Sunday, June 12, 2011

BeerScore

Everyone: Please check this out. I soooo wish I'd a garage, don't you?

JES: Rocken Sie an!


-CH

Publc Libraries -> HackerSpaces ?

I vas knoodlink through the last 2+ months of blog backlog (wow... I was THAT busy?), and stumbled across this Intriguing Piece, by Phillip Torrone.

The short argument: "It takes money, and manpower, and there is a lot of liability involved... but why not make Hacker Spaces a public asset?"

I agree with the sentiment, but I disagree with the means: We DO (in the State of CA, at least) have accessible public institutions that already cater to the safe, efficient training and supervision of would-be craftsman.

It's called Community College!


This would be the best forum to extend the facilitation of more advanced arts, such as laser cutting, 3D printing, and circuit hacking. Oh, yeah: there's still the old wood planer and lathe for the more 'classically-oriented.'

Certainly, Community Colleges are not above receiving more funding for the facilitation of the furthering Humanity... why not start an organization to lobby for their adoption of the Hacker Space paradigm?

Thursday, June 02, 2011

A Slight Pause...

It's Finals next week, so my posts have been held up.

In the Pipe Line:
- SDR? What the Heck Is That? (Part 2)
- Leigh's (WA5ZNU) ground-breaking work ('Weekend Hack') on a 128-pole SDR waterfall, on an Arduino
- Idea: 802.11 'Broadcast' for AF streams; Use your spare router to let others hear what you have to say.
- Idea: Quasi-Open 802.11 AP, locked down for Echo Link; Facilitate local hams, and have the ability to make contact in 'RF-Shaded' locales. OpenTRx should be able to handle this mode as another CLASS 1 or 1a RF adapter over IP.