[Noisebridge-discuss] /truth/hack

[rachel lyra hospodar]

Hi sean!!! Haven't seen you around in forever. I'd love to brush up my tig
welding skillz... I hate having to take safety classes on each individual
tool at techshop.  I'm not checked out on tig there, and the shop I use
right now in east bay is mig only.   Do you work anyplace with a tig welder
you could let me play around on for an hour or three?  I'll happily help
you sew a pocket in return.  I promise not to burn the place down - I
haven't tig welded since *the year 2000* but I've taught welding safety
enough times that you can trust me.

Maybe noisebridge can take a field trip to the boxshop! I've still never
been there and would love to see it, I bet lots of other people would too.

R.
On Aug 16, 2012 7:40 PM, "Sean Cusack" <sean.p.cusack at gmail.com> wrote:

> I agree that its cool. Its some neato bent aluminum. Swing by boxshop or
> DSC or the crucible or techshop, and they'll have the stuff that you can
> use to make this (plus probably some other places that I'm not even
> thinking about)  - it actually isn't as hard as it looks! There's actually
> a really cool project going on now at boxshop which is a boat with a UFO
> top that glows with -light bulbs- like light sockets on a boat...not an
> easy thing!
>
> Sean
>
> On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 4:38 PM, rachel lyra hospodar <rachelyra at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Really? It's a cool project but too heavily branded, and done as part of
>> a publicity stunt at a day job, for me to really think of it as an epic
>> technical hack. Cool car, for sure. Great marketing for VW. They seem to
>> have a better grasp than the US government on what, exactly, we should be
>> exploring.
>>
>> I am curious about the tenor of your message - does one epic hack cancel
>> out another one? Is a hacker less of a hacker upon beholding an epic hack
>> in another field of interest? Is a hacker required to use comparison
>> metrics to gauge their progress into true hackerdom? Come talk to me, then,
>> when you can manufacture something that, without electricity, can save you
>> from hypothermia, and also can fit into your pocket.  Fuck, come talk to me
>> when you've built a pocket.
>>
>> Nice car though. I wonder how deep it can go.
>> On Aug 16, 2012 3:59 PM, "maestro" <maestro415 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  # so you think you're a hacker...
>>> # i'd say these guys represent...
>>>
>>> # <
>>> http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/22987/volkswagen-beetle-mobile-shark-cage-cruises-the-ocean-floor.html
>>> >
>>>
>>>
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