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!
January Start Boost Membership
Please help us spread the word!
If you, or any of your friends, could do with a Boost to get a new idea off the ground (or even just to keep going…), then take a look at our Boost scheme – 6 months free desk or workshop membership here at DoES Liverpool, conveniently situated near the centre of the city. Join our innovative community!
It’s a draw so everyone has an equal chance.
https://doesliverpool.com/co-working/boost-your-new-year/
DoESMas! – DoES Bring & Share Xmas!
It’s that time of year – so we’re inviting you again to help make the DoES end-of-year party super special!
Bring (if you can!):
– any friends who love a Xmas do
– some food for the potluck table and something for you to drink
– something small you’ve made (found, borrowed) for our Santa Lucky Dip
Share (if you like!):
– your best or worst of the year
– your hopes or plans for 2025
– your best tunes for our community karaoke
Let us know when you book your free ticket if you’d like to share anything and we’ll allocate a five-minute slot. Slots will also be available on the night. As will karaoke signups.
From 4pm so you can bring your family and friends
Dress like you made it.
Do lets us know if you can make it – https://forms.gle/BKLD4jTdXWfkppHn9
Things of Note
- MCQN Ltd:It’s been too long since we blogged. In lieu of #weeknotes here’s a studio catchup post on what’s been going on with us and @museuminaboxhttps://mcqn.com/posts/studio-catchup-museum-in-a-box/#ibal151 #GLAM #museum
- Chris Huffee:Rudolph pcb by Kirsty (6 and a bit)
#weeknotes #jlcpcb
- Jackie Pease:Excellent issue of @revdancatt pen plotter newsletter with links to a new p5 SVG library, Licia He’s free Painting with Plotters course coming soon, and a review of Bantam Tools Art Frame (don’t think I’ll be getting one of those anytime soon, but plenty to try out on McGraw, the @DoESLiverpool pen plotter).
https://open.substack.com/pub/danielcatt/p/049-mini-lying-to-printers-plotter?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=7gn2u
#WeekNotes - Chris Huffee:Honey I shrunk the pcb.@MCQN_Ltd My Bike’s got LED board for battery powered WLED.New version (on the left) with an ESP32 C3 mini, Injoinic battery charging, and a lot less fr-4..
- Chris Huffee:Final of a busy week of blue boxes of joy. A very much wip microbit project, in its flatpack form.Still a bit peeved that jlc consider my carefully crafted mechanicals board to be 11 separate circuits, and not a single, ingenious 3d board.#microbit #weeknotes
- Museum in a Box:Wondering if we need to print out a “this object is on loan” label for the gap in the @DoESLiverpool display, as we’ve just posted one of our demo boxes off to be shown to MPs in Westminster next week#weeknotes #museum #display
- DoES Liverpool:Why not apply for our Boost membership?
One desk and one workshop membership up for grabs , both for 6 months, 24 hours a day, starting 1st January 2025.
What could you achieve?
Find out more and apply here: https://doesliverpool.com/co-working/boost-your-new-year/
#MakerSpace #Coworking #Liverpool
#WeekNotes - Adrian McEwen:Pleasantly surprised by how much #meshtastic activity there is around here.My node has been up for 50 minutes and had contact with 51 other devices, including one from over the border into Wales#weeknotes
- DoES Liverpool:Thanks Craig for doing such a good job decorating the DoES Liverpool Xmas tree!
Coming Up in the Next Week
| Monday 02 December, 7:00pm-9:00pm | 7pm-9pm Socialist Alternative discussion group |
| Tuesday 03 December, 6:30pm-9:30pm | Hack the Space Evening |
| Wednesday 04 December, 7:00pm-9:00pm | Liverpool Linux User Group |
| Thursday 05 December, 7:00pm-9:30pm | Maker Night Our free weekly evening meeting where you can find out about our space and all the making equipment in it, get a laser cutter or CNC embroidery machine induction, and work on projects from physical computing and electronics to 3d printing, routing and sewing. Just pay for materials used. |
| Thursday 05 December, 7:00pm-11:00pm | LivNUG (Liverpool Nix/NixOS User Group) |
| Friday 06 December, 6:00pm-10:00pm | PVTV Fringe Flicks |
| Saturday 07 December, 11:00am-5:00pm | Liverpool Synth Meet |
| Sunday 08 December, 2:00pm-5:00pm | Plastic Playgroup (DoES Workshop) In a world with mountains of plastic and molehills of play, let’s get our spades out and shift the balance.Make new things from abandoned plastic with us. Plantpots, purses … pedalos?Shred plastic. Blend it. Meld scraps together with a heat gun. Make sheets. Laser cut it. CNC it. Stitch potato bags together with soldering iron? Make fabrics with a regular iron? What have we got, what can we make? We don’t know – let’s figure it out! Two rules: 1. No Objectives – this is an aimless and wandering session. 2. Bring Your Own Initiative – this is an active session and we’ll help you get creative. Every two weeks on a Sunday afternoon, between 2pm and 5pm.Facilitated by Plastic Tactics – follow on social for the latest updates, and to see what we make if you can’t be here in person: http://instagram.com/plastacs http://twitter.com/plastacs http://facebook.com/plastictacticsliverpool |
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: 416 open, 1553 closed
3 new issues:
Featured issue: Overhaul Gerald and upgrade to Lightburn. Can we move this on or close it?
1 issue closed:
Thanks huffeec!