Week 570 - A Catch-Up on our New(ish) Coworkers

[jackie pease]

Each week we'll endeavour to publish some details of the interesting things that members of DoES Liverpool have been up to over the past seven days. You can find out a bit more about them in our introductory post.

And remember, if you're involved with DoES Liverpool at all, let us know what you get up to so we can include it here!

Things of Note

• DoES Liverpool: Great to see this update from Sean J on the overhaul being carried out on Gerald the laser cutter.Get in touch if you'd like to help, especially if you're a regular @doesliverpool laser cutter user and would like to know more about how they work.
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• DoES Liverpool: A quick catch-up on some of the new(ish) members in our quieter coworking area:
  Nalini, and just a few of her plants; Kirsty Styles, one of our Boost members, who's working on her PhD; Cameron, who works for Alex, and @pixiesinspace who works for MCQN Ltd
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• Alex: Once more we learnt about this excellent idea Living Wage Foundation when hearing of the leadership role DoES Liverpool had taken in @kqliverpool We Are LCR4 on fair pay for employees #weeknotes twitter.com/embedded_iot/s…
• Alex: I have been having a lot of chats about this - since Colin Sinclair KQ Liverpool pointed out the problems. It’s brilliant that @LJMUinnovation and Liverpool University Internships are working together to fix this, starting in Liverpool! Do we need an #IoT #Security #DegreeApprenticeship #weeknotes twitter.com/eloquentenigma…
• Alex: Spiced griddled belly pork with a strawberry and date mustard mash. Let’s see how this has worked out #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/VrwCUaeaAK
  
  
• Adrian McEwen: While we wait for me to write up the next edition, here's a belated link to last week's MCQN Ltd #weeknotes: Week 864 - Breaking Frames dlvr.it/SPGYsF
• Alex: Boom! 3/3 Another fantastic night, tonight at Lu Ban Liverpool. The tasting menu was par-excellence as ever and the boutique Drappier a biscuity delight 😍 My Londoner colleagues have been suitably wowed at “Real Liverpool” and can’t wait to come back #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/M0NC92VjfB
  
  
• Adrian McEwen: It's nice to have Iam (the walrus) back greeting anyone using the fridge in DoES Liverpool, thanks to some surgery from Russ #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/sBD3lWWISF
  
  
• Alex: Absolutely wonderful to see Mr. Malcolm Trotter Esq. looking so well! Brings back many happy memories!
  Join us and be part of our first-ever Robinson College Giving Day! 10/11 May 2022
  #BinsonGives #GivingDay #RobinsonCollege #StudentSupport #WeekNotes spsr.me/63Ln pic.twitter.com/jgcFoTpUTI
  
• Alex: Got a text message that the folks haven’t had their cup of tea this morning! But it’s ok! They are away on hols 😁😍🙏 #KettleCompanion #WeeknotesKettleCompanion.com
• Alex: Left overs from Friday. The whole “reheating” old food thing scares me because of the reportage but cmon, how can this be bad? Naga Chilli Baps baby #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/FKSYCnK5oX
  
  
• Alex: Key thing here is I’m using leftovers in the fridge from Friday nights Naga curry takeaway, with the oranges and chillis that were going off; and the new pots I got in. Let’s try! #Weeknotes pic.twitter.com/3QhpeXDbhM
  
  
• Jackie Pease: Finished prototype bubble wrap and monster munch packet clutch bag, sewn together by 𝕧𝕚𝕠𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕞𝕒𝕫𝕖 ★⭐︎☆⭐︎★ at today's #PlasticPlaygroup and on its way as a present to her mum.
  Magnetic clasp by Arthur and decorative stitching by Poorly cosplaying a human 👽🧚‍♀️👽
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Coming Up in the Next Week

Tuesday 10 May, 7:00pm-9:00pm	Wearable Tech Group
Thursday 12 May, 9:00am-6:00pm	Jelly Liverpool
Thursday 12 May, 7:00pm-9:30pm	Maker Night Our free regular meeting where you can find out about our space and all the making equipment in it, get a laser cutter or CNC embroidery machine induction, and work on projects from physical computing and electronics to 3d printing, routing and sewing. Just pay for materials used.
Saturday 14 May, 10:00am-5:00pm	Maker Day Same as Maker Night, but a whole day! Once a month
Sunday 15 May, 11:00am-3:00pm	Repair Café

Somebody Should

The DoES Liverpool to-do list is stored in the issues of our Somebody Should repository on github. Head over there if there's something you'd like to report, or if you want to help out fixing things.

See all the issues...

Issue counts: 380 open, 1312 closed

7 new issues:

• Make some new boxes for business cards
• Make labels for the replacement Free Stuff boxes
• Put a large format poster on the wall beside the outside front door
• Help with engraving.
• Sublimation printer (Bella) printing with lines through image
• Popup banner has broken
• Investigate better ways to create/send GCode to McGraw

Featured issue: Work out and set up an induction process for the CNC router. Can we move this on or close it?

3 issues closed:

• Make labels for the replacement Free Stuff boxes
• Organise 10th anniversary celebrations 🎉
• Work out what to do with "spare" visor money

Thanks JackiePease, amcewen, DoESsean!