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
- Skull Kid: Almost forgot to add in @DoesLiverpool #weeknotes!
Thanks for all the advice and the use of the oscilloscope! twitter.com/SkullKidUK/sta… - DoES Liverpool: All ready for the first annual DoES #mincepies tasting – Asda, Tesco, Co-op Food, and Aldi Stores UK 🥕 all have runners, along with some homemade pies. Asda and Aldi Stores UK 🥕 have an edge due to having more varieties, but does quantity = quality? We’ll let you know later… #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/S9dvtuS10o
- DoES Liverpool: Incidentally, for those wondering, this is going to be awfully scientific – blind tasting and everything. And we’ve got proper scorecards printed up, so you know it’s serious Asda @tesco Co-op Food Aldi Stores UK 🥕 #mincepies #Christmas #weeknotes #Science
- chris huffee: Very welcome! #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/M6D9u80K6T
- DoES Liverpool: That went down well… #mincepies #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/hegSxWq897
- DoES Liverpool: Congrats to Aldi Stores UK 🥕 – your Sloe Gin #mincepies have taken top spot in the first annual DoES tasting, with the Chocolate Orange pies in third. Asda, it’s worth noting that Boone was a fan of the iced pies. #TooSweet #weeknotes
- Paul Bennett-Freeman: Very interesting set of Maker focused ebooks in Humble Bundle right now, might be of useful for DoES Liverpool folk who want a cheap collection. humblebundle.com/books/maker-sk… #weeknotes
- MCQN Ltd: #PlayTheTree, or fun #interactive uses for ~110m of #neopixel RGB #LEDs… #weeknotes #ibal191 mcqn.com/ibal191/ pic.twitter.com/E5m8vFiL4A
- Adrian McEwen: Massive shout outs to Jackie Pease and Chris Thompson (assembly); Julian Todd (filtering #algorithms); Steve Upton (#sourcing) and the rest of the DoES Liverpool #community for helping make this happen #weeknotes #ibal191 twitter.com/MCQN_Ltd/statu…
- DoES Liverpool: @helicalbytes planning his “Robot Nessie” project #weeknotes @ DoES Liverpool instagram.com/p/Bc-hwdsB_Tv/
- Adrian McEwen: A glimpse behind the scenes to look at what went into building the #PlayTheTree #interactive Christmas tree dlvr.it/Q7BrTS #teensy #neopixel #RaspberryPi #makers #weeknotes #ibal191
- DoES Liverpool: Setting up a “staging room” for us to start getting things in place for the big #DoESMove. Things can only move into here if they’re ready to go. #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/0zqoTTPcUW
Coming Up in the Next Week
Nothing, we’re closed for the Christmas break.
The Big Move
With our move to the Tapestry looming, we’re including a brief update on how things are going each week.
The renovation is running a late, so we won’t get the keys at the start of January any more. However, we’re looking at ways to overlap the fit-out with the tail end of renovation so things aren’t delayed too much.
John and Zarino are getting quotes for the fit-out work (mostly electrics and building some walls) as we need that to start ASAP.
Aside from that, the main work to be getting on with is sorting out the existing space ready for the move. As you’ll have seen above, we’ve set up an area to stage things ready for the move and help with the tidying and labelling.
There are lots of things to do, both with the move and in preparation for the move. If you want to help out, check the DoES Move label (stats: 40 open, 24 closed) on the Somebody Should issue list, or get in touch.
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: 174 open, 464 closed
12 new issues:
- How Can We Let People Know That They Can Do ‘To-Dos’
- Create Regular To-Do List
- Log and Catalogue All Items During Move
- Check if there are new firmware releases for the Ultimakers and update if relevant
- Prints Adam needs a new replacement replacement top head part
- Felicity needs a new tube grip clip
- Buy/find/print the tube coupling collet on the Ultimaker 2
- Salvage furniture from empty offices
- Check first aid boxes
- Can we get a hackspace hamster
- General solution to cardboard boxes and lasercut ply scrap
- Put the wiki into the same repo as the somebody-should list
Featured issue: Plan the excellent internet in the new space.
11 issues closed:
- Check if there are new firmware releases for the Ultimakers and update if relevant
- Felicity needs a new tube grip clip
- Buy/find/print the tube coupling collet on the Ultimaker 2
- Check first aid boxes
- Apply for Newcastle Maker Faire
- Youcanbookme Account Needs Updating – Urgent
- Somebody should buy a sublimation mug heat press
- Discussion needs to be had about the recommendations for the 3d printer upgrades
- Automate tracking of consumables that need replacement
- Investigate if anybody in the Liverpool area offers access to CE / UL emissions testing kit
- Website usability update
Thanks jackie1050, amcewen, DoESsean!
Community Content
DoES exists to support the community that uses DoES. If you use DoES, then you are part of that community. If you would like to publicise something related to DoES, you can email hello@doesliverpool.com with the formatted content for us to use as a new blog post. Tell us what you’re up to, and we’ll show the world what epic stuff happens at DoES!