[Noisebridge-discuss] Fwd: Rime of the Ancient Noisebridger

Naomi Most pnaomi at gmail.com
Wed Oct 28 02:16:18 UTC 2009


+1 Beauteous.



On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 4:46 PM, aestetix aestetix <aestetix at gmail.com>wrote:

>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Kilgore Trout <23skidoo at gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, Jul 5, 1998 at 03:14hrs
> Subject: Rime of the Ancient Noisebridger
> To: aestetix <aestetix at gmail.com>
>
> aestetix, my dear old friend. Please feel free to send around this latest
> story. I was hoping it would appear in the new issue of "Wide Open Beavers",
> but it seems they have rejected me again.
> -k
>
> It is an ancient Noisebridger
> Who stoppeth one of three.
> 'By thine long hair and jailbroke phone,
> Wherefore stopp'st thou me?
>
> Hackerdojo's doors are opened,
> And they are apt to start;
> The geeks are there, the room is where
> I soon must be a part.'
>
> He holds him with his skinny hand,
> 'A hackerspace,' quoth he.
> 'Hold off! Unhand me, long-haired freak!'
> Eftsoons his hand dropt he.
>
> He captivates with pretty hair--
> The South Bay geek stood still,
> And listens like a tiny lad:
> Noisebridger hath his will.
>
> The South Bay geek sat on a stone:
> He cannot choose but hear;
> And thus spake on that city geek,
> The bright-eyed Noisebridger.
>
> 'We had a space called Noisebridge where
> For quite nearly a year;
> A group of geeks and artists thrived
> With projects far and near.
>
> As more time passed the crowd grew fast,
> And membership ballooned.
> New home we found, then broke the ground
> Leaving the past marooned.
>
> The space was moved, survival proved,
> Merrily did we hack
> In our new prize five times the size
> The former Noisebridge shack.
>
> Soon new projects filled the space
> To everyone's delight,
> Classes, workshops, all at once;
> For room there was no fight.
>
> As with any group of talents,
> Eventually does thaw
> Dissent and murmur questioning
> The written rule of law.
>
> For our collective we had set
> To mark the state of mind
> Not voting but decisions by
> A full consensus bind.
>
> Soon we were having civil war,
> A comedy of fools
> 'tween those demanding anarchy
> And those who wanted rules.
>
> 'I want to vote' demanded one
> Who raised some good concern.
> 'Why confer? Let's just create' said
> Another at his turn.
>
> Banter, banter, everywhere,
> And nobody would think;
> Banter, banter, everywhere,
> We watched discussion sink.
>
> Then when it seemed there was no hope,
> We got a huge surprise.
> The shrine above the DJ booth
> Doth opened up its eyes.
>
> Th'enchanted being stood upright
> And started walking to
> The space where held the meeting was!
> Amazed, we let it through.
>
> On a point in the center where
> The shrine had stopped all speech,
> It stared at all the Noisebridgers
> And then began to preach.
>
> 'Can you not see' the shrine began.
> 'This is an old debate?
> You bicker about useless rules
> And from it don't create.
>
> If you can treat each other well
> (or even excellent)
> And focus on your passions, then
> You'll have no time to vent.'
>
> With that, the being flashed a light
> That made all Noisebridge blind.
> And when the members rose, they had
> A less dissenting mind.
>
> Like Saul to Paul, the Noisbridgers
> Had mutually found
> That if they worked together they
> Could make their system sound.
>
> 'Astonishing!' the South Bay geek
> Cried with near disbelief.
> 'A most amazing story of
> Decision block relief.'
>
> And as if touched by excellence,
> The South Bay geek began
> To really, truly understand
> Why and how Noisebridge ran.
>
> And now we near the ending, so
> Back up goes the fourth wall.
> Only with you, its membership,
> Can Noisebridge run at all.
>
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