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

DJMIPS · January 28, 2015, 7:51am

that cake is kinda creepy!

funvill · January 28, 2015, 9:49pm

They have someone that is looking at the #105 space this week, If they don’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

funvill · January 29, 2015, 4:55am

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

funvill · January 29, 2015, 8:55pm

FYI.
I’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

hjsvhsweb · January 29, 2015, 10:48pm

Another possible one?

funvill · January 30, 2015, 12:36am

Here is two reddit posts to upvote

Done, Thanks for the suggestion. More are welcome!

Janet · January 31, 2015, 12:45am

FYI I’ve decided to do a how-to-solder night separately from SHHH…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 don’t want to commit.

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

WilliamB · February 1, 2015, 5:36am

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 doesn’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 don’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.

miststlkr · February 1, 2015, 5:42am

Thanks for taking one for the team. I’m sure disposing of the cake was a
horrible inconvenience. I wonder if fondant would work as a diffuser if
rolled thin enough…

JohnC · February 1, 2015, 8:36pm

++jello shot matrix

TyIsI · February 2, 2015, 4:44am

Now the real question is… Can we play LED-Tetris with the Jello cups?

Stop motion, but now we drink the disappearing ones?

funvill · February 3, 2015, 7:36am

Jocelynn · February 4, 2015, 4:39am

Love the “Bring your own cup” aspect…! Woot. #zerowaste for the win! Excited for this, should be super fun time!

funvill · February 5, 2015, 7:55am

Just a heads up

@Big_Mak has volunteered to make the challenge coins. The preview images look great ! Looking forward to it.

We are looking for someone/company to donate the beer

We are looking for people to watch the beer so no minors get a hold of it

We are looking for people to help clean up the next day

Volunteer and Help us!

miststlkr · February 5, 2015, 8:53am

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

funvill · February 5, 2015, 9:00am

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

Luke_Closs · February 15, 2015, 10:09pm

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?

TyIsI · February 15, 2015, 10:17pm

Are you offering?

Luke_Closs · February 15, 2015, 11:22pm

It sounds like I am!