What is with the topic list layouts having inconsistent/malfunctioning layouts? Look at these two: When the table is narrow, topics utilize three line: 2-lines-narrow.png When wider, for some reason the text occupies FOUR lines. This should never happen. There is a ton more space than the previous c...

If you have an unquenchable thirst, and yet are pissing all the time, you probably need electrolytes. Your body is trying to get them through the drink, but just gets them flushed out. Keeping a good balance will help you not need to piss so often too. On another note, dogs will eat feces to get ele...

If you don't have a particular costume design that requires the look of EL wire, you might want to look into LED fairy lights for lighting or something else. EL wire, quite frankly, sucks. EL wire not very bright, and the colors not very unsaturated. Thicker stuff is brighter, but more expensive, an...

The LED strips should regulate whatever current they need. They just need to be hooked to a 12V power source to function.

Adding a switch (possibly sealed) between the battery and your lights might make it nicer to turn on and off too.

Instead of a map, why don't you just bring along a binocular/monocular? Even a camera with zoom will do.

There seems to be some inconsistent wrapping in the forum topics listings, especially where the dates are shown. There is a lot of extra horizontal room in the column, and the site width is fixed; why is it allowed to wrap at all?

Can an explicit new line be added between the name of the last post author and the "View to the latest post" lines, as depicted below. It'll make it easier to read and tell that there is a link there. On another note, can the links on forum indexes be made easier to identify? They look like all the ...

Those 10x10 tents are only 10x10 at their base and taper upwards. They fit perfectly into a standard carport. Shade is more important than your tent. A tent is just a portable container for your loose stuff. Shade lets you sleep, cook, rest, and do anything at all while in camp during the day. If yo...

You can get away with a run-the-mill $100 tent as long as you stake it down properly. There are tents with metal poles that will hold up okay; I used one for a couple years . Sure, everything inside will be covered in dust when you come home to sleep, but at least it is still there inside the tent. ...

If the backing of those strips is solid, it'll really catch the wind and it'll start flapping and bending and all kinds of problems. You'll need to have it mounted somewhere where it is protected. That wooden rod is probably insufficient to keep your piece from getting wind blasted and thrown about....

My friend and I fixed a crank/bearings on my Cranbrook on playa with some bearing grease, a larger Crescent wrench, and some other wrenches. The casing was in tatters, but the bearing grease held the bearings in place while we made it tight enough to hold them in place. Worked great the rest of the ...

I'm seeing a couple visual issues with the new update to the site: 1) An out-of-place gap of space above the section title links (e.g. "Rideshares & Resource Sharing"). They really ought to line up in the same manner as the topics do. 2) While there are high-quality CSS icons now, the images to the ...

NeonBunny, You must be under some kind of illusion that the mods here on this forum, or anyone here for that matter, are customer service representatives for BRCStorage or Burning Man itself. I assure you, we are not. Also, "radical inclusion" doesn't mean having to hand-hold a "customer" through th...

Yeah, they don't even need to be toilet float valves. Those hydroponic float valves would work great, controlling a different hose.

Jerry Maren, the last Wizard of Oz munchkin has died and gone to the great Lollipop Guild in the sky.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-44386487

Though people tout using apple cider vinegar for every malady you should probably just use some cheapo white vinegar. Who knows what ratio you need to use because vinegar comes in different concentrations. Just experiment and use your nose to see if it still smells like vinegar, and your eyes to see...

The first thing I added to my hat was a chin-strap. Also consider adding a rope/string to the chin-strap attached to your belt (or whatever is fixed to the front of your body. Other than preventing a runaway hat, which can occur even with a chin-strap, if you hang your hat on your back when not on y...

You could buy some misting nozzles, many of which are anti-drip and cleanable. Then pump filtered water through it to reduce the chance of clogging.

I think you can only set one color for the entire strip.

If you want to individually address each pixel you're much better off purchasing LED strips specifically meant for that. For example, you can get get some ws2812b-based LED strips, and a DMX controller that works for them.

A nice metal 5-gallon gas can with a bendable spout and squeeze handle for controlled pouring. No el cheapo Costco plastic gas cans with those annoying twist/push release valves.

If your genny is new, you better bring enough oil and fixings to do oil changes to break in the genny too.

Thoughts, please. In the name of tomfoolery, combined with punishment for low down dirty scoundrels out stealing bikes, I've been wanting to do something like this for years. One lag bolt with some parachord tied to the rear of a bait bike. Would this make me an asshole or a participant? Stolen Bik...

You can also use running rigging too instead of bungees.

Were flag-down pump services ever really a "sanctioned" service, or more some greasing of palms that gradually became commonplace and ignored?

IMHO, I think that many people who avail themselves of the Burner Express do plan all year, knowing fully that they are limited in what they can take. While I see the overall point and certainly agree with not providing people a bike-in-a-box, excluding those who devote themselves to the type of pl...

I'm not even saying people who take mass transit to the playa are bad people or fine citizens. It's just that mass transportation enables and encourages people to attend an event that shouldn't be easy to access and should favor those in close locality to it. While the event shouldn't discourage peo...

So be it. Even with those limitations there will be no shortage of people who will fly in nearby and drive themselves to the event. We had people from Austria do that, and met a solo kid on a motorcycle from Australia. People had been doing that for years. People will catch rides with other people i...

I'd like to see mass transportation services, both ground and air, ended as well. These services serve only one purpose and that is to get more people into the event because of road limitations. That end-goal, however, I don't see as necessarily a good thing. By enabling any person to attend who can...

You did also get your tickets right?

On a different note, I'm with Ratty: I don't really like stickers or pins or whatnot that have a camp name all that prominent. Usually what most people do is build their logo and media around their theme or whatever funny thing they're doing. Unless your camp is super memorable and important, I'm no...