[Blackpool] Saturday 9 May 2015

[M Hewitt]

Wow Arthur -

I thing we might have to change our name from Blackpool LUG and Makerspace
to Blackpool Makerpace with a Window view!

The POSH thing is not verified/true, but it persists, probably because of
people like me.

On 8 May 2015 at 12:29, Arthur Garlick <arthur_garlick at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> Thanks Mike, I will be there.
>
> In the past week:
> I managed to finally get Windows 10 installed on my Sony laptop, a few
> issues still like Powershell not working.  I got Windows 10 IoT on my
> Raspberry Pi2 and compiled their example project in Visual Studio and got
> it to work.
>
> I think it's time for more people to try the Kool-Aid:
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/02/02/windows_10_raspberry_pi_2_eben_upton_interview/
> I'm liking the cut of Microsofts jib, Visual Studio Community contains the
> same functionality as Visual Studio 2013 >>Professional Edition<< and is
> FREE.  The fact they've called it the 'Community' edition and all of the
> open source and maker based stuff you can do with it is a big indication
> that 'the man' has become more of a 'dude'.  http://microsoft.hackster.io/
> Microsoft thinks of us as cool 'hacksters' now, makes a nice change from
> 'thieves and parasites'...
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Letter_to_Hobbyists
>
>
>
> Ages ago I took my dog to the vets because I thought she was developing
> joint problems maybe arthritis, the vet shook her head and said: No Mr
> Garlick - your dog is just overweight.  My Bob robot is having the same
> problems, he has the weight of a breadboard balanced on his head whilst I
> play with the ESP8266 and Teensy trying to get him to walk based on http
> commands.  I am using the 3.3v Teensy whilst I am waiting for 3.3v Arduino
> Pro Minis to arrive from China.  I haven't gotten any further with walking,
> the weight of breadboard and weight shifting additional servo and plate is
> causing strain issues with the servos and brackets which leads to
> inconsistencies in the gait.  I have started printing a new Bob, I have
> redesigned and printed the feet and leg brackets from scratch with little
> tweaks in the geometry and trying to shave volume/weight where I can.
>
>
>
> I will bring my Bob with ESP8266 setup if Les is there and wants to swap
> ESP8266 notes.  I will  bring some new parts and servos, if Jeff wants to
> learn more on servos I will be able to demo in more detail about servos and
> how easy it is to use them.
>
>
> Regards
>
> A
>
> > From: mikehull2008 at hotmail.co.uk
> > To: blackpool at mailman.lug.org.uk
> > Date: Thu, 7 May 2015 17:21:02 +0100
> > Subject: [Blackpool] Saturday 9 May 2015
> >
> > Hi All
> >
> > Tyldesley Road will be open Sturday 9th May from 10am.
> >
> > All are welcome.
> >
> > The next task for the basement room is raising the internal door
> lintels. I have the materials and hope to accomplish this over the weekend.
> (I also discovered a third bricked-up doorway into the room when I removed
> the remaining plaster).
> >
> > I have to decide whether to raise the lintel in the old bar area, which
> would be a long lintel.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Mike Hull
> >
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