[Noisebridge-discuss] More lounge-like atmosphere @ nb
Christie Dudley
longobord at gmail.com
Wed Jun 23 19:29:13 UTC 2010
One fast and dirty thing that would improve lighting without changing too
much would be to do something about the glare. Indirect lighting enables
you to see things more clearly with less light and reduces eye strain.
The fun part is, all you need to do to get indirect lighting is put
something solid between the bulb and where you are. Little, uh, hats?
troughs? hanging down below the ballasts would dramatically reduce the
glare. There are also tube coatings specifically for reducing glare.
People generally shy away from these types of measures because it doesn't
*seem* as bright without the glare, which is the real irony. The light
doesn't go anywhere, it's just many people gauge brightness by the amount of
glare they can discern.
Christie
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On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Sean Cusack <sean.p.cusack at gmail.com>wrote:
> Sounds like a great way to solve the problem to me! Looking forward to sexy
> lights -
>
> Sean
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 11:45 AM, jim <jim at well.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> regarding the idea that the space is "editable":
>> I like the idea that each activity area is elastic:
>> stuff for that activity can be compacted when not
>> in use and expanded when in use. With respect to
>> lights, it seems pretty easy to modify our new
>> lighting scheme so that we can change lighting to
>> suit our wishes--a matter of installing two switches
>> instead of one and hanging two different light
>> fixtures, one for each of the two switches. not
>> perfect, but pretty flexible, and easy to modify
>> any one light fixture so's to "get it right".
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 2010-06-23 at 11:36 -0700, Sean Cusack wrote:
>> > As a guy who does mostly buildy thingies when I swing by Noisebridge,
>> > I would have to say that low light wouldn't make me very thrilled from
>> > a functionality standpoint (as Shannon mentions). There may be a way
>> > to do this with proper sectioning, but I can't think of a great way
>> > right now since the layout of NB is kind of editable in a lot of ways.
>> >
>> > Perhaps there is a way to buy some swanky standalone lights that plug
>> > into outlets and you can control with an RF switch? (Actually, I did
>> > this in my apartment by hacking some IKEA lights and it works very
>> > nicely). That way, you can just turn off the overhead lights and have
>> > some kick ass blue/purple/green/polka dot lighting. At the same time,
>> > if people need the full overhead ugly people lights for some
>> > functional reason, its a simple flick of a switch away. You've also
>> > got the advantage that if your lighting is easily accessible, its
>> > super easy to change color/pattern by just buying/finding a new gel
>> > and gettin' your duct tape on.
>> >
>> > Just my $0.02 -
>> > Sean
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Shannon Lee <shannon at scatter.com>
>> > wrote:
>> > My main input would be that it would be good if the light were
>> > good for, you know, doing fiddly things with small electronics
>> > bits. Lounge light is cool but you don't want to try to
>> > solder something in a night club.
>> >
>> >
>> > That said, we can probably have different lighting in
>> > different sections...?
>> >
>> >
>> > Seconding what Glen said, feel free to Just Do It, with the
>> > caveat that someone might Just Undo It :)
>> >
>> >
>> > --S
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Glen Jarvis
>> > <glen at glenjarvis.com> wrote:
>> > The best way to get this done is to do it. You are
>> > empowered to do so (although it's always a good idea
>> > to see who will object first by asking first (as you
>> > have done)).
>> >
>> >
>> > I personally can see this as very cool :)
>> >
>> >
>> > Glen
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Sebastian Werner
>> > <blackwing at blackwing.de> wrote:
>> > Hey folks,
>> >
>> > I know, I am quite new here and I really like
>> > the place - But compared
>> > to most other hacker spaces I have been to,
>> > one thing really striked
>> > me...
>> >
>> > This white, direct flourescent cold light...
>> >
>> > What about switching some of the neon tubes to
>> > some colored ones in
>> > order to create a
>> > - chilled
>> > - loungy
>> > - indirect
>> > and
>> > - relaxed
>> > light-situation?
>> >
>> > Cause when hacking at your laptop, dimmed
>> > light is just... better :)
>> >
>> > Of course, most of the existing ones should
>> > stay in place - cause
>> > sometimes you want to have bright, direct
>> > light.
>> >
>> > I was thinking about colored flourescent tubes
>> > like:
>> > http://bit.ly/9iav25
>> > (In German, but you get the picture...I dont
>> > know a US supplier...)
>> >
>> > So just put some green and blue tubes in there
>> > to create some atmosphere
>> > like at:
>> >
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackwing_de/225647606/
>> >
>> > What you think about that?
>> >
>> > Cheers Sebastian
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>> > --
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>> >
>> > -- Goethe
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>> > Shannon Lee
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>> >
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