paul wheaton

Looks okay to me!  You must be crazy!  

:)


Actually, we have been working on fixing it for about 25 minutes now.  I think it is fixed.  Try again!

Samantha Lewis wrote:A Jamboree is an event that runs for a week or two.  We will be working on multiple projects simultaneously and each project will have an instructor.   This gives folks who travel from far away the opportunity to learn many things while they are here.  

For the rocket mass heater Jamboree, we have a bunch of different builds we would like to work on.  Someone who comes to this event will learn how to build a rocket mass heater to safely heat a home with very little wood.  They will also learn to build with this technology.  A rocket hot tub and rocket oven are two ways the same technology is applied to bring luxury to your homestead.  

Some of the jamborees of the past had 12 tracks.  So at any moment, there were 12 projects.  Attendees could wander between projects whenever they wanted, and participate as much or as little as they wanted.

For this event, we will start with 4 tracks.  3 rmh builds and 1 "homesteading track."  If we sell lots of tickets, we will add tracks.  

Allen Jackson wrote:

Samantha Lewis wrote:
Hello Allen!


Here is the link to our cabin rentals:

https://permies.com/wiki/sepper

Thanks!

My wife is onboard, as long as we can bring our dogs (2 well-behaved great danes).  I'll show her the cabin options tonight when she gets home from work.

The dogstar has a place to keep dogs.

Allen Jackson wrote:I'd love to attend, but I probably need to start sorting out room and board now, or I might not be able to make it...

What options for such are available there?

I think that all the cabins are open except cooper cabin.  

Rob Norman wrote:I’m not in the USA.
Is there any chance this stuff will be recorded and released for the rest of the world?

I feel confident that nothing will be recorded.  Maybe some people will record stuff for their own use.  

We have filled my youtube channel with videos that are largely ignored.  And I have full movies out there that get very little attention.  

I am thinking that this event will be a nice gathering of people.  

12 builds in 8 minutes

We have had a few people, recently ...   people with new accounts ...  appear to be frustrated that our staff do not take the time to be obedient to them.  People that hold the strong philosophy that there is a way, in their head, that we need to obey and it is frustrating that we do not obey.

I think that the cool thing with this site is that it is made of humans and we travel a human path.  So many other sites require humans to figure out their algorithms or nobody will see your posts.  And you never get to talk to staff - what is automated is all there is.  

I think most humans have been trained that hostility is rewarded.  So if they bring hostility to the table, they get extra candy.  I want to be clear that I don't like that path.  In fact, when hostility arrives, my reaction is "no soup for you!"




At the same time, when we have bugs, or bits that are poorly worded, I know that I appreciate wholesome feedback.  And I think when somebody finds something that can use improvement and we agree, the staff has been generous with thumbs, apples and even pie!

Commercial sites are getting very buggy.  They have fat cash flow, but they don't seem to care if people get screwed by the bugs.  And there is no way to even report issues.  

With permies, we have oodles of ways to share every thought.  To have a private conversation, or a public conversation.  A lot of concerns are addressed within minutes.  

Because of that, I think our software is very polished - unlike the commercial entities.  

So ...   maybe four tickets?

can folks upload screen shots of it looking lame?

Jeff Bigelow wrote:

paul wheaton wrote:
  - rmh in the yoga yurt
  - more with the hot tub
           o probably add in a hypocaust
  - upgrade rmh in fph
  - an indoor rocket oven in the outdoor kitchen
  - finish bun warmer
  - something for kai's cob cottage

These are the projects I’d be interested in. As October is a long way off and I’m not sure how work will look then, are these tickets transferrable here on Permies? It’d be great if I could sell my ticket for $500 and eat an ~$200 loss if need be.

Seems okay to me.