The new rules are the result of an extensive process that intended to be explicit in what personal vehicles are allowed and not. Electric skateboards are banned, and not in the way they were last year. At least as far as I understand it from my convo w dmv. I do think it was a mistake to leave them ...

What is a rule if so obviously unenforced?

Thought I'd post a minor update-- The Listener project is proceeding well. It is A LOT of work to do art for this. Our project scope is not small--but it doesn't even reach medium size for out there. I'm planning to post fundraising info in about 10 days, but if you're curious here are some photos f...

Sparr, Thank you for clarifiying that. I don't care what reddit does or doesn't do. I don't go there. I do care about misinformation. The Reddit page you posted isn't factual. Unless you have contacted BM and have more info than those 2 links, there is nothing there to substantiate banning them. Wh...

Is this a joke?

We'll see how the next few days play out, I suppose...if indeed some (for lack of a better term) 'grey area' sales that managed to process, I wonder if the BMorg would really invalidate those tickets. Those people didn't game the system at all--including myself--so I hope people don't get punished ...

Check out this account : I was working at noon, and had pretty much figured that by the time i was on lunch there would be no possible way to get a ticket, 1:30 rolls around, eat my lunch, decided to see if tickets are sold out or not, i go to my profile page, log in, tap the lost my link button, go...

It’s the same nonsense with tickets every year when those who know “the secrets” get tickets. Secrets such as don’t use the email link, clear your browser cache, login from the user profile, don’t stay in line for 2 hours with the message that your place in line is being kept. Why not doing somethi...

mhead wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:22 pm

But it's the burn, right?

Some parts of the burn are handled very professionally. However, I think information technology is not taken seriously enough.

From online resources to ticketing, it is unclear to me how why crucial parts of the event have lagged behind for years.

I'm amazed at how poorly this system functioned. Directed Group Sale went perfectly. While I wasn't trying for tickets this year because of DGS, I was monitoring others efforts including 7 friends trying. It looks like the worst experience of the past four main sales I participated in. For the ticke...

doc, you probably are a part of the show no tickets group. Check your control panel.

I'm pleased to share that someone who reads these boards has come forward as our patron and covered almost the entire amount that I requested from the Honoraia. :shock: I've now applied for placement and am working with the team I assembled to make this happen. There is a lot to do including fundrai...

Wanted to follow up that my project was not selected for Honoraria. I was bummed at first but have since come to appreciate the competitiveness of the selection. Here's a quote from the rejection letter: "This year we had the largest response we've ever had: with 677 Letters of Intent received, we i...

Small update on this. I did end up passing the LOI stage and yesterday submitted my full proposal for the art. Find out 2/21 if it gets granted.

Glad you're having a go at it spacetime! I recall a particularly fine and thorough write up that you posted here on eplaya regarding the logistics/experience of traveling on the Burner Express bus several years ago. It was a good read. Likewise, I hope we get to read more about the 'ins and outs' o...

So great to be reaching out like this. Spacetime, How many people will be involved? (Or are you doing it all?) How early will you need to arrive for setup? Will your project be out in the open playa or in the burbs? Tomorrow's the Artumnal. It's going to be glorious. I can't wait. I have three peop...

I posted this in a Facebook group and connected with someone in my community who has two successful grants under their belt. They looked at my detailed budget and were able to give feedback on my application too. I got a lot of other useful feedback on this topic: Ratty was right although the genera...

Okay. I substantially scaled down my previous design, and am building in a fair amount of buffer. I'm tempted to ask for more than half though, as the overall cost is not that high and I think still a solid impact.

I am looking for guidance on how much of funding to request in my art Honoraria request versus the total budget of the piece. For example, if your budget is $5000, would it be appropriate to ask for up to 80% of that cost to be covered by the grant? If not, what kind of range would be seen as reason...

I’m kinda wondering if this might be like the question about pulling the van backward. If so it is well crafted.

Glad this is still happening. I suspect this will be the seed community for burn folks gathering in VR.

Any thought of moving to High Fidelity?

I will sign on this week and try to post some updated photos.

I echo the heart in right place comment and also any thinking about the burn in off season I think leads to better burns. That said, Portland, Oregon drained a 38 million gallon reservoir a few years ago because one guy peed in it. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/17/portland-flush-38m-gal...

Hey, that’s really cool. I like how simple it is.

BBadger wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 02, 2018 1:49 pm

I need to start using that term "neo-drainbows" now.

I’ll watch for it

Thanks for all the additional detail about your decision to go. There is a lot of derision of turnkeys and neo-drainbows at the burn. But at least anecdotally your particular story says the burn is still not only approachable but winnable when capable people truly self-select in. That’s cool you did...

Your prep sounds top notch. I’m impressed by it. What other events have you guys done that led up to you doing burning man? My original prep fit in a few cubic feet as pictured here . It went in bus cargo. In more recent years my friend and I did a yurt strapped to the top of a fully packed sedan wi...

Thanks for the additional details. What kind of bed frame did you use where you were able to put storage under it? That sounds really good. Also it sounds like you had a fair amount of gear, did you use a trailer for all of that? Rambling is good, I'm interested in details of what people learn about...

Well that is like the yo mtv cribs of yurts right there. Impressive setup for your first year! Did you build your swamp cooler?

What would you do different next time?

Is that wallpaper? Did you have a second tent for supplies etc?

That is one seriously decked out yurt. Was it wired for electrical / lighting?