News/2011-07-06

< 23rd – 29th June 2011

London Hackspace news 30th June – 6th July 2011

General space news

• Russ has outlined the voting system planned to be used for the election of directors at the next AGM. [1]

• We reached the network limit on freenode on Tuesday, Jasper has contacted freenode support to see if we can get an I-Line. [2]
  • Additionally, the hackspace IP address was listed on SORBS for hacking/malware since March, there has been a small amount of discussion on how to solve this more permanently.

Equipment

• Adrian is planning to use the tinning tank of the Etch station to experiment with a couple of projects. [3]

• There is a milling machine offer from a school that is being demolished. [4]

• Alec has offered a selection of chemicals for donation to the space. [5]

Upcoming events

• Next Wednesday 13th is the weekly catch-up of the biohacking group from 19:30 to 20:30.

• The fortnightly Hypnotism meetup will be next Wednesday 13th from 19:30 to 20:30.

• This Saturday 9th is the monthly lockpicking sport session from 15:00 to 18:00.

• The 2011 Annual General Meeting will be held on the 27th July at 20:00, the venue is still to be decided. [6]

Projects

• Martin and company are starting work on a hackspace podcast, beginning recording this Monday 11th. [7]

• The first server hardware auction project has now reached the final batch of servers. Six are available to members at £60/each (though if they are not sold by Sunday 10th they will be put on eBay), the remaining ten are currently non-working and free to any member who can find a use for them. Any that remain by the open day at the end of July will be donated to the skip. [8]

• Paul and others are interested in setting up a Mycology project. [9]

Recently added projects:

SwapShop

Please can members update their items in the SwapShop so that it can become more useful and also please date when you add something.

New items this week: