[Noisebridge-discuss] So, how many people live at noisebridge now?

Rachel McConnell rachel at xtreme.com
Tue Nov 16 00:47:26 UTC 2010


Awesome.  There is actually a real, if slow-moving, project to remake
(or at least recover) at least one of the sofas.  So if someone does
produce a weight sensor we will definitely install it.

Rachel

Viona Jynn Louie wrote:
> +1 to this. I'll supply the Rammstein.
> 
> On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 4:32 PM, Casey Callendrello <c1 at caseyc.net
> <mailto:c1 at caseyc.net>> wrote:
> 
>     A more aggressive-aggressive way might be to add some weight sensors
>     to the couch cushion and back. When someone is putting weight on all
>     three cushions but not the back, automatically trigger the bamboo
>     spikes / bedbugs / Rammstein (or all three).
> 
> 
> 
>     On 11/14/2010 12:50 PM, Robert Fletcher wrote:
>>     Another, random, passive aggressive idea.  Maybe we should have a
>>     sleeper link, the same way we have a door link, so that whenever
>>     we see somebody sleeping in the space we can click it and it will
>>     blast some jarring sound in the vicinity of the couches.
>>
>>     On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 12:44 PM, jim <jim at well.com
>>     <mailto:jim at well.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>         good ideas, seems to me.
>>         thanks!
>>
>>
>>         On Sun, 2010-11-14 at 11:21 -0800, Robert Fletcher wrote:
>>         > I've found it increasingly difficult to find a place to hang
>>         my bike
>>         > when I come into the space.  Yesterday when I left around
>>         11pm the
>>         > rack was packed, without nearly enough people in the space
>>         to account
>>         > for them.  Would it be worthwhile to tag bikes with a date
>>         to see when
>>         > they arrived in the space, and then get rid of them/hack
>>         them if they
>>         > stick around for more than, say, 2 weeks?  (An idea ripped
>>         off from
>>         > the bike kitchen.)
>>         >
>>         > Regarding people who sleep in the space, we haven't seen any
>>         sign of
>>         > Mr. SDL recently, have we?  Which would mean that our
>>         strategy of just
>>         > letting people know that whatever they're doing is unwelcome
>>         actually
>>         > works, with persistence.  Maybe it's enough to just wake
>>         them up, say,
>>         > "Hey, what's your name?  Look it's really not cool to sleep
>>         here."
>>         > Email the list with their name and tell people to watch out
>>         for future
>>         > infringements, and get gradually more aggressive if it
>>         continues.
>>         > Part of the problem may be that we let it become a problem
>>         before we
>>         > do anything about it.  We should tell people up front the
>>         first time
>>         > we see them sleeping there that Noisebridge isn't a hostel.
>>          Not the
>>         > third or fourth time.
>>         >
>>         > Thanks for the update, Al.
>>         >
>>         > -Rob
>>         >
>>         > On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 10:56 AM, jim <jim at well.com
>>         <mailto:jim at well.com>> wrote:
>>         >
>>         >           thanks for the inventory.
>>         >           how to help? i.e. we each come in at different
>>         >         times at different frequencies. how to establish
>>         >         patterns of abuse? e.g. who are the two sleepers?
>>         >         which bikes have been hanging for weeks? I'm up
>>         >         for helping to keep the spirit clean.
>>         >           as to the door hinge, was it ever there? did
>>         >         someone repurpose it to make a robot or to get
>>         >         some other door to swing? seems a small thing
>>         >         easily fixed: i'll try to remember to look and
>>         >         measure and get a replacement.
>>         >
>>         >
>>         >
>>         >
>>         >
>>         >         On Sun, 2010-11-14 at 10:42 -0800, Albert Sweigart
>>         wrote:
>>         >         > So here's a summary:
>>         >         >
>>         >         > Number of people sleeping at Noisebridge Sunday
>>         morning at
>>         >         9:30 when I came in:
>>         >         >     2 (maybe they didn't spend the night though)
>>         >         >
>>         >         > Number of these people who are members:
>>         >         >     0
>>         >         >
>>         >         > Number of people who slept at Noisebridge last
>>         night but
>>         >         left before I
>>         >         > got there:
>>         >         >     1
>>         >         >
>>         >         > Number of bikes I saw on the wall:
>>         >         >     7
>>         >         >
>>         >         > Number of bike spaces we have:
>>         >         >     14
>>         >         >
>>         >         > Number of these bikes that had both wheels attached:
>>         >         >     6
>>         >         >
>>         >         >
>>         >         > Enforcing the things that we all say we want kind
>>         of makes
>>         >         me feel
>>         >         > like an asshole, so if anyone else wants to
>>         volunteer I'd be
>>         >         grateful.
>>         >         > Actually, "enforcing" is an exaggeration, but I
>>         still feel
>>         >         like a jerk
>>         >         > just for pointing these things out. But these aren't
>>         >         problems that go
>>         >         > away on their own.
>>         >         >
>>         >         > Also, the lower hinge on the classroom Turing door is
>>         >         missing. I took
>>         >         > off the remaining hinge so it doesn't break off.
>>         Does anyone
>>         >         know
>>         >         > where the lower hinge is?
>>         >         >
>>         >         > -Al
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