<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">I'm fine with waiting for the result of the Instructables contest. <div><br></div>
<div>I believe Rubin did talk to Epilog last year, and didn't get anything significant out of them.At least I think nothing in the ballpark of bringing our initial cost down to this pledge level. </div><div><br></div>
<div>I strongly agree with the notion of "tool not project." Meaning ready-to-run out of the box, all-parts inclusive, is where I prefer my pledge spent. Not on homebrew, DIY, open-source, jerry-rigging uncertainty, and time wasting instead of results and actual productivity (making cool shit). </div>
<div><br></div><div>-</div><div>DY</div></span><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 12:25 AM, meredith scheff <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:satiredun@gmail.com">satiredun@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 also echo the 'wait a little while, shop around' idea. Has anyone *contacted* epilog about a partial donation?<div>
<div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 11:56 PM, Albert Sweigart <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:asweigart@gmail.com" target="_blank">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'm not sure if he's good for the money. Nice references, but he's<br>
unemployed and his credit history only goes back three months.<br>
<br>
-Al<br>
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On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 11:32 PM, Josh Myer <<a href="mailto:josh@joshisanerd.com" target="_blank">josh@joshisanerd.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> One of the younger members of our community decided to chip and pull his<br>
> weight, to the tune of $14:<br>
> <a href="https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AhvhCW3GavbKdHZacGhoSlIyS0hlWHZSODRQSElvbFE&hl=en#gid=0" target="_blank">https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AhvhCW3GavbKdHZacGhoSlIyS0hlWHZSODRQSElvbFE&hl=en#gid=0</a><br>
> (He's part of the reason I didn't get a laser cutter for myself this time<br>
> last year, so it's only appropriate that he put us over the line.)<br>
> --<br>
> Josh Myer 415.230.9791 <-- NOTE: New number!<br>
> <a href="mailto:josh@joshisanerd.com" target="_blank">josh@joshisanerd.com</a><br>
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