Useful is of less concern than cool.<br><br><div>--S<br><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 2:17 PM, Albert Sweigart <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:asweigart@gmail.com">asweigart@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">I don't think a sealed off phone booth is a high priority. Most people<br>
have cell phones and can take their calls in the downstairs lobby. I<br>
don't see a phone booth as something that would be used often.<br>
<br>
-Al<br>
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On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Patrick Keys <<a href="mailto:citizenkeys@gmail.com">citizenkeys@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I'm all for a phone booth with a closing door to take private phone<br>
> calls in peace. Google has one in their lobby in Mountain View (we saw<br>
> it on our fieldtrip there the other day), complete with a "Google Voice"<br>
> label on it. Theirs is red, though, so technically it can't be a tardis<br>
> (which, by definition, must be blue). It looks exactly like this:<br>
> <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/25/google-voice-phone-booth/" target="_blank">http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/25/google-voice-phone-booth/</a><br>
><br>
> If we got the booth itself, we already have payphones, and could wire it<br>
> with video chat and free voice-over-ip.<br>
><br>
> Hmm...<br>
><br>
><br>
> Patrick<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On 1/4/2011 10:55 AM, Sean Cusack wrote:<br>
>> Ummm...the case could be used to start building a TARDIS to be entered<br>
>> into this competition. If we win we get a private Dr. Who screening and<br>
>> all the Doctor Who DVDs ever made (which is a metric shitload):<br>
>> <a href="http://www.wheresthetardis.com/" target="_blank">http://www.wheresthetardis.com/</a><br>
>> We could put it next to one of those public toilets in union square or<br>
>> someplace for awhile to distract the tourists (and then we would have a<br>
>> little private room too after we're done making it!)<br>
>> And even if we don't win, we could use it to go back in time by a week<br>
>> and enter again.<br>
>> Sean<br>
>><br>
>> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 10:36 AM, aestetix aestetix <<a href="mailto:aestetix@gmail.com">aestetix@gmail.com</a><br>
>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:aestetix@gmail.com">aestetix@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Velvet pillows in the tea room? ;)<br>
>><br>
>> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Patrick Keys <<a href="mailto:citizenkeys@gmail.com">citizenkeys@gmail.com</a><br>
>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:citizenkeys@gmail.com">citizenkeys@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> [...]<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> I'd like to spend the money on at least several different<br>
>> things, for<br>
>> example $100 on the electrical materials, $200 on computer<br>
>> equipment,<br>
>> and $200 on something else.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Patrick<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On 1/4/2011 10:23 AM, jim wrote:<br>
>> ><br>
>> > $500.00 is significant money for which patrick may<br>
>> > want 501(c)3 tax credit, in which case he should give<br>
>> > the money to the treasurer.<br>
>> > i am sympathetic to respecting donors' wishes to<br>
>> > donate things and/or money for specific purposes. i'm<br>
>> > also sympathetic to rejecting such dedicated<br>
>> > donations if they're more hassle than valuable. but<br>
>> > i'm not aware of any way-inappropriate or high-hassle<br>
>> > factor donations so far.<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > On Tue, 2011-01-04 at 01:52 -0800, Albert Sweigart wrote:<br>
>> >> Honestly, I think rent would be the best way that money can<br>
>> be used<br>
>> >> even if it is not the most visible. We currently don't accept<br>
>> >> donations for specific projects because it creates an<br>
>> overhead for the<br>
>> >> treasurer& co. If you know of some people working on things<br>
>> at NB,<br>
>> >> it'd probably be easier to give them the money directly.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> -Al<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 1:44 AM, Patrick<br>
>> Keys<<a href="mailto:citizenkeys@gmail.com">citizenkeys@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:citizenkeys@gmail.com">citizenkeys@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
>> >>> Long story short, I get paid next week. I had planned and<br>
>> budgeted a<br>
>> >>> month ago to donate $500 to Noisebridge, with the condition<br>
>> that the<br>
>> >>> money be spent on some sort of improvements, projects, or<br>
>> combination of<br>
>> >>> things that we generally agree (members and non-members<br>
>> alike) would<br>
>> >>> improve the space (not rent).<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> So use this thread to discuss and reach a consensus.<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> Patrick<br>
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