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First shorts ride of 2025.#ShadowSelfie #InTheSaddle #BikeTooter #Liverpool

First shorts ride of 2025.

#ShadowSelfie #InTheSaddle #BikeTooter #Liverpool

So, it seems that you can plait noodles and brake cables 😀 Shortens the length of the LED quite a bit, and gives it an interesting wavy...

So, it seems that you can plait noodles and brake cables 😀

Shortens the length of the LED quite a bit, and gives it an interesting wavy pattern. A little tricky to get a tight weave on the plait given the difference in strength/flexibility of the brake cable versus the noodle.

#weeknotes #LED #plait #BikeTooter

Today's task: find out if you can plait LED noodles with old gear/brake cables.First off, I need to dismantle the last quick LED noodle...

Today's task: find out if you can plait LED noodles with old gear/brake cables.

First off, I need to dismantle the last quick LED noodle experiment, my quick-and-dirty rear bike arrow.

#weeknotes #LED

Nice to see @concretedog pop up on @hackaday https://hackaday.com/2025/03/08/get-into-meshtastic-on-the-cheap-with-this-tiny-node-kit/#ESP32...

Nice to see @concretedog pop up on @hackaday

https://hackaday.com/2025/03/08/get-into-meshtastic-on-the-cheap-with-this-tiny-node-kit/

#ESP32 #meshtastic #LoRa

Next month @DoESLiverpool is hosting a Changemakers Forum as part of the book tour for Professor Jane Holgate and John Page's book...

Next month @DoESLiverpool is hosting a Changemakers Forum as part of the book tour for Professor Jane Holgate and John Page's book Change Makers.

There's a panel of local organisers discussing the themes raised in the book.

More details of the panel, the book, and tickets at https://actionnetwork.org/ticketed_events/changemakers-liverpool

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#Liverpool #organising #books #SocialChange

A bit late for this year, as the deadline for submission is tomorrow, but having just heard of the Liverpool Horizon Film Festival I'm...

A bit late for this year, as the deadline for submission is tomorrow, but having just heard of the Liverpool Horizon Film Festival I'm idly wondering what I'd need to do to my #FolkRidingBikes or #JoyRide videos to turn them into something that could be submitted 🤔

https://filmfreeway.com/LiverpoolHorizonFilmFestival

#Liverpool #Film #Festival

@flypig while you're tinkering with your website, can you fix the RSS feed? 🙏 😀

@flypig while you're tinkering with your website, can you fix the RSS feed? 🙏 😀

Watching @pluralistic's Ursula Franklin lecture and being reminded of when the Canadians *did* beat the Americans at tech with...

Watching @pluralistic's Ursula Franklin lecture and being reminded of when the Canadians *did* beat the Americans at tech with regulation differences.

In the late 90s, I remember working with Certicom, who were building the (then new) elliptic curve cryptography libraries because US firms couldn't compete as crypto was deemed a munition and had export controls.

https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/26/ursula-franklin/

Got out for an #InTheSaddle ride round the city earlier. A couple of interesting visitors to the Pier Head (RFA Tidespring has been in and...

Got out for an #InTheSaddle ride round the city earlier. A couple of interesting visitors to the Pier Head (RFA Tidespring has been in and out of Cammel Laird's of late, having some work done)

#BikeTooter #Liverpool #MerseyShipping

Clear skies on last night's #JoyRide meant it was a little chilly down on the river but meant we could do a little star- and...

Clear skies on last night's #JoyRide meant it was a little chilly down on the river but meant we could do a little star- and planet-gazing too.

Got a bit of a workout on the front-loader delivery bike with soundsystem as I chased the electric lead soundsystem bike to stay in range of the transmitter up hills and round corners.

#BikeTooter #Liverpool #InTheSaddle #NightRider

Nice write-up of the history of our Friday night #JoyRide group bike...

Nice write-up of the history of our Friday night #JoyRide group bike rides

https://theguideliverpool.com/why-liverpool-joy-riders-are-coming-together-to-explore-the-city-by-bike-at-night/

#BikeTooter #Liverpool

Friday's #FolkRidingBikes group social ride was just what I needed after a hard week; riding through the city playing tunes with a bunch...

Friday's #FolkRidingBikes group social ride was just what I needed after a hard week; riding through the city playing tunes with a bunch of your mates is joyous!

Sadly I didn't have my camera with me, so didn't get the shot as we rode past the Liver Building where one of the couple of lads we'd collected en route passed me riding along a low wall while pulling a wheelie.

This photo is one my mate John Harris took, as we rode through Sefton Park

#Liverpool #InTheSaddle #BikeTooter #NightRider

Another ride out for the Rode mic soundsystem extender last night. Kept mostly close to the city centre to ward off the cold.Here's the...

Another ride out for the Rode mic soundsystem extender last night. Kept mostly close to the city centre to ward off the cold.

Here's the view over the city centre from Everton Brow.

#BikeTooter #NightRider #Everton #Liverpool #InTheSaddle #JoyRide

I know I'm a day late for #ThrowbackThursday but I've just come across an old blog post from when we took Howduino to...

I know I'm a day late for #ThrowbackThursday but I've just come across an old blog post from when we took Howduino to Newcastle.

Featuring a youthful @oomlout and @coldclimate's ping-pong ball LED matrix display

https://mcqn.com/posts/howduino-ncl/

(It must be ages ago, it's number 20 in the @MCQN_Ltd catalogue!)

#ibal20

Venturing into the Zephyr device tree. Wish me luck...

Venturing into the Zephyr device tree. Wish me luck...

Nice surprise in the post today: my membership welcome letter from @oshwassociation 🤩Complete with a bunch of stickers. Also shown here...

Nice surprise in the post today: my membership welcome letter from @oshwassociation 🤩

Complete with a bunch of stickers. Also shown here are two of @MCQN_Ltd's OSHWA certified boards that were readily to hand

#electronics #OSHW #OpenHardware #OpenSource #weeknotes

Sometimes I ask about things I'm searching for on here rather than just hunt on DuckDuckGo myself; or share links/messages with folk I...

Sometimes I ask about things I'm searching for on here rather than just hunt on DuckDuckGo myself; or share links/messages with folk I could just contact directly via a more closed channel.

Sometimes I do that consciously because I want to provide fuel for the Great Internet Serendipity Engine.

ISTM (this is a half-thought-out-reckon) that's one of the downsides of "AI" chatbots. All that serendipity fuel is diverted so companies can harvest a fraction of it as data about my intentions

Interesting update on all the #commoning work going on in Stroud, and some in Liverpool...

Interesting update on all the #commoning work going on in Stroud, and some in Liverpool too.

https://stroudcommons.org/feb-2025-news-from-the-commons-movement-in-stroud-liverpool/

#commons #Stroud #Liverpool

Had to dig a shard of glass out of the back tyre on the way home.The windswept East Lancs isn't the *best* place to do repairs, but at...

Had to dig a shard of glass out of the back tyre on the way home.

The windswept East Lancs isn't the *best* place to do repairs, but at least it was dry and not half-a-mile further on when I'd have been next to a freshly manured field 🤣

#BikeTooter #Liverpool #InTheSaddle

Figured the Coach Road would be too muddy, so fought the headwind along the Lancs instead, which meant I came through the village and past...

Figured the Coach Road would be too muddy, so fought the headwind along the Lancs instead, which meant I came through the village and past the village hall.

#BikeTooter #InTheSaddle #Rainford