Thursday, March 11, 2010

March meeting


We didn't have access to our normal room at the Malvern Hills Science Park, but we were allowed to use the canteen, which was perfect. I put a piece of paper on the front door telling people where we were, I hope nobody turned away without reading it. I brought some coffee and milk, but they had left coffee out for us. Attending this month were Peter Martin of Junkk.com, Mike Dean, Francis Wall, Gordon Heeks, Dan Heeks ( me ), Ced Jackson, Mike Redman, Jed Marson, Charles Penny. Peter told us about his "Re:tie" again, a clever little idea to re-use something we would normally throw away. Mike Dean told us a little of the history of stage coaches. Francis asked for advice about funding for his business plan, which Jed, Charles and Ced had some good advice about. Gordon told us about pre-historic Britain and tin mines. I showed my free CAD/CAM software ( http://code.google.com/p/heekscnc/ ) and got a lot of suggestions from Jed and Charles. Ced didn't have anything to ask advice about, which was lucky because I had used up the last of the time of the meeting with my turn! Mike Redman told those few remaining about his success with damping the sound from an extractor fan in his house, which had been annoying his wife. I forgot to take a picture of the meeting so here is a picture of my software.