[dorkbotpdx-blabber] TechShop Portland meetup

Tue Feb 12 12:06:45 EST 2008

Maybe ride share?

If only there was some kind of system where people could post where they
were and where they were going and if they had or needed rides.  But of
course it is such a good idea it cantbedone.

Anyway I'm going to see Michael Pollan

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On Feb 11, 2008 8:56 PM, dan p <gunterhausfrau at gmail.com> wrote:

> ...or you can take trimet, here is the plan from their website (from
> backspace, downtown, but the hillsboro stops are the same)
>
>
>    1. Walk 0.24 mile east<http://trimet.org/go/cgi-bin/walk_dir.pl?Floc=115+NW+5TH+AVE&Fxcoord=45.523895&Fycoord=-122.675442&Tloc=Old+Town%2FChinatown+MAX+Station&Txcoord=45.524558&Tycoord=-122.671362&Walk=1.0&resptype=U>from 115 NW 5th Ave to Old
>    Town/Chinatown MAX Station (Stop ID 8378)<http://trimet.org/go/cgi-bin/stop_info.pl?Id=7111&acode1=PO&x1=45.524558&y1=-122.671362&start=05:38+pm&date=02/12/08>
>    2. *5:38 p.m.* Board MAX Blue Line to Hillsboro
>    3. *6:24 p.m.* Get off at Orenco/NW 231st Ave MAX Station<http://trimet.org/go/cgi-bin/stop_info.pl?Id=8529&acode1=HI&x1=45.530299&y1=-122.916201>
>    4. Walk east to NW 231st & Alder/Orenco Station (Stop ID 10033)<http://trimet.org/go/cgi-bin/stop_info.pl?Id=8682&acode1=HI&x1=45.530069&y1=-122.914633&start=06:35+pm&date=02/12/08>
>    5. *6:35 p.m.* Board 47 Baseline-Evergreen to Willow Creek - SW
>    185th Ave TC
>    6. *6:41 p.m.* Get off at NW Evergreen Pkwy & Cornelius Pass Rd<http://trimet.org/go/cgi-bin/stop_info.pl?Id=9054&acode1=HI&x1=45.546258&y1=-122.901040>
>    7. Walk 0.3 mile north<http://trimet.org/go/cgi-bin/walk_dir.pl?Floc=NW+Evergreen+Pkwy,Cornelius+Pass+Rd&Fxcoord=45.546258&Fycoord=-122.901040&Tloc=4045+NW+CORNELIUS+PASS+RD&Txcoord=45.549793&Tycoord=-122.899950&Walk=1.0&resptype=U>to 4045 NW Cornelius Pass Rd
>
> *Travel time:* 81 minutes (including 18 minutes walking and 11 minutes
> waiting)
>
>
>
> On 2/11/08, dan p <gunterhausfrau at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I should be able to get folks back to the train, unsure about to, as I
> > quite often am working late.
> >
> >
> >
> >  On 2/11/08, mark gross <markgross at thegnar.org> wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 06:25:06PM -0800, dan p wrote:
> > > > yes, bumfuck, but within a mile of employment of ~20,000 tech geeks.
> > >
> > > I'd rather a place accessible to trimet as well.  Now I need to drive
> > > to
> > > work.
> > >
> > > I would like to see how many intel folks are on the list to show
> > > up.  Oh
> > > well, I'll be there.  I offer to shuttle folks to the trimet station
> > > for
> > > a couple of trips back and forth from the orenco station.
> > >
> > > CELL phone: 503-347-2787
> > >
> > > email me at work mark.gross at intel.com when you think I could pick you
> > > up.
> > > I'll try to available.
> > >
> > > --mgross
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > On 2/11/08, Donald Delmar Davis <ddelmardavis at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > To "bumfuck" to the cornelious pass roadhouse in hillsboro.
> > > > > I need to trimet it.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > ...
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >  On Feb 11, 2008, at 5:49 PM, dan p wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >  Bagdad is having the author of "in defense of food" speak.
> > > > >
> > > > > Still don't know where we're headed...
> > > > >
> > > > > strange, doesn't seem like a good omen.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 2/8/08, Audrey Eschright <spinnerin at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Feb 8, 2008, at 5:21 PM, Thomas Lockney wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Anselm Hook wrote:
> > > > > > >> baghdad theater ??? if they do not have a place
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> is it just me or has the geek population of pdx suddenly
> > > boomed?
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > Perhaps. I suspect it's been there for a while, but people are
> > > just
> > > > > > > now figuring out how to get everyone actually talking to each
> > > > > > > other. Geeks are not generally known for social skills.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Exactly. We've had lots of interesting isolated pockets of
> > > activity,
> > > > > > but everyone assumed that anyone they didn't personally know
> > > didn't
> > > > > > exist. It's pretty neat to see it all connect.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Audrey
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