Meeting most Saturdays 10am. – Palatine Library, Blackpool. FY4 2AP
In a completely separate discussion at the other end of the room: is the fifth taste, umami real?
“However, not everyone is convinced that umami should even be classified as a basic taste. Professor Barry Smith of London University’s Centre for the Study of the Senses queries why “we need neuroscience and the Japanese” to alert us to umami, when tastes such as salt and sweet are clear as day”
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2013/apr/09/umami-fifth-taste
Darcey demonstrates how an airbar can give her laptop touch screen facilities.
A selection of gadgets in use this week.
Busy week again. This photo was taken early in the day before everyone arrived.
This week we welcomed Barry, a Linux user who has just moved into the area from Durham. We also welcomed Dave (surly dev) who made one of his infrequent visits.
Les demonstrates his mars rover.
Attending:
Mike Hewitt, Jeff, Les, Tony, Anthony, Mark, Paula and Theo.
Les showed off this Z80 based single board computer which he obtained at the ” Wuthering Bytes” events.
The solar panels produced no hot water in December. Any sunlight appearing this month made no noticeable difference to the tank temperature.The red line at 60C is the immersion heater in use.
Attending
Mark, Jeff, Les, Mike Hull, Anthony, Mike Hewitt, Paula, Darcey and Theo.
Mulled wine and mince pies as we consider the year gone by
Attending
Anthony, Mark, Les, Tony, Mike, Paula and Theo
New Christmas goodies for Theo, new projects in the making.
