Re: [57north-discuss] Space Security

2014-03-09 Thread Calum Enterobsidian
6?pt=UK_BOI_Industrial_Supply_Security_Equipment_ET&hash=item417902411c > This one is in china, could be a while to get it. > That way we can be sure before leaving the space that the door is closed > and that it is locked. > > Iain. Calum Enterobsidian __

Re: [57north-discuss] Secure Tuesday

2014-03-11 Thread Calum Enterobsidian
On 11 Mar 2014, at 13:07, "Robert McWilliam" wrote: > On Tue, Mar 11, 2014, at 09:54 AM, Tom jones wrote: >> Any members coming and planning to work on projects should reply to this(the >> discuss list email). Against pretty much everyone's expectations, it turns out you can fit 7ft lengths of

Re: [57north-discuss] Secure Tuesday

2014-03-11 Thread Calum Enterobsidian
On 11 Mar 2014, at 16:49, "Carl Anderson" wrote: > Will also be drinking. > > Calum: do you need any tools-screws for the rack? If you reply within the > next 5mins or so I can bring them from work. > I should be ok, I'll bring them in either tomorrow or Thursday from home and build it during

Re: [57north-discuss] Fwd: Rack

2014-03-14 Thread Calum Enterobsidian
On 13 Mar 2014, at 23:57, "Robert McWilliam" wrote: > > The only gap I've got where I could possibly help would be Friday > evening (probably picking up vehicle in town ~19:30). The biggest > vehicle I can rustle up for then is a Kia Sedona (7 seater) I think with > all the passenger side seats f

[57north-discuss] Speakers and microphones

2014-03-17 Thread Calum Enterobsidian
Hi guys, I'm clearing out the garage, and I've got a large pile of speakers and microphones that are going to the tip on tuesday if no one wants them. The speakers are about 4", mounted in a plastic housing and come with brackets. From what I can gather, they are about 4ohms each. Microphones

[57north-discuss] Dell Servers - Calculations etc

2014-04-10 Thread Calum Enterobsidian
Hi guys, I've run a few calculations to try and work out how many servers the space can use. The calculations assume that there is a dedicated pair of 13A main sockets for the server rack, and that they will conform to specifications and carry the current without any problem. The 1950 model

Re: [57north-discuss] Dell Servers - Calculations etc

2014-04-11 Thread Calum Enterobsidian
On 11 Apr 2014, at 10:04, "Tony Travis" wrote: > Hi, Calum. > > I've no experience of the Dell systems, but modern PSU's are designed to > be 80% efficient (i.e. 20% of the electricity consumed by the PSU is > dissipated as heat). Most servers use PSU's that are ~50% over-capacity > because of h

[57north-discuss] Sunday

2014-04-13 Thread Calum Enterobsidian
Anyone going in today? Might pop in after I finish at the gym, so around 2-230. You'll have to bring keys though Cheers Calum ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.5

Re: [57north-discuss] The Last Ever Serious Business Meeting

2014-04-15 Thread Calum Enterobsidian
On 15 Apr 2014, at 14:34, "Iain R. Learmonth" wrote: > On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 02:25:57PM +0100, Robert McWilliam wrote: >> I'd argue the agenda for this meeting should be the record of note for >> when this meeting is happening and until today they said it would be >> next week :) > > I would a

[57north-discuss] To the people, a vote!

2014-04-15 Thread Calum Enterobsidian
Members, please indicate your preference for a meeting on either today or next Tuesday. Votes may be submitted to myself in confidence if so desired. Only one vote per person, no cash value! I abstain to remain impartial, and the result will be announced at 1700 today. Regards Calum ___

[57north-discuss] DoorBot Outage

2014-04-15 Thread Calum Enterobsidian
Hi Guys, DoorBot is down, so please don't expect to get in with your cards. Our (semi) trained technicians are scratching their heads over this. Regards Calum ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/lis

Re: [57north-discuss] DoorBot Outage

2014-04-16 Thread Calum Enterobsidian
On 16 Apr 2014, at 14:03, "Iain R. Learmonth" wrote: > > We still haven't seen a specification for this system, but I don't think it > will be helpful from what I've heard so far. The current system does not > actually need to be replaced, I just couldn't maintain it anymore. > the current card

Re: [57north-discuss] DoorBot Outage

2014-04-16 Thread Calum Enterobsidian
"even though we likely will not be adopting the Nottinghack system" Have we got any good reason not to? It's a working system, and it would be easy to scale up in the future to include things like machinery control so that only experienced users are able to power them up. Is there much point i

Re: [57north-discuss] DoorBot Outage

2014-04-17 Thread Calum Enterobsidian
On 17 Apr 2014, at 10:27, "Iain R. Learmonth" wrote: > I think you've misunderstood. The Nottinghack SpaceAPI implementation is > broken, ours works, if we adopt the Nottinghack system we would have to fix > things that we already have working. The mag swipe reader is u/s, kaput, gone to the gr

[57north-discuss] Hack N Make - Call to arms

2014-05-08 Thread Calum Enterobsidian
Ladies and Gentlemen, Sunday is almost upon us, and now would probably be a good time to get organised with what people plan to bring. Could those who are bringing something please respond to this with what cool toys they will have? Carl, Martin - does one of you know how much space we have on

Re: [57north-discuss] Locating Radio Beacons

2014-05-23 Thread Calum Enterobsidian
The MRCC use a geographical based direction finder system on HF, If my current trip hasn't driven me mad beyond reason. It compares the signal level at different antennas spaced out along the coast, and from that they use a similar principle to a Vein diagram to work out where the signal is

[57north-discuss] Bug Finding

2014-06-05 Thread Calum Enterobsidian
Hi Guys, Spotted an issue with the door opening system, I paid my membership on tuesday and Carl updated it, but it says I'm unable to open it because I haven't paid. As far as I know, I've never had it say that I've paid, even though my membership is always up to date. Probably something we

Re: [57north-discuss] 57N taking political positions

2014-07-10 Thread Calum Enterobsidian
I agree with Rob on this issue, the space as an organisation should not have a stance on anything that does not affect the space directly. if we choose to go down the route of supporting/opposing drafts, this may put people off joining the space, as they believe that the space is not a place to

[57north-discuss] E-Learning Courses, or how I stopped worrying and learned to love the web

2014-07-13 Thread Calum Enterobsidian
Ladies and Gentlemen, That time of year is almost upon us! No it' not Christmas, but the time where several universities open up registration for their free E-Learning courses. Now, most of us I imagine have tried these courses at some point or another, and have either wished we had some compa

Re: [57north-discuss] IRC

2014-07-14 Thread Calum Enterobsidian
I've used Xchat on ubuntu before, there's a few out there for linux so it's personal choice. Channel name is #57n Cheers Calum = If it's not broken, take it to bits until it is - Enterobsidian This is a NSA and GCHQ proof

[57north-discuss] Servers

2014-07-29 Thread Calum Enterobsidian
Just thought I'd send out a quick message to see if anyone wants one of the older servers, otherwise I'll take them away to be disposed of. Cheers Calum = If it's not broken, take it to bits until it is - Enterobsidian Thi

Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Recovery Tuesday

2014-09-02 Thread Calum Enterobsidian
I shall hopefully spend most of tonight trying to wrap my brain round the textual horror show that is Samba, along side my evil plan to decimate the local Pom Bear population. ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://list

[57north-discuss] Themed Thursday - Cards Against Humanity

2014-09-03 Thread Calum Enterobsidian
Ladies and Gentlemen, My apologies for the lateness of this email, but tomorrow night sees the return of Cards Against Humanity to the space. Come and bring what you want to drink, eat, hide behind etc. Please note, this game is of an adult nature and not for the easily offended. Or even the

[57north-discuss] Foam

2014-10-13 Thread Calum Enterobsidian
Hi guys, Just a quick one to see if anyone is interested in egg crate foam, we got a few 2x1ft sheets that came out of packaging and I though it might be useful for someone. Let me know and I'll bring it in tomorrow, if not I'll chuck it. Cheers Calum

[57north-discuss] Tech Meetup Thursday 17th

2015-06-16 Thread Calum Enterobsidian
Hi Guys, As some of you know, I'll be giving the Tech Meetup this evening. Here's the blurb: Surveying the Sea Data Collection in Oil Exploration Aberdeen built it's fortune on the oil beneath the North Sea. But how do we know where to find it? This month's techmeetup covers the techniques a

[57north-discuss] Toolboxes? Toolboxen?

2016-06-07 Thread Calum Enterobsidian
Hi Guys, I'll be relieving my garage of a few toolboxes shortly, so I thought I'd offer them up here before they go on gumtree. If anyone wants them for a song, let me know and I'll see what I can do. Toolbox 1 is a nicely patina'd version of this one: https://www.stanleytools.co.uk/product/

[57north-discuss] Damp Tuesday!

2016-08-23 Thread Calum Enterobsidian
The week has rolled around and it's another Tuesday! Don't stand around getting wet in the rain, come to the Hackerspace instead. I'll mostly be staring at a screen muttering about picking an easier project to work on next time. If you're doing something more interesting, drop us all a note to

Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Openday Tuesday

2016-09-06 Thread Calum Enterobsidian
I plan to be there, although how much work I will get done is anyone's guess. Calum On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 5:17 PM +0100, "Andy Gaskell" mailto:a...@ssofb.co.uk>> wrote: Hiya I'll be along, not really got much planned, will see what's in my box. See y'all there :) 2016-09-06 16:43 GMT+01:00

Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Open Tuesday!

2016-09-13 Thread Calum Enterobsidian
Already here, looking grumpy as always. Come join in the fun! On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 6:14 PM +0100, "Sean Reilly" mailto:surrei...@googlemail.com>> wrote: I'll be over in about 50 minutes with some wood to (maybe) drill holes in and a whole lotta soldering to do! It's 5x5 RGB LED matrix tim

Re: [57north-discuss] [57north-announce] Openday Tuesday

2016-09-20 Thread Calum Enterobsidian
I'm planning to be at the space, doing my best Marvin impression as usual. If I pull the finger out, I may even do some work while I'm there! Calum On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 1:13 PM +0100, "Doc Ocassi" mailto:dococa...@boukom.com>> wrote: I'll be in not sure when but I'll try to got in early.