Re: [57north-discuss] Themed Thursdays

2014-10-27 Thread richard . buchan
Really good ideas ! and really interested in the FPGA talk - can we firm up a date for this please, this thursday maybe ? If anyone is interested in knowing how to tweet automatically from a system please say; I can demo, and give pointers on use and abuse. Themed Thursdays have kind of

Re: [57north-discuss] Hallowe'en Party?

2014-10-27 Thread richard . buchan
brilliant - I am there ! ty Yo h4ck3rzzz, Is anyone in the mood for celebrating Hallowe'en on Friday? I'm super excited about a ska event in Drummonds, so I propose we party on down to the space for a few hours before bouncing around like idiots to ska. Any takers? Costumes are

Re: [57north-discuss] Tuesday Talkers

2014-10-27 Thread Andrea Faulds
On 27 Oct 2014, at 09:29, Dave Hibberd d...@vehibberd.com wrote: Much like Themed Thursdays, talkers on Tuesdays has been quiet this last couple of weeks. Have we got any volunteers to share what they think is cool? It could be anything - a good holiday you had, an overview of what's in

Re: [57north-discuss] Tuesday Talkers

2014-10-27 Thread Tom Jones
On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 09:29:28AM +, Dave Hibberd wrote: Much like Themed Thursdays, talkers on Tuesdays has been quiet this last couple of weeks. Have we got any volunteers to share what they think is cool? It could be anything - a good holiday you had, an overview of what's in your

Re: [57north-discuss] Tuesday Talkers

2014-10-27 Thread Andy Gaskell
Hi I don't mind doing a Tuesday up talk, some random ideas I could do are... - Web development state of the nation - and insider's view on web development generally and locally. I did this at TechMeetup a couple of months ago, so one or two people have maybe seen this already. -

Re: [57north-discuss] Fake CR2032 batteries

2014-10-27 Thread Tony Travis
On 26/10/14 09:44, p...@myflat.org.uk wrote: Excuse the slow response; I've been in hospital and I'mk just catching up. They're not fake, they're just old. A CR2032 will die after just over 5 years whether it's in a motherboard or on the shelf. The pricing reflects how long it is since

Re: [57north-discuss] Hallowe'en Party?

2014-10-27 Thread Andrea Faulds
On 27 Oct 2014, at 09:31, Dave Hibberd d...@vehibberd.com wrote: Yo h4ck3rzzz, H3770, 4m l33t h4xx0r, r u? Is anyone in the mood for celebrating Hallowe'en on Friday? I'm super excited about a ska event in Drummonds, so I propose we party on down to the space for a few hours before

Re: [57north-discuss] Fake CR2032 batteries.

2014-10-27 Thread Peet42
Tony, your linked article talks about the difficulty in finding the mysterious Chinese factories churning out the real looking batteries.? The reason they look real is because they *are* real, and the Chinese distributors are just buying them at various points throughout their shelf life -

Re: [57north-discuss] Hallowe'en Party?

2014-10-27 Thread Doc Ocassi
On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 09:31:44 + Dave Hibberd d...@vehibberd.com wrote: Yo h4ck3rzzz, Is anyone in the mood for celebrating Hallowe'en on Friday? I'm super excited about a ska event in Drummonds, so I propose we party on down to the space for a few hours before bouncing around like

Re: [57north-discuss] Fake CR2032 batteries.

2014-10-27 Thread Tony Travis
On 27/10/14 13:02, Peet42 wrote: Tony, your linked article talks about the difficulty in finding the mysterious Chinese factories churning out the real looking batteries. The reason they look real is because they *are* real, and the Chinese distributors are just buying them at various

Re: [57north-discuss] Hallowe'en Party?

2014-10-27 Thread Dave Hibberd
On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 02:07:30PM +, Tom Jones wrote: On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 02:05:27PM +, Andrea Faulds wrote: On 27 Oct 2014, at 13:31, Doc Ocassi dococa...@boukom.com wrote: On another side we could do a group thing that is not too difficult, I have three V for

Re: [57north-discuss] Hallowe'en Party?

2014-10-27 Thread Andy Gaskell
That sounds good, always like a bit of Ska. I stupidly volunteered to help at the School Haloween disco, but that should be done by 7 or 8, so will head down after that. On 27 October 2014 09:31, Dave Hibberd d...@vehibberd.com wrote: Yo h4ck3rzzz, Is anyone in the mood for celebrating

[57north-discuss] Spacey Monday

2014-10-27 Thread Dave Hibberd
I'll be in space tonight, probably from 20:00 onwards. I won't be enforcing library rules but if you turn up and talk incessantly, I'll shock you with a stun gun or something. I'll be fiddling with things and stuff, probably building a to do list to get things done. There'll probably be no radio

Re: [57north-discuss] Spacey Monday

2014-10-27 Thread Doc Ocassi
On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 15:37:09 + Dave Hibberd d...@vehibberd.com wrote: I'll be in space tonight, probably from 20:00 onwards. I won't be enforcing library rules but if you turn up and talk incessantly, I'll shock you with a stun gun or something. I'll be fiddling with things and stuff,