Week 763 - Hack the Space Day

[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! The easiest way is to post on Mastodon - if we follow you there, just add #weeknotes to any post you want included. If you’re not on Mastodon but would like to be, chat to one of the organisers and we’ll help you get started. And of course, you can always just send us an email!

Things of Note

• michael:Some #weeknotes on why I failed to update one of my biodiversity pipelines last week due to upstream issues with #gdal on macOS:
  https://digitalflapjack.com/weeknotes/gdal-and-filestar-vs-macos/
• michael:More #weeknotes: continuing to explore OCaml via the Ray Tracer Challenge book:
  https://digitalflapjack.com/weeknotes/cylinders-cones-and-parallelism/
• DoES Liverpool:Mike G applying a new label to the glass bin outside DoES Livepool during our Hack the Space Day.
  You can learn how to use our vinyl cutter at our regular Thursday evening Maker Nights.
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• Chris Huffee:More heroes added to the @DoESLiverpool wall.
  Including @methoddan @arthrowl @zarino and @Snoof
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• matthewcroughan: Sushi is her name! 🍣 [Ed: See original post for video]
  #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #Weeknotes
• DoES Liverpool:Got a new 3D printer for Xmas? Not quite sure what you're doing yet?
  Andy from 3D Primo Ltd runs a monthly in-depth workshop: "3D Printing at DoES Liverpool: Getting started". The next one is Sat 7th Feb and might be just what you're looking for.
  Tickets via Eventbrite:
  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/3d-printing-at-does-liverpool-getting-started-tickets-1978626214270
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• DoES Liverpool:Ready to dive into the world of laser cutting? Join Terry of Knotty Ash Creative for an in-person workshop where you'll learn cool techniques to bring your ideas to life! Whether you're a newbie or a crafty pro, this hands-on session is all about creativity and fun. Get your hands on the latest gear, design unique projects, and connect with fellow makers. Don’t miss out on this awesome chance to create something amazing!
  Tickets via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/laser-cut-and-create-workshop-tickets-1980323115748
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• DoES Liverpool:A great turnout for a very successful Hack the Space Day yesterday! Lots of activity across the space, and rooms left sparkling clean, as well as a big clear-out of unwanted cardboard and other rubbish "for the tip". Thanks to everyone who got involved. ✨
  Our Event Space and "Dinky" meeting room are available to hire. Get in touch to find out more.
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• DoES Liverpool:More reporting from Hack the Space day here: https://groups.google.com/g/does-liverpool/c/uNbpIJQmptY/m/-Hvks2YKAQAJ
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Coming Up in the Next Week

These are the events booked in for this week. Click the link or contact the event organiser for more details. Want to run something yourself? Check the host your own events page on our website.

Monday 19 January, 7:00pm-9:00pm	Socialist Alternative discussion group
Tuesday 20 January, 6:00pm-8:00pm	DoES Liverpool Future Gazing
Wednesday 21 January, 6:30pm-9:00pm	LCR Code Club
Wednesday 21 January, 7:00pm-9:00pm	Liverpool Revolutionary Communist Party
Thursday 22 January, 6:30pm-9:30pm	PVTV Creative Meetup
Thursday 22 January, 7:00pm-9:30pm	Maker Night Our free weekly evening 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, CNC routing and sewing. Just pay for materials used.
Friday 23 January, 6:00pm-9:00pm	Fight Racism
Saturday 24 January, 2:00pm-4:00pm	Liverpool Sisterhood

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: 411 open; 1714 closed; 11 updated this week

2 new issues:

• The Scientist and Engineer's Guide to Digital Signal Processing
• Celebrate our 15th birthday

Featured issue: Tidy the Events Room. Can we move this on or close it?

2 issues closed:

• Calendar is confusing on the new website
• Add a recycling box for glass bottles

Thanks huffeec, JackiePease!