I'm not trying to defend Eventbrite but... I think the ticket refund policy is set by the event organizer, not Eventbrite. Your event organizer should be able to help you. Previous to this year, ticketing was handled by TicketFly, now owned by Eventbrite, but BMORG went with a different vendor, I be...

I posted a comment on the blog thanking Marian for the post. I thought it made a whole bunch of excellent points, many of which I have been trying to make to people at HQ for the last several years. I also said I thought it was kind of a shame that instead of directing people to the online communit...

The only foolproof way of eliminating spam from the open internet is through filtering by a moderator. There are, as noted, many automated solutions, such as services like askismet that examine post content, services that maintain blacklists of spammer email addresses to prevent them from registerin...

Nicely produced and entertaining look at the 2017 event. Recommended!

Have you been able to change your password yet? I haven't been able to log in to make a change; did you go the 'forgot my password' route instead? I did read one article which suggested that no credit card info was breached. When I attempted to log-in yesterday, it wouldn't accept my password and I...

Saw them in my local Phoenix area Costco last week.

But if you ask me why a 41 year old married man with young kids would run into the flames, my guess would be that he thought it would be really great fun. While a wife and young kids be an incentive for most of us to continue living, it very well could be the opposite for someone suffering depressi...

some seeing eye wrote:I think there is a continuum of camps with dues to camps with megadues. I'm all for any camp with dues opening their books to their campers.

Exactly so. Both ends of the spectrum provide amenities for a price - it's just a matter of degree.

A-RockLeFrench wrote:I think that spraying the roads with water might exacerbate the problem.

I think you're right. The wet playa adheres to tires causing divots where it pulls away from the road. Those depressions now pool water making it more likely they will be wet and repeat the process.

I'm using white plastic dryer vent hose. Has survived two burns so far. Going for three.

I'd argue vbulletin, which was the beast of boards, did not use this concept. Correct, VBulletin tracks messages with a read receipt which permits you to see which of multiple recipients have read the message. In one way the phpBB system is more usable as it permits you to edit the message in the O...

Evap coolers are not effective if the dew point is much over 50 degrees F.

I have always been under the impression that E-Playa was an information based blog to assist burners and potential burners regarding all the different aspects of the Burning Man Project and not a back and forth dialog based run-of-the-mill chatty social media site. In my opinion, not having 'Like' ...

I added LIKE and REPUTATION options to my VBulletin based forum about a decade ago. Both components have logic that discourages gaming the system, and both have been successful in doing so. There was some push-back from users at first. Initially you could either mark a post as "useful" or "not usefu...

It is the height of hubris to suggest that since those people didn't haul every bit of gear they used personally, that they somehow aren't the people who really contribute and make the event happen. It's utterly ridiculous to accuse them of not caring about radical self-reliance, decommodification,...

The trick with the figjam bucket is a strong fan, and a place for the air to exit. We hook ours directly to a little solar panel, because we only need it when the sun is up. It sits outside the tent, with the snorkel coming in the side of the front door, and the back window sipped open just a bit. ...

I've decided that instead of modifying my monkey hut to fit the kodiak, I will use the figjam cooler if it gets to hot. Im an early riser and rarely take inside naps while at the burn. I've used a figjam cooler with my unshaded Kodiak 10x10 the past two burns. It does not push enough air through th...

Ok since this site does work pretty smoothly thru my phone... I guess I o my have a problem with the way it interprets what I'm typing in... ^^^See? The site corrected "my only." Spelling correction takes place on the client (your phone, desktop, tablet, etc.) It's usually a implemented by the brow...

Will also be at Saguaro Man. Working LNT crew and Ten Principals Project. Stop by our Camp Antinomian- Home of the Shot Luge

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Had dogs as a kid, but cats have been part of my household for over forty years - a total of seven - usually two at time with one designated the main cat and the other the auxiliary cat. They've all had distinct personalities, and been affectionate, clever, and useful, skillfully dispatching any sco...

For those who espouse the "This Amber Alert fucked up Burning Man" consider this: An abduction and homicide of any participant, let alone a minor, will probably be the end of Burning Man. Period. Full Stop. That's unfortunate because the system that is in place is neither an effective deterrent or ...

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But you can never leave

Left camp at 7:21 PM Sunday, pre Temple burn. Hit pavement at 4:41 AM Monday. Sat in the same spot in exit queue for nearly 6 hours without moving between 9:00 PM and 1:30 AM. Clearly the gate road was closed during that time, but I've yet to see an explanation why.

Did you also have an exhaust fan or vent? The evap doesn't work well without a vent to release that heat laden moist air. That said, I had some friends mention that their evap cooler needed substantially more airflow and water than they had expected for their tent. No exhaust fan, but the Kodiak 10...

JohnEBGud, if you don't mind my asking, how powerful a fan were you using? (How many CFM?) Wondering if it's the actual design that's the issue or the implementation details. I used the one specified by FIGJAM. AFB1212SHE-CF00. 190 CFM. Delta Fans DC Fan Axial Ball Bearing 12V 6V to 13.8V 190.48CFM...

not to hijack, but curious if any 10x10 owners are also using figjam's 5 gallon evap cooler and if you found it powerful enough to cool the Tent. I tried that last year with my 10x10, but no, it was not powerful enough. It's possible my cooler wasn't working optimally, but there's really too much v...

I've used my 10x10 Kodiak on the Playa the past two years. Even with relentless winds of last year, it didn't budge using the steel stakes it comes with.

Hey there!
We're in Chandler. Prepping today for Saguaro Man beginning Wednesday.