#garfield Logs

Jun 13 2017

09:15 PM zhanx: my back slipped out again. so much fun
09:30 PM rue_shop3: use the inversion board you built the last time it happened
09:32 PM zhanx: last time was way worse but this time still sucks
09:32 PM rue_shop3: I need an inversion baord around too
09:32 PM rue_shop3: maybe I should eat
09:32 PM rue_shop3: only 7pm
09:34 PM zhanx: had a semi come in today all chrome rims. they suck
09:34 PM zhanx: cant scratch them
09:35 PM zhanx: 10 new tires and even the ones you could not see were chrome
10:14 PM Tom_L: what are those around $300 a pop or more?
10:27 PM rue_house: a semi?
10:27 PM rue_house: more I'd think
10:28 PM rue_house: must be 24"+ rims
10:32 PM Tom_L: found out they're putting in a fair size maker space here
10:32 PM Tom_L: apparently there is one already but this one is alot bigger
10:32 PM rue_house: the question is, will it live
10:32 PM rue_house: k
10:32 PM rue_house: cause they dont just spring from thin air
10:32 PM Tom_L: it's on the uni campus funded so i'd say so
10:33 PM rue_house: check it out
10:33 PM Tom_L: largest 3d printer made is there
10:33 PM rue_house: see what kinda people they are
10:33 PM Tom_L: $175 / mo fee
10:33 PM Tom_L: building not completed yet
10:33 PM rue_house: ugh
10:33 PM rue_house: yea
10:34 PM Tom_itx: http://makeict.org/
10:34 PM Tom_itx: http://www.gocreate.com/
10:34 PM Tom_L: the first is the smaller one
10:37 PM rue_house: at 175/mo, youll get to a million dollars fast
10:38 PM Tom_L: i think it's geard more toward startups but i may be wrong
10:38 PM Tom_L: they had a golf course on campus they are turning into all sorts of new tech stuff
10:38 PM Tom_L: airbus has a building for one
10:39 PM rue_house: lots of the maker thing is tied to people making money from it
10:39 PM Tom_L: i'm sure
10:39 PM rue_house: you see it at the maker fiars too
10:39 PM Tom_L: i've never been to any
10:39 PM Tom_L: all my 'maker' is in the garage :)
10:39 PM rue_house: when I did my display, out of a few hundred entries, I was one of like 2, that were just there showing off my toys
10:39 PM rue_house: the rest were groups or people selling stuff
10:40 PM Tom_L: how were you received compared to the others?
10:41 PM rue_house: lots of people go thru, I'd say I got an average amount of interest
10:42 PM rue_house: you see headhunters go to them too
10:42 PM rue_house: there were two movie people checking me out
10:42 PM Tom_L: huh
10:43 PM Tom_L: there's a couple of those in robotics
10:43 PM Tom_L: and or #avr
10:44 PM rue_house: ? not noticed
10:44 PM Tom_L: jan makes movie props
10:44 PM Tom_L: UK iirc
10:44 PM Tom_L: i forget the other one
10:44 PM rue_house: well yea, but she's not looking for people
10:44 PM Tom_L: no i didn't mean that...