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Sebastopol, CA Dorkbots

Steamboat_Ed — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:13:27 GMT

Next meeting: Thursday, April 23, 6:PM. Location: the Haas-ienda, just outside of town. If you've never been, come on by! Hope to have Stamp Calliope up and running and maybe the Arduino Glockenspiel project will make an appearance.

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Anyone into black powder?

Steamboat_Ed — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 05:38:05 GMT

--Just got back from a cannon shoot; learned how to load and fire my cannon without killing myself: an adventure! Deets here: http://www.nmpproducts.com/rt16.htm

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Boiler hack at dorkbot

kimric — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:14:55 GMT

I hacked a demand heater and made a boiler out of it see it tomorrow if you come...
will be unveiling a new boiler I finished only a few hrs ago at tomorrows Dorkbot.
laughingsquid.com/dorkbot-sf-44-at-the-gallery-with-no-name/

The boiler weighs about 25 lbs, and at this point puts out about 1/2 hp
After doing the math it would appear it should be able to put out about 3-5 hp with the right burner, With some work I could get it into a large bike frame.
The nice part is it takes only about 3 1/2 min to go from dead cold to 45psi.
I will be demonstrating it at the talk.

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Anyone into steam??

Steamboat_Ed — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 05:36:50 GMT

--It's getting to that time of year when (my) thoughts turn to steamboating on the California Delta. This year I'm thinking of building a new powerplant by modding an I.C. engine from something like a Geo Metro. Anyone else interested in this sort of thing?

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Pedal-powered generators?

lorne — Thu, 10 May 2007 18:46:24 GMT

Anybody here have experience with using pedal power to generate 12V? I've done the usual Googling, but I'd like some first-hand info if possible.

Thanks!

- Lorne

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dorkbotSF benefit for (SRL's) Todd Blair

.zegnatronicalled — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 00:34:16 GMT

Wednesday, October 10, 2007
7:30 PM

Kyle Minor Design
Pier 33 Embarcadero @ Bay
San Francisco, California
http://kyleminordesign.com

DORKBOT: TODD BLAIR FUNDRAISER
http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsf

It's dorkbot time again. However, this is a very special dorkbot where 100% of the proceeds will go directly to support our friend and long-time dorkbot supporter, Todd Blair. Todd a 15+ year veteran of SRL as well as collaborator with Tim North, Chico McMurtrie, Lynn Hershman, and countless other visionaries, suffered serious head trauma in an unfortunate accident in Amsterdam after the recent SRL performance there for Robodock. He remains in a coma and his injuries are severe. Due to the generous donations of Kyle Minor, Eric Paulos, dorkbotSF, many SRL members, and our speakers, we are able to pass on all of the proceeds from this dorkbot to the family of Todd Blair for his recovery efforts which are expected to be quite substantial.

Please join us in celebrating Todd's recovery in this special dorkbotSF event.

Speakers:
Ken Goldberg - Robots As Environmentalists: Searching for the Ivory Billed Woodpecker using Robotic Observatories for Natural Environments
http://www.c-o-n-e.org

Eric Paulos - Citizen Science
http://www.paulos.net

Steven Lassovszky - Airplane GPS/Telemetry
http://loc-nar.com

Joe Grand
http://grandideastudios.com

Mark Pauline
http://srl.org

monochrom
http://monochrom.at

AUCTION with auction master Johannes Grenzfurthner of monochrom
(list to be posted on the dorkbot site soon)

CASH BAR

Snacks catered by Marc Powell ( http://foodhacking.com )

Gifts for donations over $10 while supplies last

DONATION: $10

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Dorkbot DC mtg. Monday, Sept. 10 7PM

lorne — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:08:06 GMT

Dorkbot DC - Next Meeting:

Monday, September 10, 2007
7-9 PM

Marian Koshland Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences
6th and E Streets, NW
Washington, DC 20001
http://www.koshlandscience.org/visitor/dandp.jsp

Cost: Free

The September meeting of Dorkbot DC will have presentations by three
artists:

Mechatronic and robotic artist Thomas Edwards will present his work
"Touch" which allows two individuals to physically touch each other
over the Internet. During the meeting, Edwards will demonstrate
touching fingers between Washington, DC, and Toronto, Canada
with the help of Liav Koren at the University of Toronto's Faculty of
Architecture, Landscape and Design.

Conrad Barski will present his work on the PicnicMob.Org web site.
PicnicMob is a concept to create "flash mob" picnics in parks of major
U.S. cities, but it assigns each participant to a location in the park
so that they are near other participants with similar interests
(calculated using simulated annealing).

Interactive video artist Philip Kohn will discus some of his new work
that combines live video cameras with computers to place participants
in virtual worlds. "The Looking Glass" is an evolving interactive video
work that encourages participants to move about in silly ways by
rewarding them with cool effects when they do. "Through the Hedge"
will blend a large ceramic mural with an embedded huge LCD flat
screen to create an artificial real-time jungle including magical creatures
that do things to you when you touch them. "Feeling Lucky" crawls the
web as a stream of consciousness in pictures using Google image and
Google search. Finally, "Pastry" shows organic layers of texture that
come out of the screen, without the need for 3D glasses.

Plus an informal "Afterdork" afterwards at a nearby establishment TBD.

For more info, see:
http://www.dorkbot.org/dorkbotdc

See you there!

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Other DC events of interest:

Sonic Circuits 2007 Experimental Music Festival September 7-23, 2007
http://dc-soniccircuits.org/2007/

X in DC - Sept. 15
PERFORMANCE + ART + PROJECTIONS + ELECTRONICA + FASHION
http://xindc.tv

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sf dorkbot xtra w/ the viennese prankmeisters

podp — Tue, 22 May 2007 17:51:59 GMT

hi all,

for those who might be in the sf bay area...
and well the rest of ya who might appreciate the links:

last minute sf dorkbot is being thrown together to take advantage of all the folks in the area who came for
maker faire...

weds. may23 at porn palace, 415 jessie street, 7.30pm
mc - jacob applebaum
vienna's monochrom and roboexotica festival co-producers Shifz
violet blue interviews kyle machulis ( qdot)
and team unicorn

ok too lazy to grab all the links and of course laughingsquid.com has already done it ,
c ya,

pod

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dorkbotSF #something MAY 2!

.zegnatronicalled — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:22:25 GMT

When
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
7:30 PM

Where
Chez Poulet - yes, Chicken John's newly renovated space!
3359 cesar chavez
San Francisco, California
37.7481, -122.417

FREE ADMISSION but donations to Chicken much appreciated

CASH BAR (21+) | Snacks from Food Hackers Unicorn Precinct XIII

Speakers:
Rudy Rucker The Elder - PsiPunk!
http://rudyrucker.com

Daniela Steinsapir - Recycling Junk
http://dayeyedreams.com

Guest MC: Rudy Rucker The Younger
http://monkeybrains.net

open dork:
Jonathan Foote - orb swarm
http://www.orbswarm.com/

NOTE: This is a no-shoes warehouse so wear interesting socks!

http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsf

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XL Terrestrials in LA and San Diego

podp — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:37:59 GMT

ola dorktribers,

just went to my first dorkbot awhile backin SF with monochrom from vienna.
mighty jammin... don;t know why it took solong to get to one...

but anyway this post is a bit of shameless self-promo ...
and to alert anyone here if yur in SoCal that we have a few shows that might be of interest to the dorkbotters...

and we are scheduled to perform at Telic on march 30th at a dorkbot Home, so i've heard,
Telic.info

if you'd like to read more you can go to
www.xlterrestrials.org/plog

and if u want to give us some inside scoops about LA, SD, etc, get in touch,
we're bouncing around the region for the next coupla weeks and would greatly appreciate
any maps to the underground... and/or playgrounds.

ciao,
pod

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Call For Makers!

Natalie — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 19:46:53 GMT

Dear Makers,

We are pleased to announce Bay Area Maker Faire 2007!

Organized by the staff of MAKE and CRAFT magazines, Maker Faire is a newfangled fair that brings together science, art, craft an engineering in a fun, energized, and exciting public forum. The aim is to inspire people of all ages to roll up their sleeves and become makers. This family-friendly event showcases the amazing work of all kinds of makers--anyone who is embracing DIY and wants to share their accomplishments with an appreciative audience. Last year, we had 20,000 people at Maker Faire.

Maker Faire Bay Area will take place May 19-20, 2007 at the San Mateo Fairgrounds. We are also adding Maker Faire Austin for October 20-21, 2007 at the Travis County Fairgrounds. This call is primarily for Maker Faire Bay Area but you can indicate if you are interested in participating in Maker Faire Austin.

We encourage you to join the fun and propose a maker exhibit, performance or workshop. You can submit a proposal through the web using the link described below or you can come show us your work at a Maker Faire "audition" on Saturday, February 24 at TechShop in Menlo Park, CA.

http://www.makerfaire.com

Proposals: We invite proposals for Maker workbench exhibits, workshops, presentations and performances for the Maker Faire. We are interested in proposals from individuals as well as from groups such as hobbyist clubs and schools.

Maker Workbench: Our standard setup for Makers is a six-foot long workbench. You can use this workbench to display your work and/or demonstrate how you make something. Some makers don't need workbenches, typically because they have a large object or they set up outside. Please provide a short description of what you make and what you will bring to Maker Faire. Please link to photographs or videos of what you make. Let us know about any requirements you have, such as electricity, Internet, ventilation, etc.

Interactive Performance: We're seeking performances that will engage and entertain the attendees and enable them to interact in a fun way. The performances may be tied to a stage or roving through the fairgrounds as a kind of street theatre. Performances could be musical or theatrical, but they could also be a collaborative building process. For example, you might work with attendees to put something large together in an hour.

Presentation: These includes audio-visual presentations intended for showing a project (or process) that cannot be brought to the faire, or a special project that requires AV resources. These presentations are limited to 20 minutes. Please describe the topic of your presentation and what kind of media (audio/video) that you will have. As a general rule, PowerPoint presentations are not appropriate for this event unless they are unusually entertaining.

Demonstration Workshop: A demonstration workshop is a show-and-tell session on how to make something. We're looking for makers who can demonstrate (and teach) particular skills, techniques or processes. You should start off by explaining your materials and tools and then step-through a build process, sharing your knowledge and interacting with the audience. Sessions should be under 30 minutes in length and may be repeated on the program. Please describe the subject of your workshop and what kind of setup you need for it.

Application Form: Please go to the following URL and fill it out to apply for participation as a maker. http://makerfaire.com/bayarea/2007/proposal/

All proposals will be reviewed and we will notify makers of acceptance via email by March 19, 2007.

NOTE: Presenters whose talks are accepted will receive free registration to Maker Faire. We cannot pay for travel and accommodations. (We do make exceptions under some circumstances.) If you have any questions about participating in Maker Faire, please contact Natalie Villalobos by email: info@makerfaire.com. Please let Natalie know if you plan to come to the audition at TechShop.

Key Points:

* Maker Proposal Due: Midnight (PST): Feb. 27, 2007

* Maker Faire Bay Area Audition: Saturday Feb. 24, 2007

* Notification of Acceptance: March 19, 2006

* Confirmation of Participation: April 2, 2007

* Maker Faire Bay Area: May 19-20, 2007; Saturday 10-6 pm; Sunday 10-5pm.

* Maker Faire Austin: October 20 .. 21, 2007

* Application Form: http://makerfaire.com/bayarea/2007/proposal/

Commercial Exhibitors If you are a commercial maker or you work for a company that would like to exhibit at Maker Faire, please contact Sherry Huss sherry@oreilly.com.

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dorkbotSF #30

.zegnatronicalled — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:05:53 GMT

tonight! see the event listing somewhere on this tribe's page...

so thanks to monkeybrains we have live streaming video + chat for tonight's meeting!
http://beagle.monkeybrains.net/dorkbot.php

tune in if you can't make it for real or better yet, show up and ham it up for posterity. we'll be archiving it.

BYOB - we'll have a bar but replenishments always good. Bring snacks to share! We also have food hackers unicorn precinct xiii in the house! (http://ucpxiii.com)

7:30 - whenever (stay and show off your finished or unfinished gizmos)
@ Encounter Studios 550 deharo suite 120 SF (in pot. hill)

speakers -
greg hazel - incoherence
matt chisholm - the neighborhood project

guest curator and MC jonathan moore of http://codecon.org !

more info on lineup on the website: http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsf/

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Call for submissions Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art 2007

goatwar — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 08:59:32 GMT

Spark Festival of Electronic
Music and Art 2007

CALL FOR WORKS
University of Minnesota School of Music, Noel Zahler, Director Announces

2007 Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art

Douglas Geers, Director West Bank Arts Quarter, University of Minnesota Twin Cities Campus

Minneapolis, MN February 20-25

CALL FOR COMPOSERS, ARTISTS, and PRESENTERS Submission Deadline: September 30, 2006 (postmark)

The University of Minnesota School of Music is proud to present the 2007 Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art, February 20-25. The festival will be held on the Minneapolis campus of the University of Minnesota (USA) and neighboring Minneapolis performing arts venues, and will feature guest artists Morton Subotnick, Richard Devine, and others to be announced.

Now in its fifth year, the Spark Festival showcases the newest groundbreaking works of digital music and art. Last year's festival included innovative works by over one hundred international composers and artists, including featured guest artists Alvin Lucier and Scanner. Leading scholars and technology specialists also presented papers relating to new technology and creativity. Audiences for the concerts, installations, and lectures last year totaled approximately 4,000 people and garnered multiple mentions in local and national media.

Spark invites submissions of art, dance, theater, and music works incorporating new media, including electroacoustic concert music, experimental electronica, theatrical and dance works, installations, kinetic sculpture, artbots, video, and other non-traditional genres.

Spark also invites submission of scholarly papers on Collaborative Arts, Interactivity, Cognition, Compositional and Artistic Process, Social and Ethical Issues in the Arts, Art, Music, Video, Film, Animation, Theater, Dance, Innovative Use of Technology in Education, Scientific Visualization, Virtual Reality , intermedia composition, performance, human-computer interaction, software/hardware development, aesthetics, and history and all topics related to the creation of new media art and music. All accepted papers will be published as part of the Spark proceedings. Please see http://www.spark.cla.umn.edu/media.html for a PDF copy of the Spark 2006 proceedings and program.

MUSIC SUBMISSIONS
Music submissions will be accepted in four categories:

1. Concert works: Interactive works for acoustic instruments and electroacoustics (performance forces are available, TBA) Electroacoustic works with and without performers. Performance venues will accommodate 2-8 channel works and works with video. Although there is no strict limit of duration, pieces of fifteen minutes or less are encouraged.

2. "Spark Nitelife": Experimental electronic performances in a "club-style" venue. Performers of various styles will be considered, including those influenced by IDM, hip-hop, glitch, jazz, and etc. Selected performers will be given sets of 15-30 minutes. Performance venue will accommodate stereo sound and video.

3. Installations: [See "Art Works" below]

4. Music with video [See "Art Works" below]

New!
Bob Dylan Events
In collaboration with the Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota in conjunction with its exhibition "Bob Dylan's American Journey 1956-1966," we are inviting submissions in two special catagories:
Bob Dylan Remix Submissions: Submit your remix of a Bob Dylan work. Selected submissions will be programmed throughout the festival.
Bob Dylan Themed Installations: We are looking for installations that relates to the theme of "Bob Dylan's American Journey, 1956-1966." Selected installations will be installed at the Weisman Art Museum and elsewhere throughout Spark Festival event locations.

To submit in either of these catagories, enter the online submission system and follow the instructions.

Software
A new submission catagory for software has been added. We are looking for applications that create, enrich, enhance, or contribute to the digital arts or the teaching of the digital arts. Selected applications will be given a demonstration area and poster presentation. Additionally, programmers may be invited to give a paper demonstration on their work.
To submit enter the online submission system and identify your submission as a Software Poster Presentation.

ART WORKS
Submissions will be accepted in three categories:

1. Installations and gallery works: A number of installation and gallery exhibitions will be mounted in various spaces on the UMN campus, including the Weisman Art Museum. Please include technical and space requirements with submission. Installations may be physical objects, video and/or sound projections, or combinations thereof. Artists may be required to provide some or all of necessary technology to mount installations.

2. Video: Experimental video works will be screened at multiple Spark events. Videos featuring digital music compositions (two-channel or Dolby 5.1) are welcome, but this is not required. Although there is no strict limit of duration, pieces of twelve minutes or less are encouraged. Please submit on DVD (NTSC) or DVD data disk in mpg, mov, or avi file format.

3. Theater/Dance: A number of theatrical and dance works incorporating new technologies will be programmed at Spark 2006, with a special interest in shorter works that can be integrated into programs with music and video works. In addition, although not confirmed as of this writing, we hope to produce at least one performance in a dance theater with video projection and an Internet 2 connection. Please include performance venue and technical requirements with submissions.

PAPERS
Technical papers, lecture/demonstration, and workshop submissions that deal with topics relating to creating arts and music with new technology are encouraged, including Collaborative Arts, Interactivity, Cognition, Compositional and Artistic Process, Social and Ethical Issues in the Arts, Art, Music, Video, Film, Animation, Theater, Dance, Innovative Use of Technology in Education, Scientific Visualization, Virtual Reality , intermedia composition, performance, human-computer interaction, software/hardware development, aesthetics, and history. Paper presentations will consist of a twenty-minute presentation and five minutes of Q/A, and all accepted authors must attend to present their papers.

Submissions should consist of a two-page abstract with bibliography. Camera-ready papers will be due on November 1, 2006.

Individuals may submit a maximum of one paper and one lecture/demonstration, and these will be submitted online. More information about the submission process will be available soon on the Spark 2007 website when the online submission procedure has been activated. All accepted papers will be published as part of the Spark proceedings.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Applicants are invited to submit one work per category in up to three categories for consideration. All applicants must complete an online submission form on the Spark Festival website and include their submission number(s) with any physical media sent via postal mail. The submissions website will be at http://spark.cla.umn.edu/submissions.html and will be activated in late August. More details about the submission process will be available on the Spark 2007 website when the online submission procedure has been activated.

Regarding music and other performance works: Performing resources will be drawn from the University of Minnesota and Twin Cities area musicians. However, availability of musicians will be taken into consideration when selecting works, and therefore applicants are encouraged to bring their own performers when possible. More information about available performers will be posted on http://www.sparkfestival.org when the online submission procedure has been activated.

Composers and artists whose works are selected for inclusion are strongly encouraged to attend the festival. Scholars whose papers or demonstrations are accepted will be required to attend Spark to deliver their presentation.

TECHNICAL DETAILS
Selected works will be announced by November 1, and travel and accommodations information will be posted on http://www.sparkfestival.org by the same date.

Submission deadline is September 30 (postmark). More information and the online submissions procedure will be posted soon on the Spark 2007 website at http://www.sparkfestival.org . Questions can be directed to the Spark hosts at sparkfst@umn.edu .

***Deadline possibly will be extended, watch website or contact sparkfst@umn.edu for info***

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Dorkbot DC Meeting Aug. 15

Dorkbot_DC — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 19:24:06 GMT

Dorkbot DC will be having its next meeting:

Tuesday, August 15, 2006
8PM-10PM
Teaism
400 8th Street NW
Washington, DC 20004

Directions:

On the corner of 8th and D Streets NW. Visible from the Archives/Navy Memorial metro stop. Look for Dorkbot in the basement. Note that this is NOT the Teaism in Dupont NOR the Teaism at Lafayette Square.

http://www.dorkbot.org/dorkbotdc

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Next Dorkbot-SF 8/9/06

rotorhead — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 17:05:49 GMT

Karen's occupied programming the SRL screw machine, so I'm stepping in a guest curator.
Anyway, a new venue this month in Potrero Hill, and two awesome speakers.

simran gleason - generative music

steve omohundro - the consequences of very smart machines

The website, as usual, has details:
http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsf/

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Robo Zoo at ArsElectronicaCenter

jori — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 20:10:32 GMT

watch out a little view of Robo Zoo and Robo Lab inside
Ars Electronica Center / Linz (Austria)

http://revver.com/video/38793/11817

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dorkbotsf next week!

.zegnatronicalled — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 22:14:48 GMT

an ISEA related one and after party with tribesters dj duo solekandi

http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsf/

joel slayton of c5, oron catts - living tissue sculpture and bio-art, eric paulos - interactive city

open dorks: scott beale + evdo, jake appelbaum 23c3 in berlin nye 2006

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Dorkbot Washington DC mtg. Tues. June 20

Dorkbot_DC — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 12:26:44 GMT

The first organizational meeting of the Dorkbot Washington, DC chapter will be on Tuesday, June 20, at 7PM at the Dupont North Starbucks (1700 Connecticut Avenue NW). Look for the people with circuits!

Email dorkbotdc@gmail.com to RSVP and for more info.

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Dorkbot 6/21

rotorhead — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 02:32:58 GMT

zegnatronically transmitted:

who knew?! but we are having a dorkbot this month! this is a special
dorkbot as it is curated by kal spelletich of seemen fame in
conjunction with the month-long Frankenstein Robot festival at
rxGallery and BOCA.

details:
june 21 7:30pm
rxGallery (132 eddy st)
FREE ADMISSION but donations to our hosts much appreciated

speakers:
jeremy fitzhardinge - constellation
yes, many of you saw this at the maker faire -get the scoop from
jeremy himself (i've been waiting for about a yr now for him to do a
dorkbot on it!)

shannon wright - animating principle
will talk about her mechanical sculptures and their relationship to
the notion of 'agency'

open dorks:
kal spelletich and anu vikram - frankenstein theory of robotics: a
survey of robotics and new media art

leila hasan - the gigapan (CMU and NASA's gigapixel panoramic
imaging electromechanical device)

be there!

http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsf

-Karen

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Warehouse space coming available in SOMA creative complex

VelourLabcoat — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 19:41:36 GMT

Hey Kids-

This is the first low key announcement as many details are still up in the air.
Just want to do a sweep and see whos interested in whats coming up and than hammer out details over the next few weeks.
In question are the opening dates, from 1-3 months from today.

The space has a working title of "the complex"... because it is.
We are a series of small warehouse spaces connected by a large undeveloped dirt lot that I have been slowly absorbing over the past year.
I have recently assumed the sole lease on the "gem" property, a 4500sqft warehouse with tall ceilings in the main performance and work area.
We are located near 5th and Folsom with extremely easy access to everything and the east bay.

It has three movie theaters, a tiki bar, a wolf range gas stove, parking and shared work / performance area with 24' ceilings.
Connected to it are 8000sqf of small business and artists studios and 10,000sqft of undeveloped lot.
Current co-tenants are an office for our non-profit 510c3: Arena Interplay
Kiosk and digital signage business rental and service workshop: Friendlyway Inc
Myself, and I have a small performance/ rehearsal space upstairs connected to my room.
A Small graphics/effects studio, still in development, with blue screen.

A plan for the usage is creating a digital video production facility for projects and would like the tenants to participate in the growth of this or something completely different they have to bring to the table.
The potential tenant must be a DIY'er as the space is still somewhat raw (although I appreciate it that way) and we are responsible for any upkeep of the builiding. No help from the building owner.
There is NO LEGAL LIVE within the buildings, commercial LEASE only.
So no residential rights can be extended to this scenario, still the lease is fair as long as we pay the rent and dont cause any trouble for the building owner with other neighbors or the city. This is why its important for the potential tenant to have a business license, they're easy to get and I can help you if you dont allready. I'm assuming you catch my drift and we can discuss details in a one on one.

I am seeking two tenants for sizeable upstairs studios.
We each should be self sufficient but definately am looking to build a collaborative community out of this project.
The rents are $750-$800 each/month- + $50 for the first parking space, $75 for any additional parking.
+ Utiitlies which average around $75+ for gas/electric/garbage/internet
+ Business Insurance (about $250 year shared).
Deposit I have to pay is twice rent, we can negotiate a payment plan for the deposit but it should total $1500.
If building owner increases rent, than individual rent would be affected. SO far 3 years without increase.

If you cant pay your rent and cant deal with having occasional public activities and clients in the space than please dont apply.
As the leaseholder I am responsible for the actions of the tenants and have just completed taking over the lease to proactively solve these problems.
Full disclosure and communication being key for positive development.

I personally have a history with group art spaces dating from being a co-founder of cellspace in 96, an early developer of monkey fresh in 2002, Front Room Gallery in New York in 98 and the Farenheit in Kansas City in 2000.
The long term goal is to purchase a building that can support our activities and create a business plan based on our current model to achieve those ends.
I am a bay area native and am 36. Have a background and degree in film and video, and am currently the DOO for friendlyway inc and am in charge of the companies operations out of the warehouse. I am in league with several other developments like this one and plan to incorporate speakeasy cinema (the current venue title) as a supporting agent to help this type of growth.
I've priced the rooms to be affordable but you still have to have your shit together to make it work.
I am interested in starting this process today so I can find the best matches for our space and get them on board as soon as identified.

If you have a ton of storage needs you should consider an off site location or purchase a shipping container to put into our yard.

Please send queries or interests/ideas bad jokes to:
skot kuiper
skot@videoamp.org

thanks and feel free to distribute this to interested parties.

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First dorkbot pittsburgh: 23 March 06

allartburns — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 18:19:30 GMT

Hey kids!

First dorkbot pittsburgh is going to be 23 March 06 at BrilloBox, full details at: http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotpgh/

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2 awesome speakers for this month's dorkbot!

.zegnatronicalled — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 09:21:18 GMT

that for some reason will be the first absentee one i'll not be attending! been interesting getting this together from manila! but you all should go as the presenters kick ass and their topics are useful and interesting! i wish i could be there!

JAN 25 2006 - Wednesday - 7:30
rxGallery
132 eddy street SF @ mason or powell

FREE ADMISSION but pls. donate some $ to rxGallery for hosting us!

JENNIFER GRANICK - Securing Civil Liberties, or Why Geeks and Hackers Should Run the Government

MARC POWELL - Food Hacker's Guide to Molecular Gastronomy

More details on the talks and presenter bios here:
http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsf

With the fabulous creator of linux robots you can code via wifi, MICHAEL SHILOH as 0106 MC!

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dorkbot d7 in san francisco nov 30, 2005

amisun — Sun, 27 Nov 2005 06:01:50 GMT

Karen has decided to have dorkbot at my studio!

Come over and see !

http://www.dorkbot.org/dorkbotsf/
me:
7:30pm Wednesday
30 November 2005

place:
Dimension 7
150 Folsom @ Main
San Francisco, CA

FREE ADMISSION

Feel free to bring food to share
Fun dorky drinks.....

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some books out from previous dorkbot SF presenters:

.zegnatronicalled — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 18:43:47 GMT

from Stelarc - Stelarc: The Monograph
more info on the book here:
http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=10458

archive and images from Stelarc's dorkbot talk here:
http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsf/archive/200502/

and from Lynn Hershman - The Art and Films of Lynn Hershman Leeson
book info here:
http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/10096.html

archive and images from Lynn's dorkbot talk here:
http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsf/archive/200410/

ironically, both these artists have talking heads out using alicebot! heh.

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dorkbotSF #22

.zegnatronicalled — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 16:05:51 GMT

come to the 22nd dorkbotSF next wed! this will be a more hands-on meeting than usual. so be ready to geek out! thanks to david calkins of robolypics and other fame, it'll be held at SFSU. details below:

when: wed. 7:30pm
oct 19 2005

where: SFSU
Science Bldg Room 210
1600 Holloway Ave, SF

directions (car/public transit):
http://www.sfsu.edu/~parking/text/tocampus.html

campus map:
http://www.sfsu.edu/~sfsumap/

who:
michael shiloh - all my robots are belong to you
http://www.linuxrobots.org
write your own code and ssh into the bot to drive it!

mike estee - home cookin' with SMT
http://www.orbelisk.com
live demo of toaster oven technique for DIY surface mount

jacob appelbaum - setting up communication systems in off the wall places
http://www.appelbaum.net
as soon as jake gets back in town we will update you all with his
info in his own words

FREE ADMISSION but donations to our host very much appreciated!

Pls. bring food and drink to share but NO ALCOHOL!

open dork afterwards - as usual, contact me if you'd like to do a quick 5-10 min. presentation

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BEND THIS! A night of Circuit Bent Mayhem at the Il Corral in Los Angeles

xdugef — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 05:23:29 GMT

Come get your brain bent at the Il corral Saturday Oct 22nd!

9pm $10 BYOB

http://www.cannedbeefrecords.com/bendthis/ Click Here for Flyer

http://www.halfnormal.com/ilcorral

PRESENTING:

Dingis Khan http://www.geocities.com/dingiskhan
XDUGEF http://www.xdugef.com
Bent Monkey Cage http://hometown.aol.com/poppacootch/ with OX
UNIVAC http://techdweeb.com
Zef Renirhs http://absurdity.biz

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Dividend TONIGHT in the Haight

wtsn — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 00:05:32 GMT

False Profit offers you a slice of the pie tonight @ Nickie's BBQ in the Haight: false-profit.com/dividend

Generous beats, bleeps and beer served up for your pleasure.

Arrive early to enjoy some lush downtempo/experimental/idm (for the first hour),
perfect to sip the excellent brews on tap @ Nickie's to. Dancefloor motivation will
proceed gradually afterwords.

Come introduce yourself...

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dorkbotSF #21

.zegnatronicalled — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 16:39:48 GMT

ok we're back in the city! neat space! (drum machine museum formerly known as the space called tenderloft)

WHEN:
14 Sept 2005 - Wed - 7:30pm

WHERE:
drum machine museum (http://www.drummachine.com/)
142 taylor (between eddy & turk) sf
Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=142+Taylor+St,+San+Francisco,+CA+94102&spn=0.004898,0.009030&t=k&hl=en

WHO:
Dale Dougherty & the MAKE Crew - The Making of MAKE
http://makezine.com

Spot Draves - The Latest with Electric Sheep
http://electricsheep.org
http://scottdraves.com

Jon Phillips - How to Build an Online Development Community
http://www.rejon.org

FREE! But donations much appreciated to help defray costs of hosting
us!

open dork afterwards (contact me if you'd like to give a 5-10 minute
presentation)

feel free to bring food/drink to share

bring gadgets to show off!

Many THANKS to Mickey T / Drum Machine Museum
(http://www.drummachine.com) for hosting this month's dorkbotSF!

http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsf

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dorkbotSF #20

.zegnatronicalled — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 16:37:58 GMT

hi all

come to dorkbotSF #20 next week! it'll be our first south bay meeting!

when: aug 17 2005 7:30pm
where: onomy labs
851 hamilton ave
menlo park
directions: http://onomy.com/blue/directions.html

FREE but donations appreciated to help our hosts defray costs of hosting us - feel free to bring your own food/drink

presenters:

Jill Miller - How to Hunt for Bigfoot: Satellites, Solar Power and Triangles
Jill and company have been holed up in bigfoot country in the woods somewhere armed only with a 24x7 satellite uplink waiting for bigfoot (or all you flash mobbing gorillas) to appear. Come see what is quite possibly the strangest thing to do with electricity out in the woods!
http://waitingforbigfoot.dom/
http://www.jillmiller.net

Scott Minneman & Dale MacDonald (Onomy Labs) - Make-Tanks: a New Paradigm for Innovation
Scott and Dale will talk about Make-Tanks as opposed to the typical thinktanks. They're different in that a make-tank is all about tinkering and hands-on experimentation being a part of discovering emerging technologies and scientific diescoveries. Come see PARC alumni Scott and Dale geek out with their various toys and talk about the tools, technologies, and war-stories of making interactive story telling devices. Tour and live demonstration of the Tilty and Twisty Tables, Interactive Wall, and maybe a 1959 Philco Predicta.
http://www.onomy.com

open dork - 5-10 minute presentations from YOU -bring your gizmos, toys, etc. get peer review of your projects finished or not.

See you all there! Don't let that burning man season stop you!

.............................................................................................
.........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity..........
..........................http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsf/.........................
.............................................................................................

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douglas irving repetto is a dude

Thu, 18 Aug 2005 07:03:32 GMT

just a quick note of praise in honor of doug repetto (founder of dorkbot). he's a great guy. i did the artbots show in dublin that he organized a month ago, and he's a very down-to-earth, nice guy. after meeting him, the whole dorkbot phenomenon made complete sense. if you have the chance to work with him, do it.

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PIC programmer person needed

andris — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 01:08:32 GMT

I'm designing a couple of art projects that will need PIC control mostly software PWM routines driving LEDs, real easy stuff. I have tried to do this on my own, but I have discovered that I'm not really cut out for programming. If anyone feels they can lend a hand, it would make life so much easier. I'd prefer to stay in a C environment (CCS C to be specific) or whatever works for you is fine. Send me a message if you're interested.
Thanks!

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what the hack report from gweeds

.zegnatronicalled — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 22:12:43 GMT

http://wiki.whatthehack.org/index.php/Video_Interviewer_Diary-_day_0

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WebDevs needed!! (yes, employment "spam")

ninaeleanor — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 20:51:59 GMT

Hey Dorkbotters-

My team at Yahoo! Hotjobs is in dire need of more webdevs- both contract, and permanent. On-site, full time.

HTML and CSS hard-coding knowledge, a must. Java, PHP, and other codebases, hard-knowledge and/or working-knowledge, a plus.

Pay is great, the team is fun, free coffee/espresso drinks, yummy subsidized cafeteria on campus, and Yahoo! now has a bus to Sunnyvale for SF commuters, with WiFi on it. I ride the bullet train as I'm close to the 22nd st. station, and door-to-door that is about an hour.

Please e.mail me with a resume at: nalter@hotjobs.com, if you're interested.

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dorkbotSF v19

.zegnatronicalled — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 17:15:46 GMT

otis fodder - theremin

monochrom - experience the experience of 1 baud

open dork - 5 minute presentations

open dj - theme: electronic bleepy music and in honor of our austrian guests, FALCO

bring your own theremin - impromptu theremin cacophony - rock me amadeus on theremin, anyone?

details:
time: 7:30pm 20 July 2005
place: rxGallery - 132 eddy SF

Otis Fodder - Theremin Demo
Otis Fodder has played with artists Lydia Lunch, Sigue Sigue Sputnik in the Bran Flakes, Comfort Stand Records founder, hub of local, national, and international experimental music scenes, Negativland collaborator, owner of the most incredible found sound, soundtrack, lounge, Moog archive, and invaluable dorkbotSEA + dorkbotSF member!
http://otisfodder.com

monochrom - Experience the Experience of 1 Baud
The International Code of Signals serves to facilitate communication at sea. It defines the meaning of alphabetical identification codes for safety and navigation purposes. The key for "sending" was drafted by a committee of the British Board of Trade in 1855 and published in 1857. The 1969 edition, revised in 2003, is still in use today. We have expanded the flag alphabet, not just so that it also includes the @ sign, but so that city dwellers have access to pure communication. The flag alphabet will be taught in a workshop lasting several hours. After a few days set aside for study and practice, we would like, in the form of a competition, to send an identical message across the city over two equally long routes simultaneously. Will it work?

monochrom is an art-technology-philosophy group of basket weaving enthusiasts and theory do-it-yourselfers having its seat in Vienna and Zeta Draconis. monochrom is the super-affirmation of the globalization trap. monochrom has existed in this (and every other) form since 1993.
Workshop: July 20, 7:30 PM.
Event: July 22, 5 PM.
http://www.monochrom.at/experiences/baud.htm
http://monochrom.at/english/

FREE ADMISSION but donations appreciated
CASH BAR

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BLOWHARD: respiring the rhetoric of fear culture

Mon, 11 Jul 2005 18:16:35 GMT

just had to show and tell an alternative art-game system I co-developed.
Basically a breathe controlled 'strong person' game contest. You have to hyperventilate faster than your opponent to advance thru the Homeland Security Departments alert level - thru each level fear culture media plays - it's chaotic and a-political in that the media is derived from conspiracy theory and pro government propoganda and truly crazy sh*t. You can check out more info at - http://quasi-cause.com/blowhard/index.php

more tech stuff will be posted to the site soon - but basically it's custom electronics, parallel processing PIC controllers, RS232 comm to Max/MSP/Jitter.

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dorkbot sf - 3rd anniv. - next week!

.zegnatronicalled — Thu, 26 May 2005 17:32:08 GMT

should be a good 'people doing strange things with electricity' session:

simnuke project - nuclear device detonation simulation
heather dewey-hagborg - autonomous flying robots/collective robotics
violet blue - LIVE teledildonics demo (adults only)

our host is nervous that this particular one is a big-crowd magnet and wants to keep it under the radar but you regulars should know when/where. hope to see you there!

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dorkbot los angeles/portland

Thu, 28 Apr 2005 18:42:49 GMT

anything going on in los angeles soon?

also Im moving to portland OR in 4 months, would like to meet people

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Dorks are good business

Sat, 04 Jun 2005 04:50:38 GMT

who else to deal with ? The meek might enherit the Earth, but the Dorks will raffle it.

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Wired, Violet B

Polymorf — Sat, 28 May 2005 17:51:58 GMT

Hey there's a blurb on wired about Voilet B, Teledildonics and dorkbot on wired.com

http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,67652,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_2

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I want to sleep in a giant teacup!

Melissa — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 21:22:56 GMT

But don't know how to build one. Can anyone give me advice?

I'm envisioning a structure that will encircle my tent at Burning Man, be about 8-10 ft tall, with a 12 ft diameter across the top, an 8 ft diameter footprint, and, ideally, be wind storm resistant.

At first I thought of building the whole thing out of papier mache, then of fabric, wooden ribs and irrigation tube hoops, now PVC pipes???

I am open to any suggestions about how to proceed and would be very grateful for your feedback or ideas.

Please help me ensure that my 24-hr Mad Tea Party takes place as scheduled. A giant cake goes to the friendly, wonderful, generous person with the most useful design advice!!!

Thank you!
Honeybee

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Dorkbot Seattle - June dorkbot 2nd Anniversary Tesla Challenge and PRIZES

Mon, 18 Apr 2005 22:52:18 GMT

from Dorkbot SEATTLE :

--

From website,
http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsea/

DORKBOT-SEA 2ND ANNIVERSARY MEETING AND TESLA EXTRAVAGANZA!!! At CoCA on June 1st, experience 3 TESLAPHILE SPEAKERS, VIDEO of Tesla-related weirdnesses and a DJ not afraid of playing OMD’s Tesla Girls in public! BRING out your Telsa-inspired devices: we have PRIZES for any Tesla Coil that arrives on the night (we will be shutting down the alley; bring your own generators), plus MORE PRIZES for the best coil, for Jacob’s Ladders, and any and other Tesla-inspired device, from medical instruments to plasma balls to old radios, that you might care to share. More in a flash…!!

--

THE CALL OUT .... from the dorkbotsea announce list at,
http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotsea-announce

Message:
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 13:18:35 -0700
From: "Kate Seekings"

our 2nd anniversary dorkbot meeting on June 1st will be a Tesla-themed extravaganza, with three Teslaphile speakers and as many Tesla-inspired artworks and devices, from weird medical instruments to plasma balls to Jacob's Ladders, as we can find. There will be Tesla video, and OMD's Tesla Girls on the decks. It's going to be a classic evening.

However. what self-respecting Tesla night could be complete without a Tesla Coil? And what have I not yet been able to find one, solitary example of in the whole of our region??

Hence the DORKBOTSEA 2ND ANNIVERSARY TESLA CHALLENGE.

* We will be offering PRIZES - interesting, fun, wild, woolly,
whacked-out prizes, being collected right now - to ANYONE bringing a
working Tesla Coil that they and/or their friends have made!
* We will give PRIZES - smaller than the above, but still most definitely worth having - as a FINDERS FEE to anyone who tracks down an existing, working Tesla Coil and its owner, and persuades them to bring it along for the night!
* We will be offering a SPECIAL PRIZE - more exciting than all the other prizes - to the BEST TESLA COIL, as decided by on-the-night audience appreciation!
* Other Tesla devices (Jacob's Ladders and the like) are VERY WELCOME INDEED, and may also receive PRIZES!

If this inspires or beguiles you, or if you know someone it might
inspire or beguile, please, get to work - and let me know about your
efforts at dorkbotsea AT dorkbot (dot) org. Frankly, I'll be on
tenterhooks 'til I hear from you. Without a Tesla Coil, there's a slim
chance that it might be too embarrassing to even have a 2nd anniversary Tesla-themed evening after all.

contact: dorkbotsea AT dorkbot (dot) org

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Tribe.net profile template contest.

elliot — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 22:31:20 GMT

(I know this is a little off-topic for this tribe, but I thought this crowd might want to know about this.)

Tribe.net is debuting custom profile designs in an upcoming release, and we'd like to feature designs by our users -- we know we have lots of creatives in our user base, and we want to showcase their talents. If you are a CSS-savvy designer, then check out the Profile Design Contest tribe, which has the instructions and guidelines for designing and submitting a design concept:

http://profiledesign.tribe.net/

You can also get the basics from this listing:

http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/listing/175a601f-6e1d-4680-aacb-db04a0dbb1a7

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BORG2 first art grant opportunity

jim — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 04:48:47 GMT

(excerpted from a forthcoming bullhorn, copied at end)

NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS, HERE'S THE PILE 'O PENNIES ART GRANT DISASTER
--------------------------------------------------------------------

The BORG2 Ad Hoc Action Collective, aka the people not voted into any kind of office, have been counting up all the change collected from the recent FLYING PIG SEX DISASTER fundraiser and rolling it into, well, rolls. And then depositing the rolls with the bank people. And now they're tired of all this rolling.

The delightful Marc came up with this idea (paraphrased for your convenience):

1. Gosh darn we still have to roll a ton of pennies 2. How can I convince someone else to do this?
3. Maybe the AC could GRANT this butt load of pennies to an artist so we won't have to roll them anymore and an artist could be supported to make their art, which is why we are here rolling all this god-forsaken change in the first place.

Thus was born: the NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS, HERE'S THE PILE 'O PENNIES ART GRANT DISASTER.

Here is the deal: BORG2 has a bunch of pennies and other misshapen but still legal US tender coins in its possession. Rather than spend about ten manhours each for every ten dollars of coins left, BORG2 is going to grant THIS HUGE PILE OF COINS TO ONE LUCKY ARTIST. An real art grant, immediate resource gratification, just like we've been talking about for the last six million years.

The rules and conditions:

- The dollar amount of the remaining pennies (and other coins) is somewhere around ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

- All those interested in receiving this grant have one week from today forward to submit a project proposal. Proposals will be posted publicly to the BORG2.org website in the order received.

- All submitted proposals will be subject to a vote by the entire BORG2 community, using the Demagogue voting software that was created by the mysterious Dr. Fiasco and used in the January elections, and is now new and improved, to the point where it can handle "millions of voters."

- The project deemed "most interesting" by the entire community, as determined through this vote, will receive all the remaining coins at a special ceremony, details of which to be announced.

Format of proposals:

The format used to submit a proposal is very important. Non-compliance with format will mark submitter as a non-linear thinker. Please comply with all following blank spaces:

Your Name:
Project Title:
One line project description:
Compose a DF1LM (dfilm.com/index_movie_start.html) explaining your project and submit link to it:
Submit a URL to an online drawing (optional):

Note that the primary vehicle for this application is DF1LM. Those who have been following the BORG2 tribe and various other tribes in the Outer BORGverse will know that DF1LM has, um, kinda become the communication medium of choice for BORG2 endeavors. In fact, the Art Council has been deep in debate as to whether all official AC communications should proceed through DF1LM, although there has been no decision yet. In the meantime, however, Jim composed a stunt grant application that found issue in several panties, and many DF1LMs flew here and there shortly thereafter, as well as before, through the rigors of time travel (news travels BEYOND FAST in the BORGverse). The record (or wreckage) can be found on the BORG2 tribe (borg2.tribe.net), and also on the DF1LM tribe (dfilm.tribe.net).

EMAIL IS DEAD. THE FUTURE BELONGS TO DF1LM. (Can we get a sponsorship?)

Remember, the deadline for proposals is Wednesday, March 2. Voting will take place Friday, March 4.

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The BORG2 Bullhorn (B2B): No. 8, 2/23/05

BORG2 Info: www.BORG2.org

BORG2 Discussion: BORG2.tribe.net

BORG2 Email List and Voter Registration
http://saucer.spaceship.com/mailman/listinfo/bep

BORG2 Art Fund Donations: www.BORG2.org/Donate.html

BULLHORN #8: THE ~WHAT WOULD HUNTER DO?~ EDITION

WWHD?

"There was madness in any direction, at any hour. If not across the Bay, then up the Golden Gate or down 101 to Los Altos or La Honda. You could strike sparks anywhere. There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was right, that we were winning. And that, I think, was the handle -- that sense of inevitable victory over the forces of Old and Evil. Not in any mean or military sense; we didn't need that. Our energy would simply prevail. There was no point in fighting -- on our side or theirs. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave. So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark -- the place where the wave finally broke and rolled back."

WWHD?

=========================================
------VISUAL INSPECTION: MANIFEST-----
=========================================

1. NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS, HERE'S THE PILE 'O PENNIES ART GRANT DISASTER 2. New Website Goes Beta 3. Another "Final" Tally From FPSD Fundraiser 4. Flying Pig Videos and More 5. What in the World is the Art Council Doing Right Now?
6. Chicken John Escapes To Mexico
7. More BORG2 Talk in SF Bay Guardian
8. One More Try on the JRS Announcement
9. Even More Miscellaneous Than Usual

NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS, HERE'S THE PILE 'O PENNIES ART GRANT DISASTER
--------------------------------------------------------------------

The BORG2 Ad Hoc Action Collective, aka the people not voted into any kind of office, have been counting up all the change collected from the recent FLYING PIG SEX DISASTER fundraiser and rolling it into, well, rolls. And then depositing the rolls with the bank people. And now they're tired of all this rolling.

The delightful Marc came up with this idea (paraphrased for your convenience):

1. Gosh darn we still have to roll a ton of pennies 2. How can I convince someone else to do this?
3. Maybe the AC could GRANT this butt load of pennies to an artist so we won't have to roll them anymore and an artist could be supported to make their art, which is why we are here rolling all this god-forsaken change in the first place.

Thus was born: the NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS, HERE'S THE PILE 'O PENNIES ART GRANT DISASTER.

Here is the deal: BORG2 has a bunch of pennies and other misshapen but still legal US tender coins in its possession. Rather than spend about ten manhours each for every ten dollars of coins left, BORG2 is going to grant THIS HUGE PILE OF COINS TO ONE LUCKY ARTIST. An real art grant, immediate resource gratification, just like we've been talking about for the last six million years.

The rules and conditions:

- The dollar amount of the remaining pennies (and other coins) is somewhere around ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

- All those interested in receiving this grant have one week from today forward to submit a project proposal. Proposals will be posted publicly to the BORG2.org website in the order received.

- All submitted proposals will be subject to a vote by the entire BORG2 community, using the Demagogue voting software that was created by the mysterious Dr. Fiasco and used in the January elections, and is now new and improved, to the point where it can handle "millions of voters."

- The project deemed "most interesting" by the entire community, as determined through this vote, will receive all the remaining coins at a special ceremony, details of which to be announced.

Format of proposals:

The format used to submit a proposal is very important. Non-compliance with format will mark submitter as a non-linear thinker. Please comply with all following blank spaces:

Your Name:
Project Title:
One line project description:
Compose a DF1LM (dfilm.com/index_movie_start.html) explaining your project and submit link to it:
Submit a URL to an online drawing (optional):

Note that the primary vehicle for this application is DF1LM. Those who have been following the BORG2 tribe and various other tribes in the Outer BORGverse will know that DF1LM has, um, kinda become the communication medium of choice for BORG2 endeavors. In fact, the Art Council has been deep in debate as to whether all official AC communications should proceed through DF1LM, although there has been no decision yet. In the meantime, however, Jim composed a stunt grant application that found issue in several panties, and many DF1LMs flew here and there shortly thereafter, as well as before, through the rigors of time travel (news travels BEYOND FAST in the BORGverse). The record (or wreckage) can be found on the BORG2 tribe (borg2.tribe.net), and also on the DF1LM tribe (dfilm.tribe.net).

EMAIL IS DEAD. THE FUTURE BELONGS TO DF1LM. (Can we get a sponsorship?)

Remember, the deadline for proposals is Wednesday, March 2. Voting will take place Friday, March 4.

(WWHD?:

It's important to follow protocol, especially when you're counting pennies. And why not?
Ben Franklin probably had something to say on the matter -- Ben had something to say for just about every goddamn thing, and that's why we put him on the flag. Not Nixon... he never did understand the worth of a penny, or much of anything else for that matter, at least anything decent or legal. Nixon threw his pennies into the trash, along with empty bottles of Old Grandad and Maalox and all the paper records from his orphan-purchase deal with the Chinese, and because of that he died homeless and penniless. They buried him in a cardboard box and tossed him on a junk freighter headed out to the Indian Ocean, which is exactly what he deserved, but that's beside the point: he didn't watch his pennies, and that's why we call it "penniless." Historians take note: dead presidents are amusing, but not nearly as funny as unshaven ones. Stand back!)

BORG2 AND THE NEW AMAZING TECHNICOLOR WEBSITE
---------------------------------------------

Up now for public review, comments, and criticism. Please do not direct your review, comments and/or criticism to this correspondent, who will lose it. Charlie Gadeken has asked the such comments be directed to: borg2.tribe.net/. Be nice to him when you do it, because he and the rest of the AC put a lot of time and effort into this while we sat back in our La-Z Boys and hollered at them for not having a website up.

Here is the temporary address for the new site:
http://66.216.120.27/index.php3

There is also a public wiki for BORG2 in the works, and it should break surface at any moment. More news as it comes off the wire.

FINAL TALLY FROM PIG DISASTER?
------------------------------

We appear to have a final score from the recent fundraiser, via the estimable G-Off, man on a mission:

$1,365 deposited today from the final rolling session $980 deposited by Nesdon a couple weeks ago $100 coinstarred by Nesdon a couple weeks ago $550 in pennies waiting for a winner (includes ones in Jim's trunk) Some other amount of rolled (and unrolled) coins that Jim still has in the trunk of his car.
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TOTAL COINS FROM PIG: $2,995 plus whatever is in the trunk.

So there you have it. Adding in the money raised at the door, through the bar take, schwag table, hyperwhiskey wheel, etc., the total is a little over $7000. Thanks again to everyone who donated or participated. A nice start. Who's next?

(WWHD?

Ye gads, more pennies! Who is "Jim" and why is he keeping Clearly Labeled Funds in his trunk? Thousands of coins... he'll wear out his shocks that way, and this is coming from someone who's destroyed many cars through creative overloading. The key is to balance the
load: torso and arms in the trunk, head and legs in the front seat, etc. -- drive slowly and don't look from side to side much, or at all really. Important not to alert the authorities that anything weird might be going on... or have I said too much? Ignore all that. Just pretend the leech isn't climbing up your back and keep typing, at all costs.
Can't reach it with my hands... need some sort of heavy type of swatter, with a long handle. Or perhaps something to just slow it down -- if I can keep it away from my central cortex I can keep working indefinitely, if not, perhaps, at _tip top condition_. It's worked for Dan Rather for many years, after all, and his leech is even bigger than mine.
You can't see it, of course, because it's on his back, and the TV cameras only show him from the front. Wisely, because no one wants to see a giant, blood-sucking leech on network television, unless that leech is George W. Bush. But he only makes prolonged appearances once per year, every year, and his people have plenty of time to disguise his leech as a harmless podium, or Dick Cheney.

When did this leech business begin? Am I the only one who sees them? Must study their
habits....)

FLYING PIG SEX DISASTER VIDEOS NOW ONLINE
-----------------------------------------

Two fine views of the flying fucking burning pig thing are now available.

>From LarZ:

www.studiolarz.com/flyingpig.wmv
and
www.studiolarz.com/flyingpig.ram

And also from CTP:

ctpdesign.com/FPSD.mov

And here are some lovely photos by Jon Ross:

nephology.org/gallery/list.php

Thanks and appreciation to the people who put these together.

THE ART COUNCIL SHOUTS THROUGH A BULLHORN
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Owing to technical difficulties, the minutes for last week's Art Council meeting are not available yet. The AC is working to make sure that the minutes are hereafter available to the public by Wednesday of the following week, so that they can be reported here in the Bullhorn.

Here are the previous week's minutes to tide you all over:

http://66.216.120.27/minutes.php3

CHICKEN JOHN FLEES TO MEXICO
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No comment.

(WWHD?

Let's get one thing straight. There's nothing shameful about hopping in a 55-foot GMC bus and heading for the border, especially when that bus is filled with women and alcohol.
Especially not when your name is Chicken John, and your whole life is a complex solution to an non-existent exercise in abstraction.

I knew of him once, back when he was cleaning booths at the old Regal Show World Theater in San Francisco. The Regal Show World, Where You Are King. And Chicken was king, after a fashion. No one cleared a booth faster than Chicken John Rinaldi. The strippers made fun of him, but the admiration from the clientele was palpable; no one put more into the job than that man. I was Night Manager at the O'Farrell Theater at the time and I wanted to hire him away from his current employers -- his skills were valuable within a certain sphere, and I was prepared to double or even triple his salary. But Chicken was a man of honor and refused to break his contract. That was the last time I ever saw him in person, and I shook his hand, even though I knew where that hand had been. But I've heard plenty about him since then.

The details are irrelevant. We can sit here and talk about the time he hijacked a van full of nuns and drove them to Disneyland, or the awful Backstreet Boys ticket counterfeiting scheme he got himself mixed up in -- but why bring up ugly incidents? I still believe he's a man of honor, and if he stole those people and drove them to Mexico, far from the reach of the San Francisco Sheriff's Department, well, he probably had a good reason. Better to think of him down there on the beach in Baja, wearing baggy tourist shorts and some sort of phony nose and glasses contraption, probably, and walking with a fake limp, enjoying the fruits of his horrible misdeeds. And why not? Who else works this hard at being inscrutable?

We can only hope that -- when he finally tucks his tail between his legs and aims the bus homeward -- the US border people go easy on him. They're tall boys, and their fun, theoreticallly, at least, mostly comes from the opportunity to hit people in the kidneys with the long saps they're issued as standard equipment. But my money's on Chicken. No one's mouth works faster when it's about to get hit with a bully club than Chicken's, and the man has a long track record of jumping ship just when the rats start to chew through the hull... these are the kinds of skills that keep a man afloat in wicked times. Not the sort of things that are appreciated by most people, or discussed at all in polite company, but there is a certain kind of book where these deeds are noted and saluted: the ability to grow more lives than a cat is not something to scoff at or discount, and the people who get good at these things live to cause far more trouble for far longer than people who manage stay out of it entirely. Just look at me. Selah.)

BORG2 MAKES GOOD; LOCAL PRESS ECSTATIC
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Another fine article by Steven "Scribe" Jones in the San Francisco Bay Guardian:

www.sfbg.com/39/19/news_burningman.html

I understand there was a photo that ran in the original print edition. And that this photo was uncredited, and that the photographer remains uncompensated.

Just saying.

(WWHD?

I wrote this when I was alive, stand by it still. A very long time indeed, considering that every day spent in the afterlife is infinite. No one tells you that before you pull the trigger, though, do they? After long consideration, being hooked up to tubes and spoonfed oatmeal would probably be preferable to watching Johnny Carson tell dick jokes for the rest of eternity. Somebody get me out of here, goddamnit.

"The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived as some kind of cruel and shallow money trench through the heart of the journalism industry, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs, for no good reason."

We were talking about the TV business, right? Wait. Jesus. Whoops -- you have to be careful when you say that around here.)

NEW JRS ANNOUNCEMENT TO NOT MENTION SHIT OR PANTS
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After Chicken John's miserable failure with the first BORG2 announcement in the Jackrabbit Speaks (maybe that's why he ran off to Mexico,) we've been granted another shot at it.
After a laborious process of editing and passing from one committee to the next committee and back to the original author and then back through more committees, BORG2CO IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE LATEST RESULTS OF ITS MARKETING RESEARCH, DESIGNED TO OFFER YOU THE CONSUMER THE GRANDEST OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS RIGHT IN THE SAFETY AND COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME, keyed to Rapid Eye Movement studies conducted on federal prisoners, in accordance with state and federal law, and using Newtonian principles, NEW AND IMPROVED, no animals harmed in any way, TEETH BRIGHTER AND SHINIER, guaranteed to get you laid. NOT FOR RESALE AND VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. Also may not be legal in the following states: AK, CO, KY, NH, NV, RI, SC, SD, TX. Sales tax not included. Family members of BORG2 participants not eligible. Use only as directed.

I would show it to you, but it doesn't officially exist yet. Look for it in a JRS coming to your mailbox soon.

SO MISCELLANEOUS IT HURTS
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The Network Girl would like to direct your attention to:

The Grass-Rootin' BORG2 Artist Tribe
grassrootborg2artists.tribe.net/

"This tribe has been established to get WAY back to basics of art-making before there was Burning Man grants or BORG2 funding. Focusing on meeting the call for more art thru non-monetary resource funding i.e. stuff for free that will give your art project the Whoo hoo for no bling bling or at least very little. This is a place for BORG2 Artists and ALL artist for that matter to list their in-kind donation wish list. This is for the artists who plan to get their Art to Burning Man 2005 no matter what. This shout out is for you"

And Charles Gadeken would like to draw your attention to the BORG2 Art Council's plan to create mad money from the fundraising process:

www.thenetworkgirl.com/Borg2F...aising.htm

Input and suggestions no doubt welcome.

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Questions? Complaints? Unsolicited manuscripts? Push the button and TALK LOUDLY:
Frankenstein Jones at (b2bullhorn@fastmail.fm).

Got an event coming up or an announcement to make? Send them in. We can't guarantee everything submitted will appear in an issue of the b2b, however we will make every effort to accommodate your sincere desire to yell at the general public. PLEASE SEND ME INFORMATION. I can't do this without the people who read the thing.

You can also sign up for the tribe.net thingy at BORG2.tribe.net, where we talk about all sorts of stuff related to BORG2. This is probably the quickest way to receive information and inform others on topics related to BORG2.

"Please get me off this list as quickly as possible."

Ejection seat button:
saucer.spaceship.com/mailman...tinfo/bep

Go down the page until you see the part that begins with "To unsubscribe". Enter your email address and that should effectively get you out of the loop. You will no longer be eligible to take part in future BORG2 votes after you take this step, although you are welcome to re-subscribe at any time.

Frankenstein Jones, Handy Multi-Tool
Office of the People Without Offices
www.BORG2.org

Mahalo, HST, mahalo.

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make

.zegnatronicalled — Wed, 16 Feb 2005 21:44:06 GMT

if you guys haven't seen it yet, o'reilly has a new magazine called Make. the first issue has an article on dorkbots all over the world written by david pescovitz. it's a print zine so subscribe off of their main page or from amazon. it'll be available in stores soon

http://make.oreilly.com/

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0007RNI5K/qid=1108590128/sr=53-1/ref=tr_100991/002-5798066-9500044

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picture clock

amisun — Wed, 12 Jan 2005 21:20:21 GMT

http://www.humanclock.com/

this is rather wonderful

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dorkbot #17

.zegnatronicalled — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 03:15:01 GMT

hope to see you there! great lineup!

(stelarc's going first for those who wanted to catch his presentation)

http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsf/

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Good books for beginners?

brendan_c — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 01:52:47 GMT

Do y'all know of any good introductory books on electronics?

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dorkbotSF #16 - dec 15 - wed

.zegnatronicalled — Tue, 07 Dec 2004 17:23:58 GMT

check out the website for the details: http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsf/
it'll be at the crucible.

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machinista.org

.zegnatronicalled — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 16:13:15 GMT

they had a cool event in glasgow this year and are looking for hosts for 2005 where dorkbot tribe member david therrien was one of the artists... if you or anyone know anyone whom founder sergey can get i n touch with let me know

http://www.machinista.org/

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dorkbot this evening...

Thu, 28 Oct 2004 05:36:57 GMT

was very cool! yay for the cockroach!! All the presenters were very interesting.
thanks!!

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LCD recycling project?

elliot — Thu, 28 Oct 2004 22:09:30 GMT

Does anyone know how hard it would be to devise a kit for recycling all those old laptop LCDs? Selfishly, I want to make a RAID (redundant array of inexpensive displays). Unselfishly, I'd like to see some way to make use of all this old gear people have lying around. LCDs obsolesce more slowly than chips and such, and I can't imagine the displays themselves biodegrace gracefully...

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dorkbot this evening...

Thu, 28 Oct 2004 05:36:46 GMT

was very cool! yay for the cockroach!! All the presenters were very interesting.
thanks!!

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dorkbot tomorrow

.zegnatronicalled — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 02:15:40 GMT

at dimension 7

it should be dope. lynn hershman debuts her latest work in SF at dorkbot! timely -its a talking head AI running for tele-president.

tom williams showing all his cool vj/3D tricks

garnet hertz demonstrating his madagascar cockroach controlled robot.

FREE! but donations to d7 and buying booze from the bar will help them make hosting us worth it!

http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsf/

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RFL

alora — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 22:55:09 GMT

Apparantly this Sat and Sun, the Robot Fighting League National Championships (RFL) are going to be doing silly things at Fort Mason. For 10 hours. Both days.
You can catch your favorite bots from "Battlebots" (TM) and the dorks who made them there, I bet. :)
Free for military. $20 for adults. $10 for kids.
http://www.combots.net/

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vaccum tube guy

alora — Mon, 27 Sep 2004 17:07:03 GMT

From dorkbot last year at RX. Whoever that guy was might enjoy this link.
http://www.metasonix.com/TX1.htm

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siggraph pass

amisun — Wed, 28 Jul 2004 18:51:07 GMT

does anyone need a siggraph pass?

write me

ami sun

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dorkbotSF #14 pix

.zegnatronicalled — Mon, 26 Jul 2004 15:47:24 GMT

http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsf/

some video too

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People Doing Strange Things With Fire - DorkbotSF #14

.zegnatronicalled — Thu, 15 Jul 2004 09:41:05 GMT

See Event Listings... Hope to see you all there!

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Putting the "DIE" in DIY: teen geek builds home-made flamethrower!

sfslim — Thu, 01 Jul 2004 00:23:16 GMT

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s=f827c9678e6c12e5db992c721eef704b&threadid=1107178&perpage=40&pagenumber=1

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howdy

Fri, 25 Jun 2004 02:28:48 GMT

I am a dead person who inhabits a temporally fragmented computer network, just though i would say hello.
I also have a signifigant # of android bodies my engrams control
do you need any technological advances?
I'm a wealth of absurdist conceptualization.

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iMac Rev A hacks

korntee — Sat, 19 Jun 2004 22:56:56 GMT

So I bought the very first iMac when they came out in 98.
I worked at an apple store at the time, and not even our top level tech guys could tell me what the "mezzanine" slot was for. it was rumored that someday you might be able to add firewire to it? They stopped making the slot, but i finally found out some products were actully made for it, to add SCSI, extra monitor, and serial,no firewire. not sure what the picture in the last link is?

http://www.theimac.com/imac_scsi/scsi_card.shtml

http://www.theimac.com/news/excl/58.shtml

http://www.nsphoto.jp/Pasokon.html

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dorkbotsf party

.zegnatronicalled — Wed, 02 Jun 2004 05:20:38 GMT

june 2! see tribe events. hope to see a lot of you there!

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Circuit bending workshop

NicktheCreature — Mon, 10 May 2004 21:38:11 GMT

I'm helping to organize a workshop at the IK space and thought I'd run it past you guys to see if you wanted to get involved.

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new yorker article:

Tue, 01 Jun 2004 19:01:47 GMT

http://newyorker.com/talk/content/?040607ta_talk_wilkinson

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looking to photograph bots

Fri, 28 May 2004 22:30:56 GMT

hey i'll be in LA and SF and vegas within the month I want to photograph bots
lemme know if anyone has anything interesting to take a pic of
xo

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cell phone photography show

.zegnatronicalled — Wed, 12 May 2004 21:14:36 GMT

Rx WANTS YOU!

Join in on a ground breaking international artistic experience!

Rx Gallery invites you to participate in a very unique show. The Mobile Phone Photography Show is open to anyone, anywhere, who has access to a mobile phone camera.

From May 20 through June 18, 2004 participants from all over the world are invited to send in photos taken via their mobile phones. All photos will be accepted. We will display the collected images in continuous rotation on monitors throughout the gallery. On our main wall we will display thumbnail
printouts of the photos, starting, on opening night, with a completely blank wall. During the course of the show, as the images filter in, the wall will gradually fill up with 1000s of examples of this very intimate, dynamic, democratic, soon-to-be ubiquitous form.

Please register here if you would like to participate.

www.rxgallery.com/mpps

REGISTER NOW!

Why register you ask?
We are creating an automated system which will combine your image, name, and country of origin for display in the gallery. In order for us to connect your image and info we need your info in our database. We will also need to filter out spam which will inevitably flood the email address, if you're not registered your images will be filtered out. Don't let this happen, register now!

RxGallery
132 eddy @ mason
sf
http://www.rxgallery.com/

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Following the sun

Polymorf — Tue, 11 May 2004 12:57:27 GMT

I posted this in the solar/alternative energy tribe, but haven't gotten any response. Maybe some of you lot can help.

This doesn't really have anything to do with alternative energy, more to do with natural lighting.
I'm looking for a cheap simple system for getting a mirror or and array of mirrors to alter their angle so that the sun reflects off of them, and onto a stationary spot for the duration of the day.
The back side of my house is very gloomy, wet and dark, but further out in the yard, there is sunlight all day long. I'm primarily trying to get some natural light into the back side of the house, as well as prevent mold and moss from growing on the back wall.

Second, there are some areas that have absolutely no natural light at all. I've heard of people using strands of fiber optic to naturally light areas. What can you use as a collector? Is there anything similar to, but much smaller and cheaper, that crazy building in Japan that has the huge array of collectors on the roof that follow the sun?

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Nextfest

Polymorf — Fri, 07 May 2004 12:40:53 GMT

Anyone heading to nextfest? Looks hella fun, but I'll be out of the country.

http://www.nextfest.net/

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Pac Man

amisun — Fri, 07 May 2004 04:17:02 GMT

http://pacmanhattan.com/index.php

Has anyone played this?

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re-post: not con '04 in london

.zegnatronicalled — Wed, 05 May 2004 03:29:56 GMT

London Dorkboteers may also be interested in http://www.xcom2002.com/nc04/cfp.php

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Holy cats! A real life transformer!

Dov — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 18:50:50 GMT

http://www.r50rd.co.uk/research/internal/v2i/engin/

A mini cooper-robot conversion. Be sure to check out the video "stopping test"

oh my.

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sfmicrocontrollers

wallrall — Tue, 20 Apr 2004 18:43:37 GMT

anyone interested in microcontrollers should join this club and come to the meetings. So far we only had one but it was great.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SFmicrocontrollers/

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theremins anyone?

Tue, 23 Dec 2003 04:32:50 GMT

anyone making theremins? i'm working on an ic model right now, but would be interested to hear from anyone building with tubes, too!

thanks!

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Dorkbot last night...

Thu, 08 Apr 2004 17:23:17 GMT

was keen. Lots of visual stimulation, and I liked the short stories! thanks!! I need to get Rudy's book for my dad..

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Picnic - April 4th - Dolores Park, SF - Noon

rururudy — Mon, 29 Mar 2004 19:17:32 GMT

Bring your own rockets!

This is an OFFICIAL Party of the Dorkbot Unstupefied International (D.U.I.) If you are not in San Francisco, It is _highly_ recommended that you organize a Spring Picnic in your City.

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robots with lips?

korntee — Thu, 11 Mar 2004 20:15:06 GMT

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3501336.stm

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dorkbot on irc

.zegnatronicalled — Mon, 29 Dec 2003 20:47:58 GMT

those who want to geek out live - connect to your favorite EFNet server and /join #dorkbot

who wants to screen in and be idle 24/7 there so we can hog the #dorkbot channel?

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Pick a PIC

Dingo - — Thu, 12 Feb 2004 04:44:08 GMT

Anyone have any experiance with PIC chips? I found a nice RF module that I want to use for wireless midi but I need to step up MIDI speed TTL to a faster speed of RS-232. I could drop an OOPIC chip in and call it a day but that would add $160 to the project and would be a terrable waste of prossessing power. Anyone have a favorate PIC chip that could do this?

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High-output infra-Red LEDs

Dov — Sat, 21 Feb 2004 20:25:10 GMT

Who knows where to get super high output infra red leds on the cheap? I've got a pixelvision camera that I want to turn into a low-light capable device. The ccd in thecamera is super low-quiality so I'm going to need LOTS of IR to get a good response. I spent like $15 at radioshack (yah, I know) and got enough light for a normal camera but not for my hand pxl9000.

So. Berfore experimenting more, I'm looking for a cheap supplier (cheaper than Jameco plz) and if you have different IR solutions than LEDs I'd like to hear those too.

Of course once I know, you'll have to mind yourself in the dark as me and my pixelvision will be about making creepy movies.

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Cubesolver

margaret — Wed, 18 Feb 2004 05:32:31 GMT

http://jpbrown.i8.com/cubesolver.html

Surely he deserves a medal or something.

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Post-ETech Decompression - Pre-CodeCon Quickening

.zegnatronicalled — Thu, 12 Feb 2004 00:32:08 GMT

Post-Etech Decompression - Pre-CodeCon Quickening

ConCon - Monday, February 16 - 7pm - 10pm

RX Gallery
http://rxgallery.com/
132 Eddy Street @ Mason
San Francisco, CA

Lightning Talks, Old Skool Arcade Games, BYOB

5$ suggested donation - no one turned away for lack of funds

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grafarc.org

amisun — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 21:56:55 GMT

After seeing the graffite eschatology project last nite at dorfbotsf I realized that there would have to be a moderator
if you were able submit pictures of grafiti online.
Tag artist's being territorial in nature may photoshop over someone else's tag.. their own tag.

What if I decided to submit a san fran tagged wall with
a grafiti from Spain?

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Railguns

Spaceman — Sun, 28 Sep 2003 11:22:06 GMT

Hi there!

Being a space cadet, I am fascinated by the idea of hurling objects into orbit using a railgun. Obviously, I can't do this at home. So I want to start with a baby railgun. Any suggestions on where to start? Any good websites?

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january dorkbot sf #10

.zegnatronicalled — Tue, 23 Dec 2003 22:47:11 GMT

keep jan 14th open!

we are graciously hosted in a great space by false-profit (http://false-profit.com/) and have amazing presenters:

cassidy curtis - graffitti archaeology (timelapse collage of SF graffitti)

barrett fox - creating independent and solo animated cg short films

kris bell - blinded by the lights (interactive animated illuminated clothing)

check http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsf/ for more details

our last known good mc polymorf will sorely be missed. but maybe he can be piped in from granada (?) to tell people to smoke faster and get seated...

see you dorks next year!

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READ_ME 2004 -- Software Art and Cultures + Runme-Dorkbot

.zegnatronicalled — Wed, 17 Dec 2003 23:55:28 GMT

dorkbot-nyc and dorkbot-london are involved in putting this together:

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READ_ME 2004
software art festival
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Software Art and Cultures Runme-Dorkbot
conference city camp

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The third edition of the Read_Me software art festival will be held at the end of August 2004 in Aarhus, Denmark. Read_me 2004 will consist of the conference at Aarhus University and the city camp organized by two friendly entities: Runme.org and Dorkbot. The conference and the city camp will be held consecutively.

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This is an announcement concerning the Software Art and Cultures conference. The information on the Runme-Dorkbot city camp will follow later.

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Software Art and Cultures conference aims to provide an opportunity for people researching software art and culture to share their findings. The art movement known by the name "software art" has been active for a few years, and similar phenomena under different names have been developed and researched for a few decades. It is our belief that there is a sufficient body of thinking in this and related areas taking place that there should be a platform for aiding further discovery and enrichment.

Software art is a practice that regards software as a cultural
phenomenon that defines one of the significant aspects of our lives today. Thus, software is not regarded as an invisible layer, but rather as a significant entity contributing to reproduction or change of certain orders, whether aesthetic, cultural, social or political.

Software art creatively questions and redefines software and its ways of functioning.

Software art embraces a wide range of practices: from formalist experiments with code and its execution to software manipulation that does not require any specific knowledge, from alternative tools built from scratch to add-ons and deconstructions, from real software to projects not written in programming languages at all, but which deal with issues relevant to software criticism or culture. Software art deals with a wide range of topics, including social, political, and aesthetic issues. In many cases, it addresses and becomes part of software culture itself.

Software cultures - cultures generated by programmers, designers and software users - are generous sources of thinking on digital culture and society. Software cultures define the way software is created and functions, thus influencing the composition and function of the basic
infrastructures of digital society. In this way, software cultures become inseparable (though largely underestimated) from the forms digital work, social institutions and cultural manifestations take today. Software cultures initiate social change, act in political spheres, create and discover new artistic realms and methodologies.

The conference encourages participation of specialists in various disciplines: multi-disciplinary researchers including non-academics, art theorists, and other thinkers and learners interested in the effects of software and software cultures on art, culture, and society - and in ways to analyze them and challenge existing patterns.

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This is a call for submissions of abstracts (up to 2500 characters). Authors of accepted abstracts will be asked to submit the full paper before 1 of June, 2004 (up to 25000 characters) and present it during the conference. The papers will be published prior to the conference.

We aim to provide grants for travel and lodging for speakers without institutional backing.

Deadline for abstracts: 1 of March, 2004
Deadline for notification of acceptance: 1 of April, 2004

Abstracts may be submitted to: Olga Goriunova <og@dxlab.org> and Soeren Pold <pold@multimedia.au.dk>

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Organized by: Read_Me, Digital Aesthetics Research Centre
(www.digital-aestetik.dk) (Aarhus University), Det Jyske Kunstakademi (The Jutland Academy of Fine Arts), Runme.org, Dorkbot.

Supported by: IT-Vest, Aarhus Kommune

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how's that for a {segue,segway} ?

deano — Tue, 18 Nov 2003 06:17:24 GMT

Just when you thought the segway was an overpriced and questionably useful toy for laid off dot commers who cashed their options when the time was right... DARPA has funded the development of a segway platform for autonomous robotics research, and it is already being used by several university and government research labs.

http://www.darpa.mil/ipto/programs/mars/rmp.htm

I wonder how long the batteries last driving through 100 degree heat and dusty shamals...

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Cyborgs on the streets!

haywire — Wed, 17 Dec 2003 00:58:29 GMT

http://42012.com

Because we're gonna evolve whether the rest of humanity is ready or NOT.

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next sf dorkbot

.zegnatronicalled — Wed, 10 Dec 2003 01:21:26 GMT

jan 14th -save the date! stay tuned to the dorkbot sf lists, site, and this tribe for more details (while i get my shit together... soon...) it'll be held at the amazing false-profit space in SF

http://false-profit.com/

http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsf/

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Uni-Directional Tele-dildonics a reality

Polymorf — Mon, 24 Nov 2003 19:18:06 GMT

http://www.vrinnovations.com/index2.htm

Step 1: put the machine on your penis
Step 2: Choose any of the Girls
Step 3: Sit back, relax, watch, and FEEL IT!

Watch the demo video, it's hilarious. I wonder if Karen worked on the developement of this product at all.

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Wheelman?

Divide — Fri, 21 Nov 2003 02:27:32 GMT

I've been looking into getting a Wheelman, a very unique hubless 2 wheel skateboard/scooter. http://www.wheelmanus.com

Has anyone tried out one of these?

-divide

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heliodisplay

.zegnatronicalled — Tue, 11 Nov 2003 21:27:58 GMT

this seems cool -> http://www.io2technology.com/
not holography but interactive color streaming video being projected on air.

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Tele-Twister

amisun — Mon, 27 Oct 2003 21:16:25 GMT

Did anyone play this?

http://www.tele-actor.net/tele-twister/

I am interested in latency through the network
and how long it holds the users (you) attention.

Something about how you have no interest in something if it is not real-time.

Comments?

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Some Pictures from Oct SF meeting

Rich — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 08:41:20 GMT

http://www.testingrange.com/pix/contact.cgi/CP_10232003

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oct dorkbot in SF

.zegnatronicalled — Fri, 10 Oct 2003 17:58:11 GMT

see the website for the details. speakers are eric paulos, ken goldberg, and andrew bennett. it'll be at rxGallery again -it'll be free but people are encouraged to donate $1-$5 for the rxGallery for hosting...for those into it, plan to stay and party after and bring your stuff to show. let me know if you want to 'run' something but if it requires a permit, i am probably one of the last people in SF the fire or police dept will give a permit to so keep that in mind, and we dont want to get will in trouble :)

and if anyone wants to present, perform, or run something for future dorkbot SF let me know in advance!

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lasersr

Polymorf — Sat, 11 Oct 2003 04:22:24 GMT

I've been considering getting some hair removed for a good while now. But when it comes to $200 per session of neck hair (I just happen to know that I will never want a beard on my neck), and they expect it will take 6 sessions to make things permanent. I get to wondering what frequency and wattage laser hair remover lasers operate at. I'm pretty fucking sure that if I had the specs i could do it for hecka hella mega ultra cheaper, and share the wealth with my friends.
The question is. How do them crazy lectrolisys maserss werk? Anyone got the info on this?

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Any NYC meetings?

orangesauce — Sat, 27 Sep 2003 21:01:26 GMT

heyas,

i'll throw sumthin in bushwick if peeps wanna come over. or i'll come crash the party with half an invitation if something was good somewhere else.

karen sez you guys are all on, so figured i would say hi before i started asking too many questions.

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9/24 San Francisco Meeting

Rich — Thu, 25 Sep 2003 07:00:44 GMT

So here we are gathered on tribe.net, which is, as we were told tonight, 'like friendster, but cooler' and there are no f.... posts.

What is up with that?

No one wants to rant about brilliant grumpy tube synthesizer designers? Or that fly motion capture barney deal? I mean, was that cool or what?

Or do it your self lasers? I wanted more high voltage action, and a more impressive explosion myself, but you can't get everything. Maybe if he'd done a little electolysis demo in that plastic covered area before blowing out the diode...that would have been cool, as the cover went flying, etc.

But safety, well, not first of course, but it really should be in the top five. Or ten. Safety tenth, at the bare minimum!

Right then.

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