Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Hacker Breakfast
On Fri, Sep 07, 2018 at 03:34:26PM +0100, Edward Watson wrote: > I shall be there armed with dairy-free soy milk. Brunch is 11am right? it was 11 last time, so lets say yes! Soy milk for pancakes? If so that requires doing all of them with soy milk, which is fine. It will require I have it before 11. I will buy some and give you the left over if that is okay? I assume I can just get it from tesco, is that correct? > Cheers > Ed > > On 7 September 2018 at 14:31, Tom Jones wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 26, 2018 at 01:40:26PM +0100, Tom Jones wrote: > >> Hello Hackers, > >> > >> In the next week you will see members from the space prepare for and > >> then travel to EMFCamp[1]. Not everyone could make it, never fear, don't > >> let FOMA get you down, on Sunday the 9th of September we will embrace > >> the all inclusive power of pancakes for a second Hacker Breakfast. > >> > >> I invite you, friends and neighbours to join me for brunch at 57North > >> Hacklab. Where in exchange for conversation on security news, matters > >> and awesome hacks I will serve you pancakes and regale you with stories > >> from a field in the deep south of Engerland. > >> > >> If you plan to join please get in touch so I can scale pancake > >> production. Any raised dietary concerns can be addressed, just tell me > >> what they are. > > > > > > Hello Hackers, > > > > To follow up, we will be breakfasting in the hackerspace this Sunday. If > > you intend to join please send an **email** to **me** to let me know. I > > need this to scale the pancake production. > > > > - [tj] > > 57North Hacklab Ltd. is a company registered in Scotland (No. SC470230). > > 57North and 57North Hacklab are trading names of 57North Hacklab Ltd. > > ___ > > 57north-announce mailing list > > 57north-annou...@lists.57north.co > > http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-announce -- - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] 2018-03-13 Grey Open Tueday
On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 10:02:37AM +, Dave Hibberd wrote: > After the terror, chaos and wild weather caused by my being busy and > not having time to send the email last week, all has returned to a > steady state of calm and productivity. > > For those of you not in the know, Tuesday evenings are open to anyone > who wishes to come to 57North, Aberdeen's Hackerspace[1]! We get up to > a range of activities on Tuesday nights, including but not limited to > social contact, programming, manufacturing weird things and consuming > sugary treats. We usually begin at about 7, but sometimes someone > will be in earlier. If you're unsure, ask in IRC[2]! > > If you're new, I'd suggest you bring a laptop, and perhaps a project > you want to work on. > > If you're coming in, feel free to reply and tell us all what you're > planning to do! > > I shall be in for about 7ish. I'll be showing off my first test builds > of Debian Hamradio Blend Live image, working on the next one, talking > about having one of my GPG keys on a yubikey, sending a few emails and > dossing around happily. I won't be in I have to try and bank some sleep before a whirlwind of hackathons and meetings at the IETF next week. Could you share how you gpg'd up your yubikey? - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] 2018-02-27 Siberian Open Tuesday
On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 10:22:54AM +, Dave Hibberd wrote: > It's a chilly one, as the Beast from the East underwhelms us all with > it's mediocre snowfall and annoying flight cancellations. > > Might as well come in and warm up around the electric heaters in 57N. > There'll be club matè, great chatè and the usual free software > advocacè. [I know, that was bad]. > > For those of you not in the know, Tuesday evenings are open to anyone > who wishes to come to 57North, Aberdeen's Hackerspace[1]! We get up to a > range of activities on Tuesday nights, including but not limited to > social contact, programming, manufacturing weird things and consuming > sugary treats. > We usually begin at about 7, but sometimes someone will be in earlier. > If you're unsure, ask in IRC[2]! > > If you're new, I'd suggest you bring a laptop, and perhaps a project you > want to work on. > > If you're coming in, feel free to reply and tell us all what you're > planning to do! > > I shall be in for about 7ish. I've got debian stuff to do, probably. > I will be in, complaining about hard drives - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] 2018-02-20 Open Tuesday
On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 10:05:33AM +, Dave Hibberd wrote: > Fit like eh day?! > > Hoots Mon! It's a braw, bricht day out here in the shire, I'm sure > it's fine fur eh toonsers tae. > > For those of you not in the know, Tuesday evenings are open to anyone > who wishes to come to 57North, Aberdeen's Hackerspace[1]! We get up to a > range of activities on Tuesday nights, including but not limited to > social contact, programming, manufacturing weird things and consuming > sugary treats. > We usually begin at about 7, but sometimes someone will be in earlier. > If you're unsure, ask in IRC[2]! > > If you're new, I'd suggest you bring a laptop, and perhaps a project you > want to work on. > > If you're coming in, feel free to reply and tell us all what you're > planning to do! > > I shall be in for about 7ish. I've got stuff to do, probably. I have > projects aplenty at the moment for some reason. I shall be in, probably about 8ish as I must go to the pub first. I will be I will be reviewing my slides on "Securing Network Traffic" for my techmeetup presentation tomorrow. Or if I have had enough to drink, relaxing. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] 2018-02-06
On Tue, Feb 06, 2018 at 09:18:40AM +, Dave Hibberd wrote: > Good Morning hackers! > > It's a chilly, snowy Tuesaday out here in the 'shire, and there were little > bits visible in the city too! What a perfect day to stay indoors and play > with computers. > > For those of you not in the know, Tuesday evenings are open to anyone > who wishes to come to 57North, Aberdeen's Hackerspace[1]! We get up to a > range of activities on Tuesday nights, including but not limited to > social contact, programming, manufacturing weird things and consuming > sugary treats. > We usually begin at about 7, but sometimes someone will be in earlier. > If you're unsure, ask in IRC[2]! > > If you're new, I'd suggest you bring a laptop, and perhaps a project you > want to work on. > > If you're coming in, feel free to reply and tell us all what you're > planning to do! > > I shall be in for about 630/7ish. I've got cables to donate to the space's > cable wall, and I shall be continuning work on building an AARCH64 Debian for > a Raspberry Pi, because boo hiss 32bit (for some arbitrary reason). > I shall not make it in tonight, I declared myself snowed in when I saw the size of the fall at 3am. Instead I will be playing that xcom game and doing all I can to avoid thinking about those silly little computing machines. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
[57north-discuss] Open Tuesday
The wheels of time stop for no one and so once again it is Tuesday. The hackerspace will be open tonight for anyone that wants to visit, dropping by after 1900 is always a safe bet. Be sure to bring a laptop to hide behind! If you are planning on dropping by you should reply to this email stating how you plan to spend your time. I shall be in, with questions for those with answers and answers for those that can solve riddles. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
[57north-discuss] Seasonal Gift Exchange
Hello hackers, Today I finally posted our five exchange parcels for the whopping price of £161.58. Some people in the space said they would help me cover some of the shipping cost, it would be excellent if they could get in touch. Our parcels were 3Kg clocking in at about £33 each to ship to the Netherlands.. For next year it would be wise to keep the parcels to 2Kg which would have only been £13 each to ship. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] It's Tuesday!
On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 10:30:00AM +, Edward Watson wrote: > Good golly, its another hackerspace Open Tuesday. The space will be > open to any and all who would like to visit from around 19:00 (usually > earlier). If you haven't been along before, it's best to bring a > laptop and/or a project. > > During their long working day, scientists love destroying bad theories > and reach for better ones, however they have a hard time making > products without help. Between an efficient breakfast and dinner, > engineers are wonderful producers but are often having too much fun > improving their profession's tools, sometimes overindulging in > technical correctness over human acceptance. Between glowing sunrise > and sunset, artists warm the room using their creative minds to > combine patterns from dull areas of life to build exciting new ones, > but can flutter widely as they veer between self-defined targets > but then... > .. then there are also people who destroy, reach, up-tool, overdulge, > create and flutter *all at once* in one coffee/beer soaked evening. > Pop over this evening to be one of those excellent few :) > I will be in decrying shipping fees I haven't yet paid for the christmas exchange. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Open Tuesday 2018-01-09
On Tue, Jan 09, 2018 at 10:42:54AM +, Dave Hibberd wrote: > It is Tuesday my dudes! > > More specifically, it is Open Tuesday at 57North! All are welcome to come > along this > evening after about 7pm. > > For those of you not in the know, Tuesday evenings are open to anyone > who wishes to come to 57North, Aberdeen's Hackerspace[1]! We get up to a > range of activities on Tuesday nights, including but not limited to > social contact, programming, manufacturing weird things and consuming > sugary treats. > We usually begin at about 7, but sometimes someone will be in earlier. > If you're unsure, ask in IRC[2]! > > If you're new, I'd suggest you bring a laptop, and perhaps a project you > want to work on. > > If you're coming in, feel free to reply and tell us all what you're > planning to do! I won't be in, am in londan fam > I shall be in for about 630/7ish faffing around with OpenBSD, Raspberry pi > and more. > > Relatedly: Can someone bring me a USB SD card reader/writer? Danke! > There should be a (pretty shitty) one in my box, it looks like a small red usb stick. It sometimes works, sometimes doesn't and it seems to depend on the host(macs it doesn't like) - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] It's Tuesday
On Tue, Jan 02, 2018 at 12:23:31PM +, Robert McWilliam wrote: > It is the first Tuesday of the new year, so it will be 57N's first > open evening of 2018 this evening. I have double checked with my > computer that this is actually Tuesday as the days have gotten a bit > muddled lately... > > If you have recovered sufficiently from hogmanay and/or your new year > resolutions include making stuff (or talking about making stuff is > maybe more appropriate for Tuesday evenings) you should come along. > > I should be in from around 19:00. I have a few neopixel panels to > solder leads onto then I might look at writing code to drive them. > > Anybody else going to be around? Or have other interesting plans? Let > us know over on -discuss. > I shan't be in. Still first footing tonight up in a far away land. Recovery will hopefully start on the third, but I am not holding out on that. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] It's Tuesday!
On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 04:27:12PM +, Edward Watson wrote: > It is Tuesday. On this special day we celebrate general hackering and > friendship by childishly assembling together like some sort of duplo > build (or megabloks). > > The space will be open to any and all who would like to visit from > around 19:00 (usually earlier). > > I you haven't been along before, it's best to bring a laptop and/or a > project. Just bringing yourself is good too tho :) > > I will be there doing programming the space's new digital yuletide > fireplace. What will you doing tho.. ?? I won't be in tonight and looking at a calendar I think that means I won't be in again in 2017. Happy Christmas and a Merry New Year All! - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] It's Tuesday!
On Tue, Dec 05, 2017 at 01:34:41PM +, Edward Watson wrote: > It is Tuesday. On this special day we celebrate general hackering and > friendship > by assembling like hero's at your local hackerspace. > > The space will be open to any and all who would like to visit from > around 19:00 (usually earlier). > > I you haven't been along before, it's best to bring a laptop and/or a > project. Just bringing yourself is good too tho :) > > I will be there doing some stitching via the sowing robot, PHP and > other fun things. > I will be in, I must 3D print a case and maybe even design one. I am going to have a poke at the atari portfolio after seeing someone play with one on mastodon this week. I might program some ws2812 leds to do something christmas if I find some time. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] It's Tuesday
On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 12:24:56AM +, Robert McWilliam wrote: > In a mad break from the (almost) last minute announcement that seems > to be fast becoming traditional I thought I'd try being organised and > sending this near the start of Tuesday. > > It is Tuesday. That means we have the space open evening this evening. > > The space will be open to any and all who would like to visit from > around 19:00 (and usually earlier). > > I you haven't been along before it's best to bring a laptop and/or a > project. > > If you have been along before then you should know what you're doing > now. If you want to tell the rest of us: please do over on -discuss. > > I think I'll probably be working on making some more Garys - and > trying to get them to come out a bit less fat than last week's Gary. > I will be in the space. Hopefully I won't have wet feet. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] It's Tuesday again.
On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 01:27:42PM +, Robert McWilliam wrote: > Somehow[0] it is again Tuesday. That means the space open evening is > today. > > Anyone who wants to come along is welcome. If you've not been before > it's best to bring a laptop and/or some project you want to hack at. > > The space should be open from 19:00, usually someone is in before that. > > If you have plans for this evening that you'd like to share: let us > know on -discuss. > I will not be in tonight. But, I am strongly considering participating in the Hackerspace Christmas Gift Exchange again. I wonder if anyone else would like to help me put together some parcels. I would like to ship early December so anyone with ideas should keep an end of November style deadline in mind. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] It's Tuesday
On Tue, Nov 07, 2017 at 03:51:10PM +, Robert McWilliam wrote: > It is Tuesday. It has Tuesday been for a while now so you probably > noticed already. > > Tuesday means the space will[0] be open to anyone who wants to come > along, bring something to tinker with or just to chat to others. > > We will be having a board meeting in the space at 18:30 this > evening. Anyone not on the board is still welcome to attend, and will > probably (it's technically at the discretion of whoever ends up > chairing) be welcome to participate if they want to. The only item on > the agenda at the moment is approving our accounts for submission to > companies house and HMRC. > > I will be in and out a bit as there is also a LUG meeting this > evening. > > If you have plans for the evening that you want to share: let us know > over on -discuss. > I will be in! Working with Tony to figure out gce and once the meeting is finished drinking beer. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Spooky Open Tuesday - 2017-10-31
On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 09:44:09AM +, Dave Hibberd wrote: > I wish thee a good morning upon this damp Hallowe'en! > Traditionally all are welcome at the 57N open Tuesday, but today we > wish to extend a special welcome to our supernatural, extraordinary and > unusual friends from the spirit, and all other, realms. > > If you are not supernatural or from a separate realm, you are encouraged > today to dress up as a fantastic beast: > You could come as David S Pumpkins, the scariest of them all[1], or > perhaps a spooky, scary skeleton[2]. > Maybe you'll just be generall spoopy[3] or dressed up unconvincingly as > an animal[4], for example, Gary the Unicorn. > Tbh, I'm just after an excuse to dress up. > > Aanywayyy: > I will be in unless attacked by ghouls or it starts pishing it down. I will have no computer or plans, but to sit and reflect on the nature of reality. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Open Tuesday, 3rd October 2017
On Tue, Oct 03, 2017 at 10:50:24AM +0100, Dave Hibberd wrote: > Happy Tuesday everyone! > > Today is open Tuesday at 57N and all are invited to come along after > 7pm! > > For those of you not in the know, Tuesday evenings are open to anyone > who wishes to come to 57North, Aberdeen's Hackerspace[1]! We get up to a > range of activities on Tuesday nights, including but not limited to > social contact, programming, manufacturing weird things and consuming > sugary treats. > We usually begin at about 7, but sometimes someone will be in earlier. > If you're unsure, ask in IRC[2]! > > If you're new, I'd suggest you bring a laptop, and perhaps a project you > want to work on. > > If you're coming in, feel free to reply and tell us all what you're > planning to do! > > I shall be in for around 6, and going for food at some point after. > Following that, either python, info-beamer, or python and infobeamer. > I will be in. I shall try and do power calibrations for the wifi thing for this stupid bet. This really depends on me finding an sd card that will write faster than 86KB/s. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Open Tuesday, 26th September
On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 09:57:13AM +0100, Dave Hibberd wrote: > Morning nerds! > > It's a fine foggy day in Aberdeen, and open Tuesday has rolled around > just like our beloved Haar. > > For those of you not in the know, Tuesday evenings are open to anyone > who wishes to come to 57North, Aberdeen's hackerspace[1]! We get up to a > range of activities on Tuesday nights, including but not limited to > social contact, programming, manufacturing weird things and consuming > sugary treats. > > We usually begin at about 7, but sometimes someone will be in earlier. > If you're unsure, ask in IRC[2]! > ] > If you're new, I'd suggest you bring a laptop, and perhaps a project you > want to work on. > > If you're coming in, feel free to reply and tell us all what you're > planning to do! > > I shall be continuing my "learning sockets in python" project, which is > going nicely. > I shall be appearing at 6, fiddling for a while and then going for food. > You are welcome to join! I shall be in, I will be performing generic operations via a computing device if I remember one. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] It's Tuesday
On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 12:33:17PM +0100, Robert McWilliam wrote: > In case anyone hasn't noticed yet: today is Tuesday. > > You should come to the space this evening. You can chat to people, > work on (or procrastinate about) projects or stare at your window to > the internet and wonder what you're doing with your life (but with > other people around). > > If you have plans to do any of that: tell us about it over on > -discuss. > > I think I'll be along but haven't yet thought far enough ahead to have > any plans. > > Tomorrow there is Techmeetup where you can go and hear Ed and Tom tell > you about how they've got along counting you. > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/geek-down/qP2Fz-u3eR4/46qglE0GAgAJ I am not in tonight, I will see you tomorrow - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] CNC router mill thing
On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 09:27:53PM +, Alex Beston wrote: > Vaguely aware of what you two are on about but I have a commission for some > one to 3D print a trophy. Having replaced the power supply, we are now in a position to 3D print a small trophy. Would you prefer the traditional stags heads or the more in vogue presentation of a Eiffel tower cake. > On Sat, 16 Sep 2017 at 18:55, Edward Watson <m...@edwilldesign.com> wrote: > > > On 16 Sep 2017 18:25, "Robert McWilliam" <r...@allmail.net> wrote: > > > > I've recently been looking at CNC router things and there are some on > > ebay that are cheap enough to be really tempting. One with a working > > area of 300*180*45mm comes in at about £200. > > > > I think I'll put £50 towards one (and might be convinced to add a bit > > more if we get close) > > > > > > Cool, I'll go in for £50. > > > > Nordin > > ___ > > 57north-discuss mailing list > > 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co > > http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss > > > -- > Best Regards, > > Alex Beston > ___ > 57north-discuss mailing list > 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co > http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss -- - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] The space is almost 4 years old
On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 11:34:45PM +0100, Robert McWilliam wrote: > On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 08:46:57PM +0100, Robert McWilliam wrote: > > We're coming up on the 4th anniversary of the founding of the > > space. Last year we decided to celebrate the first meeting at the > > space which is September 10th. > > That was lies. Turns out I can't read a calendar; the 10th is a Sunday > not a Saturday. We can do the hacking and some of the drinking before the birthday and more drinking on the day. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Open evening
On Tue, Aug 08, 2017 at 02:22:43PM +0100, Robert McWilliam wrote: > It is again a Tuesday, so one and all are invited to come to the space > this evening to chat, consume beverages of their choice and maybe even > tinker with some project or other. > > Space should be open from 19:00, usually a bit earlier. > > If you'll be along let us know what you're planning over on -discuss. > > I should be in, but no idea what (if anything) I'll actually be doing > yet... Space is open now, I am in but will vanish soon to find dinner. I will return! I will be writing a touch screen driver if I can figure where it is on which i2c bus. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Happy mailman day
On Tue, Aug 01, 2017 at 02:13:56PM +0100, Robert McWilliam wrote: > Happy mailman day! > > This month it's also a Tuesday so you can celebrate the coincidence > with our opening evening. The space should be open by 19:00 for anyone > who wants to come visit. > > If you have plans for what you'll be up to let us know on -discuss. > I won't be in, firstly because I am super hungover and secondly because I am in Cambridge. Have fun kids - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Tuesday Openday, Much Party!
On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 12:05:44PM +0100, Doc Ocassi wrote: > Hello all > > It is Tuesday, which means we have our Openday The space is open from 7pm > location https://57north.org.uk/contact, come one come all and experience the > phun that is hacker culture. > > So give us a replay and inform us: > > > # If you will or won't be down > > I'll be there. I'll probably be at the space early afternoon. > > > # what will you be working on > > Probably gyroscopes and accelerometers. > > > # what goodness do you have to share this week. > > I have had more time to read books I want to read, and been reading them, > this makes my brain happy. > > > > Pile in Peons. > > Doc. > I won't be in, rain was forecast earlier when I made this decision. I will be at the IET thing this weekend, those with children might want to attend: http://aberdeensciencecentre.org/events/iet-open-day/ We probably need two more people to help run the nerf gun range and the brush bot thing. It **will** be fun, I promise. If you want to come and help just email me directly. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] Events
On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 11:40:18AM +0100, Dave Hibberd wrote: > Morning All, > > More than half the year has gone! Oh goodness, where did it all go? > > It's been a bit of a quiet one at 57N this year! I've been quite bad for > going to other places and playing with toys there. > > Let's sort that and get some weekend events on the go! I'd really like > to see one weekend event a month happening in the hackerspace. It can > be a one day, two day or 3 day event! They don't take much work to > organise, and we're all willing to pitch in to make it happen! > > There is a new category on the wiki - Events [1] - which can be used to > list your event. Just add `[[Category:Events]]` to the bottom of your > wiki page and it'll appear! There is probably a fancy way that semantic > mediawiki can make this easier, we'll work that out as we go along. > > Before the end of the year, I intend to run a Game Jam [2], another OSM > Mapping weekend[2] and the popular Stupid Shit No One Needs hackathon > [3]. I would like to country the stupid shit hackathon idea with a 'Shit hackerdeen bot says' hackathon. > That should do August/September/October. Who's on November and > December? ChristmasHax could be fun, and I'd love to do a Fireworks > session in November for Guy Fawkes // TJ's Birthday weekend, but that > seems like a Bad Idea(tm). Oh man I am totally on board for fireworks. These people https://store.fireworxscotland.co.uk/ are located close to one of our servers and offer great prices for high quality fireworks(none of that super market shit). We would need to find somewhere to have a party with space for them. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Tuesday Openday
On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 09:01:23AM +0100, Doc Ocassi wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > Today is our open day, all are welcome 7pm @ https://57north.org.uk/contact > > We all come together, to a small room, > to drink and talk and consume some food. > Food for the body, food for the brain, > savour it all before it gets flushed down the drain. > > I'll be in early today, consuming on nordic rf and gyros. > > what will you be consuming. > I won't be in, something about car serving means it has to cost a load of money and have completely unpredictable timing. I won't be in next week either, but I will make up my excuse nearer the time. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] 2017-06-27 Open Tuesday!
On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 10:03:08AM +0100, Tony Travis wrote: > On 27/06/17 09:48, tj wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 09:45:00AM +0100, tj wrote: > >> On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 09:20:55AM +0100, Dave Hibberd wrote: > >>> If you're new, I'd suggest you bring a laptop, and perhaps a project you > >>> want to work on. > >>> > >> > >> I shall be in, I will be fielding endless questions on my new tiny > >> laptop and speculating about mqtt and micropython. > > > > Also, does anyone know if power only usb a to usb c is possible? > > Hi, Tom. > > USB-C PD (Power Delivery) requires negotiation about the voltage and > current to be supplied. I've bought and sent back two USB-C hubs that > failed to negotiate PD properly with my HP Pavilion x2, using the HP > USB-C charger supplied with the laptop. Belkin do a cable: > > > http://www.belkin.com/uk/p/P-F2CU029/ > > However, I doubt this would negotiate properly with my Pavilion x2. I guess I have two questions, is usb a->usb c power only allowed in the spec (I suspect no) Can I get a cable/device/dongle/thing that will do this for me. I am think of a micro and two bus chips so it can negotiate correctly, but not actually do data. Someone must be working on this. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] 2017-06-27 Open Tuesday!
On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 09:45:00AM +0100, tj wrote: > On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 09:20:55AM +0100, Dave Hibberd wrote: > > If you're new, I'd suggest you bring a laptop, and perhaps a project you > > want to work on. > > > > I shall be in, I will be fielding endless questions on my new tiny > laptop and speculating about mqtt and micropython. Also, does anyone know if power only usb a to usb c is possible? - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] 2017-06-27 Open Tuesday!
On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 09:20:55AM +0100, Dave Hibberd wrote: > If you're new, I'd suggest you bring a laptop, and perhaps a project you > want to work on. > I shall be in, I will be fielding endless questions on my new tiny laptop and speculating about mqtt and micropython. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [thomas.w...@asc.scot: IET open-door day]
> We would like to invite 57 North Hacklab to come along to our public > event on 29th July 2017 and run an interactive booth/stall. I visited > your stall at the Universities May Festival - 'Hall of Mayhem', and I > think you would add a very popular different angle into engineering. > There are not strict guidelines, but we are looking for an interactive > and engaging, engineering themed activity. The event will run from 10 > am - 4pm with setup from 8.30am. Lunch will be provided and power and > Wi-Fi can be supplied if required. I have a continuation of the nerf gun project I took to the hall of mayhem. Having a deadline would get me to finish the project. It certainly fulfils the interactive requirement. We would probably need two more projects, I think we really need to have posters explaining how the projects are made and why they are interesting to engineers. Do two other people have project they want to take? - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
[57north-discuss] [thomas.w...@asc.scot: IET open-door day]
- Forwarded message from "Thomas.Wild" <thomas.w...@asc.scot> - Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 14:39:26 + From: "Thomas.Wild" <thomas.w...@asc.scot> To: "cont...@57north.co" <cont...@57north.co> Subject: IET open-door day Good afternoon, Aberdeen Science centre is hosting the 2017 IET (Institute of Engineering and Technology) open-doors day in collaboration with Shell. We are looking to showcase the amazing range of engineering in the North-East. We would like to invite 57 North Hacklab to come along to our public event on 29th July 2017 and run an interactive booth/stall. I visited your stall at the Universities May Festival - 'Hall of Mayhem', and I think you would add a very popular different angle into engineering. There are not strict guidelines, but we are looking for an interactive and engaging, engineering themed activity. The event will run from 10 am - 4pm with setup from 8.30am. Lunch will be provided and power and Wi-Fi can be supplied if required. Please get in touch if you have any questions, and if you are interested, what you would like to bring along. Kind regards Thomas Thomas Wild STEM Learning Coordinator Aberdeen Science Centre 179 Constitution Street, Aberdeen, AB24 5TU E: thomas.w...@asc.scot<mailto:grant.peter...@asc.scot> T: 01224 518063 W: www.aberdeensciencecentre.org<http://www.aberdeensciencecentre.org/> [cid:DAE3B7B8-EE1E-4B19-9722-D07D40FF4A93]<https://www.facebook.com/aberdeensciencecentre/> [cid:FE3FC3A0-7C90-46D2-822B-AE2AD6E5B1DC] <http://www.twitter.com/aberdeensci> [cid:image004.png@01D1C0D2.91607D20] Disclaimer: The information contained in this message may be confidential or legally privileged and is intended for the addressee only. If you have received this message in error or find offensive content, please notify the originator immediately. The unauthorised use, disclosure, copying or alteration of this message is strictly forbidden. Any views or opinions presented are those of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of Aberdeen Science Centre. Aberdeen Science Centre is a recognised Scottish Charity No SC014922 - End forwarded message - -- - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Open Tuesday.
On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 07:36:01AM +0100, Doc Ocassi wrote: > Hello Everyone. > > Tuesday is the day we host our open day from 7 till late, all welcome. > > Come along with an intention to work on a project, or distract others > from their projects, or at the very least a laptop you can blend in > with the usual crowd. I won't be in, being at a conference in Finland. The cyber 5g buzzword level is already too high and the sun doesn't set. This is how dark it was when I landed at 1am https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/000/671/718/original/c7c7c3e5c60aadf6.jpg > I'll be in attempting to working on a karaoke system. Lots of karaoke here in Finland. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Open Tuesday
On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 10:42:55AM +0100, Edward Watson wrote: > Happy Tuesday everyone! > > Today is open Tuesday at 57N and all are invited to come along after 7pm! > > For those of you not in the know, Tuesday evenings are open to anyone > who wishes to come to 57North, Aberdeen's finest hackerspace. > > We get up to a range of activities on Tuesday nights, including but > not limited to social contact, programming, manufacturing weird things > and consuming sugary treats. We usually begin at about 7, If you're > new, I'd suggest you bring a laptop, and perhaps a project you want to > work on. > > If you're coming in, feel free to reply and tell us all what you're > planning to do! Hello Hackers, I will be in tonight. I will probably be jabbering about our amazing camping trip coming up this weekend and thinking about tracking satellites. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Open Tuesday 2017-05-23
On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 11:21:45AM +0100, Dave Hibberd wrote: > Good Tuesday everyone! > > Week 3 of may has come, and the weather promises to be great again > this week. > If you've not considered it, maybe coming to campGND[1] would be a great > way to get rid of the last of this year's winter cobwebs. Drinks, > hacking and > relaxing in a field with friends, what more could you want? > > Anyway > > Today is open Tuesday at 57N and all are invited to come along after > 7pm! > > For those of you not in the know, Tuesday evenings are open to anyone > who wishes to come to 57North, Aberdeen's hackerspace[2]! We get up to a > range of activities on Tuesday nights, including but not limited to > social contact, programming, manufacturing weird things and consuming > sugary treats. > We usually begin at about 7, but sometimes someone will be in earlier. > If you're unsure, ask in IRC[3]! > > If you're new, I'd suggest you bring a laptop, and perhaps a project you > want to work on. > > If you're coming in, feel free to reply and tell us all what you're > planning to do! > > I shall be in, planning hard for campGND[1] and probably doing crimes. I will be in, hopefully getting direction on the MayFest (totally not a makerfaire) makerfaire this weekend. Also jibbering about campgnd, haven't you heard? We are going camping. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Open Tuesday 2017-05-16
On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 12:02:34PM +0100, Dave Hibberd wrote: > If you're coming in, feel free to reply and tell us all what you're > planning to do! > > I shall be in, planning hard for campGND[1] electricity. I won't be in tonight, but I will be at techmeetup tomorrow. It is set to be super exciting! - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] RFID/NFC door access
On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 11:44:17PM +0100, Robert McWilliam wrote: > For anyone that wasn't in the space yesterday: the recent internet > connection issues have prompted me to finally add RFID/NFC card > reading to doorbot. > > I did get it working yesterday but it seemed a bit temperamental so > not sure how long it will stay working... > > Let me know if you want a card/tag added to the approved list. Thats awesome! Could I use a phone with nfc? If technically possible, how on earth would I go about this(software)? - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] 2017-05-02 - Open Tuesday!
On Tue, May 02, 2017 at 11:34:43AM +0100, Dave Hibberd wrote: > Morning friends! > > May is upon us! There are nice little plants sprouting from the ground, > I spent some time outside and took pictures of daffodils, snowdrops > and dandelions this weekend - you should try it! > > Maybe campGND[1] is the perfect opportunity > > Today is open Tuesday at 57N and all are invited to come along after > 7pm! > > For those of you not in the know, Tuesday evenings are open to anyone > who wishes to come to 57North, Aberdeen's hackerspace[2]! We get up to a > range of activities on Tuesday nights, including but not limited to > social contact, programming, manufacturing weird things and consuming > sugary treats. > We usually begin at about 7, but sometimes someone will be in earlier. > If you're unsure, ask in IRC[3]! > > If you're new, I'd suggest you bring a laptop, and perhaps a project you > want to work on. > > If you're coming in, feel free to reply and tell us all what you're > planning to do! I shan't be in, I am really sorry. I have a flight at 0600 tomorrow and need to have slept before boarding the plane. In lieu of my visit you should all be preparing to go camping at campgnd! I now have a boost converter for the network, which I will be playing with next week to make sure the point to point wireless links will turn on. > I will be fiddling with something, idk what. I might even make it in > tonight! Generic hackerspace statement - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] 2017-04-25 Open Tuesday!
On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 11:04:45AM +0100, Dave Hibberd wrote: > Morning friends! > Oh my goodness, it's the end of April! How did that happen? > > Why is it snowing? What direction is up? Is the earth flat? > > Find out the answers to these questions and more at 57North tonight! > > Today is open Tuesday at 57N and all are invited to come along after > 7pm! > > For those of you not in the know, Tuesday evenings are open to anyone > who wishes to come to 57North, Aberdeen's hackerspace[1]! We get up to a > range of activities on Tuesday nights, including but not limited to > social contact, programming, manufacturing weird things and consuming > sugary treats. > We usually begin at about 7, but sometimes someone will be in earlier. > If you're unsure, ask in IRC[2]! > > If you're new, I'd suggest you bring a laptop, and perhaps a project you > want to work on. > > If you're coming in, feel free to reply and tell us all what you're > planning to do! > > I will be fiddling with vagrant, gns3, VMs in general and muttering > about that time I bought Avon products from yer da. Due to the near horizontal angle of the snow this morning I won't be in, rather I will be heading home before more apocalyptic weather can occur. Last week I picked up a DEC PRO-350, which is sort of a PDP-11, I will be poking at articles on replacing capacitors in old power supplies. Or something. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] 2017-04-11 Open Tuesday
On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 12:15:01PM +0100, Dave Hibberd wrote: > Today is open Tuesday at 57N and all are invited to come along after > 7pm! > > For those of you not in the know, Tuesday evenings are open to anyone > who wishes to come to 57North, Aberdeen's hackerspace[1]! We get up to a > range of activities on Tuesday nights, including but not limited to > social contact, programming, manufacturing weird things and consuming > sugary treats. > We usually begin at about 7, but sometimes someone will be in earlier. > If you're unsure, ask in IRC[2]! > > If you're new, I'd suggest you bring a laptop, and perhaps a project you > want to work on. > > If you're coming in, feel free to reply and tell us all what you're > planning to do. I won't be in. sad face. > I will be doing Debian, doing shouting at raspberry pis and doing a > range of other activities. > But I will be preparing stuff for the Edinburgh Mini Maker Faire[1] this weekend. If you have the time and a penchant for travel you should come and visit our booth! I have also been preparing network stuff for our annual camping festival campgnd[2]. If you fancy coming camping the first weekend in June ask hibby about it tonight. [1]: https://edinburgh.makerfaire.com/ [2]: http://campgnd.com - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] Edinburgh Mini Maker Faire
On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 08:47:24PM +0800, Calum Chisholm wrote: > ...and down the rabbithole we go :-) > > Thanks for the tips Tom - I'll let you know if I make any progress. > > Also, this might be worth investigating if you're a fan of clicky switches > and blinkenlights: > http://www.retrotechnology.com/memship/memship.html > Not as random or clumsy as an Arduino, an elegant SBC for a more civilized > age Oh that is interesting. There is http://retrobsd.org/wiki/doku.php which is 2.11BSD running on a PIC microcontroller. I have been thinking about getting one of the boards capable of running it, maybe to accompany the serial terminal in Edinburgh. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] Edinburgh Mini Maker Faire
On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 12:01:07PM +0800, Calum Chisholm wrote: > I'm unlikely to be in attendance, but was wondering who's the owner of the > piDP8 mentioned on the planning pad? I've only recently received my kit, > and may be in need of some tips/advice if it ever struggles to the top of > my todo pile. > > Also, networked multi-player Spacewar. In a similar vein: https://github.com/DoctorWkt/4bsd-uucp - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Open Tuesday @ 57North, 2017-02-21
On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 09:40:16AM +, Dave Hibberd wrote: > Today is open Tuesday at 57N and all are invited to come along after > 7pm! > > For those of you not in the know, Tuesday evenings are open to anyone > who wishes to come to 57North, Aberdeen's hackerspace! We get up to a > range of activities on Tuesday nights, including but not limited to > social contact, programming, manufacturing weird things and consuming > sugary treats. > We usually begin at about 7, but sometimes someone will be in earlier. > If you're unsure, ask in IRC! > > If you're new, I'd suggest you bring a laptop, and perhaps a project you > want to work on. > > If you're coming in, feel free to reply and tell us all what you're > planning to do. I will be in the space! I have plans to keep poking at a wifi driver, progress on that will depend how paniced I am about work and probably the person density in the space. I am going to play with rumble[1], a distributed p2p something app. We tried playing with it at congress, but the spectrum was too intense for it. You should install it now if you fancy joining in. Some people showed interest in the space at techmeetup last week, hopefully they will be by. If people you don't know show up at the space you should be extra welcoming, friendly and enthusiastic! [1]: http://www.disruptedsystems.org/ - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Open Day @ 57N, 14/02/17
On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 09:56:13AM +, Dave Hibberd wrote: > Today is open Tuesday at 57N and all are invited to come along after > 7pm! > > For those of you not in the know, Tuesday evenings are open to anyone > who wishes to come to 57North, Aberdeen's hackerspace! We get up to a > range of activities on Tuesday nights, including but not limited to > social contact, programming, manufacturing weird things and consuming > sugary treats. > We usually begin at about 7, but sometimes someone will be in earlier. > If you're unsure, ask in IRC! > > If you're new, I'd suggest you bring a laptop, and perhaps a project you > want to work on. > > If you're coming in, feel free to reply and tell us all what you're > planning to do. I won't be in, I am sorry :( TechMeetup is tomorrow and it will be awesome: via Bruce: Come join us on Wednesday, 15 February at 18:30 in foyer at the north end of the Meston Building. We’ll hear Mark Marooth talk about his experiments in setting up small linux devices to help out at home. Mark will discuss what he's been up to and bring along 4-5 real examples for folks to see and perhaps run. I will talk about the history, challenges, failures and successes and show a couple of devices that I run at home including what I believe to be one of the smallest fully functional Linux devices around including Wi-Fi. https://www.facebook.com/events/1792687437719947/ As always, come for the talks and stay for the conversations. And also, a big thanks to our sponsors who make TechMeetup possible with their amazing financial support: Cultivate (http://www.cultivatehq.com/), Informatics Ventures (http://www.informatics-ventures.com/ ), SkyScanner (http://www.skyscanner.net/) and small donations from community members. Thank you all. We look forward to seeing you there. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Tuesday
On Tue, Feb 07, 2017 at 02:45:58PM +, Robert McWilliam wrote: > It is again Tuesday, so the space will be open this evening for > members to get together and anyone who wants to to come and visit us. > > Today is also the 7th of the month which means that there is an > AberLUG meeting this evening. I'll be heading there first and then on > to the space after it wraps up. If anyone else wants to come talk > about Linux (and really anything else, we're not very good at staying > on topic): 19:30 @ Ma Cameron's. Look for the penguin. > > As much as I can fit in around chatting and drinking I'll be trying to > remember/relearn how to use blender. If you can use openscad your life will be much more enjoyable. > > Anyone else organised enough to have plans? Let us know on -discuss. I have one plan, which is to not come in. Next week I will be a long to regale you all with stories on Mozilla offices and FOSDEM. Today, I must remain in my coma. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Open Tuesday, Jan 24th
On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 12:07:02PM +, Andy Gaskell wrote: > I was going to write up a shelf building project, which is probably not so > interesting, and chatting and stuff. > > Tony! dang, that ubuntu phone was awesome, hope you got a good price for > your soul, er, I mean, phone ;) > I have a much less good Ubuntu Edition Phone around somewhere. It needs a new screen(about £20 when I looked last year), but I will give it to someone that will do the repair and use it for ubuntu stuff. Anyone want it? - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Open Tuesday, Jan 24th
On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 11:26:53AM +, Dave Hibberd wrote: > Today is open Tuesday at 57N and all are invited to come along after > 7pm! > > For those of you not in the know, Tuesday evenings are open to anyone > who wishes to come to 57North, Aberdeen's hackerspace! We get up to a > range of activities on Tuesday nights, including but not limited to > social contact, programming, manufacturing weird things and consuming > sugary treats. > We begin usually at about 7, but sometimes someone will be in earlier. > > It is advised you bring a laptop, and perhaps a project you want to work > on. > > If you're coming in, feel free to reply and tell us all what you're > working on. > > I'll probably be doing some debian packaging. If not, I'll be thinking > about data radios and accessing the university. I will be in, I will be poking at a firmware image for a wifi card. I will also bring a box to open so you can be satisfied when I am away next week. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Tuesday open evening
On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 01:16:29PM +, Robert McWilliam wrote: > It's a shiney new year but the hackspace Tuesday procedure remains the > same. We'll be open for anyone to come visit this evening. > > We might have some more Christmas presents to open if we can sort out > actually getting them to the space (volunteers to help move them > should talk to Tom). > I have 5 boxes here, please someone come with a car and take them to the space. > If you have plans to be along, and/or what you'll be working on let us > know on -discuss. I will be in, forcing a blinkenlights screen on Ed and reading some driver code. > I think I'll be prodding at the blinkenlights that didn't work at > 33C3, and possibly the videowall that didn't work at Edinburgh Maker > Fayre... > On that, we need to figure the break down of tasks for this year. If anyone wants to help on a group project in the space, this is a great place to help. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] Jobs
On Fri, Jan 06, 2017 at 05:57:02PM +, Gavin Henry wrote: > Evening all, > > Is it OK to post a job here? Sure, go for it. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] It's Tuesday
On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 03:50:25PM +, Robert McWilliam wrote: > It is again Tuesday. The space will again be open for folks to come > along and visit/hack/chat/drink/other. > > If you have plans for which of those you'll be up to: let us know on > -discuss. > > I have made it home so will be along this evening. I'll be looking for > feedback on the MkII stuffed unicorn before I make more of them, and > playing with some blinkenlights. These the unicorns we are going to auction off for mega 's? I won't be in, I seem to have gotten black lung from being down in the mines for far too long. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] Space status on the website
On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 03:56:38PM +, Robert McWilliam wrote: > I have taken the space status (open/closed + message) out of the header > of the website. It had confused a few people into thinking that we were > closed more permanently rather than just until someone opened the space > again. > > I don't think the status adds much to people looking at the main site to > see who we are or what we do, and for members (or others a bit more > involved) there are plenty of other places to look up the status. > > If anyone wants a "fun" UI design challenge I'd be interested in what > you can come up with for putting the status back on the site in a way > that won't confuse people (I'm vetoing a wall of explanatory text). > I am at a complete loss, I really have no idea where the confusion comes from. Anyone know what other hackerspaces have? hackerspace.pl has this notification currently: Sorry We're OPEN According to our instruments there are at least 3 people at the hackerspace right now. Looking in the wayback machine I found: Sorry We're CLOSED According to our instruments there is probably no one at the hackerspace right now. But the open/closed issue is still there, I don't think more words would make this any clearer to the people that are getting confused. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Tuesday
On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 03:40:29PM +, Robert McWilliam wrote: > Quite late in the day but since no one else has pointed it out yet: it's > Tuesday. The space should be opened up this evening for one and all to > come visit, hack, chat or whatever else they fell like doing[0]. > > I won't be there today as I'm currently in Prague. > > There should be a short board meeting this evening. > > If you have plans for the evening: share them on -discuss. > I am coming in for the meeting and escaping as quickly as I can. I fear that won't be very early. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Open Tuesday 15th November
On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 10:51:16AM +, Hibby wrote: > God morning friends! > > Tueday is the time to get on down to 57N and be social! > > I shall be in prodding at MQTT, MOSFETS, MCUs and LEDs again. > > What'll you be hacking on? The 2016 emfcamp badge, gonna make it control some servos tonight or something. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Open Tuesday: Leader of the Free World Election Special
On Tue, Nov 08, 2016 at 10:36:45AM +, Hibby wrote: > Morning Hackers! > > As our American Overlords take to the polls, we shall continue to do what we > do best... Hack and be merry. > Come on down to 57North tonight for our weekly open night - we shall likely > have lively and spirited discussion about current affairs, past affairs, why > affairs are considered immoral by society and probably some software related > nonsense too. > > I'll be working on my space-status update push button project and, more > likely than not, talking utter nonsense about nothing in particular at no one > that cares. > > What will you be working on tonight? I will be in the space. I forgot some parts so I will be doing something other than what I planned to. I am sure that something else will be getting distracted and not making any effort towards the things I hoped I would do. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
[57north-discuss] [m...@sdu.dk: 57 North Hacklab]
This one makes it through. - Forwarded message from Michael Magee <m...@sdu.dk> - Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 11:26:56 + From: Michael Magee <m...@sdu.dk> To: "cont...@57north.co" <cont...@57north.co> Subject: 57 North Hacklab Dear Hacklab, I am writing from the University of Southern Denmark. In two weeks I will be travelling along with students from our Robotics Department to Bristol and Edinburgh to promote one of our Master study programmes - Drone Technology. I am writing to you because I want to invite students who may have interested in taking their Masters in Robotics to our information meetings. Judging from your website, people at 57 North Hacklab may find drones interesting! Would it be possible to promote our information meeting via your group? Perhaps via email to your members as well as your Facebook page www.facebook.com/57NorthHacklab/?fref=ts<https://www.facebook.com/57NorthHacklab/?fref=ts> ? Here are the links to both of our events: Bristol, November 15th at the Watershed 16:00 until 18:00 www.facebook.com/events/1473411546006331/<https://www.facebook.com/events/1473411546006331/> Edinburgh, November 17th at the Counting House 16:00 until 18:00 www.facebook.com/events/919542984857126/<https://www.facebook.com/events/919542984857126/> It's a very specific information meeting which is why we need to target our audience so directly. If you are aware of any similar clubs/societies I should contact please let me know. It would be great if you could let me know if you can help. Thank you, Michael Magee - End forwarded message - -- - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Open Tuesday
On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 12:02:38PM +0100, Hibby wrote: > Gd Day happy hackers! > > It's Tuesday, and y'all should know what that means by now - it's time > for the weekly social evening at 57N. > > Come along from about 7 onwards for the entertainment that is us working > on projects and discussing nonsense until we all get bored of each > other. > > I'm coming in to fiddle with the Internet of Things and maybe the Things > of the Internet. > > What're you gonna do? No space for me tonight, I will be carving pumpkins then figuring out how to control them via dmx. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
[57north-discuss] Thursday Hacking
Hello Hackers, I will be in the space tonight, complaining about wireshark and dtls decrypt. I will also trying to crash my laptop with a wifi driver. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Open Evening
On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 12:36:00PM +0100, Robert McWilliam wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 09:38:58AM +0100, Hibby wrote: > > > Good Morning hackers, crackers, makers and bakers! > > > > > > It's Tuesday, which means it's time for 57North to open for all. > > > > > > What'll you be getting up to? > > I think I'm going to have a play with adding RFID cards to doorbot. And > discuss if the sofa could do with being lowered a bit now. > > On Tue, 11 Oct 2016, at 09:51, tj wrote: > > > [1] https://www.freebsd.org/releases/11.0R/relnotes.html > > > > Yes, please try this release. It is just great and if you really hard > > you can find the code I wrote. If anyone wants help I can give helping > > pointers[2], 0xa5a5a5a5a5a5a5a5 and the like. > > I'm intrigued if that could ever be a real pointer... it's definitely > got too many bits to map through any virtual memory system I've come > across, but I'm not sure about things that aren't memory but are > pretending to be: do they use "invalid" virtual addresses anywhere? In a > way that could get that far through the 64bit address space? > > As a real address that would be a couple quintillion yottabytes in, > which would need an impressive machine - I make it about another century > of Moore's law to get there. > > I suppose you might not be indexing bytes. Indexing atoms on earth that > would only be about a millionth of the way in, so I'll call it plausible > as a pointer to an atom in a planet. > You might need more time in gdb. I see 0xa5a5a5a5a5a5a5a5 quite a lot for uninitialised pointer values, normally I have missed something quite important and this pointer is a good friend. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Open Evening
On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 09:38:58AM +0100, Hibby wrote: > Good Morning hackers, crackers, makers and bakers! > > It's Tuesday, which means it's time for 57North to open for all. > > We'll be in the hacklab from about 7 onwards, hacking, prodding and > talking nonsense. > > Tonight I'll be in FreeBSD Corner (the sofa) upgrading my wee hackbook > to FreeBSD 11 [1]. > > While that's happening I might prod at the lights a little more too. > > What'll you be getting up to? I will be in the space, I am planning to: 1. See if usb bring up works for this wifi driver I am writing.[3] or, if that doesn't work. 2. See if I convince scapy to give me radiotap headers This is all predicated on my laptop charger being in the space. If it isn't I'll step out the window or something. > > [1] https://www.freebsd.org/releases/11.0R/relnotes.html Yes, please try this release. It is just great and if you really hard you can find the code I wrote. If anyone wants help I can give helping pointers[2], 0xa5a5a5a5a5a5a5a5 and the like. [2]: https://xkcd.com/138/ [3]: http://adventurist.me/posts/0103 - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Octobery Openy Tuesdayyyyyyy
On Tue, Oct 04, 2016 at 10:14:39AM +0100, Hibby wrote: > Welcome to October Hackers! > > It's the month of hallowe'en, and if your twitter account is anything > like mine you'll see constant nonsense about being spooky and the like. > Is anyone going to hack together something awesome for hallowe'en? MQTT > controlled light up turnip lanterns [1]? LED guising [2] costume? A > spinning blade death machine? > You'd better get planning now so it's working by the end of the month! > > Today seems like the perfect time to make your way through the gentle > autumnal weather (if it's bad later on, trust me... it's gonna get so > much worse) to the hackerspace! We'll be in 57N from about 7ish til > late. You can get started on your hallowe'en project! > > Tonight I'll be prodding at debian stuff and looking to get my GPG key > signed by some of you. I'll be doing no Hallowe'en projects because bah > humbug! > > What will you be up to? I too will be in the space! What will I be doing? Well there is a list: 1. Most of all I want to get closer to winning this darn bet I have with Ed. That will involve writing some python to run sub processes, and hopefully I won't get caught in a privilege separation trap. 2. And I can't remember any of the other things that might grab my attention. That makes mitigating them hard! What are you gonna do? - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Open Tuesday
On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 09:39:03AM +0100, Hibby wrote: > Morning hackers! > > It's Tuesday - this means it's open day down at 57N! > > Everyone is welcome to come on down to play what is essentially grownup > show and tell. > What do you plan to bring and work on / show off? I will be in, I will be seeing how well my system does trying to win this bet with Nordin. I'll probably be asking people where is best to set up a mqtt broker too. To Kickstart: We probably want to run one on a vps and maybe federate to one in the space. We can firewall off topics so space only messages can stay within the building. How does that sound? We might actually want an even more complicated architecture so we can use mqtt over websockets and embed stuff in webpages. SSL is also a consideration, but writing against the api has been making me sad all week. > I won't be in as I'm curling, but I'll be there in spirit or something. Booo, hiss! - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
[57north-discuss] Sunday Space Travel
Hello hackers, I am in the space, I will be here until about 5 or 6 tonight. Come and play! - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Openday Tuesday
On Tue, Sep 06, 2016 at 02:33:31PM +0100, Hibby wrote: > > I will be in, no plans, too many old projects in the stack to pick > > from. > > Can we try a stack smashing attack to solve this issue? I don't think so, maybe we could try to exploit a use after free on my time? - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Openday Tuesday
On Tue, Sep 06, 2016 at 02:22:39PM +0100, Hibby wrote: > Fit like! > > It's Tuesday, and that means the hackerspace is open for all to come and > say hi. > > I'm looking forward to chilling out in this mad heat, and 57North is > totally the perfect place to do that. Maybe if you take your own battery powered air conditioner. > Give us an email reply to tell us what you're going to come in and do - > show off some toys, play with some toys or leave your toys in your bag > because you're actually embarrassed about them. I will be in, no plans, too many old projects in the stack to pick from. > If it's more your style, feel free to tweet us @57northhacklab - my ego > needs all the engagement, retweets, hashtags and likes it can get. Plus, > you'll make my Pebble vibrate and annoy my boss. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Open Tuuuuuuesday
On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 11:43:04AM +0100, Hibby wrote: > It's Tuesday and the hackerspace is open to all comers. > > Swing by and say hi, hang about and enjoy our company. > > There should be people in space from 7pm onwards. > > **BRING A LAPTOP** > > If you're coming down to do stuff, tell us what you're working on! > > I'll be doing Scottish Consulate and swearing, as per usual. > Annoying, I sent one of these. I will be in the space, I won't have a laptop you can't tell me what to do. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] Anniversary
On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 03:41:56PM +0100, Edward Watson wrote: > On 22 August 2016 at 13:50, Robert McWilliam <r...@allmail.net> wrote: > >Anyone have any preferences for which of those (or others) we should decide > >to > >commemorate? Any suggestions for what we should do (or have done...)? > > Awesome, but no idea. > > In terms of general commemoration events however, I vote for a > unorganised BYOD crappy infrastructure hackathon. I rather enjoyed the > last one. I can't remember the first one, maybe it was something else? Anyway a make the space better hackathon would be a great idea, I already have plans for a 'n humans in space' detector. > With Doorbot on it's way up, we need more playful infrastructure that > barely very reliably works. hmm Item classes for competition can maybe > include: > > Important classes > - 'Keep us from going bust' class > - bureaucracy-as-a-service website class > - a fuzzy IRC bot class (i.e. fridge beer temp or occupancy via CO2 > sensing etc.) > > 'Un'portant classes > - A fing-longer[i] class > - am-too-well-arty trophy class > - 'rebel without a' class > > We'd need agreed pirate-padded criteria for each class beforehand... > but thats about it. > > Hackers would aim to submit to at least two classes over the event or > as many as they wish, can prep/use existing project parts for > important classes beforehand but it must be at least partly built on > the day and tested as working before days end. Floating helpers are > welcome and contenders present at days end for votes to win the > winning 'important class' trophies (as made that day). Job done. A hackathon where we build improvements and install them later would probably be the best idea, if we break the network it would probably stop people being productive. > Just an idea. Feel free to flame it. What a weird choice of link indices > Cheers, Ed > > PS > > [0] https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/hackerdeen/nBd70p7vbLQ > extract: "We can use the safe as a fridge" > Aww.. bless the foolish optimism of the young. > > [i] http://futurama.wikia.com/wiki/Fing-Longer - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] Anniversary
On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 01:50:50PM +0100, Robert McWilliam wrote: > The 3rd anniversary of the founding of the space is some time soon, or > in the recent(ish) past: depends what you want to count as the founding. > > I went through some of the old emails and pulled out some notable > events: > https://wiki.57north.org.uk/index.php/Founding > > Anyone have any preferences for which of those (or others) we should > decide to commemorate? Any suggestions for what we should do (or have > done...)? > > I'm inclined towards picking the first meeting in the space as *the* > anniversary. Mostly because Tom's minutes for it[0] are a thing of > beauty. I agree and the previous party[1] was around the 10th of September. Those minutes are just amazing... > I think we should also commemorate the anniversary of doorbot coming > into existence. It is horribly hacked together with the relay just > hanging on the end of its wire on an odd shaped bit of proto board, and > the use of bluetack (and sometimes white tack) to hold the latch open so > you can close the door. From the start it was intended to be replaced > Real Soon Now™ and three years later it's still there (with some minor > changes; the mag stripe reader has been replaced with GPG signed JSON). > I think that captures the hackspace ethos well enough that it should be > celebrated. And then *actually* replaced with something sane. We could have an annual robots day in the space to celebrate the machines that make our lives better. 1st of October(that day or nearest Saturday) would be a good date. [1]: http://lists.57north.co/pipermail/57north-announce/2014-August/53.html -- - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
[57north-discuss] Shindig
Hi, As mentioned on Tuesday, we are going to have a small house warming party at my new place in Kingswells on Saturday. We will be going from about 1900 until it is substantially Sunday. I know Kingswells is a little out of the way, but there is plenty of room for people that want or need to crash. If not buses run until about 3 in the morning back into the city. Anyone that wants to join us can contact me via email/irc for the address. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] It's Tuesday, you all know what that means.
On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 11:23:21AM +0100, Doc Ocassi wrote: > Hello Everyone. > > I am not back yet, so if people will be in today for the open day at 7 > give a shout out. I will be in, I have my pocketchip with me so people can marvel. > I am back tomorrow, but probably in Glasgow next week and the week after. > > Hope you are enjoying the fine weather we have been having, and you new > found freedom as part of the UK and Europe??? what a clusterf**k. > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwK0jeJ8wxg > I would prefer rain. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Tuesday, Open Day!
On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 07:47:31AM +0100, Doc Ocassi wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > Hope everyone is soaking up the abundant solar radiation and > replenishing their Vitamin D3. > > Tonight at about 7 we have our open day, I'll be around as usual > probably in a better mood then the last few weeks. > > So come one one all, a sample the fun and delights, which is Aberdeens > premier Hackerspace. It seems a little like you and Hibby are having a competition to see who can post this first. I don't imagine I will be in, I really need to start putting things into boxes. God it is so much work, why do I have all these things? Why don't I live out of a small rucksack? I will probably be in. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Tuesday
On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 03:01:53PM +0100, Robert McWilliam wrote: > Another Tuesday has rolled around and we are again staring down the > barrel of an open evening. > > Come along and have a chat. Build something. Take something apart. Or > whatever else you fancy. I will be in the space tonight. > There are a couple of other things on this week that might be of > interest to some here: > > Techmeetup is tomorrow with a talk on using HPC for SCIENCE > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/geek-down/BHn9_m8FMH0 > > The beer festival kicks off on Thursday > http://aberdeencamra.org.uk/festival > > Then we have campGND this weekend > http://lists.57north.co/pipermail/57north-discuss/2016-May/002314.html You should come camping, it will be an excellent weekend. There will be wifi and power and if we are lucky RAIN!!! If there is rain there is a solid building with a roof so your hacking will not be interupted. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
[57north-discuss] campGND
__,--':. \. _,--' \`. /|\ ` \ `. _ _ / | \`:\ `/ ___ __ _ _ __ ___ _ __ / ___| \ | | _ \/ '| \`:. \ / __/ _` | '_ ` _ \| '_ \| | _| \| | | | | / , | \ \ | (_| (_| | | | | | | |_) | |_| | |\ | |_| | /|: \ `:. \ \___\__,_|_| |_| |_| .__/ \|_| \_|/ /| ' | \ :. _,-'`. |_|\' |, / \ ` \ `:. _,-'_|`/ '._; \ . \ `_,-'_,-' \'`- .\_ |\,-'_,-' Scotland's First (Best) Hacker Camp. `--|_,`' Hello Hackers, The Hackerspace is going camping, again. campGND is a weekend long camping festival for hackers and makers run for and by members of 57NorthHacklab. Which is now about two weeks away. When: 20th, 21st, 22nd, arriving Friday afternoon, leaving on Sunday about noon Where: Fish Farm on the Burn of Forgue, AB54 7XD On site there will be: - Pitches for tents - Power (maybe) - Internet connected Wifi (sometimes) You will need: - A tent (your own, a space in someone elses or a place to sleep) - Entertainment (things to do for a day and a half) - Food, drink, entertainment - A head torch, torch, some sort of area light We should be able to coordinate lifts out to the farm for those without cars, the 57north-discuss list is the best place for this. http://campgnd.com/ @campgnd - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
[57north-discuss] Sunday Prayers
I find myself close to having double digit projects on the go at once, some of them are a little stuck. I am going to head into the space tomorrow to address some of the hole making and metal joining required to get them going. I think I will be in the space from some time around noon until early evening. I will be cutting holes, making noise and dust. If you plan to join me (even if you might not actually come a long) send a reply. -- [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [Application][Plaintext Resend]
Hi Henry, This is much better, I can read this one. > Your Name (nick): > Henry B (lime_) > > Your Background > > I actually did used to live in the West Country, moved to Dundee to > join the Ethical Hacking course, I am moving to Aberdeen to study the > Sciences. Dropped out from Uni when I started having seizures. Lover of > coffee and good food. Any idea if there is a coffeenerds group in Aberdeen? I have been wondering where the great coffee is. Maybe there is no one interested in making it. > Your Hacklab-related Interests > > I have an interest in hardware and software hacking, enjoying > contributing to open source software and and finding solutions to > problems I didn't know existed. Any initial projects you are interested in or are you waiting for something to catch your fancy? Any areas you know nothing about and want a pointer to get started? > > What knowledge can you bring hacklab > > Buscuits and coffee making as well as well as extensive wireshark and > nMap experience. > > > What do you wish to learn from the hacklab community? > > I wish to keep up my programming skills and stay in with the more > hackery types when I join my sciences course. > - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] Application
On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 09:56:05PM +0200, Incoherent wrote: > Your Name (nick): > > Henry B (lime_) > > > > Your Background > > > > I actually did used to live in the West Country, moved to Dundee to join > the Ethical Hacking course, I am moving to Aberdeen to study the Sciences. > Dropped out from Uni when I started having seizures. Lover of coffee and good > food. > > > > Your Hacklab-related Interests > > > > I have an interest in hardware and software hacking, enjoying > contributing to open source software and and finding solutions to problems I > didnt know existed. > > > > What knowledge can you bring hacklab community? > > > > Buscuits and coffee making as well as well as extensive wireshark and > nMap experience. > > > > What do you wish to learn from the hacklab community? > > > > I wish to keep up my programming skills and stay in with the more > hackery types when I join my sciences course. > > > Excellent, please resend as plain text. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] It's Tuesday
On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 01:15:21PM +0100, Robert McWilliam wrote: > It is again Tuesday, so we have the space open evening this evening. All > are welcome to come visit. > > Shout on -discuss with what your plans are to give everyone an idea of > what'll be going on. > > I think I've had enough of electronics for a while so will be attempting > to assemble a mini Strandbeest. > I shall be in the space. I think Ed and I will be making crazy plans to build a vending machine. I certainly have parts enough to have a good go at making one. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] Tuesday
On Tue, Apr 05, 2016 at 07:43:50AM +0100, Doc Ocassi wrote: > Hello all > > Tuesday historically meaning "Tīw's Day", the day of Tiw or Týr, the god > of single combat, victory and heroic glory in Norse mythology. > > Do come down and get your hack on, win hard and be magnanimous. > > I'll be down, again working on Doorbot hopefully be getting somewhere > with it. I will be in, I need to make some holes in the case of my pipdp8. I will be conferring with the people heading down to the Edinburgh maker fayre this weekend. We have a plan somewhere, I am sure it is missing much. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Tuesday
On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 03:20:36PM +0100, Robert McWilliam wrote: > Today is again Tuesday so the space will be open this evening to anyone > who wants to come in past. Should definitely be open by 19:00, possibly > earlier if people are there earlier. > > As usual shoot something to -discuss if you have plans for the evening > that you want to share. > > I will be along (though it'll be a bit later than normal). Planning to > do some poking at things for the video wall, see if I can't figure out > what bits are still missing. Also I have a google cardboard thing to > make a VR headset from a phone that I will bring in if anyone wants to > have a play with it. > I will probably be in. I might be thinking about the videowall if it still works. I might be writing multicast code and hating everything networking, come and play. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Tuesday!
On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 12:10:06PM +, Andy Gaskell wrote: > Hiya > > I'll be along, gonna get started on the Video Wall Front end. > > I'll have just spent several hours in smugglers cove, so will probably be > ready for a beer. > > I may also be enthusiastically trying to persuade people they could make > something really cool out of a very large double glazed unit. > I called the only person I know with a green house and they don't want it. Andy, you could mount it on the wall and use it as one of those fancy Fifth Ring style whiteboards. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Tuesday!
On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 11:01:29AM +, Dave Hibberd wrote: > Morning everyone! > > Another week is underway, may it bring you great joy and inner peace. > > Today is Tuesday, the hackerspace will be open for all to come and see > what we get up to from 7 onwards. Maybe a little earlier, it depends > who's opening the place up! > > If you're coming in, please reply with what you'll be getting up to! > > I'll be in, drinking some beer and talking nonsense at my normal rapid > rate of knots most likely. I shall be in. It is most likely I will be conferring with Rob and Andy about the videowall[1][2]. If you would like to get involved ask Rob or Andy how you can help (odds are I will have forgotten what I am doing by this evening). The maker faire Edinburgh is quickly approaching, if you want your project included in our showing you are quickly running out of time to start and finish it. [1]: https://github.com/hackerdeen/videowall-hardware [2]: https://github.com/hackerdeen/video-wall-front-end [3]: http://makerfaireedinburgh.com/ - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] video wall project
On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 09:47:42AM +, Andy Gaskell wrote: > Hi Rob > > Happy to help with the software, only downside is that I can't make it to > the mini maker faire itself. I'd write sensible code with comments etc > though, so hopefully that shouldn't be a problem if any tweaks or debugging > is required in location. > > I'll be down the space this evening, can chat it through then if you're > heading along too. > That 's fine man we need the help getting something cool built. And there is more credit to go around at the makerfaire for us :P - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] It's Tuesday
On Tue, Mar 01, 2016 at 11:40:54AM +, Edward Watson wrote: > Hello Hackers > > Today is Tuesday, which means you get to visit the hacklab and review the > week's annoyances with your hacker buds. You've clearly been looking > forward to it. > > If you are working on any super secret projects this eve that probably > won't change the world, blurt it out here anyway. > > I'll be in to research/run some experiments with tiny coils. I would also > like to hear more off-the-wall opinions on the proposed space move from the > membership, if they feel like talking. We don't *have* to shine the > uberbright desk light in your face if you don't fancy it. > I will be in. Grumbling and mumbling and complaining about things. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] Visit tomorrow
On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 02:25:12PM +0100, Hetti wrote: > Hey there, > we are two people from Vienna, currently at Securi-Tay V in Dundee and > comming tomorrow to Aberdeen. > I'm also member and secretary of our local Hackspace Metalab that you > for sure know. > Is someone there to show us arround tomorrow? > Hi, That sounds great. There should be someone around the space tomorrow, I expect them to reply to this message on the discuss list(cc'd). If you have hackerspace passports and want them stamped make sure to bring them along. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] bitcoin
On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 12:39:57PM +, Aidan Karley wrote: > >> The current situation with academic papers is ridiculous. It seems to be >> that firewalled paper just don't get read, no one is benefitting in this >> scenario. > Publishing companies benefit, most egregiously Elsevier, though there are > many others only slightly less egregious. > It probably involves a smart phone app and a qr code. > Not going to happen. I had my phone pick-pocketed only a few months ago. > Anything that requires more than phone numbers (which are duplicates of my > "little black book") on my phone isn't going to happen. I appreciate "smart > phones for unimportant things like Twitter and the occasional 16x16 sudoku, > but anything that involves finance simply is not going to happen on my phone. > > Money is something that happens at home, or in cash. Or at the cash machine. > You understand bitcoin is a digital currency? The next option is a laptop, honestly I have no idea how this particular machine works. Or any of the bitcoin machines. You probably just need a qr code, but without a computer you control(smartphones are computers too) you won't be able to verify the transaction has worked. - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
[57north-discuss] bitcoin
On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 12:52:01AM +, Aidan Karley wrote: > Though I'm rarely in Aberdeen any more, I do still read the passing > mails. Many of you may have met the service "sci-hub.io", which by > various tricks allows access to a lot of published science papers > without needing a major library access. Since most of the science in > such papers is paid for from our tax $CURRENCY$, I don't feel > particularly constrained about using it. (Besides, my professional > society fees run to over £200/year, a significant part of which goes > to an Athens subscription.) The current situation with academic papers is ridiculous. It seems to be that firewalled paper just don't get read, no one is benefitting in this scenario. > Good service, casting a light into the depths of academic publishing > by it's contrast ; I feel that I should be paying my due.But they only > record a "Bitcoin account" as a support method. Since we went through > this with WikiLeaks, I understand why. But it does leave me with the > problem of how to buy BitCoin in order to pay to them. > > I wouldn't be surprised if other people had similar other problems, > though the details may differ. TTBOMK, the only way I can get BitCoin > into the (currently empty) "wallet" which I set up a few days ago is > to go down to an ATM on Sauchiehall St in Glasgow and buy some there. > (Though quite how I'd then "get" them "into" my"wallet" I'm rather > vague on. (how do you split a BitCoin, for example? for a bullion > coin, I have a chisel, but for a bit coin, I'm less clear. ) Are there > "cyber financiers" out there? And is this potentially a topic for a > Tuesday? I haz coinage and can travelz, but am not sure of an > effective path to take. If you head to Glasgow to use a bitcoin atm there will probably be either someone or some written material explaining how to use it. It probably involves a smart phone app and a qr code. > Also, should I kill two stones with one bird and get my (P)GPG(P) keys > set up and validated at the same time? I've found both passports now, > and offended enough people over the years to be recognised, if not > exactly welcomed. Yes you should, joining the web of trust brings many benefits. Someone might even know what they are (not me!). - [tj] ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
