physicsduck has spent a tremendous amount of time and effort working on a project called Astrolounge, intended to serve the college and local music communities in Kalamazoo. Unfortunately, he’s run into some difficulties with the landlord–difficulties that threaten to scuttle the project.
So, in true open-source, community-building style, he’s looking at a nonintuitive solution to the problem–buying the facility by raising money through the sale of ten dollar gift cards for five bucks. The upside: It solves the problem with the landlord, gives the group a way to finance the build-out, and helps distribute caffeine to needy college students throughout Michigan. The downside: it takes a lot of $5 sales to build a cafe.
Now, if it were me, I’d be all over this like white on rice–can’t get enough bang for my caffeine buck! Hell, I spend more than five bucks on hot chocolate alone every time I walk into a Starbuck’s–that paragon of bland, soulless corporate consumerism. Sadly, however, I don’t live anywhere near Kalamazoo, Michigan.
However, I suspect some of you do, or know folks who do. And this is no idle project, folks; these guys are willing to bust ass to make this happen.
(Lots more cool vids like that here.)
Hey, thanks for the good PR! 🙂
Hey, thanks for the good PR! 🙂
If I was home (and I only mean that in the sense of where I grew up) I would SO head over to K-zoo to meet you!
Come to CO damnit! 🙂
If I was home (and I only mean that in the sense of where I grew up) I would SO head over to K-zoo to meet you!
Come to CO damnit! 🙂
Thanks man 🙂
Thanks man 🙂
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Too true.
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Too true.
‘Course, Shakespeare was the first well-known sitcom writer, and the very backbone of a sitcome is sticking people in situations where their character ensures they will make the wrong response, whether for tragedy or comedy. So.