[Noisebridge-discuss] Bedbug eradication: who's in?

[Christie Dudley]

How about Monday evening at 7:00.  Hopefully this will be orthogonal to the
circuit hacking stuffs, as they shouldn't be using the couches anyway.

Christie
_______
But wait... there's no FCC on the moon!


On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 10:05 PM, Nick Shapiro <me at nickshapiro.net> wrote:

>
>
> Name a time, I'm down to help.
>
> Nick
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Christie Dudley <longobord at gmail.com>
> *To:* Robert Fletcher <lobatifricha at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
> *Sent:* Tue, October 26, 2010 1:02:07 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] Bedbug eradication: who's in?
>
> Next week is looking better for me right now as well.  I'm into crunch time
> on a project I'm working on and things are getting pretty tight for me here.
>
> Christie
> _______
> But wait... there's no FCC on the moon!
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Robert Fletcher <lobatifricha at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Regardless of whether or not there are actually bed bugs, I think our
>> furniture could use a good steam cleaning.  I'd be in for any time this
>> weekend, or evenings next week.
>>
>> -Robert
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Jack Perkins <jackaperkins at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> So... there ARE or ARE NOT actual identified bed bugs at noisebridge?
>>> Or do we just have mystery symptoms? Or do we just want to play with
>>> steam cleaners?
>>>
>>> -Jack
>>>
>>> >no executable code was found in this plain text message
>>> >MSG Virus Checker V4.20.69
>>> >
>>> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 10:35 AM, girlgeek_wt <girlgeek at wt.net> wrote:
>>> > If by steamer you mean one of those shark cleaner steamers, I was about
>>> > to get a new one.  If this project happens, I would be happy to donate
>>> > a second steamer to the task.  More attacks at one time.
>>> > -Claudia
>>> >
>>> > On 10/25/2010 1:19 AM, Jack Perkins wrote:
>>> >> That'd be pretty rad to steam clean all our furniture, but do we
>>> >> actually HAVE bed bugs? I'm asking because I haven't been to the space
>>> >> in almost two months now and it'd be nice to know if I should only use
>>> >> the plastic chairs and whatnot.
>>> >>
>>> >> Cheers,
>>> >> Jack
>>> >>
>>> >> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 1:12 AM, Christie Dudley<longobord at gmail.com>
>>>  wrote:
>>> >>> So buried in a couple of other threads, I made two comments.  A few
>>> folks
>>> >>> responded.
>>> >>> I have a tool - a steamer - which kills insects living in things by
>>> pretty
>>> >>> much boiling them.  There is no such thing as developing a resistance
>>> or
>>> >>> tolerance to being boiled alive, so I have a high degree of
>>> confidence that
>>> >>> no matter how highly evolved any bedbugs that may be in Noisebridge
>>> may be,
>>> >>> they cannot survive this treatment.  It also has the added bonus of
>>> relying
>>> >>> on only one chemical, the universal solvent, to destroy the buggers,
>>> which
>>> >>> conveniently is automatically delivered to the space.  I also hear
>>> that it's
>>> >>> completely harmless to humans, even the ones with allergies, unless
>>> >>> deliberately ingested improperly.
>>> >>> So I'm happy to bring my steamer to Noisebridge and help eradicate
>>> the
>>> >>> bedbug problem, so long as it's not my own crusade.  It sucks working
>>> alone,
>>> >>> especially in a place that's supposed to be as
>>> happy-fun-work-together sort
>>> >>> of space as Noisebridge.
>>> >>> To that end, if I can get 3 or 4 people to commit to a mutually
>>> agreeable
>>> >>> time in helping me engage in this bedbug eradication scheme, we can
>>> stop any
>>> >>> potential bedbugs in their tracks.
>>> >>> (And incidentally kill any related drama on the list, although that's
>>> never
>>> >>> a guarantee.)
>>> >>> Christie
>>> >>> _______
>>> >>> But wait... there's no FCC on the moon!
>>> >>>
>>> >>> _______________________________________________
>>> >>> Noisebridge-discuss mailing list
>>> >>> Noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
>>> >>> https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >> _______________________________________________
>>> >> Noisebridge-discuss mailing list
>>> >> Noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
>>> >> https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> -----
>>> >> No virus found in this message.
>>> >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
>>> >> Version: 10.0.1144 / Virus Database: 422/3217 - Release Date: 10/24/10
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> > _______________________________________________
>>> > Noisebridge-discuss mailing list
>>> > Noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
>>> > https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss
>>> >
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Noisebridge-discuss mailing list
>>> Noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
>>> https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss
>>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Noisebridge-discuss mailing list
>> Noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
>> https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss
>>
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Noisebridge-discuss mailing list
> Noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
> https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/attachments/20101027/c3a0209e/attachment-0003.html>