[Noisebridge-discuss] Money @ NB

[Brink of Complexity]

A 3d chocolate printer that prints chocolate 3d printers? 
I want *that* in a vending machine! 

- Brink


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On Oct 2, 2012, at 11:49 PM, Danny O'Brien wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Tom Longson (nym) <tomlong at gmail.com> wrote:
>> LOL... sorry Cups and Cakes has no plans to put a cupcake vending machine in
>> Noisebridge. That's my wife's business :-)
> 
> You see, this is where the chocolate 3d printer would come into its own.
> 
> d.
> 
> 
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Tom Longson
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>> CUPCAKES!! http://www.cupsandcakesbakery.com/
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Brink of Complexity <brink.0x3f at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Holy Shit, I fucking *love* CUPCAKES!!!
>>> 
>>> Can we get cupcakes in a vending machine too?!
>>> 
>>> - Brink
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>>> 
>>> On Oct 2, 2012, at 10:43 PM, Tom Longson (nym) wrote:
>>> 
>>> "Be Excellent" is a great way to look at it. I fully support Mitch's kits,
>>> but that's probably because he's not making money hand over fist, and
>>> providing a very cool class as well. The following are a few examples that
>>> may have already come up in some way or another:
>>> 
>>> * Buying kits from Mitch
>>> * Hosting a paid event at NB
>>> * Selling food (think hot dog stand)
>>> * Selling DVDs
>>> * Selling digital goods at NB (think amazon gift cards)
>>> * Selling Muni Cards
>>> * Steve mann's pay to sit chair
>>> * Product donations as a form of marketing (think Red Bull)
>>> 
>>> Ultimately, I think that it is not excellent to use the noisebridge space
>>> to the detriment of others- a hot dog stand might keep people happily fed,
>>> but it uses real estate, and not everyone might want a guy hanging out
>>> hawking dogs.
>>> 
>>> OTOH, I would fully support a vending machine that sells Mitch's kits, and
>>> other hacked items.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Tom Longson
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>>> CUPCAKES!! http://www.cupsandcakesbakery.com/
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 12:39 PM, John Withers <jwithers at reddagger.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Burning man (up until now, maybe depending on if the handover to their
>>>> nifty new non-profit entity really works out) isn't a non-profit. They
>>>> just don't let anyone but burning man exchange money at the event.
>>>> 
>>>> And being a non-profit doesn't mean you can't have commerce happen. It
>>>> just means you are a non-profit. The nb community might be choosing to
>>>> make it a commerce free environment, I dunno. But in my limited
>>>> experience if they have done that it isn't all that strictly enforced,
>>>> since I and others have openly bought and sold various hackish goods on
>>>> small scales in there, group orders on things like entropy generating
>>>> sticks come to mind.
>>>> 
>>>> j
>>>> 
>>>> On Tue, 2012-10-02 at 11:25 -0700, Mark Ellis wrote:
>>>>> Yes Noisebridge is a non-profit organization.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sent from SPACE!
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Oct 2, 2012, at 11:21 AM, "Tom Longson (nym)" <tomlong at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Is Noisebridge a "non-commercial" zone like burning man?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Curious,
>>>>>> nym
>>>>>> _
>>>> 
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