[Noisebridge-discuss] phonebooth / tardis
Patrick Keys
citizenkeys at gmail.com
Tue Jan 4 22:16:13 UTC 2011
There is no consistently quiet private space in Noisebridge to take a
phone call. A phone booth could be done really well with voice-over-ip,
a webcam, touchscreen, etc.
If there's a definitive spec for the supplies for a tardis, I'd
certainly consider coming up with some money for that.
Patrick
On 1/4/2011 2:08 PM, Sean Cusack wrote:
> So, I wouldn't be able to do much (any?) of the inside work, but I'd
> probably be OK at building the actual blue box. But I think your idea
> sounds pretty neat Patrick.
>
> If one or two other people are interested in helping to build the tardis
> shell (like the blue box itself), and if you'd be willing to help
> support a portion of it Patrick, I wouldn't mind getting started on it.
> If there is some interest, hit reply, and I can set up a wiki page when
> I'm home from work.
>
> Sean
>
> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 1:33 PM, aestetix aestetix <aestetix at gmail.com
> <mailto:aestetix at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Incidentally, we actually did this about a year ago for an act of
> positive civil disobedience:
>
> http://oneletterwonder.com/2010/04/19/the_video_from_call_the_mayor/
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Patrick Keys <citizenkeys at gmail.com
> <mailto:citizenkeys at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> I'm all for a phone booth with a closing door to take private phone
> calls in peace. Google has one in their lobby in Mountain View
> (we saw
> it on our fieldtrip there the other day), complete with a
> "Google Voice"
> label on it. Theirs is red, though, so technically it can't be
> a tardis
> (which, by definition, must be blue). It looks exactly like this:
> http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/25/google-voice-phone-booth/
>
> If we got the booth itself, we already have payphones, and could
> wire it
> with video chat and free voice-over-ip.
>
> Hmm...
>
>
> Patrick
>
>
>
> On 1/4/2011 10:55 AM, Sean Cusack wrote:
> > Ummm...the case could be used to start building a TARDIS to
> be entered
> > into this competition. If we win we get a private Dr. Who
> screening and
> > all the Doctor Who DVDs ever made (which is a metric shitload):
> > http://www.wheresthetardis.com/
> > We could put it next to one of those public toilets in union
> square or
> > someplace for awhile to distract the tourists (and then we
> would have a
> > little private room too after we're done making it!)
> > And even if we don't win, we could use it to go back in time
> by a week
> > and enter again.
> > Sean
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 10:36 AM, aestetix aestetix
> <aestetix at gmail.com <mailto:aestetix at gmail.com>
> > <mailto:aestetix at gmail.com <mailto:aestetix at gmail.com>>> wrote:
> >
> > Velvet pillows in the tea room? ;)
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Patrick Keys
> <citizenkeys at gmail.com <mailto:citizenkeys at gmail.com>
> > <mailto:citizenkeys at gmail.com
> <mailto:citizenkeys at gmail.com>>> wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> >
> > I'd like to spend the money on at least several different
> > things, for
> > example $100 on the electrical materials, $200 on
> computer
> > equipment,
> > and $200 on something else.
> >
> >
> > Patrick
> >
> >
> >
> > On 1/4/2011 10:23 AM, jim wrote:
> > >
> > > $500.00 is significant money for which patrick may
> > > want 501(c)3 tax credit, in which case he should give
> > > the money to the treasurer.
> > > i am sympathetic to respecting donors' wishes to
> > > donate things and/or money for specific purposes. i'm
> > > also sympathetic to rejecting such dedicated
> > > donations if they're more hassle than valuable. but
> > > i'm not aware of any way-inappropriate or high-hassle
> > > factor donations so far.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, 2011-01-04 at 01:52 -0800, Albert Sweigart wrote:
> > >> Honestly, I think rent would be the best way that money can
> > be used
> > >> even if it is not the most visible. We currently don't accept
> > >> donations for specific projects because it creates an
> > overhead for the
> > >> treasurer& co. If you know of some people working on things
> > at NB,
> > >> it'd probably be easier to give them the money directly.
> > >>
> > >> -Al
> > >>
> > >> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 1:44 AM, Patrick
> > Keys<citizenkeys at gmail.com
> <mailto:citizenkeys at gmail.com> <mailto:citizenkeys at gmail.com
> <mailto:citizenkeys at gmail.com>>> wrote:
> > >>> Long story short, I get paid next week. I had planned and
> > budgeted a
> > >>> month ago to donate $500 to Noisebridge, with the condition
> > that the
> > >>> money be spent on some sort of improvements, projects, or
> > combination of
> > >>> things that we generally agree (members and non-members
> > alike) would
> > >>> improve the space (not rent).
> > >>>
> > >>> So use this thread to discuss and reach a consensus.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Patrick
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