Coffee shops and wifi

AKDMAN · Post by **AKDMAN** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 4:16 am

Center camp should totally have wifi, I mean if I'm paying $5.25 for a latte frapachinno with no ice, no foam, light on the acidity, then I need some wifi to entertain me while I sip on the latte frapachinno, no ice, no foam, light on the acidity beverage that I bought at the burningman, or else I would just get coffee from my next door neighbor for free.... I'd rather pay money for coffee... Who else?

AKDMAN · Post by **AKDMAN** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 4:24 am

Yeah AKDMAN, bringing extra money for coffee at center camp is a great idea.... I spent hours in line meeting people who were also waiting to spend money on coffee at the burningman, we all had the same idea!! It was cool of the burningman to only charge me $5.25 for my coffee because that's like what it costs for a good frap nowadays, I mean @ Starbucks it's like $11.95 for the same frap, and they don't even hold the acidity in Starbucks!! WTF

Post by **Elderberry** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 7:09 am

Nuts, nuts, nuts.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:09 am

I bring a jar of instant coffee for my camp and all who would have it.

mudpuppy000 · Post by **mudpuppy000** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 11:50 am

Umm, they do have wifi...

AKDMAN · Post by **AKDMAN** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 4:11 pm

They have wifi!!! Oh I'm totally going to the burning man this year, especially if jkisha is bringing all those nuts he keeps talking about

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 6:31 pm

Green nuts are the best.

C187 · Post by **C187** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:28 am

I've drank coffee flavored drinks from center camp and haven't paid for them before. Where are you getting that price? Did you forget your cup?

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:44 am

Totally!

addison4 · Post by **addison4** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:26 am

Wifi sucks. Get off your damn iphone. BM is IMMEDIACY not virtual horse shit.

C187 · Post by **C187** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:32 am

addison4 wrote:Wifi sucks. Get off your damn iphone. BM is IMMEDIACY not virtual horse shit.

You Sir have obviously never experienced the wonder that is the Burning Life festival. (aka, the cyber regional burn) So many people to talk to, so many great art installations, and because of the medium some people are art.

Oh! And yes, you can find virtual horse shit on display. It's normally by the pony girls and boys or close to horse biased furies. Sometimes you might find some by centaurs, but they're usually more polite then that.

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:36 am

and they tend not to shit where they eat unless they WANT to eat shit, but thats some crazy ass camp from Texas, and you don't want to go there.

TomServo · Post by **TomServo** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:42 am

AKDMAN wrote:Center camp should totally have wifi, I mean if I'm paying $5.25 for a latte frapachinno with no ice, no foam, light on the acidity, then I need some wifi to entertain me while I sip on the latte frapachinno, no ice, no foam, light on the acidity beverage that I bought at the burningman, or else I would just get coffee from my next door neighbor for free.... I'd rather pay money for coffee... Who else?

Shut the fuck up! You're in the desert! Your lucky if you can text out.

Post by **Savannah** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:11 am

I haz a new signature.

VeganChoirGirl · Post by **VeganChoirGirl** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:18 am

Savannah wrote:I haz a new signature.

LOOOVE IT!

maryanimal · Post by **maryanimal** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:23 am

It's incredulous to think of why anyone would come to burning man and want to sit at a computer or text or call anyone. There is so much to see and do, lots of people to meet and connect with.

When I go for the first time this year, and any year after this, I want to get away from all of the default world sludge, and just exhale all the mind-numbing garbage drumming in my head, and hear the din of creative juices flowing like a river swollen with rain.

Well, so much for my rant. Thank you for reading. don't forget to read my column next week: "Sex or Celibacy: What Priests Really Think About The Issues of Todays Papal Pleasures".

Post by **Savannah** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:33 am

maryanimal, that's one of my favorite things about the event. I don't touch a phone or computer the whole time. It's amazing how quiet my mind gets. I didn't know I could be so serene and untroubled. In 2008 (my return after a 5 year absence) it literally turned my life around.

If accessibility becomes super easy I will just have to pretend it isn't. The unspoken version of "LA LA LA I CAN'T HEAR YOU . . . I HAVE DESERT IN MY EARS.

C187 · Post by **C187** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:41 am

maryanimal wrote:It's incredulous to think of why anyone would come to burning man and want to sit at a computer or text or call anyone.

Just to answer this bit for a moment. While I firmly stay disconnected while I'm on the playa I can understand why some people would want to at least check email once.

Case and point in 09 I landed a contract worth my normal quarter year take on Tuesday of the event. It wasn't till a week later that I found out and was frantically calling and emailing the client. I'll tell you what, I've never had a moment that I ever wished more that I would of brought my laptop to Center Camp and looked at email.
To finish up the story: When they got back to me they informed me that they decided to wait (and not move on to someone else) because they happened upon my twitter and saw I was at the burn. Now to be fair this deal looked dead in the water for weeks before the burn, so I never said I was going to be missing for a bit to them.

For some people depending on what they do for work, I totally get wanting to touch base with the rest of the world. Others not so much.. Unless they have a sitter watching kids or something, that I get as well.

Post by **Elderberry** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 1:11 pm

C187 wrote:
For some people depending on what they do for work, I totally get wanting to touch base with the rest of the world. Others not so much.. Unless they have a sitter watching kids or something, that I get as well.

Totally spot on!

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 1:02 pm

Why would you be in the cafe?

addison4 · Post by **addison4** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 4:10 pm

I too have a new signature. Classic, classic.

BBadger · Post by **BBadger** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:50 pm

Using cell phones, computers, or internet should be like the *cough* drug use that supposedly people take part in: keep it out of sight and discreet. What I don't want to see or hear is people yakking on their phones, texting, or updating their inane Facebook pages while at BM. Bad enough it permeates the "real world."

Minxy · Post by **Minxy** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 10:43 pm

I do like a bit of internet or phone access simply for the purpose of checking in once or twice during my stay (I come early and leave late). I have two kids at home. Granted, they are teens, but they didn't used to be when I began going and they still appreciate a check in from their dirty burner mom out in the desert; even if it's just a quick email to let them know I'm alive!

NotANugget · Post by **NotANugget** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 11:48 pm

I turn off the phone when I hit Nixon. I just tell people that there is no covereage beyond that point "Talk to you in 5-7 days". Hell, I stuff my watch in the glovebox...

Shadouts · Post by **Shadouts** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 8:27 pm

I'm not going to burningman until they start selling a wider range of drinks and open a convinience store.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 10:26 pm

I'm working on bringing a souvenir shop back.

Awaiting approval from the llc now.

Isotopia · Post by **Isotopia** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 11:10 pm

Center camp should totally have wifi, I mean if I'm paying $5.25 for a latte...blather, blather, blather....

Your sophomoric attempt at trolling is as pathetic as it is asinine.

Skip this year and consider returning in 2012 once you cultivate some creativity.

flatlander13 · Post by **flatlander13** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 8:33 am

I am one of those humans whose work doesnâ€™t stop when I go to bed. By the time I wake up in the morning I have at least 10 e-mails from people all over the world that need something from me.

That said; when I go to Burning Man EVERYONE knows that from date X to date Y I am out of cell phone and computer range and cannot be contacted. This is one of the things besides not being sold stuff that I like so much about Burning Man. I am out of contact with everyoneâ€¦â€¦if they have a problemâ€¦â€¦they can figure it out.

Burning Man is the one place in the universe where I can get away from all that bull shitâ€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦how refreshing.

Computers and cell phones at Burning Man are like seeing someone walking around wearing an IPod at Burning Manâ€¦â€¦â€¦.itâ€™s both bad and wrongâ€¦â€¦.for me.

thisisthatwhichis · Post by **thisisthatwhichis** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 9:18 am

I heard the porn is better on the Center Camp Wifi.......

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 11:50 am

Isotopia wrote:
Center camp should totally have wifi, I mean if I'm paying $5.25 for a latte...blather, blather, blather....
Your sophomoric attempt at trolling is as pathetic as it is asinine.

Skip this year and consider returning in 2012 once you cultivate some creativity.

Thank you for pointing out the obvious!

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