[Swansea Hackspace] Upcoming events list Oct-Dec 2015

[Richard Morgan]

Hi Justin,
That's a great list Justin - looking really good.

How are the membership numbers looking - much of an uplift since the
Freshers Week and unleashing of the bookmarks?

 Cheers,

Richard

On 9 October 2015 at 11:36, Justin Mitchell <justin at swansea.hackspace.org.uk
> wrote:

> Upcoming events calendar
> ------------------------
> Mon 12 Oct - Open Social Night
> Sat 17 Oct - Costume Design with EL Wire
> Mon 19 Oct - Open Night, Soldering Workshop, Ragworm PCB
> Sat 24 Oct - 3D Printing Halloween Special
> Mon 26 Oct - Open Social Night
> Tue 27 Oct - Coastal Housing Family Fun Day
>
> Mon  2 Nov - Open Social Night
> Mon  9 Nov - Open Social Night
> Wed 11 Nov - Microcontrollers - Shrinking your Arduino project
> Mon 16 Nov - Open Social Night
> Sat 21 Nov - Laser Cut Xmas Decorations Workshop
> Mon 23 Nov - Open Social Night
> Mon 30 Nov - Open Social Night
>
> Wed  2 Dec - Linux Basics - Introduction to the command line
> Mon  7 Dec - Open Social Night
> Mon 14 Dec - Open Social Night
> Mon 21 Dec - Open Social Night
> Mon 28 Dec - (bank holiday)
>
> Details
> =======
>
> Sat 17 Oct - 12 - 4pm
> Costume Design with EL Wire
> £5 Members, £10 non-members
>
> https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/costume-design-with-el-wire-tickets-18511110229
>
> All about EL wire and how to incorporate it in your garments, outfits
> and costumes to light things up. This will cover how and where to buy
> it, what forms and colours it comes in, how to use it, how to fix and
> join it, and some examples and techniques for afixing it.
> Ticket price includes your own 3 meter length of EL wire with battery
> box.
>
> -
>
> Mon 19 Oct - 7pm - 9:30pm
> Open Night, Soldering Workshop, Ragworm PCB
> Free and Open to everyone
>
> This will be as special version of our regular social & open evening,
> Ragworm PCB are visiting us, bringing samples of their works as well as
> various goodies, and are here to answer your questions on the PCB design
> and manufacture process.
>
> We will also be running a soldering workshop, grab one of the free
> hackspace themed light up badge kits kindly provided by ragworm,
> practice your soldering on it, and take it away with you.
>
> -
>
> Sat 24 Oct - 12 - 4pm
> 3D Printing Halloween Special
> Tickets TBA.
>
> Download some spooky objects from the internet, or design your own, and
> 3D print them in batty black, pumpkin orange, or ghostly
> glow-in-the-dark green plastics and take them home to frighten your
> friends.  Workshop covers all the techniques of downloading and printing
> objects, along with an introduction to simple 3d design tools.
>
> -
> Tue 27 Oct - 11am - 4pm
> Coastal Housing Family Fun Day
> http://www.coastalhousing.co.uk/Pages/Coastal-Fun-Day-2015.aspx
>
> This is an all day event being held at LC2 in Swansea, the theme for the
> day is Music, we will be holding a stall there demonstrating Makey Makey
> wired to produce sound (eg banana piano), as well as 3D printer(s)
> producing printable instruments and noise making devices (whistles, pan
> pipes, etc)
>
> We would really appreciate some volunteers to help with the stall, you
> dont need to do much, mostly be there to answer questions and hand out
> fliers etc.
>
> -
>
> Wed 11 Nov - 7pm - 9:30pm
> Microcontrollers - Shrinking your Arduino project
> Free and Open
>
> Skill sharing workshop about the various types of boards and chips that
> are available to transfer your arduino project to, that are small and
> cheap enough to leave permanently installed in a project. We will cover
> how to use an existing arduino uno board to program these others, how
> you can wire them up, etc.  Please bring any components that you would
> like to experiment with.
>
> -
>
> Sat 21 Nov - 12 - 4pm
> Laser Cut Xmas Decorations Workshop
> Tickets £5 members, £10 non-members
>
> https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/laser-cut-xmas-decorations-tickets-19011576136
>
> A workshop on creating festive decorations out of acrylic, card and
> wood, using the laser cutter. Crystal clear acrylic snowflakes to hang
> on the tree, greetings cards with cutouts and filigree, personalised
> engraved baubles, anything your imagination can create.
>
> Ticket prices include all time on the laser cutter and some sample
> materials, a limited range of additional materials will be available for
> purchase on the day, or bring your own.
>
> -
>
> Wed 2 Dec - 7pm
> Linux Basics - Using the command line
> Free and open to all
>
> A tutorial on Linux command line basics, how to install software, how to
> navigate the filesystem, how permissions work, using the help system,
> manipulating files, working with images, and other simple but useful
> tips and tricks.
>
> Please bring your own laptop for this session, if you do not have a
> linux install (e.g. Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian/Raspbian) already please
> bring an empty usb key that we can install a 'live' system on for you to
> experiment with.
>
> -
>
> Thats probably about it for December, it tends to be a pretty busy month
> for most with other commitments and socialising, so we shall start the
> workshops again in january.
>
>
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-- 
Kind regards,

Richard
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