[Noisebridge-discuss] arcade emulator shelf and mediabridge idea

[Patrick Keys]

My original idea was to put the VCR's and import/export equipment on the 
top and use the desk part of that for the actual editing and monitors.

Somebody was supposed to donate a 17" flatpanel.  If we get that and a 
decent computer, I will donate an extra 1.5 terabyte external sata drive 
I have.  Then we can start digitizing the noisebridge video archives.


Patrick



On 12/4/2010 3:11 PM, Alex Handy wrote:
> The MAME cabinet is not abandoned, but someone disassembled it and did
> most un-excellent things to it without letting anyone else know. It's
> basically a dead box in need of attention now.
>
> The NES and TV work, and would be a perfect spot for setting up the VCRs.
>
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>
> On Dec 4, 2010, at 3:06 PM, miloh wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Patrick Keys <citizenkeys at gmail.com
>> <mailto:citizenkeys at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     A big part of what I was hoping to setup was a good import/export
>>     deck,
>>     with VCR's, digitizer equipment, and the like.
>>
>>     You might have some equipment at home, but noisebridge gives people a
>>     place to work together on stuff.
>>
>>
>> Patrick and all,
>>
>> Let me start by saying the arcade is not abandoned. Long live the arcade!
>>
>> However, I have long been thinking about projects along these lines: a
>> mediagroup at Noisebridge:
>>
>> Noisebridge already has some of the kind of videocentric equipment you
>> listed, but could very well use a copy stand, light boxes, and light
>> rings for still photography of small projects. We could use a group of
>> people who meet regularly enough to know where equipment is stored,
>> how to use the tools, and how to train others. A mediagroup at
>> Noisebridge could maintain and improve a hardware library for media
>> capture and editing work while consolidating and testing the various
>> designs solutions for more esoteric hardware or software like copy
>> stands, freestreaming solutions, and reversing the (currently) windows
>> only microscope cam we have.
>>
>> In addition to offering a place for media capture and conversion, we
>> should be contributing to open source projects (Lumiera really needs
>> it, see http://lumiera.org/ ), and promoting creative commons
>> licensing or copyleft philosophy for work completed.
>> See http://creativecommons.org <http://creativecommons.org/> ,
>> http://archive.org <http://archive.org/> , and
>> http://www.digitaltippingpoint.com/
>>
>> In short, Noisebridge can certainly be a place where tools are
>> available to convert/upgrade physical media into more portable,
>> replicable, and spreadable digital media.
>>
>> I've already donated DVcameras, a tanktop, digital audio recorders,
>> microphones, suitcases ;), and other gear that has been used to
>> produce and capture hundreds of hours of 5Mo'Fame video and audio from
>> the last 14 months. We still haven't edited that, it's a huge task to
>> get done correctly and it needs more hands and eyes.
>>
>> As for a getting a copy stand, Arlen on the Noisebridge darkroom list
>> recently brought up the possibility of converting an enlarger for this
>> purpose (see https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/darkroom ).
>> I'm really excited about the possibilities here, not just because I
>> have boxes of journals and photographs that I'm interested in cc
>> archiving :-)
>>
>> Since the arcade is not truly abandoned, let's share the desk space
>> there and clean up around the hack shelves in order to figure out a
>> better storage system for the media equipment Noisebridge already has.
>> If we organize and label the hackshelves clearly we can get space for
>> more member shelves as well as groups storage.
>>
>> We should work on this and plan what else we need, and how to continue
>> with this project in the coming weeks.. I'm there on Mondays and
>> Tuesdays to start.
>>
>>
>> -ronald miloh alexander
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