Call for Participation - Software Freedom Day
Brandon Lum
The Free & Open Source Alliance Singapore, FOSAsg, is organizing
Software Freedom Day once again and we would like to invite
hackerspace Singapore back to the Open Source Celebration!
Last year was great and this year will be better with many more
activities going on! Do let us know if hackerspace would like a booth
and we will be more than glad to reserve one.
For more details, check out http://softwarefreedomday.sg
Cheers
Brandon
Free & Open Source Alliance (Singapore)
Software Freedom Day Singapore 2011 Organizing Committee
Martin Bähr
> The Free & Open Source Alliance Singapore, FOSAsg, is organizing
> Software Freedom Day once again and we would like to invite
> hackerspace Singapore back to the Open Source Celebration!
last year the hackerspace table was quite an attraction.
we had the makerbot and the roomba-robot running, and took things like
the "airgun" (the thing that looks like a bucket) and some presented the
work they are doing.
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Chow Loong Jin
> On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 04:58:20PM -0700, Brandon Lum wrote:
>> The Free & Open Source Alliance Singapore, FOSAsg, is organizing
>> Software Freedom Day once again and we would like to invite
>> hackerspace Singapore back to the Open Source Celebration!
>
> last year the hackerspace table was quite an attraction.
> we had the makerbot and the roomba-robot running, and took things like
> the "airgun" (the thing that looks like a bucket) and some presented the
> work they are doing.
I think the roomba-robot is pretty dead these days, and even if you could get it
to work I think you needed an internet connection to get it moving.
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Martin Baehr
> I think the roomba-robot is pretty dead these days, and even if you could get it
> to work I think you needed an internet connection to get it moving.
there will be internet available i expect, because a number of projects
there will need online access to demo their work, but that's beside,
there is a local program that i think was able to controol it locally
too.
the instructions to hook up the roomba are not so complicated. someone
just needs to do it. unfortunately i am not in singapore.
Chow Loong Jin
> there will be internet available i expect, because a number of projects
> there will need online access to demo their work, but that's beside,
> there is a local program that i think was able to controol it locally
> too.
>
> the instructions to hook up the roomba are not so complicated. someone
> just needs to do it. unfortunately i am not in singapore.
Oh, you can control it locally as well? That's fine then. :-)
My main concern was not the lack of internet, but rather how clogged the
internet access would be around the NLB during that day. Historically, we've had
poor internet access there for the past SFDSs that have been held at the NLB.
Ubuntu-SG, whose booth I'm usually at, usually sets up an unencrypted separate
wireless access point connecting via a 3G dongle for this purpose, though we
usually end up broadcasting from a laptop, so the signal ends up pretty poor
with a very short radius of availability.
Martin Baehr
> On 17/08/2011 11:15, Martin Baehr wrote:
> > there will be internet available i expect, because a number of projects
> > there will need online access to demo their work, but that's beside,
> > there is a local program that i think was able to controol it locally
> > too.
> My main concern was not the lack of internet, but rather how clogged the
> internet access would be around the NLB during that day. Historically, we've had
> poor internet access there for the past SFDSs that have been held at the NLB.
i don't remember if we controlled it locally or not, but i do remember
that the controlling worked well enough to attract visitors...
Chow Loong Jin
> On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 12:08:15PM +0800, Chow Loong Jin wrote:
>>> i don't remember if we controlled it locally or not, but i do remember
>>> that the controlling worked well enough to attract visitors...
>> time when the internet access was unclogged for just enough time to move it a
>> bit, and with lag.
>
> from my memory it worked well for most of the time i was there...
Oh, maybe I remembered wrong then :-)
Martin Baehr
> >>> i don't remember if we controlled it locally or not, but i do remember
> >>> that the controlling worked well enough to attract visitors...
> >> Yeah, I seem to recall that as well. But I thought it was for a short period of
> >> time when the internet access was unclogged for just enough time to move it a
> >> bit, and with lag.
> > from my memory it worked well for most of the time i was there...
> Oh, maybe I remembered wrong then :-)
i think it was probably more like that there wasn't someone playing with
the robot continuously...
Brandon Lum
looking at ways in which we can provide less congested access! But as
always, you can use your own mobile broadband :).
Yea, I do recall the hackerspace booth was really hot last year.
Robots are always good :)! I'll reserve a booth for HSG then. Any idea
who the point of contact should be? or shall I post to the list
whenever there are any updates?
Cheers
Brandon
On Aug 17, 12:41 pm, Martin Baehr <mba...@email.archlab.tuwien.ac.at>
wrote:
Brandon Lum
Is there someone from Hackerspace who would be willing be coordinate
the booth (come down on the day to help set up the HSB booth)? Martin
was doing it last year, but I believe he is overseas for this year's
SFDS.
Tks.
Martin Baehr
> Is there someone from Hackerspace who would be willing be coordinate
> the booth (come down on the day to help set up the HSB booth)? Martin
> was doing it last year, but I believe he is overseas for this year's
> SFDS.
right, i am not in singapore, otherwise i'd love help.
however if anyone wants to volunteer i am happy to answer questions
about what we did last year.
there wasn't really much to do other than getting up in the morning and
move the robot and a few toys to the national library. a table and
chairs are provided, so it's mainly a task of coordinating volunteers.
(make sure there is someone at the table at all times). the person to
set up in the morning doesn't even need to be around all day if it is
ensured that someone else takes over later, especially in the evening to
clean up.
optional tasks could be to print some informational material about
the hackerspace, maybe print a map of the worlds hackerspaces, or any
other ideas, like show off the hackerspace t-shirt. (i don't think it is
allowed to sell there, but you could take orders :-)
Brandon Lum
I will need a rep from HSG side by this Wednesday if not we will not
be able to provide a booth for HSG.
Do let me know as soon as possible as we are speaking to vendors now.
Regards
Brandon
On Aug 24, 4:17 pm, Martin Baehr <mba...@email.archlab.tuwien.ac.at>
wrote: