[Noisebridge-discuss] Hacker Table

[Snail]

Oh hay, that's even in the pictures!~
https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/File:MetrixTable2.jpg

I guess my idea is basically condensing the lights & oulets to an island in
the middle of a table rather than an overhanging pipe structure -- but an
island would not work for small tables and is really only suited for a
large table where you have enough real estate for such a construction.

On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Snail <snailtsunami at gmail.com> wrote:

>  On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Shannon Lee <shannon at scatter.com> wrote:
>
>> Yeah, it seems like screwing a bar-style outlet down the center of the
>> table would work better.
>>
>> The reason we didn't do this originally, if I remember right, was that
>> people were afraid of drinks & crumbs being spilled into the outlets?
>>
>>
> If the power strip / outlets were made to stand on one side (similar to
> how these can rotate to the side
> http://www.inewidea.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/image0097.jpg) it
> would make them less likely to gather crumbs and spillage -- I think that
> would suffice for a simple solution with decent results.
>
> You could also mount powerstrips with the outlets completely upside-down
> (so they collect even less junk) on top of a table if you had a mini-table
> on the table in the center, and then you could also bolt a flexible arm
> lamp on that mini-table so people can swivel it around if they need
> additional lighting. -- That might be nicer than the overhanging PVC pipes
> with attached lamps.
>
> --
> -Snailssnailssnailssnailssnailssnailssnails
>



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