[SWLUG] random thoughts

[matt]

Gerald Davies wrote:
> <top post>
>
> well, my electronics/engineering skills are somewhat (understatement)
> lacking these days, but always interested and i bet a few others
> probably are.
>
> i suspect a few of the bristol folk have a connection with HP, etc,
> already spotted one.  at one point did some cool stuff with linux
> appliances (laugh!) and this came about http://www.mobilebristol.org/
> later on
>
> tangent: was definitely cool.  recently, got hold of one of these kits
> on advice from someone who was local to cardiff:
> http://www.touchatag.com  - haven't had a proper play with it yet as
> i've been doing other things, but the stuff being done with them is
> barmy and they were only a tenner or so for a week.
>
> would. like. to. see. other. projects. ;-)
>
> also interested in other stuff - arts, etc.  well, a strong interest
> shall we say.
>
> i guess the lack of response might indicate it's dooooomed to failure
> :-) if not enough interest, we could pop along to the bristol one (?).
> train / car / etc.
>
> </tired>
>
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 18:15, Dafydd Walters <dafydd at walters-home.net> wrote:
>   
>> Vladimir Zlatanov wrote:
>>     
>>> Since this thread is going random - anyone here interested in something
>>> dorkbot-like?
>>>       
>> I must admit I had never heard of this 'dorkbot' thing before (I must
>> lead a sheltered life), so I Googled it to find out what it's all about.
>> For the benefit of others in this list who may also have been wondering,
>> 'dorkbot' seems to be about folks getting together to talk about and
>> experiment with "electronic art", or as their motto says "people doing
>> strange things with electricity". Sounds like fun to me!
>>
>>
>>     
Well there is this Cardiff Geek group that's just started up and there's
quite a few people who go to that who are interested in such things.  So
I think there's definitely interest in it.  I'd quite happily bimble
along to something like that.

Matt