Week 732 - Adorable Dwayne - DoES Liverpool
https://doesliverpool.com/weeknotes/week-732/

I've been doing a bit of @MCQN_Ltd project archaeology of late. As a result I'm rather pleased with getting this LED to blink in response to the Mastodon API

#weeknotes #esphome #NodeRED #Mastodon #ibal12 #ibal177

DoES Liverpool community maker space and coworking venue have put out a questionnaire to see what people are interested in learning about and what skills people would be willing to share - (the also have spaces to hire) Please do take a look and complete it if you are interested in taking part.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfdA_t1dYNBtpkOFUCiklviQZcrSBFrD0xphoA3INYUlpBJIg/viewform

📢 Call for Speakers: “Who Owns the Land?”
🗓️ Event Date: 5th July
📍 Topic: Land Ownership in the UK

We’re inviting speakers to contribute to an event exploring the history and future of land ownership in the UK — a subject that touches on everything from power and privilege to housing, environment, and justice.

Whether your expertise lies in history, law, policy, activism, urban planning, or personal lived experience, we want to hear your perspective. Topics might include (but are not limited to):

The feudal system and the Domesday Book

Enclosure and its legacy

Colonial land models

Landed estates and aristocracy

Land reform, access, and ownership today

🎤 Talks can be academic, creative, critical, or community-focused.
🔗 Submit your proposal via the form https://igniteliverpool.com/2025/06/ignite-futures-who-owns-the-land/

Came across this slide deck again just now. I think this quote stands up as an aim.

(there are also excellent quotes from @freerange_inc and Ella Fitzsimmons in there too)

https://doesliverpool.com/slides/makernoise-talk-we-dont-need-another-hero/

🎓 What do you want to learn—or teach?

We’re expanding our range of hands-on workshops and one-to-one sessions at DoES Liverpool, and we want your input!

From surface-mount soldering to Japanese woodblock printing, our recent workshops have been a hit—now we’re planning more.

💡 Got a skill to share? A topic you’re eager to explore?
📋 Fill out our quick survey and help shape what comes next!

👉 https://bit.ly/does-survey

#DoESWorkshops #SkillSharing #LiverpoolMakers #creativecommunity
#WeekNotes

Found that as, once again, I've been chatting to someone hot-desking here at @DoESLiverpool about how they might set up something similar in their village. (in lieu of them moving to Liverpool to just join us, which obviously would be the better option 😉)

Create something for no practical purpose such as a song, a poem, an essay, a painting, a drawing, a comic strip, a collage, etc.

We will be at the #livmf25 this year with our kits and a few new ones.

We will also drag @Extelec along with some of his makes too. Come and say Hi.

Sat 5th July Liverpool Central Library, no need to book or buy tickets ( it's free)

Details.
https://liverpoolmakefest.org/

🎓 What do you want to learn—or teach?

We’re expanding our range of hands-on workshops and one-to-one sessions at DoES Liverpool, and we want your input!

From surface-mount soldering to Japanese woodblock printing, our recent workshops have been a hit—now we’re planning more.

💡 Got a skill to share? A topic you’re eager to explore?
📋 Fill out our quick survey and help shape what comes next!

👉 https://bit.ly/does-survey

#DoESWorkshops #SkillSharing #LiverpoolMakers #creativecommunity
#WeekNotes

Week 730 - Bike LEDs, Space Hacking, Carbs - DoES Liverpool
https://doesliverpool.com/weeknotes/week-730-bike-leds-space-hacking-carbs/

Our next 🔧Hack the Space day🪛 and Community meeting is this Sunday 1st June. Please come along for either or both if you can!

Space hacking is planned to start at 10am with the community meeting from 1pm to 3pm. You can join the community meeting remotely via this link: https://ca.meet.coop/b/adr-ctr-trg

You can see the agenda and latest minutes here:
https://github.com/DoESLiverpool/somebody-should/wiki/Community-Meeting-Minutes

Just ICYMI the deadline for the second wave of FPA grant proposals for projects relating to #FreeCAD development is next week, June 1st.
https://blog.freecad.org/2025/05/09/q2-2025-grant-program-deadline/

Week 729 - #MathPad, Asteroid Printing, Biscuits - DoES Liverpool
https://doesliverpool.com/weeknotes/week-729-asteroid-printing-biscuits/

Whatever event was on upstairs from @DoESLiverpool today massively over-catered their bourbon cream order.

We did discuss laser-etching or otherwise machining them, but settled for building a small wall.

Wondering if I can get away with calling this a #mayke 🤣

#weeknotes #BiscuitEngineering

"We recommend transitioning these [short] links to another URL shortener provider."

I fucking don't recommend you do that. Just paste the URL and be done with it. (Remove the marketing crud from its end if you want to make me happy.)

Remember remember: link shortening services are waiting to die, and goo\.gl dies on Augst 25th of this year.

https://developers.googleblog.com/en/google-url-shortener-links-will-no-longer-be-available/

Week 728 Milk Crate LED Matrix, Boops, Bimblism
https://doesliverpool.com/weeknotes/week-728-milk-crate-led-matrix-boops-bimblism/

Julian experimenting with an approachable experience for taller people who are predominantly VR-shy - they get to see themselves as cute avatars in VR chat.
#WeekNotes

A great day for #hacking at #wirralmakefest in the #birkenhead central library, showing off #nix #vr #macintosh and more

#weeknotes #birkenheadisthenewberlin

Week 727 - Wirral MakeFest
https://doesliverpool.com/weeknotes/week-727-wirral-makefest/