Hi Joel,
I have a link ready to go on the front page for the movie. Currently having some DNS issues so I'll have to push it later. Where to put the activity stream is a big question for us right now.
We currently have the old home page here -> http://farmhack.org/home/
And an early version of the activity stream here -> http://farmhack.org/activity/
It might make sense to have it as it's own page but maybe somewhere else as well. The trick is if it has its own page, where to put the link.
\\ RJ
If you happen to have a printer already it will run you probably about $1 in material. These kinds of things make most sense when there is a critical mass of useful things to print so much that it makes sense for a farmer to buy a 3D printer. At the moment there is not terribly a whole lot on thingiverse tagged for farmers. I'm hoping this continues to evolve swiftly!
Things tagged for farming on thingiverse -> http://www.thingiverse.com/tag:farming
\\ RJ
Aha! Alasdair Allan to the rescue! I had heard rumbling about this "cheap WiFi chip" for some time but brushed it off because people were not explaining it for what it really is. It's an Arduino IDE programmable micro-controller with built-in WiFi! Alasdair points out a quote from Brian Jepson...
> This is inexpensive enough to be very much in the territory of ‘thousands of sensors-launched-out-of-a-cannon’-cheap.
If it was just a WiFi chip for $7, that's no terrific feat, there are plenty of those out there, and their range and reliability suck big time. On a side note, if you are looking for affordable WiFi capabilities but high reliability and good range, check out [TL-WN722N](http://www.microcenter.com/product/361805/150Mbps_Wireless_N_USB_Adapter). We use them for Fido and they beat out over a dozen other products we tested.
Thanks for posting that TheHeadlessSourceMan!
\\ RJ
Hi all -
As a start, I changed the naming of the document from the `GNU Farm Manifesto` to the `Free Farm Manifesto`. While `GNU Farm Manifesto` is nice because it in a way gives attribution in the title, the "Not Unix" thing doesn't necessarily mean much to farms. The important part here is freedom. Thoughts?
I also rewrote most of the document to focus on four freedoms I've layed out that are based on, but not exactly, the Four Freedoms as defined by the Free Software Foundation. I rant on the right to know how a tool works in the context of software, we could use many other examples there for both software and hardware. I'm also thinking about a third section that might include some clarifications of things like the difference between Open Source and Free Software and how this Manifesto fits in. I do mention in the explanation of the four freedoms both the importance of freedom (free software) and competitive advantage (open source) but there is still much more to write!
\\ R.J. Steinert
Hi Devin,
I address this issue in my topic here, but have yet to come to a conclusion -> http://farmhack.org/forums/brainstorming-gnu-farm-manifesto
Looking forward to talking about this more. Are you going to be at the Libre Planet conference this weekend?
\\ RJ
Comments
Farm Hack Movie link and Activity Stream location?
$1 printing yourself vs. $20 buying from a distributor
Not a WiFi chip, a programmable microcontroller with WiFi for $7
Now the Free Farm Manifesto
Agreed, this naming could be polarizing