From St. Louis Hackerspace Wiki

This page is for discussing the space, what goes into it, how much of it gets devoted to a given purpose, how task X will be achieved in timeframe Y, etc. You get the idea. Our Director of Space and Time is Deech, meaning he's in charge of of the project.

How to Edit This Page Beyond Plain Text

This is, obviously, a wiki, and it therefore uses wiki syntax. You can find a quick formatting reference here, and a manual here.

The four things you'll use most often to ensure easy readability are:

• Message templates. These handy little buggers let you make the pretty blue threaded discussions you see further down the page. To create a new message:

{{MessageStart|name=Alan Turing|verb=exclaims}}A computer
 would deserve to be called intelligent if
 it could deceive a human into believing
 that it was human.{{MessageEnd}}

As you can see, it's pretty simple. Just fill in the blanks. If you omit either or both of the arguments:

{{MessageStart}}

Then the template uses these defaults: "Anonymous Coward" for the name, and "says" for the verb. Usually, you'll be just happy with the default verb, so you would type...

{{MessageStart|name=Aristotle}}

• Numbered lists. To use, prefix each line item with a pound sign (#) and a space. Nest lists by adding extra hashes. Like this:

# Foo
# Bar
## Baz
## Qux

• Unordered lists. Like numbered lists, but with an asterisk (*). Unordered lists can also be nested, and nested lists can mix list types:

* Foo
** Bar
* Baz
*# Qux 

• Signatures. If you're a registered user on the wiki, you can insert your username, the current date, or both using tildes:

Three tildes -- Insert username
Five tildes -- Insert date
Four -- Insert both
(Tildes not shown because MediaWIki interprets despite preformatting)

Useful Files

Stick anything that's really...useful here, and isn't specific to some particular part of the project.

• SketchUp Model of the Space (You will need SketchUp to view and edit this. Download for free here.)

Deech's Proclamation

Remember the concepts we're shooting for:

• Functionality. It must be useful for activities.
• Style. We want people who visit to say, "Wow. this looks like an awesome place to be." Creative environments breed creative thinking.
• Comfort. We shouldn't have to sacrifice our backs for a place to hang out. Long hacking sessions require comfortable seating and tables.

These three things are not in order of priority. They are a triangle, all to be balanced with each other.

Projects to Deal With

Wall covering

• Painters Cloth

We could use magnets, sticky tape, Velcro for holding this up.

• Platicor or Coroplast (whatever they call it), corrugated plastic sheets as building materials.

• Plywood
• Drywall
• Shelf Brackets and Shelves
• Pegboard

Floor

Sand and Refinish

Objective: Reduce splinters and provide a better seal for easier cleaning

Tasks (please edit this post if you know the answers):

1. Schedule period to work the floors ASAP as it will prevent access for a period of (insert time required to sand clean, seal, and cure)
2. Sand it down with a floor sander in one session - Chris has experience doing this... (cost is ???)
3. Clean up the sanding mess
4. Seal it with ??? sealer (cost is ???) in multiple sessions (due to sealer cure requirements and stuff already in the space)
5. Block access to areas that are curing (time to cure = ???) via signs or taped off zones, cones, etc..

Cover Floor(?)

• Low Pile Carpet
• Vinyl or Linoleum

Build a table with the big ass metal door

Needs a sturdy frame built for it.

Build dividing wall for public vs. workshop area

Things to do in the Space

• Contact Jimmy
  • Ask about painting the wooden pillars

Cleaning List

• Sweep
• Move the junk out
• Pull down the plastic on the walls
• Repair soft spot in floor
• Make door more solid and close smoothly

Things to collect for the space

• Fire Extinguishers

• Carbon Monoxide / Smoke detectors

• Tall ass ladder (12 ft)

• Heaters

• Workbenches (electrical?)