LightBulb Night: Wed 1 Jul 2015
Nerd Nights has merged with the BeerCodeDesign group to become… LightBulb Nights!
We’re meeting at the Royal Channel Islands Yacht Club’s HQ. NOT The Albion as we previously have.
Mikal Dyas: “The Art Of The Graphic Novel: A preview of the artists and writers featured in this September’s Literary Festival.”
Ian Rothwell & Darren Vogel: “Race Tracking: A followup to the brainstorming session we had last month, showing the solution that was eventually used”
Adrian Ritchie: “So I bought a 3D printer…”
PLUS our Shout Out — for you to share projects or request help,
and Break Out — time to chat and play with things that have been brought along.
Come and discover, share and discuss.
Everyone: welcome. The more the merrier!
Under 18s: also welcome but must be accompanied by an adult
Entry: FREE
Dress-code: as if!
Doors open: 5:00pm
Kick off: 6:00pm
Nerd Night: Mon 1 JUN 2015
Happy crowds watch the DIY laser etcher at work.
It’s going to be a pretty easy going gathering this month — following the hectic business of the Big Geekend. Adrian and Marcel will be reporting back on what went down.
Paul will be bringing his usual Round Up of all things new and groovy in the maker world.
We’ll also be talking about our merger with the Beer Code Design group and our hopes for the upcoming Makerspace outreach engagements.
PLUS: our Shout Out — share projects or request help
and Break Out — time to chat and play with things that have been brought along.
Come and discover, share and discuss.
Everyone: welcome. The more the merrier!
Under 18s: also welcome but must be accompanied by an adult
Entry: FREE
Dress-code: hardly
Venue: The Albion pub in St Peter Port. Next to the Town Church.
Kick off: 7:30pm
REVIEW: The Big Geekend 2015
We’ve had a fabulous weekend filled with 3D printing, laser etching, an impromptu lecture and demonstration and LOTS of wonderful people to meet. Thank you to Guernsey Museums for organising and thank you to everyone that came along.
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- Happy crowds watch the DIY laser etcher at work.
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- A precious message to take away.
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- The 3D printer enraptured everyone.
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- Adrian explains bronze filament…
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- 2 days of non-stop interest.
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- Great to watch the laser safely via webcam.
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- Marcel’s contribution to world peace… never argue again about which beach to go to!
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- Remote controlled LEGO compatible Edison robots were a hit.
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- The last-minute lecture and demonstration of REAL WORLD Minecraft!
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- Fascination for all ages.
The Big Geekend!
Sat 30th & Sun 31st May — 10am-4pm
We’ve got a stand at this event. Adrian will have his 3D printer in action, Marcel will be running his laser etcher and playing with LEGO but anyone can join us for some or all of the time — or even just provide projects that can be displayed.
Nerd Night: Mon 4 MAY 2015
We couldn’t let May the 4th slip by without a tip of the hat to Star Wars so we’ll be welcoming Stefan Lenormand who will be talking about his passion for the movie franchise and in particular it’s recreation in LEGO. — all under the title;
Millennium Falcon, and other Corellian Light Freighters
Marcel will be unveiling his titchy laser cutting and etching machine, Paul will be sharing the latest cream from the maker world and naturally we’ll have our usual Shout Out and Break Out opportunities for you to share your projects, ask for help or just chat and fiddle about with things brought along.
There’ll also be exciting news of the proposed Makerspace and a summer programme of outreach engagements!
Come and discover, share and discuss.
Everyone: welcome. The more the merrier!
Under 18s: also welcome but must be accompanied by an adult
Entry: FREE
Dress-code: hardly
Venue: The Albion pub in St Peter Port. Next to the Town Church.
Kick off: 7:30pm
Joining Beer Code Design in celebrating their 1st Birthday
http://www.beercodedesign.com/2015/04/03/bcd-1-year-birthday/
We held our first tech meetup just under a year ago, 10 meetups & 21 talks later and it’s time for our first birthday party!
If you would like to attend it is especially important that you RSVP at meetup.com/BeerCodeDesign so that we know how many people we have for both the main event and the curry afterwards to ensure we can fit everyone in.
The White Rock Brewery is shown on this map and the Indian Cottage is shown on here.
Nerd Night: Mon 6 APR 2015
Happy Chocster …er… Easter everyone!
There’s so much to catch up on… TEDxStPeterPort, the Lantern Parade, Easter projects and more!
Paul will also be sharing his latest Round-Up of all things weird and wonderful from the maker world and of course our usual Shout Out and Break Out opportunities to share you projects, ask for help or just chat and fiddle about with things brought along.
Come and discover, share and discuss.
Everyone: welcome. The more the merrier!
Under 18s: also welcome but must be accompanied by an adult
Entry: FREE
Dress-code: not really
Venue: The Albion pub in St Peter Port. Next to the Town Church.
Kick off: 7:30pm
PROJECT: Lights!
LAST CALL for you to join in lighting up the Samba Band. 
Wed 11 Mar. From 7:00 — 9:30pm at Le Murier School (to the left of St Sampsons’ High School)
It’s the final push to pick up any (literally) loose ends and try to get everything siliconed.
LANTERN PARADE: Call for stewards
Guernsey Arts Commission, in conjunction with the Sarah Groves Foundation, is seeking volunteers 18+ yrs old to support the Guernsey Lantern Parade.
Video of Lantern Parade 2014
This fun spectacle of rhythm and light brings together the community of Guernsey to mark the end of winter. Volunteering is a fantastic way to experience this event!!
We require two sets of volunteers for Saturday the 14th of March.
5.00pm at Churchill Avenue to help with the distribution of the Lanterns and co-ordinate the start of the parade. You would also walk alongside the parade and support it at Albert Pier.
5.00pm at Albert Pier. Watch the parade arrive and get to see SPARK! upfront. We will need your help to set up the pier and display the lanterns along the pier when the parade arrives.
We expect that we will all be finished by 8.30pm.
For further information or to volunteer please contact Antonia Ramsey on 01481 709746 or antonia@arts.gg
Please can you let us know if you would like to volunteer by the 9th of March? You will then be asked to attend a meeting on Thursday the 12th of March at Les Cotils from 5.30-6.30pm (Teas and Coffees will be provided) to give us the opportunity to go through the event and the roles of the volunteers.
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