[Blackpool] Manchester Make Fest This Saturday

[Les Pounder]

Mike, please can I cadge a lift with you guys?

Thanks
Les

On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 2:32 PM, Mike Hull <mikehull2008 at hotmail.co.uk>
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I plan to go with Richard, which leaves room for three others in our "new"
> car.
>
> Due to guest house bookings I have to be back in Blackpool for 5pm, but
> anyone is welcome to a lift, one or both ways, but we will leave Manchester
> around 3.30pm. Any ideas where we can park?
>
> Best regards
>
> Mike Hull
>
> > From: arthur_garlick at hotmail.com
> > To: lespounder at gmail.com; blackpool at mailman.lug.org.uk
> > Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2015 12:50:33 +0000
> > Subject: Re: [Blackpool] Manchester Make Fest This Saturday
>
> >
> > I am going.
> > Last year when it was a Maker Faire I chatted with this guy:
> http://davidbuckley.net/ and it was he that inspired me to have a go at
> simple biped robots. One year on and barring a few software tweaks my Bob
> robot that shifts weight is finished! Yes... FINISHED!
> > Here he is shifting weight and picking his damn feet up properly at
> Preston RJam on Monday night:
> https://twitter.com/teknoteacher/status/628271009074954240 I will tweak
> him to lift his feet up higher and keep them flat, but that is just a tweak
> - he walks and he avoids! Yay!
> > My missile firing robot is based on the normal Bob design so doesn't
> shift weight and will always shuffle like the other Bobs on the 'net and
> never walk the way I want, so like a weak Spartan child he has been left on
> a cold shelf to quietly rot.
> > So I am ready for my next robot, one that is big enough for a Pi and a
> good platform for some sensors and playing with some of this maths stuff
> maybe. I am going to build one of David Buckleys designs, so I contacted
> him and he won't be at the Maker Fest this year, he has a spot there but
> he's not going to show for a few reasons related to the organisation this
> year.
> >
> > I will be going to the Maker Fest and then going round Davids house
> (look at his website above, I can only imagine what his home makerspace is
> like).
> >
> >
> > I can offer a lift there to anyone in the Blackpool area, but getting
> back will need some coordination.
> >
> > Regards
> > Arthur
> >
> > > Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2015 12:29:52 +0100
> > > From: lespounder at gmail.com
> > > To: blackpool at mailman.lug.org.uk
> > > Subject: [Blackpool] Manchester Make Fest This Saturday
> > >
> > > Hi everyone
> > >
> > > Does anyone fancy coming along to the Make Fest at MOSI in Manchester
> this
> > > Saturday?
> > >
> > > http://www.mosi.org.uk/whats-on/makefest.aspx
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Les
> > >
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