Each week we’ll endeavour to publish some details of the interesting things that members of DoES Liverpool have been up to over the past seven days. You can find out a bit more about them in our introductory post.
And remember, if you’re involved with DoES Liverpool at all, let us know what you get up to so we can include it here!
Things of Note
- DoES Liverpool: Pics In Space! Well, actually pics *from* space. Paul H and John Cassidy (M7DXO) captured these photos transmitted by the #ISS as it passed overhead on Friday evening, using just a handheld radio transceiver and a phone audio recorder! Then decoded with QSSTV #sstv #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/EQ9me9dWe0
- DoES Liverpool: Nico Orrù with the custom camera bracket he created on the @doesliverpool CNC tonight #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/M9yX35VrdT
- Alex Lennon: Successful evening DoES Liverpool tonight. I designed a replacement for a broken shelf in the fridge. Lasercut it in 10mm acrylic under Jackie Pease watchful eye and we fitted it! #hackthespace #weeknotes #makersmake pic.twitter.com/OmYxDazjID
- Alex Lennon: Came in today and look what I found Andy Stanford-Clark – Matthew Croughan did this #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/h2Q3RoSLxl
- Adrian McEwen: Meeting room occupancy prototype for the Dinky room at DoES Liverpool built and deployed (PIR sensor + #ESP8266 -> #MQTT -> #ESP32 + RGB #LED) #Arduino #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/78Oq4hexdG
Coming Up in the Next Week
| Tuesday 13 August, 7:00pm-9:00pm | Wearable Tech Group |
| Wednesday 14 August, 6:30pm-8:30pm | Ladies of Code Liverpool |
| Thursday 15 August, 7:00pm-8:00pm | Community Meeting |
| Thursday 15 August, 7:00pm-9:30pm | Maker Night |
| Sunday 18 August, 2:00pm-5:00pm | Plastic Playgroup (DoES Workshop) |
Somebody Should
The DoES Liverpool to-do list is stored in the issues of our Somebody Should repository on github. Head over there if there’s something you’d like to report, or if you want to help out fixing things.
Issue counts: 254 open, 959 closed
14 new issues:
- Need to backup MQTT server database
- Obtain official “New Transport” font for vinyl cutter PC
- Make “Keep Clear” signs for workshop desks
- mqtt.local went down and didn’t come back up cleanly after reboot
- Discovered bulged battery in equipment in networking equipment.
- Evaluate InkCut for usage with vinyl cutters.
- Improve labels for areas in main fuse box
- Return Defence Dress mannequin stand to Fabrication
- Finish the Defence Dress power supply, and return it to Little Inventors
- Kitchen bin disgusting
- Felicity has a troublesome temperature sensor
- Mirror in non-accessible toilet needs a shelf
- Drinks fridge needs defrosting
- Fire exit sign on events room door has fallen off
Featured issue: Prepare toilets. Can we move this on or close it?
12 issues closed:
- Make “Keep Clear” signs for workshop desks
- Discovered bulged battery in equipment in networking equipment.
- Kitchen bin disgusting
- Mirror in non-accessible toilet needs a shelf
- Drinks fridge needs defrosting
- Fire exit sign on events room door has fallen off
- Vinyl cutter PC isn’t online
- Weeknotes Generator doesn’t seem to have generated any Weeknotes for Week 422
- We need some new polythene boxes for the workshop shelves
- Liverpool MakeFest – June 29 2019 – DoES Liverpool stand
- Add some instructions for exporting laser-compatible dxf file from Adobe Illustrator
- Make new shelf for the fridge
Thanks jackie1050, MatthewCroughan, johnmckerrell, DoESsean, zarino, ajlennon!