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

jim jim at systemateka.com
Tue Nov 16 01:14:04 UTC 2010



   the weight sensor project is irresistible, but 
i think the most practical suggestion is meredith's: 
talk to sleepers and explain that noisebridge (we) 
doesn't want sleepers here. 



On Mon, 2010-11-15 at 16:47 -0800, Rachel McConnell wrote:
> 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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