From dorkbotbristol-announce at dorkbot.org Wed Dec 3 14:08:59 2008 From: dorkbotbristol-announce at dorkbot.org (dorkbotbristol-announce@dorkbot.org) Date: Wed Dec 3 14:09:30 2008 Subject: [dorkbotbristol] The Hamilton House Hack - 13/12/08 noon till 6PM Message-ID: <4936D94B.1070003@mbharris.co.uk> Ahoy ye dorkbotters of Bristol, we're pleased to announce that December?s Dorkbot Extravaganza is The Hamilton House Hack!! http://www.dorkbot.org/dorkbotbristol/?p=114 To be held on Saturday 13th December 2008 from 12 noon till 6PM at Hamilton House, Stokes Croft (entrance on City Rd): http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=51.462115&lon=-2.58805&zoom=15&layers=B000FTFTT&mlat=51.46273&mlon=-2.58914 Dorkbot Bristol goes itinerant with a different locaton, a different day and a different time. The space has been kindly made available to us by Coexist (http://coexistuk.org/). Three days earlier than normal this month, but just in time for the festive season?s festivities to begin, we?re pleased to bring you a whole Saturday afternoon of dorking!! From robot hacking, tech from the archives, web mash-ups, the Astronaut Show, a bring your own Arduino lab, a performance of the Space Echo - the geostationary effects pedal and whatever else we all bring along on the day. Starts at midday on Saturday, we?ll have food and refreshments available for donations, and you?re welcome to bring something to share. We do need to know that you're coming to this event, so please sign up using our new form at http://bristol.dorkbot.eu/eventsignup/ to let us know that you?re coming. This is for numbers and insurance purposes. We welcome any suggestions and proposals for activities and workshops, especially if you?d like to run a workshop on the day. If you do please email us at dorkbotbristol@googlemail.com or why not simply add your comments to this posting at http://www.dorkbot.org/dorkbotbristol/?p=114 or join in with the Blabber list http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotbristol-blabber There's flyers available at http://www.dorkbot.org/dorkbotbristol/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/1decdorkflya4a-1.pdf (A4) and http://www.dorkbot.org/dorkbotbristol/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/decdorkflya6a.pdf (A6). And finally, the Wiki's up and running and you can start using it right now, by creating yourself an account. Preparations for the Hamilton House Hack are in discussion at: http://bristol.dorkbot.eu/wiki/index.php/December_Dorkbot_preparations Phew! That was a lot of links wasn't it. Anyway hope you all got it all and that we'll see you there on the 13th. Cheers, Rachel and Mike. -- ---------- dorkbot bristol people doing strange things with electricity in the west of england http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotbristol/ From dorkbotbristol-announce at dorkbot.org Thu Dec 4 12:25:30 2008 From: dorkbotbristol-announce at dorkbot.org (dorkbotbristol-announce@dorkbot.org) Date: Thu Dec 4 12:26:00 2008 Subject: [dorkbotbristol] Dorkbot Wiki Message-ID: <4938128A.6010300@mbharris.co.uk> Hi All, As promised in the last Dorkbot meeting, we've opened up the MediaWiki that we already had in operation for planning events, it's online at http://bristol.dorkbot.eu/wiki/index.php/Main_Page It's a bit sketchy at the moment and needs work and input. You can create yourself an account and we'll approve it and off you go. Two of the most 'happening' (if that's the word) parts going on at the moment that you may be interested in are: http://bristol.dorkbot.eu/wiki/index.php/December_Dorkbot_preparations and http://bristol.dorkbot.eu/wiki/index.php/Robot_hacking_workshops Feedback and suggestions most welcome, please signup to and use the Blabber list to do this. For those of you who are not familiar with MediaWiki, I'd be only too happy to cover this on the 13th in a short workshop. Let me know on the day and we'll do it. Cheers, Mike. -- ---------- Mike Harris Mobile UK: +44 (0) 7811 671 893 PGP: http://mbharris.co.uk/mike.gpg.pub From dorkbotbristol-announce at dorkbot.org Fri Dec 12 14:25:35 2008 From: dorkbotbristol-announce at dorkbot.org (dorkbotbristol-announce@dorkbot.org) Date: Fri Dec 12 14:25:53 2008 Subject: [dorkbotbristol] Tomorrow's Dorkbot - Hamilton House Hack Message-ID: <4942BAAF.6020102@mbharris.co.uk> Hi All, Well we're all set for tomorrow and looking forward to seeing you all here. We've got an indoor satellite workshop and a guess that legacy tech thing we found around the building activity lined up. Here's clarity on how to get here: >From Stokes Croft, turn into City Road and about 50 yards on the left opposite The Wild Goose there's a sixties style office building with a car park, this is Hamilton House There you will find a side door where you can buzz to enter. Come up to the 5th floor, and turn left as you come out of the lift and you'll be there. Follow signs to 'Coexist' if in doubt, we'll also dot some Dorkbot ones around. See you all there, from noon to 6pm. Cheers, Rachel, Mike and Amias. -- ---------- Mike Harris Mobile UK: +44 (0) 7811 671 893 PGP: http://mbharris.co.uk/mike.gpg.pub From dorkbotbristol-announce at dorkbot.org Thu Dec 18 06:07:39 2008 From: dorkbotbristol-announce at dorkbot.org (dorkbotbristol-announce@dorkbot.org) Date: Thu Dec 18 06:07:53 2008 Subject: [dorkbotbristol] Next dates for your Dorkbot Diary Message-ID: <494A2EFB.4030705@mbharris.co.uk> Hi All, Saturday's Dorkbot at Hamilton House went down a storm, all who came said they enjoyed it. There are some pictures from it for those who didn't come up at a well-known photo sharing web site: http://www.flickr.com/groups/dorkbotbristol/pool/ I myself loved the all afternoon format, made a change for us to be able to turn up and leisurely have time to chat and hack about with stuff. The upshot is that we'll probably be looking at having another one of these in the not too distant future, perhaps March even. We decided on Saturday that we would take a break for January to recover from Xmas and the New Year and so the NEXT Dorkbot Bristol meeting will be in February on the 17th back at the Pervasive Media Studio in Anchor Square starting at a leisurely 7PM until 10PM. Looking for ideas as usual, so sign up to the blabber list if you aren't already, or let us know by emailing dorkbotbristol@googlemail.com - other than that it will be the usual show and tell format. So having a dorking great Christmas and New Year break and we'll see you in 2009. Mike and Rachel. ---------- Mike Harris Mobile UK: +44 (0) 7811 671 893 PGP: http://mbharris.co.uk/mike.gpg.pub