[Noisebridge-discuss] Money @ NB

Snail snailtsunami at gmail.com
Tue Oct 2 22:00:54 UTC 2012


AHMIGOD I LOVE CUP AND CAKES!! I buy so many cupcakes it's not even funny.

Since when did they start accepting bitcoin, and why was the mailing
list not informed sooner? :D

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 :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Tom Longson
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> CUPCAKES!! http://www.cupsandcakesbakery.com/
>
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> 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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