User:DaveMenninger

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Hi, I'm Dave.

Contents 1 Projects I'm working on 2 Projects I'd like to work on 2.1 Materials 2.2 Classes 3 Good ideas from other hackerspaces 4 Interests 5 Also find me on 6 my todo list 7 wiki work 7.1 ideas for wiki pages 7.1.1 Procedures / HOWTOs 7.2 widgets 7.3 templates 8 Free Geek Cincinnati 9 Skills

[edit] Projects I'm working on

• MakerBot http://www.makerbot.com/
• screen-printing: http://wiki.hive13.org/index.php?title=Merch#Workflow_for_doing_our_own_shirts
• BookScanner http://bkrpr.org/

[edit] Projects I'd like to work on

• DIY CNC Router
• Laser http://wiki.nycresistor.com/wiki/Laser
• Arduino
  • http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/06/weekend_project_arduino_rumble_robo.html
  • http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/08/program_arduino_from_a_web_browser.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890
• Eucalyptus http://open.eucalyptus.com/
• sim card reader: http://www.adafruit.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=183
• renewable energy mintyboost:
  • solar: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-a-solar-iPodiPhone-charger-aka-Might/
  • bicycle: http://www.instructables.com/id/USB-Bike-Generator/step3/Build-the-Electronics/
• tool library:
  • http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/07/portland_tool_libraries.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890
  • http://www.borrowtools.org/
• pov ceiling fan: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/07/how-to_ceiling_fan_pov_display.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890
• get this printed: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/07/computer_hardware_cheat_sheet.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890
• http://www.liquidware.com/projects
• blubberbot: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/09/weekend_project_blubberbot.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890
• ATX Power Kit
• koha for books and/or tool library: http://kylehall.info/index.php/projects/koha/koha-virtual-appliance/
• local currency
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_Time_Store
  • http://transitionculture.org/2009/12/10/your-free-guide-to-setting-up-local-currencies/
  • http://www.sekuworks.com/
  • http://www.feldprinting.com/
  • http://cincinnatitimestore.com/
  • http://www.opensourcecurrency.org/
• window farm: http://our.windowfarms.org/2009/07/30/how-to-build-a-reservoir-system-window-farm/
• infoshop
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infoshop
  • http://www.sporeprint.info/
• BEAM Robots
  • http://www.beam-wiki.org/wiki/Main_Page

[edit] Materials

• buy some shapelock and play with it: http://shapelock.com/index.html
• silicone rubber molds: http://www.hobbycast.net/video.htm
• sugru http://sugru.com/
• recycle HDPE from plastic bags: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/06/recycling_plastic_bags_into_plastic.html

[edit] Classes

• MakerBot 101 - January 2010
• Papermaking 101 - February 2010
  • paper-making: http://wiki.hive13.org/index.php?title=Classes#Paper-Making
  • http://homegrown.org/blog/2009/07/diy-week-make-your-own-seed-embedded-paper/
  • http://www.makeandtakes.com/handmade-plantable-greeting-card
• Arduino 101 - March 2010

[edit] Good ideas from other hackerspaces

• five minutes of fame https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Five_Minutes_of_Fame
• PR committee http://pumpingstationone.org/wiki//index.php?title=PR_Committee
• membership management system http://pumpingstationone.org/wiki//index.php?title=Membership_Management_System
• http://pumpingstationone.org/wiki//index.php?title=Open_Fair_Credit_Standard
• how mobo bike coop works: http://mobobicyclecoop.org/about/
• 501c3 process: http://wiki.baltimorenode.org/index.php?title=501(c)(3)_process
• mo money: http://wiki.baltimorenode.org/index.php?title=Mo_money...
• open mapping: http://hacdc.org/content/mappingdcs-first-meeting-thursday
• Breeding Collective Culture: http://www.hackerbotlabs.com/breeding-collective-culture/
• resource displosal: http://wiki.hacdc.org/index.php?title=Resource_Disposal

[edit] Interests

open source, digital fabrication, diy, local currencies, gardening, fermentation, paper-making, screen-printing, books, local history, free geek, board games, libraries, recycling, temporary autonomous zones, design patterns, wiki, arduino, papernet, qr codes, CCGs, MMOs, Google Android, IKEA hacking, hydroponics, guitar hero, vermicomposting, OpenStreetMap ...

[edit] Also find me on

• hackerspaces:User:DaveMenninger
• http://davemenninger.com/me.php
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:DaveMenninger

[edit] my todo list

• find attorney, accountant, insurance agent
  • http://www.idealist.org/if/as/Consultant
• idea: man pages for the Bylaws; i.e. "you want xyz; you must do procedure abc"
• http://www.legalzoom.com/incorporation-state-requirements/ohio-corporation.html
• visit Dayton Diode http://dcpaper.blade6.donet.com/components/content_manager_v03/view_dcpaper/htdocs/dhtml/menu_ps.asp?NodeId=-47105682&Group_ID=1161867733&Parent_ID=-1725052150
• amazon affiliate code
• organize PR area of wiki
• new busniess card design with physical address, etc.
• enable semwiki on wiki.hive13.org for wiki interconnectedness http://lists.hackerspaces.org/pipermail/discuss/2009-July/000671.html http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_Semantic_MediaWiki
• research record keeping for tax documents
• research SSO between MediaWiki, WordPress, Nabble, Google Sites
• document repository Dead Trees
• edit http://wiki.makerbot.com/lineage to include our makerbot
• update http://diycity.org/node/142 and http://diycity.org/wiki/index.php?title=DIYcity_Cincinnati
• paper-making class: schedule, write lesson plan
• print reprap parts
• MakerBot Monday, Microcontroller Monday

[edit] wiki work

[edit] ideas for wiki pages

Founding Members, About Our Space, Microcontroller Mondays, Rules of the Space (non-legalese), cons members are going to, Roadmap, Membership Database, http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/Overview_Time_Line#General_Free_Geek_planning_documents, History, Principles, How to Visit us, How to give us a presentation, Meeting Procedure, Project Proposal Procedure, Project Template, Work Group / Committee Architecture, Supplies List, Licensing Policy, What is Hive13, Classroom, Library, Tools, Our Designs, Why, How, What,

[edit] Procedures / HOWTOs

• Meeting Procedure
• How To Join
• How To Host a Party
• HOWTO Clean Hive13
• How To Give a Presentation
• How To Host a Class
• How To Visit Hive13
• How To Start a Group Project
• How To Lock Hive13
• How To Quit Hive13
• Category:HOWTOS

[edit] widgets

Widget:Flickr/SlideShow

Widget:Google Calendar

Widget:YouTube

Widget:Google Street View

Widget:Feed

Feed, Flickr/Photo, Flickr/SlideShow, Google Calendar, Google Street View, and YouTube

List of Widgets

[edit] templates

Template:Infobox Project 2

[edit] Free Geek Cincinnati

I have some experience starting a Free Geek and am still in contact with those that run Free Geek Columbus. It seems the time may be right to start a chapter here.

Notes:

• http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/How_to_Start_a_Free_Geek
• http://www.cincinnaticomputercooperative.org/
• http://www.crayons2computers.org/
• http://www.fullcirclegroup.org/
• http://groups.google.com/group/FreeGeekCincinnati

[edit] Skills

These are semantic properties of type Skill so that they appear automatically on the Skills Exchange page. Need to create a Template:SMWTableFormatter.

• MakerBot
• OpenSCAD
• Arduino
• Wiki
• PaperMaking

• ScreenPrinting