From tomski777 at gmail.com Sat Nov 1 10:17:24 2008 From: tomski777 at gmail.com (Tom Keene) Date: Sat Nov 1 10:17:39 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Playback db of QT videos Message-ID: <215FB984-210E-4F2E-8FBF-FA0F4503E355@gmail.com> Hello everybody, I've around 200 high quality QT movies where each is between 200mb - 1gig each in size & i'm looking for the simplest solution to play those movies full screen on an Mac pro laptop following some simple scripted rules i.e randomly play a group of 10 movies, then move onto the next 10. It would also be desirable to trigger start/stop via an arduino board. Ideas? Most straight forward solution? Ta! Tom From heather.corcoran at fact.co.uk Sat Nov 1 12:12:55 2008 From: heather.corcoran at fact.co.uk (Heather Corcoran) Date: Sat Nov 1 12:13:09 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] DORKBOTLONDON #58 - Thurs. 6 November, Limehouse Town Hall Message-ID: <490C8007.1050605@fact.co.uk> Get oot the hoose, its time for an almost-all-Canadian edition of...: DORKBOTLONDON #58 PEOPLE DOING STRANGE THINGS WITH ELECTRICITY ? http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotlondon/wiki/ Time: 7pm, Thursday 7th November 2008 Place: Limehouse Town Hall, 646 Commercial Road, East London, E14 7HA How to get in: Press the (faded) 'boxing club' bell and wait for the buzzer, and be sure to close the door behind you! Featuring the plaid-wearing and cozy: -> Peter Flemming: CANOE An inside out canoe with motorized paddle?! http://peterflemming.ca/flemmweb_current/details/canoe.html -> Nick Stedman: SNAKEBOT and THE BLANKET and other projects A robot that feels you, a blanket that hugs you... and co-founder of Dorkbot Toronto! http://www.uva.co.uk/archives/74 -> Mick Grierson: Not Canadian http://www.mickgrierson.co.uk/ Something about brain control interfaces, mabuse audio/visual composition system or something else! ...and probably but not definitely: -> Norman White: HELPLESS ROBOT Legendary old school Canadian media artist and fixer of toasters http://www.normill.ca/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_white -> Germaine Koh: FAIR WEATHER FORCES Barriers from wind and water level sensors http://www.germainekoh.com/ For the latest info see: http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotlondon/wiki/ If you would like to do a presentation at a future dorkbotlondon event we'd love to hear from you at: dorkbotlondon at dorkbot.org From owen.bowden at gmail.com Mon Nov 3 07:24:25 2008 From: owen.bowden at gmail.com (Owen Bowden) Date: Mon Nov 3 07:23:52 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Playback db of QT videos In-Reply-To: <215FB984-210E-4F2E-8FBF-FA0F4503E355@gmail.com> References: <215FB984-210E-4F2E-8FBF-FA0F4503E355@gmail.com> Message-ID: <490EED79.5050802@gmail.com> Applescript or max/msp spring to mind. Tom Keene wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I've around 200 high quality QT movies where each is between 200mb - > 1gig each in size & i'm looking for the simplest solution to play > those movies full screen on an Mac pro laptop following some simple > scripted rules i.e randomly play a group of 10 movies, then move onto > the next 10. It would also be desirable to trigger start/stop via an > arduino board. > > Ideas? Most straight forward solution? > > > Ta! > Tom > ........................................................................ > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... > ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ > ........................................................................ > From tim at timcowlishaw.co.uk Mon Nov 3 09:11:03 2008 From: tim at timcowlishaw.co.uk (Tim Cowlishaw) Date: Mon Nov 3 09:11:34 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Playback db of QT videos In-Reply-To: <490EED79.5050802@gmail.com> References: <215FB984-210E-4F2E-8FBF-FA0F4503E355@gmail.com> <490EED79.5050802@gmail.com> Message-ID: <84C650E4-0014-4414-95C5-3CF664CB536A@timcowlishaw.co.uk> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > > Tom Keene wrote: >> Hello everybody, >> >> I've around 200 high quality QT movies where each is between 200mb >> - 1gig each in size & i'm looking for the simplest solution to play >> those movies full screen on an Mac pro laptop following some simple >> scripted rules i.e randomly play a group of 10 movies, then move >> onto the next 10. It would also be desirable to trigger start/stop >> via an arduino board. >> >> Ideas? Most straight forward solution? >> I'd go for Ruby + Appscript + RAD (or roll your own ruby <-> Arduino interface), but that's probably more indicative of personal preference than anything. If you're already familiar with ruby though, it should be pretty easy. Cheers, Tim -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAkkPBncACgkQMVIIsQSheDFcugCgjIh+mPg+jLbpKCYo5WAF2rbT 1SsAnR4vDtu9ExSpJgHir3UvEwIOjv45 =gmAH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From tom at theanthillsocial.co.uk Mon Nov 3 10:30:10 2008 From: tom at theanthillsocial.co.uk (Tom Keene) Date: Mon Nov 3 10:30:28 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Playback db of QT videos In-Reply-To: <84C650E4-0014-4414-95C5-3CF664CB536A@timcowlishaw.co.uk> References: <215FB984-210E-4F2E-8FBF-FA0F4503E355@gmail.com> <490EED79.5050802@gmail.com> <84C650E4-0014-4414-95C5-3CF664CB536A@timcowlishaw.co.uk> Message-ID: <6DD14236-5413-4D87-8D96-204434D95950@theanthillsocial.co.uk> Cheers for all this it looks like applescript might be the way to go. I've lots of experience of interfacing Arduino with Processing/PHP/ shell, though i've very little ruby knowledge, so perhaps i'll use this as an opportunity to learn. Tom On 3 Nov 2008, at 14:11, Tim Cowlishaw wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > >> >> Tom Keene wrote: >>> Hello everybody, >>> >>> I've around 200 high quality QT movies where each is between 200mb >>> - 1gig each in size & i'm looking for the simplest solution to >>> play those movies full screen on an Mac pro laptop following some >>> simple scripted rules i.e randomly play a group of 10 movies, then >>> move onto the next 10. It would also be desirable to trigger start/ >>> stop via an arduino board. >>> >>> Ideas? Most straight forward solution? >>> > > I'd go for Ruby + Appscript + (or roll your own ruby <-> Arduino > interface), but that's probably more indicative of personal > preference than anything. 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From owen.bowden at gmail.com Mon Nov 3 14:31:45 2008 From: owen.bowden at gmail.com (Owen Bowden) Date: Mon Nov 3 14:31:59 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Playback db of QT videos In-Reply-To: <6DD14236-5413-4D87-8D96-204434D95950@theanthillsocial.co.uk> References: <215FB984-210E-4F2E-8FBF-FA0F4503E355@gmail.com> <490EED79.5050802@gmail.com> <84C650E4-0014-4414-95C5-3CF664CB536A@timcowlishaw.co.uk> <6DD14236-5413-4D87-8D96-204434D95950@theanthillsocial.co.uk> Message-ID: <71cdb7f10811031131n3d7877ablc8c66b9086aba457@mail.gmail.com> http://tinker.it/now/2007/04/26/control-your-mac-from-arduino-the-easy-way/ On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 3:30 PM, Tom Keene wrote: > Cheers for all this it looks like applescript might be the way to go. I've > lots of experience of interfacing Arduino with Processing/PHP/shell, though > i've very little ruby knowledge, so perhaps i'll use this as an opportunity > to learn. > Tom > > > > On 3 Nov 2008, at 14:11, Tim Cowlishaw wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> >>> Tom Keene wrote: >>> >>>> Hello everybody, >>>> >>>> I've around 200 high quality QT movies where each is between 200mb - >>>> 1gig each in size & i'm looking for the simplest solution to play those >>>> movies full screen on an Mac pro laptop following some simple scripted rules >>>> i.e randomly play a group of 10 movies, then move onto the next 10. It would >>>> also be desirable to trigger start/stop via an arduino board. >>>> >>>> Ideas? Most straight forward solution? >>>> >>>> >> I'd go for Ruby + Appscript + (or roll your own ruby <-> Arduino >> interface), but that's probably more indicative of personal preference than >> anything. 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Iain ----- Original Message ----- From: "Heather Corcoran" To: "A discussion list for dorkbot-london" Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 4:12 PM Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] DORKBOTLONDON #58 - Thurs. 6 November,Limehouse Town Hall > Get oot the hoose, its time for an almost-all-Canadian edition of...: > > > DORKBOTLONDON #58 > > PEOPLE DOING STRANGE THINGS WITH ELECTRICITY > > ? http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotlondon/wiki/ > > Time: > 7pm, Thursday 7th November 2008 > > Place: > Limehouse Town Hall, 646 Commercial Road, East London, E14 7HA > > How to get in: > Press the (faded) 'boxing club' bell and wait for the buzzer, and be > sure to close the door behind you! > > Featuring the plaid-wearing and cozy: > > -> Peter Flemming: CANOE > An inside out canoe with motorized paddle?! > http://peterflemming.ca/flemmweb_current/details/canoe.html > > -> Nick Stedman: SNAKEBOT and THE BLANKET and other projects > A robot that feels you, a blanket that hugs you... and co-founder of > Dorkbot Toronto! > http://www.uva.co.uk/archives/74 > > -> Mick Grierson: Not Canadian > http://www.mickgrierson.co.uk/ > Something about brain control interfaces, mabuse audio/visual > composition system or something else! > > ...and probably but not definitely: > > -> Norman White: HELPLESS ROBOT > Legendary old school Canadian media artist and fixer of toasters > http://www.normill.ca/ > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_white > > -> Germaine Koh: FAIR WEATHER FORCES > Barriers from wind and water level sensors > http://www.germainekoh.com/ > > For the latest info see: > http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotlondon/wiki/ > > If you would like to do a presentation at a future dorkbotlondon event > we'd love to hear from you at: dorkbotlondon at dorkbot.org > > > ........................................................................ > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... > ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ > ........................................................................ From sharpie7 at pinedragon.com Mon Nov 3 14:40:23 2008 From: sharpie7 at pinedragon.com (Iain Sharp) Date: Mon Nov 3 14:40:36 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Dorksnow prep for Thursday Message-ID: <83722C21C5934687A013BA761475E0A9@bigpc> All, As we are converging on Thursday let's have a discussion of Dorksnow at Limehouse. Dorksnow is the possible winter warmer dork weekend in Jan/Feb which is your chance to blow away the how-much-did-I-drink-over-new-year-why-is-it-dark-at-4pm-brrrr-its-cold blues. I reckon we need to take a decision if we have reached critical mass to run it, so be ready with: - expressions of interest - willingness to contribute to running - thoughts on dates and location Get over to the Dorksnow Wiki and contribute to the planning: http://dorkbotlondon.org/wiki/index.php/DorkSnow Cheers Iain -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Message-ID: <25447385.185511225801608303.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> evan I am up for that, contact me direct steve >Hey there, > >I'm looking for a Wordpress person to create some template pages for >a very small site according to some well-formed sketches. Site is >already installed and ready to go, just the CSS/Php needs to be >done. Should be a quick job. Is anyone interested, or does anyone >know anyone who would be interested in this? It's a paid gig. Rate >is negotiable. > >Best, >Evan >........................................................................ >.........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... >..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ >........................................................................ From thedavegreen at googlemail.com Wed Nov 5 13:51:07 2008 From: thedavegreen at googlemail.com (Dave Green) Date: Wed Nov 5 13:51:23 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Who Wants To Be this Fri 7 Nov, Chiptunes following Wednesday Message-ID: <9f2cc3d0811051051n324eea53k2cf2d22f283ce161@mail.gmail.com> Just in case Saul is too modest to mention this himself, his (and Mikey's) computer-vision democracy-in-action live gameshow "Who Wants To Be...?" comes to the Unicorn Theatre near Tower Bridge this Friday - it's a tenner to get in, but the audience then decide what to do with all the ticket money, so could well have a grand or more to splash around... http://whowantstobe.co.uk/2008/09/who-wants-to-be-at-the-games-fringe/ Friday November 7, 2008 from 8:00pm - 10:00pm Unicorn Theatre 147 Tooley Street London, England SE1 2HZ ...then potentially concluding this year's "London Games Fringe" antics (for now) you may spot a few familiar names in the lineup for Cybersonica's "Sound of Games" night at the Fleapit, Columbia Road next Wed - details below, maybe see you there! http://social.cybersonica.org/ Wednesday, 12th November, 7-11pm | The Flea-Pit, 49 Columbia Road, London E2 7RG | ?4/?3 concs gwEm & Counter Reset Random Jellica (Kittenrock) bakteria.org soundtoys.net Nipplecat Julian Baker & Adam Hoyle The Sound Of Games' features: live performances and DJ sets from 8-bit music makers gwEm vs Counter Reset & Random and Game Boy DJ Jellica of the Kittenrock label (streamed live from his studio in Cambridge); a live 'remote' performance of Arcangel Contantini's interactive online animation project bakteria.org (controlled by Arcangel from Mexico City); an exhibition of Stanza's soundtoys.net project - a repository of exciting new works by a growing community of audio visual artists; interactive playful works from digital artists Nipplecat and Julian Baker with Adam Hoyle; as well as screenings of innovative short films and animations. From dowdinsk at gotadsl.co.uk Wed Nov 5 18:15:55 2008 From: dowdinsk at gotadsl.co.uk (Steve) Date: Wed Nov 5 18:16:17 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Who Wants To OpenEverything this Thurs In-Reply-To: <9f2cc3d0811051051n324eea53k2cf2d22f283ce161@mail.gmail.com> References: <9f2cc3d0811051051n324eea53k2cf2d22f283ce161@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: theps.net are also a part of the all day entertainment OpenEverything at the Roundhouse tomorrow http://openeverything.wik.is/London ... -.. On 5 Nov 2008, at 18:51, Dave Green wrote: > Just in case Saul is too modest to mention this himself, his (and > Mikey's) computer-vision democracy-in-action live gameshow "Who Wants > To Be...?" comes to the Unicorn Theatre near Tower Bridge this Friday > - it's a tenner to get in, but the audience then decide what to do > with all the ticket money, so could well have a grand or more to > splash around... > > http://whowantstobe.co.uk/2008/09/who-wants-to-be-at-the-games-fringe/ > Friday November 7, 2008 from 8:00pm - 10:00pm > Unicorn Theatre > 147 Tooley Street > London, England SE1 2HZ > > ...then potentially concluding this year's "London Games Fringe" > antics (for now) you may spot a few familiar names in the lineup for > Cybersonica's "Sound of Games" night at the Fleapit, Columbia Road > next Wed - details below, maybe see you there! > > http://social.cybersonica.org/ > Wednesday, 12th November, 7-11pm | The Flea-Pit, 49 Columbia Road, > London E2 7RG | ?4/?3 concs > gwEm & Counter Reset > Random > Jellica (Kittenrock) > bakteria.org > soundtoys.net > Nipplecat > Julian Baker & Adam Hoyle > > The Sound Of Games' features: live performances and DJ sets from 8-bit > music makers gwEm vs Counter Reset & Random and Game Boy DJ Jellica of > the Kittenrock label (streamed live from his studio in Cambridge); a > live 'remote' performance of Arcangel Contantini's interactive online > animation project bakteria.org (controlled by Arcangel from Mexico > City); an exhibition of Stanza's soundtoys.net project - a repository > of exciting new works by a growing community of audio visual artists; > interactive playful works from digital artists Nipplecat and Julian > Baker with Adam Hoyle; as well as screenings of innovative short films > and animations. > ...................................................................... > .. > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with > electricity.......... > ..........................http:// > dorkbot.org............................ > ...................................................................... > .. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotlondon-blabber/attachments/20081105/56ddfad8/attachment.html From alex at slab.org Thu Nov 6 11:46:36 2008 From: alex at slab.org (alex) Date: Thu Nov 6 11:47:00 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] mick can't make it Message-ID: <1225989996.6024.84.camel@teff> Hi all Mick Grierson can't make it to dorkbot tonight, "because i'm an arsehole" he says. He'll do the next one though. The schedule was probably too packed anyway... seeya later alex From julie at lubric.com Thu Nov 6 12:02:57 2008 From: julie at lubric.com (julie freeman) Date: Thu Nov 6 12:03:17 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] mick can't make it In-Reply-To: <1225989996.6024.84.camel@teff> References: <1225989996.6024.84.camel@teff> Message-ID: <5DF59E9F-BD6F-4053-9033-72AABB121093@lubric.com> LOL - I can't make it tonight either, I am now just contemplating why... But am up for Dork Snow if any progress is made... Julie On 6 Nov 2008, at 16:46, alex wrote: > Hi all > > Mick Grierson can't make it to dorkbot tonight, "because i'm an > arsehole" he says. He'll do the next one though. The schedule was > probably too packed anyway... > > seeya later > > alex > > ...................................................................... > .. > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with > electricity.......... > ..........................http:// > dorkbot.org............................ > ...................................................................... > .. From sarah at spacedog.biz Thu Nov 6 13:06:28 2008 From: sarah at spacedog.biz (Sarah Angliss) Date: Thu Nov 6 13:06:48 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] mick can't make it In-Reply-To: <5DF59E9F-BD6F-4053-9033-72AABB121093@lubric.com> References: <1225989996.6024.84.camel@teff> <5DF59E9F-BD6F-4053-9033-72AABB121093@lubric.com> Message-ID: <80016409-4BFC-419C-8D80-FF50BE1F5317@spacedog.biz> ...same here. Sarah On 6 Nov 2008, at 17:02, julie freeman wrote: > LOL - I can't make it tonight either, I am now just contemplating > why... > > But am up for Dork Snow if any progress is made... > > Julie > > On 6 Nov 2008, at 16:46, alex wrote: > >> Hi all >> >> Mick Grierson can't make it to dorkbot tonight, "because i'm an >> arsehole" he says. He'll do the next one though. The schedule was >> probably too packed anyway... >> >> seeya later >> >> alex >> >> ..................................................................... >> ... >> .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with >> electricity.......... >> ..........................http:// >> dorkbot.org............................ >> ..................................................................... >> ... > > ...................................................................... > .. > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with > electricity.......... > ..........................http:// > dorkbot.org............................ > ...................................................................... > .. From heather.corcoran at fact.co.uk Fri Nov 7 08:36:38 2008 From: heather.corcoran at fact.co.uk (Heather Corcoran) Date: Fri Nov 7 08:36:58 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Nick Stedman etc exhibition opening tonight Message-ID: <49144466.3050805@fact.co.uk> Hiya all, here is the invite for the exhibition that Nick Stedman (for those of you who caught his talk) and the absent Canadians are in - come on by if you want to see robotic goodness. Cheers, Heather Schematic: New Media Art from Canada 08 November - 20 December 2008 Peter Flemming, Germaine Koh, Joe Mckay, Nicholas Stedman, Norman White Exhibition Opening: Friday 07 November, 7 - 9pm Regular Opening Hours: Mon-Fri: 10 am - 5pm, Sat: 12 - 4 pm. Free Admission Schematic showcases the creativity and technological innovation of artists who also act as inventors and engineers. The exhibition explores our relationships with technology through creative engineering and electronic disciplines. Schematic highlights the shifts in direction taking place across international new media art practices. Curated by Heather Corcoran, Michelle Kasprzak and Gillian McIver. Curatorial essay by Michelle Kasprzak. Visit the Space website for more info: http://www.spacestudios.org.uk Schematic is supported by The Canada Council for the Arts, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, and the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. [ s p a c e ] 129-131 Mare Street London E8 3RH Direct: 020 8525 4338 Fax: 020 8525 4342 mail@spacestudios.org.uk www.spacestudios.org.uk From steve at sixnines.net Fri Nov 7 11:22:09 2008 From: steve at sixnines.net (steve allen) Date: Fri Nov 7 11:22:33 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Nick Stedman etc exhibition opening tonight Message-ID: <13863414.663131226074929219.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> heather couldn't find any sort of link for the puredyna usb keys you mentioned last night. are they publicly available or were you just teasing us. I would be happy to buy one if it raises some funds for the project good luck with the show steve >Hiya all, here is the invite for the exhibition that Nick Stedman (for >those of you who caught his talk) and the absent Canadians are in - come >on by if you want to see robotic goodness. > >Cheers, >Heather > > > > >Schematic: New Media Art from Canada >08 November - 20 December 2008 > >Peter Flemming, Germaine Koh, Joe Mckay, Nicholas Stedman, Norman White > >Exhibition Opening: Friday 07 November, 7 - 9pm >Regular Opening Hours: Mon-Fri: 10 am - 5pm, Sat: 12 - 4 pm. >Free Admission > >Schematic showcases the creativity and technological innovation of >artists who also act as inventors and engineers. The exhibition explores >our relationships with technology through creative engineering and >electronic disciplines. Schematic highlights the shifts in direction >taking place across international new media art practices. Curated by >Heather Corcoran, Michelle Kasprzak and Gillian McIver. Curatorial essay >by Michelle Kasprzak. > >Visit the Space website for more info: http://www.spacestudios.org.uk > > >Schematic is supported by The Canada Council for the Arts, Agnes >Etherington Art Centre, and the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs >and International Trade. > >[ s p a c e ] >129-131 Mare Street >London E8 3RH >Direct: 020 8525 4338 >Fax: 020 8525 4342 >mail@spacestudios.org.uk >www.spacestudios.org.uk >........................................................................ >.........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... >..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ >........................................................................ From r.atwood at imperial.ac.uk Fri Nov 7 11:59:27 2008 From: r.atwood at imperial.ac.uk (Atwood, Robert C) Date: Fri Nov 7 12:01:25 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Nick Stedman etc exhibition openingtonight In-Reply-To: <13863414.663131226074929219.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> References: <13863414.663131226074929219.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Message-ID: <2CB39EAF0E0EFF498ADEDA636B8C999F05CFA591@icex1.ic.ac.uk> Hunt around in puredyne.goto10.org mabye .. From steve at sixnines.net Fri Nov 7 13:06:05 2008 From: steve at sixnines.net (steve allen) Date: Fri Nov 7 13:06:27 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Nick Stedman etc exhibition openingtonight Message-ID: <16016696.673851226081165739.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> yes I did that! :) >Hunt around in puredyne.goto10.org mabye .. > >........................................................................ >.........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... >..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ >........................................................................ From alex at zivanovic.co.uk Fri Nov 7 20:09:37 2008 From: alex at zivanovic.co.uk (Alex Zivanovic) Date: Fri Nov 7 20:09:55 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Carnivorous Domestic Entertainment Robots Message-ID: <4914E6D1.7040700@zivanovic.co.uk> Several people came up to me after my talk on carnivorous robots at this week's dorkbots asking for further details about the project and I promised to send an email round, so here it is: The exhibition is on until 21 Nov, is free and is open 9.00am-9.00pm Monday to Friday. Details below. More details about the project (but needs updating): http://www.materialbeliefs.com/process/cder.php More details about microbial fuel cells: http://www.ncbe.reading.ac.uk/NCBE/MATERIALS/MICROBIOLOGY/fuelcell.html Alex Z --- CROSSING OVER Genetic Manipulation and Bioengineering Royal Institution of Great Britain 21 Albemarle Street, London, W1S 4BS 2 October - 21 November 2008 The exhibition is free and is open 9.00am-9.00pm Monday to Friday. Admission free See www.rigb.org for opening times and further details Crossing Over is an exhibition of contemporary art at the Royal Institution of Great Britain that addresses the highly topical subject of genetic manipulation and bioengineering. Bringing together art, design and science, the artworks by twelve artists and designers investigate the metaphors, potentialities and anxieties of this much debated area. The different approaches and subjects tackled by the artists reflect the breath and complexity of the biosciences. From an animation that interlaces past and present speculations of cloning, to interactive brain cells, topiary lambs that reference transgenic research and bioluminescent portraits. Crossing Over engages with the transfer of art, design and biotechnologies, addressing questions on the shifting boundaries between biological and biotechnological, human and non-human, subject and object. The exhibition stands as a benchmark in the bioscience debate, reflecting this time of intense speculation and fear, parliamentary legislation and rapid advancement. Crossing Over is about this moment in the history of bioscience, which will sustain progressions even during the exhibitions own duration. Crossing Over does not attempt to resolve the complexities that arise out of biotechnologies, but rather, through contemporary art and design, highlights some of the concerns as well as possibilities they engender. The multi-disciplinary works, all developed specifically for the exhibition, are displayed throughout the Royal Institution?s newly refurbished building. Steeped in a long history of scientific discovery, the Royal Institution provides a congruent backdrop to the exhibition, with works punctuating and intercepting the building?s public spaces. Nestled within the library bookshelves, adorning the opulent grand entrance, shown in amongst the institution?s historical collections, and screened across the airy atrium, the situating of works creates a journey of discovery for the visitor. Curators: Dr Caterina Albano (Artakt, Central Saint Martins College) and Rowan Drury. Scientific advisers: Prof. Richard Ashcroft (Queen Mary College); Dr Chris Mason (Advanced Centre for Biomedical Engineering, UCL) and Prof. Sarah Franklin (Bios Centre, London School of Economics). Supported by: The Wellcome Trust, the Arts Council of England and Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. The Royal Institution List of works Film director Phoebe von Held takes as her starting point Denis Diderot?s eighteenth century text, D?Alembert?s Dream. The resulting animation interlaces later-day speculations of cloning made in the texts with today?s scientific insight, and uncovers the uncanny similarities between fears of the past and present. Material Beliefs, a collective of designers (Elio Caccavale, Tobie Kerridge, James Auger, Jimmy Loizeau, Aleksandar Zivanovic, David Muth and Susanne Soares) who collaborate with scientists, have created a display of biotechnological products and devices to deal with potential situations made possible by progressions in bioscience: An interface for a user to interact with a culture of brain cells cared for in a distant laboratory; a group of carnivorous robots; a system that uses live monitoring technology for surveying a child?s orientation and condition. Eggebert and Gould have cultivated a pair of, at once curious and grotesque, topiary lambs. With reference the ancient Scythian myth (of a lamb growing from a plant) the work contemplates transgenic research and notions of manipulating life forms. Alex Bunn?s sculpture, Quaibrid, explores the possibilities of reshaping and manipulating body image. The bust is formed using multiple high-resolution medical scan topography of different tissues of the body that are fused with architectural components to create a unique hybrid portrait. The myth of the fountain of eternal youth is used by Carl Stevenson to explore anxieties around genetic enhancement and regenerative biotechnologies. His hypnotic film composes and decomposes plaster body parts. The camera?s lens lingers on intimate creases and lines in the skin before a fountain?s shower slowly dissolves them. Intensively bred Zebra fish are the protagonists of Kathleen Rogers?s multi-layered digital installation. Video microscopy of the artificially mutated fish embryos, spliced between different screens, reflects upon the evolutionary interconnections that link zebra fish to humans. Anne Brodie?s Exploring the Invisible, uses bioluminescence, a bacteria used for medical research, including the non-invasive analyses of cancerous cells, to create a series of haunting photographic portraits. Bacteria is used as the only light source to light sittlers in a photo booth. The resulting portraits, projected in the Royal Institutions famous lecture theatre, are enveloped in the translucent hue emitted by the bacteria suggesting the process of intercellular communication that is the origin of luminescence. Royal Institution of Great Britain 21 Albemarle Street, London, W1S 4BS 2 October - 21 November 2008 Admission free See www.rigb.org for opening times and further details Regards Keith Watson kwatson@romanesque.co.uk +44 (0) 7802 74 84 84 From theo.honohan at gmail.com Sun Nov 9 14:01:27 2008 From: theo.honohan at gmail.com (Theo Honohan) Date: Sun Nov 9 14:01:45 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Nick Stedman etc exhibition openingtonight In-Reply-To: <16016696.673851226081165739.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> References: <16016696.673851226081165739.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Message-ID: <9666266e0811091101p300a8a79h231d7e4d4e2df901@mail.gmail.com> 2008/11/7 steve allen : > yes I did that! :) > >>Hunt around in puredyne.goto10.org mabye .. >> I found http://code.goto10.org/projects/puredyne/wiki/DocBurnBootUSB If it's not yet implemented, as that page says, you could try doing it yourself. There are as many different ways of booting from a USB key as there are distributions, but there is a Debian approved method: http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/i386/ch04s04.html.en There is the question of persistence (i.e. keeping a home directory or more on the USB key) which needs to be resolved separately. From heather.corcoran at fact.co.uk Mon Nov 10 07:01:56 2008 From: heather.corcoran at fact.co.uk (Heather Corcoran) Date: Mon Nov 10 07:08:23 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Nick Stedman etc exhibition openingtonight In-Reply-To: <9666266e0811091101p300a8a79h231d7e4d4e2df901@mail.gmail.com> References: <16016696.673851226081165739.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> <9666266e0811091101p300a8a79h231d7e4d4e2df901@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <491822B4.4060408@fact.co.uk> Hello, I will get back to you about where to buy those pure:dyne USBs - I have a bunch at my house but we just have to set up a paypal account for the project and etc etc. In the meantime, you can try with your own USB as below - but ours are very cute with the pure:dyne logo, so its no match is it?! I'll send to the list when I've sorted this out, thanks for the kick - we just got them done a few weeks ago. Cheers! H Theo Honohan wrote: > 2008/11/7 steve allen : > >> yes I did that! :) >> >> >>> Hunt around in puredyne.goto10.org mabye .. >>> >>> > > I found http://code.goto10.org/projects/puredyne/wiki/DocBurnBootUSB > > If it's not yet implemented, as that page says, you could try doing it > yourself. > > There are as many different ways of booting from a USB key as there > are distributions, but there is a Debian approved method: > > http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/i386/ch04s04.html.en > > There is the question of persistence (i.e. keeping a home directory or > more on the USB key) which needs to be resolved separately. > ........................................................................ > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... > ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ > ........................................................................ > -- Heather Corcoran Curator FACT 88 Wood Street Liverpool, L1 4DQ t: + 44 (0)151 707 4425 f: + 44 (0)151 707 4445 http://www.fact.co.uk Bookings: +44 (0)8707 583217 Information: +44 (0)151 707 4450 FACT is proud to be in LIVERPOOL, EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE 2008 From fox.tania at gmail.com Wed Nov 12 06:28:16 2008 From: fox.tania at gmail.com (Tania Fox) Date: Wed Nov 12 06:28:30 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] aurdino programmer needed Message-ID: <9977800b0811120328h327de196h3504c9fdd0ea4fc2@mail.gmail.com> Hi there, Im working on a wearable technology project and need some help with aurdino programming, basic sensors and pwm lights. The work would be paid. If your interested please contact Tania on fox.tania@gmail.com thanks -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotlondon-blabber/attachments/20081112/50febe0c/attachment.html From mike at electricstuff.co.uk Tue Nov 25 13:59:15 2008 From: mike at electricstuff.co.uk (Mike Harrison) Date: Tue Nov 25 13:59:28 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Large qty of electronics magazines for disposal Message-ID: <6hioi41n92m3r4ttpnu4vjcmcn577l8urg@4ax.com> I'm having a clearout - I have a big load of electronics mags that I'd rather went to a good home than recycling... Electronics Today International, late 70s to early 90s, mostly complete (electronics & ) wireless world - 80s/90s plus a few other odds Elecktor - a few dozen random issues Electronic Design (trade) - about 3 feet) A few other random titles To go as one lot if possible - about a car boot full in total Collect Loughton,Essex or I can bring to Dorkbot Xmas. From mike at electricstuff.co.uk Tue Nov 25 15:01:44 2008 From: mike at electricstuff.co.uk (Mike Harrison) Date: Tue Nov 25 15:02:39 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] more free stuff from Mike's clearout.... Message-ID: <2djoi4pbd2fua84r8m5ncn598l9a0st6a5@4ax.com> More free stuff I'm clearing out.... Collect from Loughton,Essex or from Xmas Dorkbot by prior arrangement. Carlsboro marlin 1042 PA amp with springline reverb - very tatty but looks complete, working condition unknown. Large bag of random audio stuff - jack, xlr & MIDI leads, a couple of microphones, a cheap mic mixer (jack/phono), DI box, guitar tuner, a small pedal switch for keyboards - all very tatty & condition unknown. To go as one lot. A dead Sony RDR-GX210 DVD video recorder - probably laser problem - think it plays CDs but not DVDs. Frame and tube from Coherent I-90 Argon laser - not gas intact, no optics but the fill reservoir may still have some extremely pure argon inside!. Frame would be good for a homebrew CO2 or other laser project - very sturdy and precisely adjustable, about 3ft long. Looks like this :http://electricstuff.co.uk/biglaserfun.html Homemade Prototyping board - very large area of 0.1" push-in breadboard area, with power supply, pulse generator, logic indicators and switches - some of these almost certainly don't work but repairable, and the breadboard area is fairly well-worn but should still be useable apart from the odd melted areas... Like a homemade version of this : http://www.rapidonline.com/Tools-Fasteners-Production-Equipment/PCB-Equipment/Prototyping-Boards/Powered-protobloc/33995/kw/breadboard Three composite-video monochrome CRT monitors, one 9 and two 12". I think they are working. Psion software dev kit for the Series 3 handhelds - PC based - 2 large binders + software on 5 1/4 discs A PCB approx 14x12" contaning a 25x20 grid of 10mm red/green bicolour LEDs - wired as a 25x2(RG)x20 matrix, so rather poor for multiplexing but may be useable for something interesting.. Approx 60 new 12V 5W bulbs - automotive type 2 pin bayonet base. Large qty of manufacturers' IC data books 80s/90's Handheld RFID readers for pet ID chips - two units in bits - I think there is at least one working unit between them... May also have a few sample ID chips. Bag of assorted SCSI cables - 50 way AMP and D25 A USA type (2 flat pins with earth) mains block - 4or 6 way - can't remember which set of Harmsworth Universal Encyclopaedea - from around the mid-1930s About 10 volumes I think it's complete. Not great condition but interesting reading, HP deskjet 880c printer - parallel and USB interface, Probably working but untested - could need some de-gunking as has been on shelf for a few years. HP laserjet 2P printer - faulty but lots of mechanical goodies inside! Small UPS - tripp-lite, rather ancient but working - batteries replaced not too long ago - would suit a single PC setup. Large box of bare unpopulated PCBs - random shapes & sizes, qtys from a few to many of each type. For Art projects? Approx five 10m lengths of Ikea 'Glansa' EL wire with mains adapters and inverters . This wire is new & unused but disappointingly dim but if you don't mind abusing the inverter by running at a higher supply voltage, and can live with its plaintive squeals, brightness can be improved, althought still not great. Ratchet crimp tools for RG58 & RG59 (50R and 75R) coax BNC connectors - one tool for both sizes, and also a pair of tools, one for each size. From heather.corcoran at fact.co.uk Thu Nov 27 12:08:32 2008 From: heather.corcoran at fact.co.uk (Heather Corcoran) Date: Thu Nov 27 12:08:46 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] student VJ help Message-ID: <492ED410.60203@fact.co.uk> Hi Dorkbots, Any VJ/video artists out there? I promised I would pass along this call for help from a student I met recently after I talk I gave at the Barbican. Get in touch with Amanda at: < asboney at gmail > if you are interested. Details: "I am a costume design student at the London College of Fashion in my final year. I am translating the story of Alice in Wonderland into a dance and I would like to have video projections on the background or foreground using a screen or onto the costumes themselves. I would like to use the technology of video to widen space and time, by projecting images of Alices' reality and having the dance going on at the same time but its a dream." I think her deadline is very soon to do this. Cheers H From stutterer at linuxmail.org Fri Nov 28 15:16:46 2008 From: stutterer at linuxmail.org (jonni jemp) Date: Fri Nov 28 15:22:24 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] xxxxx_news 2008/9 Message-ID: <20081128201646.D9AC243E2F@ws5-5.us4.outblaze.com> 1] real code @ StudioUSF, Bergen Saturday december 6th 12 - 24 http://www.1010.co.uk/org/piksel2008.html 2] xxxxx_peenem?nde publication pre-order http://1010.co.uk/org/xxxxx_peenemuende.html 3] xxxxx_micro_research [Berlin] // 2009 http://www.1010.co.uk/org/xxxxx_micro_research.html 4] is-land audio, text and image release on FSS http://www.freesoftwareseries.org/ http://www.1010.co.uk/org/is-land.html *** details: *** 1] real code @ StudioUSF, Bergen saturday december 6th 12 - 24 real code @ StudioUSF, Bergen saturday december 6th 12 - 24 real code [xxxxx_at_piksel_2008] aims to begin construction in Bergen of a new world operating system making use of material, language and descriptive means (aka. software). code relates both to a necessarily hidden communication system (world revelation, rationalism as an island) and to a novel way of examining the world. reflection is encouraged in both directions. sample activities, such as measurement of intensities, cutups, practical endophysics, real world disaster analysis and biologic intervention are proposed below for an event which builds and defines itself to some degree in isolation. Bergen thus becomes an island of magic composed of smaller islands (a fish farm, for example). invited international participants include Otto E. Rossler, pioneer of chaos theory research and endophysics, Jessica Rylan, renowned sound artist and analogue electronics constructor, and Julian Oliver, augmented reality coder, amongst many others [see below]. coded slogans: 1] un coup de d?s... a roll of the dice will never abolish chance, but such minimal techniques can be used within a form of light playback head constructivism (after W.S Burroughs). several dice throws allow for re-editing of last year's documentary (a new xxxxx).//every revolution is a throw of the dice 2] no input/no output. 3] the electric postman will leap from island to island in the southern ocean and extricate their minds from their erratic labyrinths 4] zu <—> auf code invisibility: the latest xxxxx_at_piksel marks a return to code precisely when code can be considered as the least visible object of study; it does occur to ask the question of how this may have happened. island formation: island implies isolation and magic, a programmatic listing of TEMPEST islands. isolation, a water barrier or border surrounding the land; a white sea head separates the many clotted islands. for there can hardly be just one island, some singular island existing in a vacuum, with absolutely no manner of communication, in a sense also of adjacency with a continuum of spumy water and further islands. bridges/fjords/channels: between live coder and pragmatised user, physical carrier and protocol (itself forming the communication channel) - invisible code on an equally coded physical strata. Literature is thus a peculiar geologic activity. sample activities: life coding, enclosure or island formation, [re-]construction of systems of communication and of novel protocols, fish farming, measurement (of electromagnetic and other intensities), writing [literature], making diagrams, psychogeographic unmapping, chemical and biologic experimentation, cooking, film documentary invited participants and what they may or may not be doing on that day: Oswald Berthold: software radio, measurement and mapping of EM intensities, piping, new protocols Nik Gaffney: cooking lab, microwave studies, new protocols Vincent Van Uffelen, Beatrice Fazi, Caroline Heron, Joao Wilbert: historical channel and cable reconstitution Martin Howse: EM scrying, white noise, film editing, un coup de d?s, cutups Eleni Ikoniadou: phantom coding, examination of ghosted computation, island hopping and connection Jonathan Kemp: bicycle wheel EM field generation, iron ore Edison studies, fireworks Maja Kuzmanovic: cooking lab, microwave studies Julian Oliver: steganography, Python code expansion, silentTV, data forensics Alejandra Perez Nunez: transmission, TV broadcast, RAW interviews Jessica Rylan: simulations theory, lightwave communication, singing Otto Rossler: practical endophysics, discussion of mute sperm whale communication, impending technocratic disaster analysis Grzesiek Sedek: phantom coding, examination of ghosted computation, island hopping and connection Danja Vasiliev: literal pipes, shared communications systems, terminal VJ Eva Verhoeven: phantom coding, examination of ghosted computation, island hopping and connection //real code is open to the construction and participation of all present at piksel08 code dreams. *** 2] xxxxx_peenem?nde publication pre-order xxxxx_peenem?nde presents documentation, archive material and original research resulting from the first series of working groups in Peenem?nde conducted in early 2008. This speculative event, described in the work, was projected as an intense, conspiratorial expedition and meeting within a key, historical location. xxxxx_peenem?nde actively examines a fiction which presents a dark heart of technology (as evidenced by electromagnetic practice), and a vivid relation to both entropy and ecology. With contributions and participation from: Tatiana Bazzichelli, Oswald Berthold, Federico Bucolossi, Ewen Chardronnet, Alejo Duque, Kathrin Guenter, Martin Howse, Jonathan Kemp, Martin Kuentz, Bj?rn Magnhild?en, Alice Miceli, Gaia Novati, Alejandra Perez Nunez, Julian Oliver, Otto E. Rossler, Jessica Rylan, Horia Cosmin Samo?la, Gordan Savicic, Andrei Smirnov And with many thanks for support to: Stephen Kovats and all at Transmediale, Historisch-Technisches Informationszentrum (HTI) Peenem?nde xxxxx_peenem?nde is only available from xxxxx_micro_research [Berlin], Linienstrasse 54 in person or by electronic means: http://1010.co.uk/xxxxx_peenemuende.html Print quality PDF: http://plot.bek.no/~xxxxx/pmprint.pdf enquiries: m@1010.co.uk *** 3] xxxxx_micro_research [Berlin] // 2009 Announcing the launch [January 2009] of xxxxx_micro_research [Berlin]; an independent research centre focusing on the expanded construction and experience of free software and open hardware within an markedly interdisciplinary context. The field of research can be described as the active examination and questioning of technology, and the investigation of the novel means of description put forward by both software and hardware. These concerns expand to cover science and art domains with an emphasis very much on investigating a radical, new discipline which both fields elaborate. Alongside free software and open hardware, concrete research topics include science as fiction, practical endophysics, the politics and ontology of electromagnetic phenomena, and the novel discipline of digital forensics. Research activities include an extension of the last two years' workshop series, monthly salons, micro-residencies, an experimental event in June, POD publication of research findings and development of software (artistic OS) and hardware (scrying). Applications are invited for both workshop construction and micro-residencies (conventional postal systems or W.A.S.T.E as preferred channels). xxxxx_micro_research [Berlin] will be supported in 2009 by Hauptstadtkulturfonds. xxxxx_micro_research [Berlin], Linienstrasse 54, Berlin 10119 U2, Rosa-Luxemburg-Pl. U8, Rosenthaler Pl. Telephone: 3050187482. http://1010.co.uk/org/ *** 4] 4] is-land audio, text and image release on FSS http://www.freesoftwareseries.org http://www.1010.co.uk/org/is-land.html http://www.archive.org/details/xxxxx-is_land http://xxxxx.1010.co.uk http://www.1010.co.uk From mike at electricstuff.co.uk Sat Nov 29 11:26:51 2008 From: mike at electricstuff.co.uk (Mike Harrison) Date: Sat Nov 29 11:28:39 2008 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] More free stuff to clear.... Message-ID: <07r2j45l6fd9up1dn8josa0m3ij1r31dlu@4ax.com> More free stuff to clear : collect Ioughton IG10 2NS or from Xmas Dorkbot (car capacity permitting - getting quite full now.....) Box of a dozen or so assorted old but mostly unused LCD panels, mostly Sharp, graphic, monochrome, non backlit and mostly odd undocumented interfaces - sizes from a couple of inches up to 12". Probably only of use for Art/props or to strip off polarisers, ITO glass etc. or maybe just apply random voltages to the glass in the hope something interesting might happen - turning the whole panel on or off isn't too hard - maybe you could make an active stained-glasss window....! There are some with no rear reflectors (I've stripped the backlights!) which would be good for window type hacks - they are better than modern TFTs for this as they don't have colour stripe filters that cut out 2/3rds of the light. An old parallel-port A4 flatbed scanner. A 9" mono (red/orange) gas plasma graphic display module with documentation. Panasonic MD400F640PD2A, 400x640 dots Several Sony CDP-CX151 100-disc CD players, but only a couple of remotes - they can be set up to control up to 3 with one remote. These are large top-loaders, as seen here http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/cdjb.jpg, with phono and optical output. Q music magazines, about 4 feet of shelf space, issue no.s 85-200 fairly complete, plus a few random others and a couple of dozen random copies of Mojo. Large qty, (guess about 150x) 25 way D plugs, vertical PCB mount Approx 50x 25 way D straight PCB mount sockets Approx 50x IDC cable mount 37 way D sockets A bag of a few hundred 470uf 35v electrolytic caps - removed from boards so short leads but pertectly useable A 5.25" external drive case/PSU for SCSI devices, with 2x 50 way AMP connectors, containing a 5.25" SCSI CD rom drive A similar SCSI case (by Sun Microsystems) with no drive, and micro-D type connectors A couple of new unused DDS2 120m tapes. I have a lot of other DDS and audio DAT tapes but need to figure out how to erase them first . A cheapo portable DVD player with built-in 6" ish screen- drive has problems but screen is probably useable as a small monitor. With battery pack but no charger Several unopened bottles of Multicore Spot-On peelable temporary soldermask. This stuff appears to be indistinguishable from Copydex glue, so possibly more useful than you may have at first thought...! Several rolls of stick-on polyamide/mylar dots 6mm dia. Again these are for solder-resist purposes but could be used anywhere you need lots of 6mm dia dots of yellow stickytape..... Approx 1 cubic foot box of of assorted DC motors of all sizes, stepper motors, solenoids and other similar elctro mechanical things which I've stripped out of consumer and industrial gear over the years in the hope I might eventually find a use for but now realise I probably never will.... An ideal xmas gift for the robot-builder, kinetic artist etc. Very old IBM Thinkpad laptop - probably 386SX with mains adapter, battery and HDD - powers up but doesn't boot. Approx six bin-bags full of polystyrene packing chips. ______________________________________________________________ Items still available from previous list ( If you emailed about any of the items below, I didn't get it).... Electronics mags - E&WW, Elektor ,Electronic Design (The ETI's have gone) A dead Sony RDR-GX210 DVD video recorder - probably laser problem - think it plays CDs but not DVDs. Frame and tube from Coherent I-90 Argon laser - not gas intact, no optics but the fill reservoir may still have some extremely pure argon inside!. Frame would be good for a homebrew CO2 or other laser project - very sturdy and precisely adjustable, about 3ft long. Looks like this :http://electricstuff.co.uk/biglaserfun.html Two composite-video monochrome CRT monitors12", TV style. One green looks working, one unknown ( wont power up) Approx 60 new 12V 5W bulbs - automotive type 2 pin bayonet base. Large qty of manufacturers' IC data books 80s/90's Bag of assorted SCSI cables - 50 way AMP and D25 set of Harmsworth Universal Encyclopaedea - from around the mid-1930s About 10 volumes I think it's complete. Not great condition but interesting reading, HP deskjet 880c printer - parallel and USB interface, Probably working but untested - could need some de-gunking as has been on shelf for a few years. Large box of bare unpopulated PCBs - random shapes & sizes, qtys from a few to many of each type. For Art projects? Ratchet crimp tools for RG58 & RG59 (50R and 75R) coax BNC connectors - one tool for both sizes, and also a pair of tools, one for each size.