Grand re-re-re-re-Opening and SHHH - Feb 21st from 12:00 Noon till late

that cake is kinda creepy!

They have someone that is looking at the #105 space this week, If they donā€™t rent it, we can borrow it for SHHH.
FYI. I will update this thread as more information becomes available.

Please invite anyone that you think would like SHHH to the Facebook event. I am hoping to get about ~1200 people invited by the 5th of Feb.
Facebook: Grand Opening and SHHH - Feb 21st from 12:00 Noon till late

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Here is the press release if you want to send it to any Press

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FYI.
Iā€™m doing one news paper articles, and two radio show interviews today.
I am in the process of two other news papers.

Started submitting the event to Vancouver event magazines

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Another possible one?

Here is two reddit posts to upvote

Done, Thanks for the suggestion. More are welcome!

FYI Iā€™ve decided to do a how-to-solder night separately from SHHHā€¦likely Feb 12th. If I can also do it at SHHH I will, but due to my schedule may be out of commission that day so donā€™t want to commit.

TLDR: I might show up and teach people to solder at SHHH.

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To update on the LED cake:

I did some experimentation of my own, and it seems that angel food cake is too opaque to use for the LED matrix (this was the conclusion of the original project). I started with 2 super bright white LEDs and worked my way up to using a 9-led flashlight. Basically the effect is too subtle to work in a lit room even using a ludicrous amount of LEDs . So an all-cake led matrix doesnā€™t seem feasible unless the cake is 2cm thick.

The other option is the jello/cake concoction as linked above. In my opinion, jello and cake donā€™t mix; so I thought why not make jello shots instead. I assume since beer is already being served then other alcoholic items are OK as well? Basically an 8x8 array of jello cups back-lit by the led matrix.

If there are no objections then I intend to go ahead with that.

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Thanks for taking one for the team. Iā€™m sure disposing of the cake was a
horrible inconvenience. I wonder if fondant would work as a diffuser if
rolled thin enoughā€¦

++jello shot matrix

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Now the real question isā€¦ Can we play LED-Tetris with the Jello cups?

Stop motion, but now we drink the disappearing ones?

Love the ā€œBring your own cupā€ aspectā€¦! Woot. #zerowaste for the win! :slight_smile: Excited for this, should be super fun time!

Just a heads up

@Big_Mak has volunteered to make the challenge coins. The preview images look great ! Looking forward to it.
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We are looking for someone/company to donate the beer
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We are looking for people to watch the beer so no minors get a hold of it
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We are looking for people to help clean up the next day
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Volunteer and Help us!

Iā€™ll volunteer to be the booze hound to keep those kitties away, I suppose. Side bonus, Iā€™m Serving it Right certified.

oh ya, we should probably have people that have that!

This is also open data day on the 21st. After the open data hackathon is done, open data hackers will come by to join the party.

Do we need another keg?

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Are you offering? :open_mouth:

It sounds like I am!

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