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“Hackbusses (or mobile hacklabs or hack vehicles) are a low-threshold way of bringing the culture of hacking to the people. They are migratory learning and teaching units, taking the talented hackers and their ideas out of urban centers and bringing them to people who might not otherwise be aware of the possibilities available to them.” (via Laughing Squid)
Maybe we could make a Clusterbus. 
So, Geekcluster seems to be fun when we get round to doing it. And the idea of doing one month in Cardiff and one month in Treforest seems to be ideal too.
But it’s all far too ad-hoc. So, it would be great if we could pick a regular day of the week/month to meet; instead of this messy “are we meeting or aren’t we?” arrangement we have at the moment.
Ideally, I’d say one of the following options might work well:
What do you think?
Any suggestions welcome as always…
I think any of those sounds grand. Although I generally prefer Fridays, Wednesdays might be quieter?
In case you missed the Next Meeting page there is a Geek Cluster meet-up on Wednesday 14th July 2010 at Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. Bring hacks, homemade musical instruments, ZX81s and stuff to show!
Not sure I’ll be able to make it until my head is a bit better (had a bad weekend)
A quick summary of the event:
July’s Geek Cluster was our first at Chapter. And Chapter is of course, a fantastic, buzzing, creative place. In many ways it’s exactly the right place for Geekcluster. (On the downside, it can be too busy, noisy and a bit expensive for drinks too.) But I think we may stick with it for our Cardiff meetings for a while at least. Maybe we’ll find somewhere better; but it won’t be easy.
Anyway, without our hardware-hackers in attendance we had a slightly more literary bent this time. Despite our diminshed numbers, we had fun. We talked about Museums and Libraries, Yarnbombing and Guerrilla-Gardening, reading-habits, iphones & android phones and e-readers, specialization and expertise amongst geeks, typing, handwriting, fonts and even calligraphy. We had a few pipe-dreams on aerial-photography, ballistics, hackerspaces etc…
Puns and wordplay were also a constant theme.
Hello there!
I’m new round these parts – Mr. quixoticquisling linked me in being the thourally decent chap he is.
I’m a bit hesitant to dive right in, but after just writing some of my thoughts on Android ‘vs’ iPhone – I thought, where better than to post here!
Thanks
Nice one chameleonic, see you at a future Geek Cluster meet-up!
Check out this insightful blog post on Android by our man @iiiikoolaidiiii
Hi guys! Great blog – loving the name – sounds like some Arabian chocolate bar.
I currently use wordpress.com for my blog (www.djleekee.co.uk) but wondered how i follow this blog? I cant seem to see the link anywhere!
Ill try and make the next geek-up aswell!
See you all’round soon.
Lee
Lee, thanks for the kind words – but I don’t understand your question?
Subscribe to the RSS feed with google reader, that’s how I keep tabs
Just say if you need more info
Well. Things have been a bit busy around here recently.
But we must do a Cardiff meeting sometime very soon.
How are we fixed for the week of the 14th? (Friday 18th Perhaps?)
And where? Vulcan? Central Bar?
Central Bar on a Friday night… are you insane? =)
I’d prefer to leave it til the end of the month, if that’s okay. Got a lot of things on my plate right now.
I could do Fri 18th, maybe a social at the Romilly beer garden in Canton? (OK it’s my local. Better than Wetherspoons on a Friday though.) I think a minimum of 2 of us is enough, then if anyone else can make it even better?
I can’t do end of the month – nor any of July! But have fun if you meet up then.
Insane? Quite possibly. Other suggestions grateful received.
18th or end of month? Or some other time?
I suppose I could do both (subject to Mrs Dorkomatic’s approval)
Anyone else care to throw their hat into the ring? (What hat? What ring?)
I guess the student population will be dwindling shortly.. When and where shall we meet? #geekcluster (It’s a shame not to have Carl with us; but I’m sure we’ll cope – he’ll be off to Glastonbury etc…) So when is a good time for you all?
See Y Mochyn Du item
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2010/may/18/cardiff-top-10-budget-food?page=2
dorkomatic 8:06 AM on 19 July 2010 Permalink
It’s a fascinating idea, and potentially easier than our dream of a Hackspace. I wonder what the minimum equipment list would be for such a vehicle? I’d love to use my van as a hackbus; but in all honesty it’s probably far too small.