Searcy Hackerspace

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Well I have come up with a new idea for the Searcy, Arkansas area.  I want to create a working Hackerspace (not sure what else to call it right now).  I know a bunch of folks are asking what the heck a Hackerspace is, so here it is:

Hackerspace

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A hackerspace or hackspace (also referred to as a hacklab, makerspace or creative space) is a location where people with common interests, usually in computers, technology, science, or digital or electronic art can meet, socialize and/or collaborate. Hackerspaces can be viewed as open community labs incorporating elements of machine shops, workshops and/or studios wherehackers can come together to share resources and knowledge to build and make things.^[1]

Many hackerspaces participate in the use and development of free software, open hardware, and alternative media. They are often physically located in infoshops, social centers, adult education centers, or on university campuses, but may relocate to industrial or warehouse space when they need more room.

I suppose the first thing that I need to locate is a location.  From what I have read about other spaces, I am going to need some major room.  Next step is to create a group fund to allow for acquisition of tools and appropriate equipment. Will update post as more information or ideas come to mind.

Total update

I recently acquired a Motorola Backflip stock. I would have to say the timing was eloquent to say the least.  Being who I am, there is nothing that I own mechanical or electronic that I have not modded in someway.
My cellular phones being no exception, I promptly rooted the unit and started looking for custom rom options, or how I might create my own. God bless AT&T, but they really need to rethink their bloatware, just like all major pc distributors.
I am currently writing this post using my Backflip running j_r0dd’s Preclair b3, Android 2.1-update 1 custom rom & j_r0dd’s custom recovery image.  These are located at modmymobile.com in the Rom section for Backflip/Motus Androids.  This rom runs much smoother than the stock 1.5 Android os, and I have yet to run into problems. My bluetooth,wifi, 2G/3G service and gps are all running fine.

Pushing Foward

It’s a new day, again. We have a lot of running around that will need to be taken car of today. 9am appointment with the Eval Nurse for Nanny’s PT (Physical Therapy) so that she might be able to use her new prosthetic leg. After that, there is some miscellaneous chores that need to be taken care of before Kimberly’s 3Pm appointment with Dr. Citty.

For now I am writing this little update, drinking a beer Stein of Folgers,  listening to Last.fm (Desktop scrobbler), and checking my email before getting Mary Alice dressed for public interaction.

A New Direction

While sitting around the house on another rainy day, a friend of mine was telling about a friend of her’s getting in trouble in school for failing in English. The child’s mother spoke to the teacher and was rather concerned when the teacher stated “But Ma’am I learned them all the same.”

Well, this about floored me, so I can just imagine how the mother felt. Come to find out even after approaching the principal (who saw nothing wrong with this ‘english’) and the school board; nothing was ever done about the teacher, so she ended up moving her family a month later.

I, for one; do not blame her in the least.  While discussing this issue, I was lecturing on about something when another friend chimed in with ‘bullshit of the world’, and lo and behold my brain farted.  I quickly searched to see if the domain was in use, and it was not.  I proceeded to buy the domains ‘http://www.bullshitoftheworld.com & .info‘

Reality Is A Sham

Catchy title, huh?

Anyway, just posting to keep things in order.

Now if you have never been here before, you are probably asking who the heck are you?

I wish I could tell you who I am. I will be sure to let you know when I get it sorted out.  For the time being, I am just a man. Not any special type of man, just a man. I make mistakes, and do wrong things, no matter how good the intentions. I am not religious per say, but I am an ordained pastor. Now you are asking a pastor of what?  Well simply put, I guess you can say I am a pastor of peace and life.  I do not judge people, why should I? I do not wish to be judge by them, even though I am sure they have already judged you & I to some extent.

I now have a total of four blogs, all WordPress based.  I am not sure why I have four, but I do. I own three of the domains. The only one I do not have is this one here at wordpress.com.  The other three are listed as follows:

• Technophreak.info – Saint’s Creations: My computer fabrication and repair service site & blog.
• Saint-home.info – Me:  Simply put, my journal.
• Searcy-cafe.info – A coffee house that a group of us are trying to get open in Searcy, Arkansas.

Life always has it’s ups and downs. At times things might look bleak and at their worst. Just have faith that it will get better, calm yourself and release all the fear and tension from the outside world. In the end, just look at all the hard work and tears, and ask yourself, is it not worth it?  No matter how hard things get, you must continue on, not for yourself, but for your loved ones and friends. For it is not what you do for yourself that matters, it’s how you treat and take care of others.  This is just my out-look on the way things are, if you disagree, good for you.

Peace

Birthday Computer

Well for the first time in years, I now have a brand new computer case.  With this present, also comes a brand new Gigabyte MA785GM-US2H, 2Gb of  G.Skill DDR2 800, and a Athlon II X2 240.  For a cooler I chose an Artic Acalp62 92mm.

Today I received the motherboard, case and memory.  So far I have to say I am enjoying the case.  For the case, I have a RaidMax Tornado Red & Black.  It seems to have plenty of drive storage, though I might have to upgrade the power supply from the standard 450W.

In a few days I should be receiving the processor and cooler.  Hopefully once I swap over the hard drives, things will run a whole lot smoother.  Not sure if I will have to reinstall my OS, which is Windows 7 ultimate.

So far I have been rather impressed with the newest OS from Microsoft. Overall I have the fewest problems using this operating system, and I have run Win98 SE, all versions of XP 32 Bit, all versions of Vista, and now Windows 7.

Ok, well it is now supper-time so off I go.  Peace.

New Business Proposal

I have undertaken a new business venture in the Searcy, Arkansas area. A close friend of mine is going to soon be opening a small coffee shop near Harding University, and I am assisting in the business plan writing and will be assisting in daily operations once we find a proper location.

Hopefully, we will be able to get a location open before June of 2010. We are looking to acquire as much useful information pertaining to coffee shops, and reading rooms. Of course we will be incorporating wireless internet and a few desktop computers, since we are catering to the college crowd for the most part.

Life & Love

Image by Powerhouse Museum Collection via Flickr

It’s been a while, and a lot of things have changed.  In the last few months my life has been uprooted and altered drastically by my standards. In the last few months I have done a lot of thinking and nothing has really been solved.  My relationships have a knack of going south. I should have known it was going to end the way it did, but my heart just refused to see what was right in front of it.

With that I have created a new personal site to help me release some of the emotional bullshit I have built up over the last year or so.  The new site “Brain Drain” is still undergoing some initial debugging but is fully functional as far as I can tell.

a wonderful world

Okay, for the first time I am using Dragon naturally speaking to type this post.   It is interesting to see the words appearing on the screen as I speak. It will take a little while for the system to understand my particular speech patterns.  Once I get it working correctly dictating and recording my thoughts and ideas will be a whole lot more simple.

Also it will take a little while for me to keep used to the controls. Of course a new microphone probably help, all donations are welcome.  By the way folks that was a joke.  but seriously at this moment in time all donations are welcome. Time to get back to the grind

Peace

Rat Trap System Update

Blessed Be & Merry Meet.  No, I am not Wiccan, nor Pagan, nor am I a Christian. I am neither Muslim or a Buddhist, Catholic, Mormon, or Protestant. What I am is a human being with faith, a faith that there is a god, one among many up there guarding over me.  Why do I say many?  Well look around at all the different religions, you have a choice, either  they are other gods, or they are all one God, your choice, not mine. Also do you really believe that God, in his infinite wisdom, create woman for/from man, because man needed a companion, without his own companion by his side?  Blasphemy you say?  Neigh, for if God made us so in his image, why must not be woman made in her image?

Okay, so on to the day’s main topic; the Rat Trap Server.  As of today, I am considering my test bed to be on it’s death bed.  Currently, I am unsure as to what is causing it’s current set of problems.  Due to an upcoming residential relocation, I am foregoing diagnostics on this machine.  What I will do how ever is transfer both drives to the Everex 1.5Ghz that I recently aquired.  However, at this moment I do knot know for certain if the motherboard can support more than two IDE devices without an adapter card.

I do know that the system can run Vista, but would like to make sure it will be able to handle 7.  If not I will be installing Windows XP  Pro SP3 as the OS.  Again I will be installing XAMPP for my web serving purposes. I am slowly getting used to the php language, but proper coding is still an issue.

Due to my A.D.D., I am still finding it difficult to stay focused.  The state that I reside in has made it very difficult for a male (much less a 35 yr old) to obtain state medical aide.  I am hoping that this move proves to be a good thing, in allowing me to gain new employment.  I know that times are tough all over in our country, and I am afraid that they are going to get a lot worse before it is over and done with.  I have tons more to discuss (or rant) about, but I will save that for another post.

Peace