Monthly Archive for October, 2011

Pumpkins, Hoodies and OpenMic

Published on October 27 2011. 0 Comments

Next week

I promised a wearable electronics for this Monday coming, but alas, there has been a change of plan. We will, instead, be running a joint pumpkin carving and simple circuitry session. So, no need to bring a t-shirt to ruin. Same time (6.00pm), same place (KS14).

Next Month

After the pumpkin carving and circuitry evening we will be running our second OpenMic of the year. We already have a few volunteers giving talks, but please get in touch if you have something awesome to share with us.

Hoodies!

You can now buy exclusive TinkerSoc hoodies and t-shirts! Pay for them at http://www.kentunion.co.uk/organisation/TinkerSoc/ and then tell us what you would like under the front logo at http://goo.gl/Z8l9e. More information here.

Important Info

  • Pumpkin carving & circuitry - Monday 6.00pm at KS14
  • Get a hoodie! - See here

Buy a TinkerSoc Hoodie!

Published on October 25 2011. 0 Comments

How to buy

The TinkerSoc hoodies are now on sale at http://www.kentunion.co.uk/societies/TinkerSoc/. Just go to the left hand column and click “add to basket” for either the hoodie, t-shirt or both. Once you checkout you’ll be asked for your sizes.
If you want one (and of course you want one!) make sure you order it quickly. We’re going to be sending out a bulk order once we have enough orders from you, so make sure you encourage your friends to get one!

Personalisation

After discussion with our suppliers, they agreed to give us the personalisation under the logo for free! To add your name or other personalisation make sure you fill out the form at http://goo.gl/Z8l9e, and we’ll ensure that it gets added to your order.

Prices

Hoodies - £20
T-Shirts – £10
Personalisation – FREE :D

Electronics, Geocaching and Hoodies

Published on October 20 2011. 0 Comments

Hi Everybody,
Congratulations to our two winners from our Bottle Rocket Social! The other scores are at http://tinkersoc.org/2011/10/bottle-rocket-scores, have a look to see how you did.

Saturday

This Saturday we will be GeoCaching! Have a look at the email from Mex for more info. Spaces are tight, but if you’re interested please get in touch with martin@tinkersoc.org.

Monday

Back to electronics next week with Breadboarding 101 in KS14 at 6.00pm on Monday as usual. Breadboarding is a circuit prototyping method, and can be used to experiment with different circuits, components and designs. We’re going to be using breadboards to teach you a few circuits to develop your electronics knowledge.

Remember, you need to be a member to attend this session, but if you haven’t yet attended a session and want to see what we’re about please get in touch with a committee member (contact@tinkersoc.org).

Coming Soon

The week after we will be holding our wearable electronic workshop where you’ll be able to put the skills learnt in Breadboarding 101 to use! If you have an old t-shirt that you don’t mind damaging you’ll want to bring it along!

Hoodies

We’re going to be ordering society hoodies! Current costs are £20 (+£2 if you want it personalised), with a small amount going towards the societies running costs. Not only will it keep you warm in geeky fashion it will also help your society! Win win! :)

If you want fill in our form at http://goo.gl/Z8l9e and we’ll get back to you when we have enough orders.

First draft, end result may vary.

Important Info

  • GeoCaching - Watch out for Mex’s email or contact martin@tinkersoc.org for more info.
  • Breadboarding 101 - Monday 6.00pm in KS14
  • GET A HOODIE! http://goo.gl/Z8l9e
  • JOIN US! If you aren’t a member you won’t be able to take part in our next session or geocaching. Simple solution? Join us. :)

Cheers,

Matt

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Bottle Rocket Scores

Published on October 20 2011. 2 Comments

Hi All,

Here are the scores from Monday’s bottle rocket social:

Name Distance
(in Matt Paces)
Berni 37
Rhian 21
Michael 17
Davoh 15
John 13
Rich 13
Jack 13
Peter 10
Adam 10
Ed 9
Joe 8
Ben 8
Oliver 8
Chris 7
Gairne 6
Mozilla Guy 5
Craig 5
Steve 0

Announcement email to come shortly.

Cheers,

Matt

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Bottle Rockets, Geocaching and Upcoming Electronics

Published on October 13 2011. 0 Comments

Happy Thursday everyone!

Hopefully you all enjoyed the OpenMic this week, thankfully we’ve already heard that a few of you want to give a presentation next time which will make it even better.

Next Week

This Monday at 6.00pm in KS14 we will be starting our Bottle Rocket Social. We will be spending a short while customising our rockets in KS14 and then promptly heading out to a grassy expanse of land and launching them. Once our highly customised rockets have been sent in to space we’ll be heading to the nearest bar to start the social proper.
If you have one spare bring an empty 2 litre bottle to use as a rocket, we should have enough to go round but I wouldn’t leave it chance!

Coming Soon

The Saturday after next (22nd October) we will be organising half a day of Geocaching. More details to follow from Mex, so keep your eyes on your inboxes!
No sandwiches here :(
We are also nearing the next four-week rotation, and will be starting by teaching the basics of breadboarding, and using that knowledge in the next week to create wearable electronics. Breadboarding is a method of testing out circuit design without having to worry about solder, so it’s perfect for the classroom!

Important Info

  • Bottle Rocket Social next Monday 6.00pm at KS14
  • This is the last free session! To continue to attend our sessions you will need to JOIN US! As always, see here: http://tinkersoc.org/join.
Cheers,
Matt

OpenMic, Geocaching, JOIN US, and Bottle Rockets

Published on October 6 2011. 0 Comments

Hopefully you all enjoyed the processing workshop this week, if you’ve completed any scripts we would love to see your code/screenshots to share on the website. Please send them on to committee@tinkersoc.org.

Next Week

This Monday at 6.00pm in KS14 we are hosting the first TinkerSoc OpenMic of the term! An OpenMic is an evening in you can share the cool things you’ve been working on, or even just something interesting, with the rest of the society in a short (~15 min) talk. This week, to start us off we have a variety of talks with topics ranging from the workings of biometrics to how satellites are used to monitor the oceans.

We encourage all of our members to contribute talks, start thinking now for something you could talk about in the future!

Coming Soon

The week after our OpenMic we will be holding our Bottle Rocket Social, and the committee in our boundless generosity have decided that we’re going to let non-members attend for free. After that, however, you will need to be a member to attend any of our sessions.

We are also arranging an introduction to Geocaching day to be held on Saturday 22nd October, so come along and give it a go! If you’re interested please email us at committee@tinkersoc.org. This event will be strictly members only, so get those payments in ASAP

Important info

Cheers,
Matt

P.S. Hopefully the mailing list should be working perfectly now, if you notice any oddities please let us know!