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
- Adrian McEwen: Last year ended too busily, so I fell out of the #weeknotes habit. Month-and-a-fortnight-notes doesn’t have quite the same ring, does it? 😀 Still, an update on the MCQN Ltd blog… dlvr.it/QwCTcG
- Electric Flapjack: First #weeknotes of 2019: A frustrating start to the new year, and some planning how best to avoid this in 2019.electricflapjack.com/blog/2019/1/8/…
- Alex Lennon: Helped out with #HackTheSpace tonight. for the first time. I hooked up the DoES Liverpool GitHub issues via #webhooks and #nodered so we can do some analysis and inform member lists/groups as to the stuff they care about. #WeekNotes #CasualDevelopment pic.twitter.com/gdQsA0laeU
- Adrian McEwen: Pleased to announce that Michael Dales is going to be running his Intro to Fusion 360 course at DoES Liverpool on 3rd Feb. Tickets at eventbrite.co.uk/e/autodesk-fus… #design #cad #cam #cnc #3dprinting #weeknotes
- Alex Lennon: Added binaries and documentation for using #nexmon patched WiFi firmware #RPiv3B / #RPiv3B+ under balena to give monitor mode support. Adrian McEwen #weeknotesgithub.com/DynamicDevices…
- Ross Dalziel: Come learn what bee’s do & #DoES with Andrea’s Andrea talk at #Wearables Night 7pm on 14th Jan 2019 DoES Liverpool The Tapestry #weeknotes yay! Hope to learn how to make more inter-species #commensal #biomaterials
- DoES Liverpool: gorman662 with before and after photos of oak table refinishing #weeknotes instagram.com/p/Bsd-5irFqD1/…
- DoES Liverpool: gorman662 with before and after photos of oak table refinishing #weeknotes instagram.com/p/Bsd-5irFqD1/…
- Alex Lennon: I’ve discovered that roasting coffee is achievable for an average guy like me and incredibly fun #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/0GPJbqFI2a
- Ross Dalziel: Plastic Tactics Alex Lennon Jackie Pease DoES Liverpool Julian Todd Lancaster University Great stuff maybe you can send Martin my twitter handle or something. Re #IoT Paul Coulton knows the landscape so maybe an epic trip from DoES Liverpool for speculative plastic value/recycling IoT thinking is an idea for future… #weeknotes
- Ross Dalziel: Loving this #swarm simulator swarmsim.com taking me back to the lovely rabbit hole of Universal paperclips #textadventure #weeknotes decisionproblem.com/paperclips/
- DoES Liverpool: We’re collecting clothes, especially warm ones given the weather, to help Whitechapel Centre look after the city’s homeless. (Thanks Samantha Colosimo for organising it!) #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/LqrnjBwsGO
- Ross Dalziel: One for the CriticalKits #kits #Library #weeknotes twitter.com/hackernewsbot/…
- Alex Lennon: My next implant has just arrived from Dangerous Things – the VivoKey Technologies – an in body crypto computer. Big isn’t it 😮#weeknotes Andy Stanford-Clark Dr Lucy Rogers pic.twitter.com/MMMmw655zv
- Ross Dalziel: hey Nesta latest 2019 predictions out I see. Climate change not make top 10 again? Celia mentions ‘greening the internet’ & ask us how u did on 2018 trends? 1/10. 1 mention of climate change. Apparently blockchain will fix it. Cmon, really? nesta.org.uk/feature/10-pre… #weeknotes
- Alex Lennon: Just booked in for my next implant Holier Than Thou #excited! Some people have been asking me what I use the existing one for. Here’s one thing DoES Liverpool #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/kzdHfjW9vr
- Adrian McEwen: There is now the beginnings of a bike repair set up (chain cleaner, spoke key, wheel truing stand, etc.) here at DoES Liverpool #weeknotes (the drawer is in the CNC workshop) pic.twitter.com/6dzABDKU6V
Coming Up in the Next Week
| Monday 14 January, 7:00pm-9:00pm | Talk on bees and beekeeping by Andrea Ku – all welcome |
| Tuesday 15 January, 10:00am-3:00pm | Sale Sharks – Private Booking – Events Room |
| Wednesday 16 January, 7:00pm-9:00pm | IoT Meetup 34: Low-power wireless networking that works over miles, not metres! |
| Thursday 17 January, 1:00pm-2:00pm | Community Meeting |
| Thursday 17 January, 6:30pm-9:00pm | Maker Night |
| Sunday 20 January, 10:00am-5:00pm | Hack the Event Space |
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: 312 open, 716 closed
4 new issues:
- Floorboard in events room has broken
- Write a blog post about testimonials on the website
- Add testimonials and/or case studies to the website
- Add accessibility information to the website
Featured issue: Construct the crowdfunder reward “Wall of Heroes”. Can we move this on or close it?
1 issue closed:
Thanks amcewen!
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!