[Blackpool] Bits

[James Page]

Ahhh, there you are!

I’ll bring the printers in tomorrow (assuming James o’clock hours, of course).

I also have a Netra T1 here that I bought a while back and never quite got round to making use of (too much hassle involved, it seemed). I should probably get rid of the Ultra 10 and SCSI array that have seen just as much use!

Macbook’s been fine, mostly. I’m looking forward to taking it on trips out, now that I’ve changed my contract from Three to EE and can do tethering (unlimited calls and texts, 16GB data… £11.50/month after cashback). The 4K display has also been quite enjoyable to use, although at 24” it’s actually a bit small - I should have picked up a 28” instead.

Picked up a couple of Xiaomi Redmi 2 Pros for the ‘rents from Gearbest last week. The phone is nice. It turns out Gearbest appear to have snuck on their own version of the MIUI ROM, which explains why there are random Chinese characters and control panels appearing. MIUI itself actually seems to be quite polished. I’ve thought about upgrading from my N4 to a Chinese device, but I’m also mulling over the idea of getting a spares/repair 5S and refurbing it… Still not sure if I like the idea of being completely locked in to the iOS/Apple ecosphere, but it would make synchronisation between laptop and phone more convenient.

On the subject of phone-related stuff - Unified Remote is just 10p in the Play Store at the moment! Highly recommended.


> On 15 Apr 2016, at 13:16, Arthur Garlick <arthur_garlick at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> I've been uncharacteristically quiet...  ...apologies(?!)
> 
> Been up to loads of stuff recently and done a few good makes for a mate that needed helping out, polystyrene cutters using nichrome wire - I made 3 simple rigs to do different types of cut. Messing with different gauges of nichrome and how to tension it to cope with it expanding when it gets hot.  
> 
> Wanting to get back into the Kalman stuff, big robot has a camera but the accelerometer/gyro hasn't gone on yet.
> 
> The estate agent hell hasn't quite ended for me - (completion 1st week in May... so they say).  I have almost finished rearranging my workshops (plural now!) to make space for a Caterham - tons of work left to do. 
> 
> 
> I will try my best to show my face tomorrow, I've been sorting out business on Saturday mornings, only time they are open I can catch them, thinking I could catch the makerspace on the way back but things always take too long.
> 
> 
> 
> James  - old printers always accepted!  Hows the Mac Book been?
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Arthur
> 
> 
> > From: mikehull2008 at hotmail.co.uk <mailto:mikehull2008 at hotmail.co.uk>
> > To: jmsp.1983 at gmail.com <mailto:jmsp.1983 at gmail.com>; blackpool at mailman.lug.org.uk <mailto:blackpool at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> > Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2016 12:13:13 +0100
> > Subject: Re: [Blackpool] Bits
> > 
> > Hi James
> > 
> > Thanks, Printers are always good for parts.
> > I will let Arthur know when I see him.
> > 
> > Mike2
> > 
> > > Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 17:42:52 +0100
> > > From: jmsp.1983 at gmail.com
> > > To: blackpool at mailman.lug.org.uk
> > > Subject: [Blackpool] Bits
> > > 
> > > Hi all,
> > > 
> > > If anyone sees Arthur this weekend, could you let him know I've got a
> > > couple of spare printers going if he wants them for parts? Just tell him to
> > > drop me an email and I can drop them in the following week. Ta.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Best wishes,
> > > James
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