few different line following algorithms or Braitenberg Machines (machines that love or hate light based on simple rules). ------------------------------------------ Laura MacCary - Laura is a local electronics artist focusing on interactivity between people and circuits. She'll show us some of her work and then give us a chance for some hands-on experimentation of our own. ------------------------------------------ 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! ***** Directions to Club SOTA: ***** >From I-5 take the I-705 N exit On 705 follow the signs to City Center and then to A Street The A Street exit dumps you right onto A Street. Follow A Street for about 2 blocks then turn left onto 11th Take 11th past Pacific and Commerce to Broadway Turn left onto Broadway (you'll go around a little waterfall/fountain) Club SOTA is on the left at 1117 Broadway -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotsea-blabber/attachments/20070717/772593a2/attachment-0001.html From jeremy at lowly.org Tue Jul 17 13:04:31 2007 From: jeremy at lowly.org (jeremy) Date: Tue Jul 17 13:04:48 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] Power Tool Race & Derby Photo Show Friday 7pm @ All City Coffee in Georgetown In-Reply-To: <200707170352.l6H3qee14410@panix2.panix.com> References: <200707170352.l6H3qee14410@panix2.panix.com> Message-ID: <2F3BDA8F-F9FB-4202-82F4-FA1411982861@lowly.org> Power Tool Race & Derby The Photo Show Friday 7pm (7-20-07) All City Coffee 1205 S Vale St, Seattle Please come join us for a wine and cheese* photo show opening/closing. There are prints of some of the best photos from the event, plus several of the racers on display. We'd love to see you again and enjoy some wine and cheese*. Also we just might be having some nefarious fun you might like to partake in. See you friday! -jeremy *note: "wine and cheese" may likely refer to pabst and EZ cheez From the.annlewis at gmail.com Thu Jul 19 16:29:34 2007 From: the.annlewis at gmail.com (Ann Lewis) Date: Thu Jul 19 16:29:38 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] info/reviews of portable solar chargers Message-ID: <22ee0c550707191329vf67371m682cd677f57ce90a@mail.gmail.com> A friend of mine is joining the peace corps this September and will be living for 2 years on an island in Vanuatu that has no electricity. I thought I might get her a portable solar charger as a gift. She's not sure yet which devices she'll bring with her, but is considering bringing a cellphone and maybe a laptop. I found several options, but no real reviews of these products so I figured I'd try this list to see if anyone here has used any of them (or any other portable solar chargers). I'm looking for feedback on durability, adapters needed, what you powered (and wattage needed for that device), and how easy it was to use. Any feedback is appreciated. Here are some interesting options I found online: Coleman: http://www.solarcharger.com/s.nl/it.A/id.98/.f Powerfilm: http://store.sundancesolar.com/poror15wafls.html Solarstyle: http://www.solarstyle.com/detail.php?ID=40 Reware beach tote (the panel is removable from the bag): http://www.rewarestore.com/product/beachtote.html Thanks, Ann From toby at paddfam.com Thu Jul 26 20:43:33 2007 From: toby at paddfam.com (Toby Paddock) Date: Thu Jul 26 20:43:41 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] Pacific Northwest Synthesizer Meeting - sept 29 In-Reply-To: <22ee0c550707191329vf67371m682cd677f57ce90a@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <200707270043.l6R0hZtO018155@omr10.networksolutionsemail.com> Forwarded from the synth-diy list without permission from John Marshall who may or may not be on this list, but is a long time dorkbot-seattleite. Later, Toby --------------------------------------------- The next Pacific Northwest Synthesizer Meeting: (Is this the fourth year or the fifth year?) September 29, 2007 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Renton Technical College Building C, Room 111 3000 NE 4th St Renton, WA 98056 A new economical modular synthesizer may be announced and demonstrated. Bulgarian Pizza will be served at Noon as usual. (Please contribute $$) I will post additional information on my website soon. The old information gets you on the right track. Please RSVP with requirements. Take care, John www.sound-photo.com www.antenna-farm.com ------------------------------------- From beaty at chem.washington.edu Fri Jul 27 18:24:40 2007 From: beaty at chem.washington.edu (Bill Beaty) Date: Fri Jul 27 18:24:45 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] WEIRD SCIENCE COOKOUT TOMORROW, Volunteer Pk. Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.2.20070727152233.01ff3870@gibbs.chem.washington.edu> This Saturday afternoon is the Weird Science Cookout in Volunteer park. BRING FOOD AND DRINK! Bring kids and pets. We'll supply the dry ice, O2, IR cameras, etc. Think up some messy outdoor science demonstrations. Yes yes, Mentos and cola, but what else? :) Later on: guided cemetary trek. Weird Science Cookout / Paranormal Potluck WHEN: Saturday July 28, Noon til ?? WHERE: Volunteer Park, Capitol Hill approx loc google map: http://tinyurl.com/2ngubk LL=47.631648,-122.31431 across from wading pool Members of: Weird Science Salon, Seattle Museum of the Mysteries, and Auburn Paranormal Research (APART) ((((((((((((((((((((((( ( ( (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 janet at galorebot.com Sat Jul 28 01:49:20 2007 From: janet at galorebot.com (janet galore) Date: Sat Jul 28 01:49:20 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] introduction and micro-dispensing valves Message-ID: <04db01c7d0db$0bbb7bc0$23327340$@com> Hello fellow dorkbots, I'd like to introduce you to my friend, Jim Reichert. He's a young inventor and computer programmer who always has about 15 great ideas in his pocket, and 20 more after a conversation or two. Say hi, Jim! He recently got a patent on a 3D volumetric display that utilizes tiny water droplets and strobe lighting (it can be viewed here ). He currently needs a little advice on the electrical wiring of his prototype, and input on micro-dispensing valves (along these lines ). The little bit I've seen is VERY COOL. I'm encouraging him to go to a dorkbot meeting, but until then, I wonder if anyone might be able to lend some advice or pointers? Jim - you are among friends. J best, janet galore -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotsea-blabber/attachments/20070727/ee25811c/attachment.html From labworks at remix-lab.com Sat Jul 28 19:36:52 2007 From: labworks at remix-lab.com (Ryan Schoelerman) Date: Sat Jul 28 19:36:58 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] For Sale - Books, Software, project material Message-ID: Hi, If anyone is interested I have some dork appropriate material that I want to get rid of for cheap. I am located in Wallingford Software: $75 Pic Basic Pro compiler version 2.45 w/ manual -- software on 3" disk a new version 2.47 costs $250 -- you can have this version for $75 Books: $5 each Programming PIC Microcontroller with PicBasic (CD included), Chuck Hellebuyuck, ISBN 1-58995-001-1 PIC Robotics, John Iovine, ISBN 0-07-137324-1 PIC Microcontroller Project Book, John Iovine, ISBN 0-07-135479-4 Hardware Hacking Projects for Geeks, Scott Fullam, ISBN 0-596-00314-5 Hardware Hacking: Have Fun While Voiding Your Warranty, ISBN1-932266-83-6 101 Solderless Breadboarding Projects, Delta Horn, ISBN 0-8306-0385-9 (older book, mainly 555 timers, 741 op amps and logic) The Laser Cookbook: 88 Practical Projects, Gordon McComb, ISBN 0-8306-9390-4 Optoelectronics, Volume 1, Vaughn Martin, ISBN 0-7906-1091-4 Material: visit link to see pictures - http://remix-lab.com/ surplus.html $10 - A Crate of Speakers (literally!), See the attached image, I have a recycling size crate full of radioshack midrange speakers ( 4" & 8") also some filter choke coils in there -- approx 20+ speakers $10 - 100feet of audio cable $5 - Paia analog synth rack -- the text below the picture has a link to the company website -- this is the 19" rack frame to build an analog synth with their kits $10 - Original Free Radio Berkeley Pirate Radio Kit (have all the paperwork too) - Back in the day (early to mid-90s) there was an attempt to alter the mindset of the FCC. Free Radio Berkeley put out these analog FM pirate radio station kits to try and start a movement. I was foolish enough to drop the $ on it. You can have it for $10! Make your Burning man radio station Thanks Ryan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotsea-blabber/attachments/20070728/e5af9d7e/attachment-0001.html From brad_serbus at msn.com Sat Jul 28 19:42:17 2007 From: brad_serbus at msn.com (Brad Serbus) Date: Sat Jul 28 19:42:21 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] For Sale - Books, Software, project material Message-ID: I'll take the radio kit off your hands, if it's still available.BradTo: dorkbotsea-blabber@music.columbia.eduFrom: labworks@remix-lab.comDate: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:36:52 -0700Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] For Sale - Books, Software, project materialHi, If anyone is interested I have some dork appropriate material that I want to get rid of for cheap.I am located in WallingfordSoftware: $75Pic Basic Pro compiler version 2.45 w/ manual -- software on 3" diska new version 2.47 costs $250 -- you can have this version for $75Books: $5 eachProgramming PIC Microcontroller with PicBasic (CD included), Chuck Hellebuyuck, ISBN 1-58995-001-1PIC Robotics, John Iovine, ISBN 0-07-137324-1PIC Microcontroller Project Book, John Iovine, ISBN 0-07-135479-4Hardware Hacking Projects for Geeks, Scott Fullam, ISBN 0-596-00314-5Hardware Hacking: Have Fun While Voiding Your Warranty, ISBN1-932266-83-6101 Solderless Breadboarding Projects, Delta Horn, ISBN 0-8306-0385-9 (older book, mainly 555 timers, 741 op amps and logic)The Laser Cookbook: 88 Practical Projects, Gordon McComb, ISBN 0-8306-9390-4Optoelectronics, Volume 1, Vaughn Martin, ISBN 0-7906-1091-4Material: visit link to see pictures - http://remix-lab.com/surplus.html$10 - A Crate of Speakers (literally!), See the attached image, I have a recycling size crate full of radioshack midrange speakers ( 4" & 8") also some filter choke coils in there -- approx 20+ speakers$10 - 100feet of audio cable$5 - Paia analog synth rack -- the text below the picture has a link to the company website -- this is the 19" rack frame to build an analog synth with their kits$10 - Original Free Radio Berkeley Pirate Radio Kit (have all the paperwork too) - Back in the day (early to mid-90s) there was an attempt to alter the mindset of the FCC. 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URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotsea-blabber/attachments/20070728/25ae3ac2/attachment.html From labworks at remix-lab.com Sat Jul 28 19:45:20 2007 From: labworks at remix-lab.com (Ryan Schoelerman) Date: Sat Jul 28 19:45:26 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] For Sale - Books, Software, project material In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <755C3520-C7B0-4891-81B1-A391A28D2282@remix-lab.com> I just sent the email like 15 seconds ago, so it's still here! hahaha I'm home now - 206-632-2790 On Jul 28, 2007, at 4:42 PM, Brad Serbus wrote: > I'll take the radio kit off your hands, if it's still available. > > Brad > > > > To: dorkbotsea-blabber@music.columbia.edu > From: labworks@remix-lab.com > Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:36:52 -0700 > Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] For Sale - Books, Software, project > material > > Hi, > > If anyone is interested I have some dork appropriate material that > I want to get rid of for cheap. > I am located in Wallingford > > Software: $75 > Pic Basic Pro compiler version 2.45 w/ manual -- software on 3" disk > a new version 2.47 costs $250 -- you can have this version for $75 > > Books: $5 each > Programming PIC Microcontroller with PicBasic (CD included), Chuck > Hellebuyuck, ISBN 1-58995-001-1 > PIC Robotics, John Iovine, ISBN 0-07-137324-1 > PIC Microcontroller Project Book, John Iovine, ISBN 0-07-135479-4 > Hardware Hacking Projects for Geeks, Scott Fullam, ISBN 0-596-00314-5 > Hardware Hacking: Have Fun While Voiding Your Warranty, > ISBN1-932266-83-6 > 101 Solderless Breadboarding Projects, Delta Horn, ISBN > 0-8306-0385-9 (older book, mainly 555 timers, 741 op amps and logic) > The Laser Cookbook: 88 Practical Projects, Gordon McComb, ISBN > 0-8306-9390-4 > Optoelectronics, Volume 1, Vaughn Martin, ISBN 0-7906-1091-4 > > Material: visit link to see pictures - http://remix-lab.com/ > surplus.html > > $10 - A Crate of Speakers (literally!), See the attached image, I > have a recycling size crate full of radioshack midrange speakers > ( 4" & 8") also some filter choke coils in there -- approx 20+ > speakers > > $10 - 100feet of audio cable > > $5 - Paia analog synth rack -- the text below the picture has a > link to the company website -- this is the 19" rack frame to build > an analog synth with their kits > > $10 - Original Free Radio Berkeley Pirate Radio Kit (have all the > paperwork too) - Back in the day (early to mid-90s) there was an > attempt to alter the mindset of the FCC. Free Radio Berkeley put > out these analog FM pirate radio station kits to try and start a > movement. I was foolish enough to drop the $ on it. You can have > it for $10! Make your Burning man radio station > > Thanks > > Ryan > ...................................................................... > .. > .........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/20070728/b3693244/attachment.html From labworks at remix-lab.com Sat Jul 28 19:52:46 2007 From: labworks at remix-lab.com (Ryan Schoelerman) Date: Sat Jul 28 19:52:50 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] FREE - Audio Sample Library Message-ID: <6F2B99A6-FE63-4238-A880-50A4A0B777D9@remix-lab.com> I sent an email listing stuff for sale - I have a freebee too! I went to school a while back in a media arts program and I copied a sound effects library onto CD-R I have 26 CDs full of sound effects free to who ever wants it From labworks at remix-lab.com Sat Jul 28 20:56:53 2007 From: labworks at remix-lab.com (Ryan Schoelerman) Date: Sat Jul 28 20:56:58 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] Pirate Radio Kit still available Message-ID: <251DE48E-8F5D-4CD9-949A-639F9F80A214@remix-lab.com> The Free Radio Berkeley Pirate Radio Kit is still available for $10 I should note that this hasn't been used since 1995, it needs to be re-worked and tuned -- this kit is before cookie cutter packaged electronics. So knowledge of analog electronics and an o'scope for tuning is necessary - hence the $10 tag. Comes with TX - RF amp, dummy load, 75' antenna cable, filter and all original paperwork and antenna instructions A good way to build your analog skills and cause a little mayhem too thanks Ryan From wiml at hhhh.org Sat Jul 28 21:42:29 2007 From: wiml at hhhh.org (Wim Lewis) Date: Sat Jul 28 21:42:34 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] DorkSwap proposal Message-ID: A few people have posted for-sale or for-free ads to the dorkbot list lately. How do people feel about having some sort of swap-your-junk table at a future dorkbot? Or, if it goes well, as a regular feature of dorkbot-seattle? I often have random dorkular things I'm not going to be using again, but which are either too small or too odd to get rid of in other ways. Putting the handful of obsolete-but-unused PICs in my junk drawer on eBay would just be silly. I'd suggest ground rules like: - If someone else doesn't want it, YOU MUST TAKE IT BACK. I don't think 911MAC or the Seattle Dorkbot Steering Overlords want to be stuck with hauling everybody's unwanted stuff to the dump each month. - All stuff free-to-good-home; selling stuff would get too complicated - Maybe some limit on how much you can bring (a box or two), just to keep things sane What do y'all think? Any input from the Secret Masters of Dorkbotsea? From secretlyjoseph at gmail.com Sat Jul 28 22:01:20 2007 From: secretlyjoseph at gmail.com (Joseph Smith) Date: Sat Jul 28 22:01:24 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] DorkSwap proposal In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3eb00ffd0707281901m25385bfem8f86f23e8c23407c@mail.gmail.com> On 7/28/07, Wim Lewis wrote: > > A few people have posted for-sale or for-free ads to the dorkbot list > lately. How do people feel about having some sort of swap-your-junk > table at a future dorkbot? Or, if it goes well, as a regular feature > of dorkbot-seattle? I often have random dorkular things I'm not going > to be using again, but which are either too small or too odd to get > rid of in other ways. Putting the handful of obsolete-but-unused PICs > in my junk drawer on eBay would just be silly. > > I'd suggest ground rules like: > - If someone else doesn't want it, YOU MUST TAKE IT BACK. I don't > think 911MAC or the Seattle Dorkbot Steering Overlords want to be > stuck with hauling everybody's unwanted stuff to the dump each month. > - All stuff free-to-good-home; selling stuff would get too > complicated > - Maybe some limit on how much you can bring (a box or two), just > to keep things sane > > What do y'all think? Any input from the Secret Masters of Dorkbotsea? Or at least a shared online list somewhere of stuff that can be taken or given? I could set this up, if there's folks that are interested. I know I get rid of three robots a year in spare junk that I just don't have the time/energy/space to do anything with. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotsea-blabber/attachments/20070728/96685734/attachment-0001.html From ssafarik at speakeasy.net Sat Jul 28 22:16:14 2007 From: ssafarik at speakeasy.net (Steve Safarik) Date: Sat Jul 28 22:17:20 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] DorkSwap proposal References: Message-ID: <00f001c7d186$70a43120$6701010a@labmain> I think this is an excellent idea. I still fondly remember Chuck Harrison's table-o-textbooks at a meeting a few years ago, and having a monthly swap would be great. I like your proposed rules, too. Being hands-on types, I think the idea of having some misc boxes of "interesting stuff" to look through is better than just online descriptions, especially for those weirdo items that might resist description. Steve. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wim Lewis" To: Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 6:42 PM Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] DorkSwap proposal > A few people have posted for-sale or for-free ads to the dorkbot list > lately. How do people feel about having some sort of swap-your-junk > table at a future dorkbot? Or, if it goes well, as a regular feature > of dorkbot-seattle? I often have random dorkular things I'm not going > to be using again, but which are either too small or too odd to get > rid of in other ways. Putting the handful of obsolete-but-unused PICs > in my junk drawer on eBay would just be silly. > > I'd suggest ground rules like: > - If someone else doesn't want it, YOU MUST TAKE IT BACK. I don't > think 911MAC or the Seattle Dorkbot Steering Overlords want to be > stuck with hauling everybody's unwanted stuff to the dump each month. > - All stuff free-to-good-home; selling stuff would get too > complicated > - Maybe some limit on how much you can bring (a box or two), just > to keep things sane > > What do y'all think? Any input from the Secret Masters of Dorkbotsea? > > > ........................................................................ > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... > ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ > ........................................................................ > From mike at dawgdayz.com Sat Jul 28 22:30:09 2007 From: mike at dawgdayz.com (Mike Payson) Date: Sat Jul 28 22:30:12 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] DorkSwap proposal In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Why not allow people to sell stuff? I don't see how it would complicate things, and it would mean a much broader range of things that people might bring... On 7/28/07, Wim Lewis wrote: > > A few people have posted for-sale or for-free ads to the dorkbot list > lately. How do people feel about having some sort of swap-your-junk > table at a future dorkbot? Or, if it goes well, as a regular feature > of dorkbot-seattle? I often have random dorkular things I'm not going > to be using again, but which are either too small or too odd to get > rid of in other ways. Putting the handful of obsolete-but-unused PICs > in my junk drawer on eBay would just be silly. > > I'd suggest ground rules like: > - If someone else doesn't want it, YOU MUST TAKE IT BACK. I don't > think 911MAC or the Seattle Dorkbot Steering Overlords want to be > stuck with hauling everybody's unwanted stuff to the dump each month. > - All stuff free-to-good-home; selling stuff would get too > complicated > - Maybe some limit on how much you can bring (a box or two), just > to keep things sane > > What do y'all think? Any input from the Secret Masters of Dorkbotsea? > > > ........................................................................ > .........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/20070728/27c28a97/attachment.html From laura at maccary.com Sun Jul 29 01:13:26 2007 From: laura at maccary.com (Laura MacCary) Date: Sun Jul 29 01:13:27 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] DorkSwap proposal In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <004c01c7d19f$319ff400$6501a8c0@fawkes> And in between there could be stuff that's not technically for sale, but a donation (to the venue, for instance) is requested. I don't see a need for a limit to the amount of stuff. Bill Beaty did a whole yard sale to benefit CoCA (if I recall correctly) a couple of years ago. And I agree that if people have the option of selling, we might see things we've been hoping to find... To my mind, dorkbot is not so highly structured that we need to plan ahead how to do this. If people just brought stuff & said what they wanted to do (sell, swap, or donation requested, etc.), that month's meeting's organizer(s) would probably have ideas for how to work it in. If it turned out to be complicated somehow, then we can adopt a policy for the future if need be. If it's really a zoo we could just do it once or twice a year, but I'll bet it'll be manageable to just let people bring stuff as the need strikes. Just one opinion, Laura _____ From: dorkbotsea-blabber-bounces@music.columbia.edu [mailto:dorkbotsea-blabber-bounces@music.columbia.edu] On Behalf Of Mike Payson Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 7:30 PM To: A discussion list for dorkbot-sea Subject: Re: [dorkbotsea-blabber] DorkSwap proposal Why not allow people to sell stuff? I don't see how it would complicate things, and it would mean a much broader range of things that people might bring... On 7/28/07, Wim Lewis wrote: A few people have posted for-sale or for-free ads to the dorkbot list lately. How do people feel about having some sort of swap-your-junk table at a future dorkbot? Or, if it goes well, as a regular feature of dorkbot-seattle? I often have random dorkular things I'm not going to be using again, but which are either too small or too odd to get rid of in other ways. Putting the handful of obsolete-but-unused PICs in my junk drawer on eBay would just be silly. I'd suggest ground rules like: - If someone else doesn't want it, YOU MUST TAKE IT BACK. I don't think 911MAC or the Seattle Dorkbot Steering Overlords want to be stuck with hauling everybody's unwanted stuff to the dump each month. - All stuff free-to-good-home; selling stuff would get too complicated - Maybe some limit on how much you can bring (a box or two), just to keep things sane What do y'all think? Any input from the Secret Masters of Dorkbotsea? ........................................................................ .........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/20070728/7afcd498/attachment.html From billb at eskimo.com Sun Jul 29 01:43:01 2007 From: billb at eskimo.com (William Beaty) Date: Sun Jul 29 01:43:08 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] DorkSwap proposal In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Sat, 28 Jul 2007, Wim Lewis wrote: > A few people have posted for-sale or for-free ads to the dorkbot list > lately. How do people feel about having some sort of swap-your-junk > table at a future dorkbot? Or, if it goes well, as a regular feature > of dorkbot-seattle? I often have random dorkular things I'm not going > to be using again, but which are either too small or too odd to get > rid of in other ways. Putting the handful of obsolete-but-unused PICs > in my junk drawer on eBay would just be silly. This might work if promoted the same as "open mike." During every single meeting, ask whether anyone has an announcement for free junk to give away. Never forget to ask during each metting. After a few meetings people will get the idea, and start bringing free junk. (((((((((((((((((( ( ( ( ( (O) ) ) ) ) ))))))))))))))))))) William J. Beaty SCIENCE HOBBYIST website billb at amasci com http://amasci.com EE/programmer/sci-exhibits amateur science, hobby projects, sci fair Seattle, WA 425-222-5066 unusual phenomena, tesla coils, weird sci From rich at spambutcher.com Sun Jul 29 03:15:43 2007 From: rich at spambutcher.com (rich@spambutcher.com) Date: Sun Jul 29 03:15:53 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] super cold liquid from compressed air cans In-Reply-To: <00f001c7d186$70a43120$6701010a@labmain> References: <00f001c7d186$70a43120$6701010a@labmain> Message-ID: <46AC3E9F.1050909@spambutcher.com> I went to the weird science picnic today - Bill Beaty did a trick using dry ice to cool rubbing alcohol to make a super cold liquid - which could be used for liquid-nitrogen like tricks (shattering flowers, etc). got inspired and played around a bit... if you turn a can of compressed air upside down and spray it into a styrofoam cup - it'll quickly get cold enough so the gas won't evaporate - and you'll get a cup full of very cold Difluoroethane or something similar. in the case of Difluoroethane it would have to be at least -25c - but maybe colder to to evaporation. I tried it - and it's cold enough for the shattering flower trick to work pretty well... it also works if you spray it into rubbing alcohol (use 99%) - you'll get more liquid this way - but it may not be quite as cold. From chris at nart.org Sun Jul 29 11:45:25 2007 From: chris at nart.org (Christopher Prosser) Date: Sun Jul 29 11:45:31 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] DorkSwap proposal In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <60ca9c740707290845p5b65930cv1a65b924906ab0b2@mail.gmail.com> I was a big fan of the MIT swapfest that goes on during the summers out there. I would love to see this happen, though not at every event. I'd really like to set up a one time event and allow selling if people want to. I'm not sure we have any theme planned for September. How about we do it at 911 the second or third wed (too many people will get lost if its' the first wed)? --chris On 7/28/07, William Beaty wrote: > On Sat, 28 Jul 2007, Wim Lewis wrote: > > > A few people have posted for-sale or for-free ads to the dorkbot list > > lately. How do people feel about having some sort of swap-your-junk > > table at a future dorkbot? Or, if it goes well, as a regular feature > > of dorkbot-seattle? I often have random dorkular things I'm not going > > to be using again, but which are either too small or too odd to get > > rid of in other ways. Putting the handful of obsolete-but-unused PICs > > in my junk drawer on eBay would just be silly. > > This might work if promoted the same as "open mike." During every single > meeting, ask whether anyone has an announcement for free junk to give > away. Never forget to ask during each metting. After a few meetings > people will get the idea, and start bringing free junk. > > > > > > > > (((((((((((((((((( ( ( ( ( (O) ) ) ) ) ))))))))))))))))))) > William J. Beaty SCIENCE HOBBYIST website > billb at amasci com http://amasci.com > EE/programmer/sci-exhibits amateur science, hobby projects, sci fair > Seattle, WA 425-222-5066 unusual phenomena, tesla coils, weird sci > ........................................................................ > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... > ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ > ........................................................................ > From syzygystudios at yahoo.com Sun Jul 29 16:56:50 2007 From: syzygystudios at yahoo.com (syzygy studios) Date: Sun Jul 29 16:56:52 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] For Sale - Books, Software, project material In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <498661.56248.qm@web52004.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Hey Ryan, I'm interested in the pirate radio kit if it's still available. Please give me a call at (206)335-9660. Thanks! Adam Ryan Schoelerman wrote: Hi, If anyone is interested I have some dork appropriate material that I want to get rid of for cheap. I am located in Wallingford Software: $75 Pic Basic Pro compiler version 2.45 w/ manual -- software on 3" disk a new version 2.47 costs $250 -- you can have this version for $75 Books: $5 each Programming PIC Microcontroller with PicBasic (CD included), Chuck Hellebuyuck, ISBN 1-58995-001-1 PIC Robotics, John Iovine, ISBN 0-07-137324-1 PIC Microcontroller Project Book, John Iovine, ISBN 0-07-135479-4 Hardware Hacking Projects for Geeks, Scott Fullam, ISBN 0-596-00314-5 Hardware Hacking: Have Fun While Voiding Your Warranty, ISBN1-932266-83-6 101 Solderless Breadboarding Projects, Delta Horn, ISBN 0-8306-0385-9 (older book, mainly 555 timers, 741 op amps and logic) The Laser Cookbook: 88 Practical Projects, Gordon McComb, ISBN 0-8306-9390-4 Optoelectronics, Volume 1, Vaughn Martin, ISBN 0-7906-1091-4 Material: visit link to see pictures - http://remix-lab.com/surplus.html $10 - A Crate of Speakers (literally!), See the attached image, I have a recycling size crate full of radioshack midrange speakers ( 4" & 8") also some filter choke coils in there -- approx 20+ speakers $10 - 100feet of audio cable $5 - Paia analog synth rack -- the text below the picture has a link to the company website -- this is the 19" rack frame to build an analog synth with their kits $10 - Original Free Radio Berkeley Pirate Radio Kit (have all the paperwork too) - Back in the day (early to mid-90s) there was an attempt to alter the mindset of the FCC. Free Radio Berkeley put out these analog FM pirate radio station kits to try and start a movement. I was foolish enough to drop the $ on it. You can have it for $10! Make your Burning man radio station Thanks Ryan ........................................................................ .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ ........................................................................ --------------------------------- Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotsea-blabber/attachments/20070729/8e91bf18/attachment.html From ssafarik at speakeasy.net Sun Jul 29 17:27:18 2007 From: ssafarik at speakeasy.net (Steve Safarik) Date: Sun Jul 29 17:28:28 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] Pirate radio info References: <498661.56248.qm@web52004.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <011401c7d227$3e648100$6701010a@labmain> The late 90's saw a flurry of pirate radio activity in Seattle and elsewhere in the country, with several local groups broadcasting. Two of them were Free Seattle Radio at 87.9, and Central Seattle Grassroots Radio at 99.5, but there were a number of others also. I helped with a bunch of the engineering on these, and one of the main issues is what frequency to use (87.9 being the best overall, but a few others too depending on your location). The other issue is that of frequency stability. You want to use a PLL type of transmitter as it will not drift at all (as opposed to a VCO which moves around, often onto another station), and you want a low-pass filter between the transmitter and the antenna (many xmtrs have this built-in). There are a number of transmitter brands & models, but the best in my opinion is the PLL Pro-3 from nrgkits.co.uk (http://www.nrgkits.co.uk/cart_new/contents/en-uk/p3.html), and comes in kit or preassembled form. Eventually the FCC came knocking, but it was nice for a few years at least to have some alternative news & political commentary on the radio, and maybe it'll pick up again. Steve. ----- Original Message ----- From: syzygy studios To: A discussion list for dorkbot-sea Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 1:56 PM Subject: Re: [dorkbotsea-blabber] For Sale - Books, Software, project material Hey Ryan, I'm interested in the pirate radio kit if it's still available. Please give me a call at (206)335-9660. Thanks! Adam Ryan Schoelerman wrote: Hi, If anyone is interested I have some dork appropriate material that I want to get rid of for cheap. I am located in Wallingford Software: $75 Pic Basic Pro compiler version 2.45 w/ manual -- software on 3" disk a new version 2.47 costs $250 -- you can have this version for $75 Books: $5 each Programming PIC Microcontroller with PicBasic (CD included), Chuck Hellebuyuck, ISBN 1-58995-001-1 PIC Robotics, John Iovine, ISBN 0-07-137324-1 PIC Microcontroller Project Book, John Iovine, ISBN 0-07-135479-4 Hardware Hacking Projects for Geeks, Scott Fullam, ISBN 0-596-00314-5 Hardware Hacking: Have Fun While Voiding Your Warranty, ISBN1-932266-83-6 101 Solderless Breadboarding Projects, Delta Horn, ISBN 0-8306-0385-9 (older book, mainly 555 timers, 741 op amps and logic) The Laser Cookbook: 88 Practical Projects, Gordon McComb, ISBN 0-8306-9390-4 Optoelectronics, Volume 1, Vaughn Martin, ISBN 0-7906-1091-4 Material: visit link to see pictures - http://remix-lab.com/surplus.html $10 - A Crate of Speakers (literally!), See the attached image, I have a recycling size crate full of radioshack midrange speakers ( 4" & 8") also some filter choke coils in there -- approx 20+ speakers $10 - 100feet of audio cable $5 - Paia analog synth rack -- the text below the picture has a link to the company website -- this is the 19" rack frame to build an analog synth with their kits $10 - Original Free Radio Berkeley Pirate Radio Kit (have all the paperwork too) - Back in the day (early to mid-90s) there was an attempt to alter the mindset of the FCC. Free Radio Berkeley put out these analog FM pirate radio station kits to try and start a movement. I was foolish enough to drop the $ on it. You can have it for $10! Make your Burning man radio station Thanks Ryan ........................................................................ .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ ........................................................................ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! 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URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotsea-blabber/attachments/20070729/f98b97ba/attachment.html From beaty at chem.washington.edu Sun Jul 29 18:00:36 2007 From: beaty at chem.washington.edu (Bill Beaty) Date: Sun Jul 29 18:00:45 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] DorkSwap proposal In-Reply-To: <60ca9c740707290845p5b65930cv1a65b924906ab0b2@mail.gmail.co m> References: Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.2.20070729143217.01dd2270@gibbs.chem.washington.edu> At 08:45 AM 7/29/2007 -0700, you wrote: >I was a big fan of the MIT swapfest that goes on during the summers out there. MIT has a successful formula: - They do it all day, not just for an hour or two. - It's inside a campus parking garage, out of the rain. - They put out some ads, so many more than just local students attend. To make a successful swap meet, you have to hit on the right forumla. For example, if the swap meet doesn't last for long enough, then the crowd of customers will be way too small, and they won't have time to be tempted into buying stuff. (Flea market psychology: customers walk by and look at items, but then they usually come back and buy things only much later when temptation has had an hour or two to build up.) With too short an event, the "sellers" won't be able to get rid of their stuff. The sellers will have to haul all that stuff down to the event, then haul it all back home again. Such a swap meet will probably fail in the long run, since the sellers won't put up with doing all that work for so little results. But one solution would be to only hold the swap meet every five years. That way the previous crop of sellers would probably have moved on, and the newbie sellers won't realize that they'll be hauling most of their crap back home again. Here's a possibility: THE FREMONT SUNDAY MARKET http://www.fremontmarket.com/fremont/ If you haven't been there, well, it's like the U. District street fair, or like an outdoor flea market. I've run a seller's table there for many weeks; selling neo supermagnets. It's $40 for a single space. I've got one of those folding flea-market awnings which just fits one space. Two or three tables will fit. In the eight hours it's open, it's easy to make $40 profit and break even. It's also a great advertising event for attracting new Dorks, if we print up some business cards or flyers, especially if we have some large crude photocopy signs or even an ad banner for the table front. Even better is to repeat the event every week, so word-of-mouth advertising can attract more customers over the months. ((((((((((((((((((((((( ( ( (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