[Noisebridge-discuss] global hackerspace cupcake competition
Joel Jaeggli
joelja at bogus.com
Fri Jan 7 01:17:09 UTC 2011
On 1/6/11 4:14 PM, Jonathan Foote wrote:
> Aren't there all kinds of crazy exothermic reactions -- like NaOH +
> H2O -- that the military uses to heat prepackaged food and such?
> Likely too reactive to ship without hazmat status, but...?
I'd avoid packaging it in a toner cartridge...
> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Sean Cusack <sean.p.cusack at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I was actually just talking over this idea with the other chemists at lunch,
>> and I think it would be unlikely that we'll be able to generate enough heat
>> out of these without using a retarded amount - like about 100 or so (damn
>> you thermodynamics!). We could maybe build a super-insulated box with a
>> thermocouple in it to see how hot one of them gets, and then try to scale
>> it...
>>
>> Sean
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Lilia Markham <liliakai at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I have a surplus of hand warming packets that i can bring if anyone wants
>>> to experiment with them...
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 1:13 PM, Sean Cusack <sean.p.cusack at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'm down with doing the freezing stuff on the 15th. I can arrange to get
>>>> the cold shit over to noisebridge.
>>>>
>>>> Sean
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 12:16 PM, meredith scheff <satiredun at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Now we're getting into Shipyard style packing :)
>>>>> Seems we have a battle of Hot Ideas and Cold Ideas.
>>>>> I like the handwarmer idea on principle, but two things:
>>>>> They never get anywhere near 350
>>>>> icing is important!
>>>>> I really like the freeze the fuck out of it solution.
>>>>> When is the day? the 15th? I vote we make as many ideas as possible.
>>>>> mer
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Michael Shiloh
>>>>> <michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is it possible to cook rapidly by using some sort of explosion? Can
>>>>>> this
>>>>>> be controlled sufficiently for cooking?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 01/06/2011 12:03 PM, Lilia Markham wrote:
>>>>>>> If we can just prevent the receiving hackerspace from ever opening
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> package, our cupcake would occupy a superposition of all possible
>>>>>>> cupcake states. We can decorate it with a little icing cat face.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 12:05 AM, Sean Cusack <sean.p.cusack at gmail.com
>>>>>>> <mailto:sean.p.cusack at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The handwarmers thing could totally work, right? We don't need it
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> stay hot for hours, just 350 - 400 for like 30 minutes! If we do
>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>> good enough job with the insulation, the UPS guy shouldn't even
>>>>>>> know
>>>>>>> anything happened. Worst case, if DHS confiscates out
>>>>>>> cupcake...I'd
>>>>>>> laugh my ass off. The terrorcake strikes again!!!!!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think the kicker would be activating the handwarmers at the
>>>>>>> right
>>>>>>> time, and only the right time. I think the handwarmers activate
>>>>>>> upon
>>>>>>> touching air, right? I wonder if we could open a bunch of them in
>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>> glovebox and put them into an inert box with the ready to bake
>>>>>>> cupcake. The inert box would have a little door on it that could
>>>>>>> open when an Arduino uses some craaazy GPS wizardry thingy to
>>>>>>> determine when the UPS guy is almost at the destination.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What do people think? Is this reasonable? We don't do anything
>>>>>>> air
>>>>>>> sensitive enough in my lab to warrant a glovebox though. Anyone
>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>> access to something like that?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sean
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 7:02 PM, Lilia Markham <liliakai at gmail.com
>>>>>>> <mailto:liliakai at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If we deliberately make the package look like a bomb, will it
>>>>>>> receive more delicate handling??
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> public archive disclaimer: the above question is intended to
>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>> farcical and humorous. I do not in any way condone sending
>>>>>>> suspicious looking things through the us postal service. also
>>>>>>> i
>>>>>>> love my country and all the federal agents reading my email
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> their families.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 6:29 PM, Patrick Keys
>>>>>>> <citizenkeys at gmail.com <mailto:citizenkeys at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is this a cupcake or a bomb? Our cupcake "package" is
>>>>>>> going
>>>>>>> to get
>>>>>>> confiscated by Homeland Security and never arrive at its
>>>>>>> destination.
>>>>>>> The unabomber of cupcakes.
>>>>>>> :-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Patrick
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 1/5/2011 6:18 PM, Liz Henry wrote:
>>>>>>> > On 1/5/11 5:42 PM, Lilia Markham wrote:
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >> I liked the idea of a self-baking cupcake. In fact I
>>>>>>> have had multiple
>>>>>>> >> conversations theorizing portable, self-baking cakes
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> cookies in the
>>>>>>> >> past. They would be great for camping, picnics...car
>>>>>>> eaters? (We're gonna be
>>>>>>> >> so rich!) Sadly, I fear that the only way to generate
>>>>>>> the necessary heat is
>>>>>>> >> to include some form of auto-igniting flammable
>>>>>>> materials or questionable
>>>>>>> >> chemicals. The post office just loves when you send
>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>> kind of stuff
>>>>>>> >> through the mail. :-\
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > I wonder if a cupcake could bake very very slowly
>>>>>>> using those
>>>>>>> > handwarmers you can buy in a drugstore? Or for skiing?
>>>>>>> They don't get
>>>>>>> > very hot. But maybe they could be rigged up to break
>>>>>>> when
>>>>>>> a box is
>>>>>>> > opened, and then the cooking device would open up
>>>>>>> based
>>>>>>> on a timer.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Or, ship a cupcake positioned inside an EZ-bake oven,
>>>>>>> maybe just by
>>>>>>> > being completely encased in foil, with a power source
>>>>>>> connected to the
>>>>>>> > EZ Bake Oven, with a switch that is turned on by
>>>>>>> opening
>>>>>>> the box. The
>>>>>>> > sugary topping could be ... uh that is where I lose
>>>>>>> it.
>>>>>>> Sugary topping.
>>>>>>> > Hmmm.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > - Liz
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
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