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

Mark G Sobell marksobell at gmail.com
Wed Oct 27 16:50:27 UTC 2010


Previous engagement, sorry...

            Mark



On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 12:58 AM, Christie Dudley <longobord at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>>>>
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>>>> 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
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