[57north-discuss] They get everything in London

2014-07-14 Thread Tom Jones
This went by in #emfcamp Stanto | If anyone in london wants a raspi b+ they're being given away today SamLR | jasperw, ^ SamLR | Stanto, where? Stanto | SamLR, Westminster bridge 12 to 1.30, tower bridge 1.30 to 3 , You | have to ask for Raspberry with your ice SamLR | heh that's

[57north-discuss] Rootable touchscreen e-reader - £29 delivered

2014-07-14 Thread Calum Chisholm
Not the most powerful machine in the world, but looks like it could be a nice platform to hack on. Or I suppose you could use it (in theory) for reading books... http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/jsp/id/NOOK_Simple_Touch/9781400699032 Specs here: http://nookdevs.com/Nook_Simple_Touch C.

Re: [57north-discuss] Rootable touchscreen e-reader - £29 delivered

2014-07-14 Thread Iain R. Learmonth
On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 11:23:37AM +0100, Calum Chisholm wrote: Not the most powerful machine in the world, but looks like it could be a nice platform to hack on. Or I suppose you could use it (in theory) for reading books... Look cool. I still intend to get a Debian chroot working on my Kobo

Re: [57north-discuss] Nook Simple Touch

2014-07-14 Thread Peet42
Not the most powerful machine in the world, but looks like it could be a nice platform to hack on. Or I suppose you could use it (in theory) for reading books... http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/jsp/id/NOOK_Simple_Touch/9781400699032 Specs here:

Re: [57north-discuss] Nook Simple Touch

2014-07-14 Thread Tom Jones
On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 09:08:39AM -0400, Peet42 wrote: Not the most powerful machine in the world, but looks like it could be a nice platform to hack on. Or I suppose you could use it (in theory) for reading books...

Re: [57north-discuss] Nook Simple Touch

2014-07-14 Thread Edward Watson
On 14 July 2014 14:08, Peet42 pee...@netscape.net wrote: It's quite slow, the interface is clunky (although you could probably flash it with something else) and, most importantly, there's no Reset button and the case is moulded shut. This means that I was forced to return mine through the

Re: [57north-discuss] Volunteer to take over doorbot and/or (possibly) hackhub?

2014-07-14 Thread David Lyon
Hi Robert, On 2014-07-15 01:42, Robert McWilliam wrote: In my ideal world, now I've made this decision, I'd just quietly start ignoring you all - but I'd rather not just drop the space infrastructure that I've been looking after. Sometimes it can get that way. So, I'm looking for