User:DaveMenninger

Hi, I'm Dave.

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Projects I've worked on

• MakerBot http://www.makerbot.com/
• Stratasys FDM 2000
• Inkjet Eggbot
• Laser
• Brain Hack
• Blimpduino
• Tor Nodes
• Library
• DIYBookScanner

Projects I'd like to work on

• screen-printing: http://wiki.hive13.org/index.php?title=Merch#Workflow_for_doing_our_own_shirts
• BookScanner http://bkrpr.org/
• DIY CNC Router
• 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
• 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

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

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

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

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 ...

Also find me on

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

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

wiki work

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, CraftRobo, Sewing Machine, Projects, Welder, Officers

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

widgets

Widget:Flickr/SlideShow

Widget:Google Calendar

Widget:YouTube

Widget:Google Street View

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List of Widgets

templates

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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

Skills

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• MakerBot
• OpenSCAD
• Arduino
• Wiki
• PaperMaking
• ScreenPrinting

• Welding
• Sewing
• SoapMaking