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Free “IT for Business” training sessions

What’s on Offer? FREE “IT for Business” training sessions down at Farset Labs – Weavers Court. Who is eligible? Anyone who is self employed or working in a trading business with less than 50 employees Participants are required to commit to attending at least 6 of the sessions over the next few months. When are sessions […]

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Free Training for Business Down at Farset Labs

What’s on Offer? FREE “IT for Business” training sessions down at Farset Labs – Weavers Court. Who is eligible? Anyone who is self employed or working in a trading business with less than 50 employees Participants are required to commit to attending at least 6 of the sessions over the next few months. When are sessions […]

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It’s Pi Approximation Day – Anyone want to Launch a Raspberry Pi into Space with Us?

The date is 22/7, or Pi Approximation Day, so it’s a good day to announce Northern Ireland’s very own charitable space programme, and start work on sending a Raspberry Pi into space. We’ve picked this project deliberately because it will require people with a wide range of skills and interests to collaborate, hopefully uniting our […]

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Candidate Profiles for Director Elections

Nominations are now closed for our Director Elections. In alphabetical order, our candidates are as follows: Ben Bland The maker movement is a primary axes of the current industrial revolution. So when I first met the current directors of Farset Labs, just before launch, I was eager to be involved. I could see then that […]

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Director Elections: Return of the Directorships

The last time round that we opened the Director elections, we probably didn’t do it at a great time…exams, holidays and general tomfoolery were all ensuing. Consequently, we’d like to reopen them and give people a second chance to become a Director of Farset Labs. Follow the guidelines from our previous post here and send your […]

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Steel and Water: LARPNI

Even as we count down to our Steampunk-themed birthday party this weekend (Tickets still available btw), we were approached to host one of the more esoteric events of the calendar; a Steampunk LARP. LARP stands for Live Action Role Playing, and can be summarised as a cross between a costume party and an immersive acting […]

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Free VPS Cloud Servers for Members

Hi Everyone, As a further update to our last post on the topic, we are pleased to announce that starting today, Enthusiast and Freelancer members of Farset Labs are able to obtain free Evorack Virtual Private Servers (VPSs)! Why are you doing this? In collaboration with Evorack, Farset Labs wish to offer our members the  tools needed to develop, […]

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Director Elections

Farset Labs is opening two more Director positions, to bring the total number of Directors to five. Nominations are open from the timestamp of this post until midday on Wednesday 17th April. Nominees must: Nominate themselves. Have been a member for at least three months (not neccessarily in one block). Email david@farsetlabs.org.uk (and CC admin@farsetlabs.org.uk) with […]

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Farset Bring & Buy Sale

On Saturday 23rd March, Farset Labs are having our first ever Bring and Buy Sale! It’s a great chance to pass on those things you can’t bring yourself to get rid of, or to grab something exciting for a bit of a bargain. It’s also an opportunity for any creative types who’d like to grab […]

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Outreach at Farset Labs

This is going to sound old hat, but here at Farset, we’re all about cultivating an environment where the next generation of technologists can come into their own, but as the old saying goes, to teach is to learn twice. That’s why we are always encouraging not only peer-teaching within the space and at Farset […]