Re: [Arm-netbook] FOSDEM 2018, Stand / Talks / BoFs - ssistance / volunteers needed

2017-12-03 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 9:03 PM, Christopher Havel wrote: > @ Luke -- Might I suggest one or two of these? They're also sold in eg > Staples / Office Max type stores, if you can't/won't wait for eBay or > Amazon --> https://www.ebay.com/itm/122831738441 they're quite nice. not as big as the lar

Re: [Arm-netbook] FOSDEM 2018, Stand / Talks / BoFs - ssistance / volunteers needed

2017-12-03 Thread Christopher Havel
The most common use I've heard of for Coroplast -- not that I've done this, it sounds a bit rickety for the task, TBH -- is to use it for the body of a homemade velomobile. For those not in the know -- a velomobile, more common in Europe than USA by far, is basically an enclosed bike or trike. Som

Re: [Arm-netbook] FOSDEM 2018, Stand / Talks / BoFs - ssistance / volunteers needed

2017-12-03 Thread Alexander Ross
On 03/12/17 20:35, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 8:33 PM, Alexander Ross > wrote: >> I’m experimenting with lightweight diy shipping boxes. > > nice! do they have wheels? :) not yet worked out how to do that. i wanted to use them to post gear to events using

Re: [Arm-netbook] FOSDEM 2018, Stand / Talks / BoFs - ssistance / volunteers needed

2017-12-03 Thread Christopher Havel
@ Mr Ross -- around here, that corrugated plastic sign stuff is called "Coroplast". It's handy. @ Luke -- Might I suggest one or two of these? They're also sold in eg Staples / Office Max type stores, if you can't/won't wait for eBay or Amazon --> https://www.ebay.com/itm/122831738441 I have one,

Re: [Arm-netbook] FOSDEM 2018, Stand / Talks / BoFs - ssistance / volunteers needed

2017-12-03 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 8:33 PM, Alexander Ross wrote: > I’m experimenting with lightweight diy shipping boxes. nice! do they have wheels? :) > Would be nice to go to fossdem for once and meet ya :) ... not sure how > to manage travel... we see heh see how it goes. l. _

Re: [Arm-netbook] FOSDEM 2018, Stand / Talks / BoFs - ssistance / volunteers needed

2017-12-03 Thread Alexander Ross
I’m experimenting with lightweight diy shipping boxes. Using Aluminium Plastic Composite / Sandwich Panel [1] or Corrugated Plastic aka correx [2]. Not used to make the boxes yet. I’ve got old sheets of the sandwich panel for sign shops from when they remove old signs from customers. They leave t

[Arm-netbook] FOSDEM 2018, Stand / Talks / BoFs - ssistance / volunteers needed

2017-12-03 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
ok so thank you to wim for prompting me about FOSDEM 2018, i've applied for a stand there and also put in 3 talks in the "hardware track". now, here's the thing: taking 50kg of equipment to Shenzhen Maker Faire was... well... it wasn't fun. the actual faire, fine, but decanting that much equipmen