[penguicon-general] Re: penguicon-general Digest, Vol 25, Issue 28

[Matt Arnold]

For a long time several people envisioned a little handheld PDA-sized
computation unit in the bottom of a massive computer case, and filling
the rest with a hot dog carousel, EZ Bake Oven drive slot (built like
the one that was an April Fools Joke on Slashdot), toaster, and other
heating elements. Then we plug it in to a monitor, and it would look
just like a computer when the case is closed.

(*whistles* "no cooking heating elements here... just a computer...
nothing to see here, move along...")

We just don't have anybody to take on this project and construct it.
This might be just as well now that we have an awesome hotel
management and a great relationship with them.

-Matt


On 4/24/07, Rick Scott <rick at shadowspar.dyndns.org> wrote:
> (Rob Landley:)
> > ...
> >
> > This is yet another in the "con staff should probably prepare this
> > on request" things, like baked potatoes and french toast.  If we
> > get enough volunteers, we could have a menu...
>
> Actually, the sight of Jay and Howard making chupaquesos on a griddle in
> consuite made a lightbulb go on for me.  I think that some kind of
> hot-food-made-to-order station would be an uber-cool consuite feature.
> I'm not sure about the menu but a griddle alone would at least give
> eggs for breakfast, grilled cheese for lunch, stirfry for dinner, and
> maybe crepes or some such during the wee hours.
>
> Now, this was my first con weekend as a volunteer, so I'm not familiar
> with all of the work that this would take to set up.  I would think that
> it's fairly demanding in that it needs several things that are already
> in short supply:
>   * a fair chunk of consuite space (table or counter, plus a sink),
>   * a fair chunk of volunteer time, and
>   * access to refrigeration.
> In addition, I'm sure the hotel has various ideas about what should and
> shouldn't be operated or served in consuite.  I'm not local to Detroit,
> which limits my usefulness, but I'd be willing to show up early to take
> care of setup and shopping, plus put in 20-25 hours worth of cooking.
>
> Thoughts?
>
>
>
>
> Cheers,
> Rick
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