Wednesday 15th was our second experimental early start. (We had 6 regulars and a new attendee. Apologies received from two regulars.)
We saw a bit of progress with some simple sketches for wireless displays: @Will has a new idea to develop simple ideas between time and then use them as demos and tutorials during sessions.
The fixed-up 3D printer was in play, and very nearly working.
As for myself, I spent too long trying to get an old tablet and an old phone working so I could deploy a mini-mesh network - which worked, and we got stable wifi for the first time:
But on reflection, a long ethernet cable into the room and a local access point is probably more appropriate technology - I’ve got loads of old APs and @Will has a cable. All the mesh was doing, in effect, was bridging a 2m gap because the long cable I brought wasn’t nearly long enough. (I still think mesh is great, but best applied to the whole space, not just for a short gap around a corner.) (Another thing that works well for me is powerline networking but I don’t have any spare gear for that. We’d have to try it to see how well it works at the Hub.)