[Noisebridge-discuss] global hackerspace cupcake competition
Lilia Markham
liliakai at gmail.com
Thu Jan 6 21:19:12 UTC 2011
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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