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Today (Sunday) only! Heat death is reversed, pigs fly, and satan skates to work.

And there’s a free lunch.

Our SpringUp event this weekend has been a great success, but there is 0.74* Metric Tonnes of Subway, Boojum, and Discovery Wraps left over, so if you’re a Farset Labs member (Or suddenly feel the urge to sign up) come on,  nom nom nom, and meet some of the folks who’ve been going over 24 hours and look at the pain behind their eyes as you wolf down a sammich!

*Disclaimer:StatisticsMayHaveBeenCompletlyInventedByTheAuthorAndMayHaveNoRelevanceToRealityAtall,FarsetLabsAcceptsNoResponsibilityForDisappointmentWhenItComesToFreeStuff

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As we creep up towards 100 Facebook likes, it’s about time that we started some proper community events on a regular basis.

When do you want to have a weekly tech-get-together in the Event Space?

We want to open up the space to our community, just to chill out and chat about their working/playing week in a relaxed environment. We’ll try and provide some munchies and refreshments, as well as a few toys to experiment with.

Also, for anyone watching, We’ve enabled online purchasing for Monthly Individual memberships, and enabled a donation button on our Front Page, so whether you can make it down or not, it’s even easier to support what we’re trying to do here.

Also, incase you missed it, check out our Events calendar for upcoming madness at Farset Labs

 

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After the final touches to our massive blackboard were completed in the event space, and after

the initial rush of impulse drawing had subsided, two members jointly decided to have a go at something more interesting. Myself and Daniel Reid used a kindly-donated projector and a packet of white chalk, coupled with a helping of patience to fashion a door-sized QR code right in the middle of the giant blackboard.

Initially, it didn’t work, with the contrast between the thin chalk and deep black surround too low to help our phone camera do its part at decoding. A quick glance at the QR specifications made the modifications easy to conduct; as soon as the lock-on points in the corners were detected by the phone, the code scanned perfectly.

It showed two previously-clueless people the inner workings of the codes, and some plans have been formed for some artistic decals for the event space walls along the lines of the QR codes. The rest of the blackboard... ...

Things move quickly here at Farset Towers ^H^H^H^H^H Labs.

Twenty four hours ago, we had nothing special happening soon and no real ‘pattern’ of events. We hadn’t made any real changes to the space other than the brilliant work that the Weavers Court contractors have done to get the space up to spec.

First big change was the news that SpringUp, an innovative incubation event similar to Y-combinator on speed, had lost its previous venue. In the spirit of community (and PR) we’ve opened up our event space to them (in addition to our existing prize sponsorship of six months membership for the winning team), but as you can see below, the main presentation wall wasn’t exactly in the best condition to present on. But that idea was left on the back burner for a while.

Today saw even more donations come in, especially of some really cool old gaming hardware. So we’ve taken a rush of blood to the head and decided to take them all out of their boxes tomorrow (Tuesday), put them out on tables and have a play.

You’re more than welcome to join us and explore vintage systems or sit and work at your own projects. Watch the Twitter feed to see when we open up (it’ll be late morning)!

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