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! The easiest way is to post on Mastodon—if we follow you there, just add #weeknotes to any post you want included. If you’re not on Mastodon but would like to be, chat to one of the organisers and we’ll help you get started. And of course, you can always just send us an email!
Final 15th Birthday Year Boost
We started the Boost Memberships to celebrate our tenth birthday and here we are coming to the last set of Boost Memberships to be picked in our 15th birthday year! Apply now for the Boost Membership which will run between January – June 2027. You can apply for Boost membership here.
The DoES Liverpool Boost Membership was introduced to celebrate the 10th anniversary of DoES Liverpool – the amazing coworking and shared workshop space in the Fabric District of Liverpool. Boost membership gives two people the opportunity to use the space free of charge for six months either with an allocated desk or by having 24-hour access to the workshop.
Boost membership is open to anyone, even existing paying members. Previous Boost members can re-apply but we only allow a single entry per person, per membership type. If 6 months free membership would help you out at the moment then feel free to apply, of course if you’re not already a paying member you are still welcome to apply.
Applications are open until 11:59pm on Monday 30th November 2026, any applications received after this point will not be considered. We will endeavour to announce the winners as soon as possible afterwards.
We have a dedicated page with lots more information about Boost Membership so if you want to find out more just head over there and take a look!
Things of Note
- michael:Work #weeknotes time:
- Generating a PDF report automatically for each pipeline run on my habitat map project
- The lost art of the Snow Leopard release
- Setting up an AIS shipping data receiver at home
- MCQN Ltd:Being held captive by captive portal setup and experiments with broadcast audio on Bluetooth. Our latest #weeknoteshttps://mcqn.com/posts/week-1100-held-captive/#Auracast #Bluetooth
- Jackie Pease:Another go at some triaxial Hitomezashi Sashiko, using @doesliverpool #ankeruvprinter Vivi to print on lovely calligraphy paper, and laser cutter Sheila to make the holes.I’d previously written a P5 program to show the output patterns before they were sewn, and have now updated (with some AI help) to colour in regions differently by depth or adjacency, to do square grids.Can’t wait to try this out with the cross-stitch option in the latest version of #InkStitch#kochsnowflakes #weeknotes
Coming Up in the Next Week
These are the events booked in for this week. Click the link or contact the event organiser for more details. Want to run something yourself? Check the host your own events page on our website.
| Monday 02 November, 6:00pm-8:00pm | Philosophy in Pubs |
| Monday 02 November, 7:00pm-9:00pm | Socialist Alternative discussion group |
| Tuesday 03 November, 6:30pm-9:30pm | Hack the Space Evening (Software) |
| Wednesday 04 November, 7:00pm-9:00pm | Liverpool Linux User Group |
| Wednesday 04 November, 7:00pm-9:00pm | Liverpool Revolutionary Communist Party |
| Thursday 05 November, 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, CNC routing and sewing. Just pay for materials used. |
| Thursday 05 November, 7:00pm-9:00pm | Spirit Level Trans Support |
| Friday 06 November, 5:30pm-10:00pm | Trans Masc Social |
| Saturday 07 November, 12:00pm-7:00pm | Sanna’s Destash Event |
| Sunday 08 November, 9:00am-5:00pm | Sanna’s Destash Event |
| Sunday 08 November, 2:00pm-5:00pm | 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: |
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: 429 open; 1806 closed; 11 updated this week
3 new issues:
- Wifi Range – Dinky & Fibre Arts Room
- Vivi UV prints coming out blurred
- Air filter reminder message from UV printer
Featured issue: Dispose of paint tins. Can we move this on or close it?
6 issues closed:
- Fiona failed her PAT test
- One of the blinds in the Fibre Arts Room has become detached
- Doorbot 2 failed
- Doorbot 2 slow to react to fobs
- Give the Rooms Names
- Optimize filament storage
Thanks magman2112, johnmckerrell, JackiePease, amcewen!
