[n.e.r.d] event 4

[Howard Dickins]

Last night saw our joint meeting with SWLUG (S.Wales Linux Users Group) - who had an especially good turn out - so all-in-all about 20 of us.
(Actually most of them were SWLUG folk - but I'm sure there was plenty of geeky overlap in interests.)

Steve brought along an Atari Punk Console http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Punk_Console he had built at the recent Maker Faire UK in Newcastle
and also a cheap plastic happy-meal-style toy to demonstrate just how easy circuit bending is!   (I'm encouraged to have a go myself now...)
This is exactly the kind of thing we need more of for our Show&Tell - great fun!

(I'm going to have to bring something interesting to show&tell next time...  I don't know what though...)

Also, one of the SWLUG guys (Chris) - was talking of doing a hot-air-balloon web-cam project using a Gumstix module http://www.gumstix.com/
(Does anyone have his contact details?  It sounds like a fun project!)

There was also talk of the next meeting being at the Otley in Pontypridd - even without wifi I reckon it could be good...

Cheers

Howard