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last minute heads up: come play DDI at NIMBY tonight (April 25, 2009)

eli — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:32:51 GMT

We're running DDI at NIMBY tonight as part of the "How to Destroy the Universe" party. It's already started, as of 5 pm, but DDI itself is warming up now and will be running for the next few hours. So, come on down, now that it's dark, and play with us!

This is likely the only American run DDI will be making this year, as the game has been invited to Denmark for the summer.

It's been two years since our last run, so join the fun!

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DDI - where to find us, events we're hosting

sk1ppy — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:21:00 GMT

We are at 5th & Esplanade, running the game from 9pm - 1am, except Wednesday, when we stop early for the Fire Jam. BTW, the WhatWhereWhen is fucked up about some of the times / days for our events, so see below for the correct deets.

Fire Jam

Page: FireJam.

Date: Wed, 11pm

Description: We've brought back some of your favorite Hookahdome pyros for the Wednesday night spin jam. Bring your toys, skills, fuel, and safety. We'll provide the music & more safeties, and spin til we can't spin no more!
[edit] Rez

Lead: Rubin

Date: Wed, 1am

Description: Rez is a video game / art piece by Tetsuya Mizuguchi. This game has been described as a "synesthesia, the association of different senses and stimuli with each other, which is a sensation experienced naturally by some people, and reported by many users of LSD and other hallucinogens. In Rez, one's character soars over psychedelic, abstract, futuristic vistas to the hypnotic beats of electronic music. The game is tightly integrated with sight and sound." It takes about one hour to complete.
[edit] IA Fire Art Series: Basic Flame Effects Class

Lead: Ian

Date: Wed, 12-2pm

Description: Want to add fire to your art? Make your art car more noticeable, or just make drunk people go “Wooo!”? We’ll show you how! Class covers all aspects of making safe, effective, pretty flame effects, including examples. Emphasis on propane and the accumulator-type effect. Come prepared to take notes.
[edit] IA Fire Art Series: Poofer Workshop

Lead: Ian

Date: Wed, 2:30-4:30pm

Descrption: A hands-on workshop where we’ll assemble an accumulator-type flame effect which generates 20’ high percussive propane flames. Class size is very limited, so show up early.
[edit] IA Fire Art Series: Ignition Systems

Lead: Krispy

Date: Thu, 12-2pm

Description: You know how it's really tricky to get propane to actually burn? Come take advantage of our three years of ignition systems research. We'll discuss all aspects of propane ignition, including gas dynamics, pilot systems, arc, hot-wire, etc. Then we'll strap a couple examples to the flame effect we built yesterday to see how they perform.
[edit] IA Fire Art Series: Dance Dance Immolation Walkthrough

Lead: Ian

Date: Thursday, 2:30pm -4:30pm

Description: Ever wonder how your favorite flaming video game works? Come by and we’ll show you all the pieces and how they go together. Hoses, wires, fireproof suits, the works!
[edit] Rope Dart Jam

Lead: Ian

Date: Thu, 4-6pm

Description: Do you spin the rope dart? Do you want to? Come share you skills and learn a few new moves. Don't have a dart? Bring a small bottle of water and 20' of 1/4" or 3/8" nylon rope, we'll make ya one.

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Dr. oTop in critical condition after being hit by car

Jafe — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:49:42 GMT

Blunderland's Dr. oTop (patrick) was hit by a car last night and is in critical condition in the hospital now. Please send some positive energy his way....

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DDI get you laid?

tooluser — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 05:11:53 GMT

A friend of mine - whom you all may know - who is on the DDI 'team' insists that DDI has never gotten him laid.
I find this difficult to believe, as DDI has gotten _me_ laid, and I'm not even involved.
Is he being modest?

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Camp DDI BurningMan 2007!

Mon, 14 May 2007 21:20:45 GMT

Ever get that urge to burn someone alive?

Looking for a way to combat Playa Boredom?

Wanna wear a cool nomex flight suit with that slick DDI logo firmly planted on you back? (or perhaps silkscreened on your buttocks?)

Does you think aluminum foil is the perfect playa costume accessory?

Have you, or anyone in your family been diagnosed with mental Illness?

If you answered yes or no to any one of these questions, then Camp DDI is for you! We'll be hauling this one of a kind human barbecue out to the playa once again this year, and we're looking for a few bad-ass individuals to camp with us. Come to the dark side -- We have cookies! We have propane flavored antics! We're looking fro YOU!

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Pix of my GS (motorcycle) from Camp DDI '06?

sfslim — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 20:33:17 GMT

Did anyone happen to take a photo of my flat-black BMW r1100GS motorcycle (the one with the antlers up front) that spent the week parked near the back corner of the shade structure last year?

Any pix welcome: me with bike, bike alone, bike's exhaust pipe being cornholed by Chris Ory when I wasn't looking. Anything will do, really.

Much thanks. One love. Namaste, y'all.

- Slimwise Gamgee

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Dance Dance Immolation - first camp meeting

sk1ppy — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:31:28 GMT

The first camp meeting for DDI 2007 is on Sunday, January 21 at 7"30pm, in Oakland. Private message me for the address (it's someone's house, so I don't want to broadcast it on tribe or lists).

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Allison Lange & Interpretive Arson

sk1ppy — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 03:09:05 GMT

As many of you may have heard already, it was discovered that Allison Lange died sometime over the weekend or perhaps as late as Monday. Most of here in DDI land knew Allison and some of us here were quite close to her, myself included. Allison introduced me Ian, at Jonathan's going-away party, in fact, (his first one, many years ago) and you know the rest of the history there. She is also, indirectly, the way that I came to know Reed, Colin, Nifer and Slim. She introduced Nicole to this community in many ways. She helped plan Tastee Flame, our first fundraiser, two years ago. She, not Ian or Jonathan like you maybe would have expected, invited me to it, actually. I worked the door. It's how I got involved in this project, really. It made this wacky thing that Ian was telling me about on the phone sometimes a reality for me. It was what made, a year later, me wanting to plan this camp, possible. I met Cubes, from You Are That Pig, there. My subsequent friendship with Cubes is what started the connection between DDI and You Are That Pig. What I'm trying to say is that Allison was tremendously important Interpretive Arson, whether you knew that or not and her passing is a tremendous loss to everyone on this list. She will not be forgotten by us at Interpretive Arson. I don't know what we're going to do to memorialize her at BM or beyond just yet, but I know that we will do something. Your thoughts and ideas about that, or anything you want to share about our friend, are more than welcome.

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Wired article

matt_the_a — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 16:46:59 GMT

There's a cool article about DDi in Wired! It's the first one we've seen that describes playing it, rather than just watching, and a fun read to boot.

http://wired-vig.wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/posts.html?pg=2

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Song suggestions

matt_the_a — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 23:42:24 GMT

Here's the place to suggest songs- the other thread's for the more technical stepfile discussion. Songs need to be short-ish or with short good parts we can lift out. And mostly danceable, though that needn't mean dance music per se. Variety would be nice.

So far we've got the following on our mp3 list, plus lots of maybes:

Ring of fire, Johnny Cash
Verbal, Amon Tobin
I thought I was your boyfriend, Magnetic Fields
Monster hit, Shpongle
The harder button to button, White Stripes

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Backbone entertainment party

bridget — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 00:36:33 GMT

so DDI is entertaining a party for the employees of Backbone entertainment at Nimby this thurs. My sister used to work for them and she invited me to go, and I was just wondering if any of my burner friends would be there providiing entertainment. funny I don't see any traces of the party on Tribe. So how'd you get hooked up with the gig?

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Props to DDI team

atreyusf — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 20:44:52 GMT

Hey folks,

I just wanted to throw a shout out to the entire DDI team who brought such a wonderful invention into creation. It really was one of the most exiting things that happened to me at burning man. When you started me off with "The Never Ending Story" them song I just couldn't stop grinning. Hope to have the oppertunity to get blasted in the face with a flamethrower again.

Thanks all,
Atreyu

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DDI on Wired

drfiasco — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 02:13:25 GMT

http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,68765,00.html?tw=rss.TOP

Just browse through the pictures and you'll find it.

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DDI @ Burning Man

sk1ppy — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 00:22:58 GMT

We're running the game Tuesday - Sunday (after the burn and after the temple burn), 10pm-ish to 2am-ish.

But wait, there's more!

We're also doing workshops. Yeah, part of that 24/hr interactivety thang. Check it.

IA Fire Art Series: Basic Flame Effects Class
wed, 12-2pm
Want to add fire to your art? Make your art car more noticeable, or just make drunk people go “Wooo!”? We’ll show you how! Class covers all aspects of making safe, effective, pretty flame effects, including examples. Emphasis on propane and the accumulator-type effect. Come prepared to take notes.

IA Fire Art Series: 2piR Poofer Workshop
wed, 3-5pm
A hands-on workshop where we’ll assemble an accumulator-type effect identical to those used by 2πr, which generate 20’ high percussive propane flames. Class size is very limited, so show up early.

IA Fire Art Series: Make a Poofer by FLG!
thu, 2-4pm
A hands-on workshop where we’ll assemble a propane poofer identical to those in the Serpent Mother’s spine. Taught by the Flaming Lotus Girls. Class size is very limited, so show up early.

Meteor Workshop
fri, 12-2pm
Are you balls heavy? Are they connected together? The come let Jared and Musashii show you how to play with them. This workshop is for beginning and or advance meteor spinners. All are welcome. We might not have enough practice meteors for everyone so if you spin poi bring them and we’ll make due.

IA Fire Art Series: Make a Flaming Flower by FLG!
fri, 2-4pm
A hands-on workshop where we’ll assemble a propane-fueled flaming flower sculpture. Taught by the Flaming Lotus Girls. Class size is very limited, so show up early.

IA Fire Art Series: Dance Dance Immolation Walkthrough
sat, 2-4pm (or maybe friday)
Ever wonder how your favorite flaming video game works? Come by and we’ll show you all the pieces and how they go together. Hoses, wires, fireproof suits, the works!

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DDR inspired "whole body" dance system

james — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 18:25:06 GMT

link here for a whole body (eg not jus footpads for judging) motion analysis version of DDR being demo'd at SIGGRAPH (grr, missing SIGGRAPH this year):
http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn9659-computerised-judge-keeps-dancers-on-their-toes.html

it includes a video link so you can see it in action.

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DDI on the Esplanade!

sk1ppy — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 02:15:50 GMT

Esplanade & 3:30.

We have some of most hella dummy peeps at BM right beside us. Beyond just being on Esplanade this particular corner. The neighborhood is going to hell. Check it:

Hookahdome - 3:00 & Esp.
Winking Lotus - 3:00 & Esp.
Entheon Village - Esp. & 4:00
False Profit - Esp. & 4:30
You Are That Pig - 4:30 & Anxious
Camp Carp - Esp. & 5:00
Space Cowboys - Esp. & 5:00

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industrial strength dance pads

avidd — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 18:14:33 GMT

http://inventgeek.com/projects/dancepad1/overview.aspx

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DDI at the Fire Arts Festival!

sk1ppy — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 19:23:56 GMT

At the Crucible, mid July.

We're in!

Details about when we're running to follow.

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Rides Offered to PreComp

CrossSidhe — Tue, 16 May 2006 14:42:47 GMT

Rides offered to PreComp. This is one way only unless you decide to leave when I do. I have a Ford Ranger where I can cram 3 pasengers.

Cross

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Dance Dance Revolution, the CBS TV series

avidd — Sun, 14 May 2006 04:18:26 GMT

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060510/law005.html

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My Help

SINGE — Mon, 08 May 2006 01:08:47 GMT

Just so everyone knows I'll be in the bay area in july and I'm planning on helping DDI camp as much as I can.

See ya soon

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If I help?

CrossSidhe — Wed, 10 May 2006 17:35:14 GMT

If I help???? What would I do?

C-

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Helly Everyone!!!

CrossSidhe — Tue, 02 May 2006 16:34:06 GMT

Hello Everyone!!!

I am Cross. Nice to meet you all!!!

Cross the Sidhe

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Camp DDI Update

sk1ppy — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:45:04 GMT

Our first meeting was Friday at NIMBY. We secured 4 new team members, which is great, but still short of what we need to bring DDI back to the playa. For a project of this magnitude - running the machine, creating a camp - we need people on board sooner rather than later. If you're considering your plans for burning man and Camp DDI is a possibility, then I'm encouraging you to follow up with us now and tell a friend.

Next meeting - Sunday brunch, April 9, NIMBY.

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(other topic = OT): need plasma cutter

rawkstah — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:11:37 GMT

hey all!

a friend would like to have a design executed with a plasma cutter.
do you fine folk happen to know where I can direct her? how much can she expect to spend?
apparently the piece is not very large.

get in touch via pm if you have any leads!
thanks!!

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Dance Dance Immolation Returns!

jonathanstray — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 00:19:09 GMT

And we need your help.

You want to make big DDI Fire at burning man 2006? You want to work hard, make first ever DDI camp, be part of DDI crew? Then you come to DDI camp meeting!

DDI was a sensation on the playa, but the small crew who made it and ran it suffered some, uh, burnout issues. Also, no one could find the damn thing. This year, we want solve both problems by putting DDI in its very own theme camp on the Esplanade. We figure we need about 25-30 members to run DDI and also, create a cozy lil' camp complete with kitchen, showers, and meals.

We're hosting a preliminary Camp DDI meeting at our workshop space, open to everyone, to discuss how this will all work and to recruit camp members. Newbies and veterans alike are welcom. Come by. Eat some pizza. Play with a flamethrower, see pictures of DDI from last year. You know you want it.

Friday, March 24th, 8pm
NIMBY - 1649 28th Street, Oakland

See www.interpretivearson.com/campddi for more details.

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Sunday night DDI video?

raindrift — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 22:58:33 GMT

I have this vague memory:

Burning Man 2005, Sunday night.

The temple has burned. We show up at DDI and haul out the projector and sound system, track down some 30-weight for the generator, and get things going. To our surprise, there are people camped at our gate, waiting to play. I don't know how long they've been there.

Only, the wind is high. The pilots won't stay lit. When they do, flamethrower ignition is... poor. It stays like this all night. We hang out in our jumpsuits, playing DDR, talking with friends, waiting for the wind to die.

I've come from one of the most insane two day periods of my life, having not slept since hours before the Man burned. On some level, I am very happy about this. I feel awake.

At some point, I walk some friends around the game, explaining how all the subsystems work, realizing once again what a complicated machine we've built. "Here are the towers that connect the air hose to the player. Here's the pressure switch that detects an lack of airflow. This is the main player effect shutoff valve. See how, with the system disarmed, this buzzer sounds? This is the main control electronics board. I don't know how it works. These are display effect accumulators. The pad arrows are sheets of 1/4" polycarbonate. There are 3/4" propane hoses buried here and here, feeding the player effect manifolds..."

It was strange, to wander around the site, to remember the whole months-long process through my sleep-deprived haze. My sweater sleeves sticking out of my jumpsuit, talking quickly and in a somewhat unfamiliar voice.

I recall, distantly, that in the group following me was a woman with a video camera. I didn't recognize her, but someone later mentioned that she might've been camped with/near Crashland Inn. I would really, really love to see that tape.

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Market Research about DDR

robyn-fantastica — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 23:31:15 GMT

Saw this today on craigslist.

http://www.craigslist.org/sfc/etc/136112546.html

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Dance Dance Genetics

james — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:51:33 GMT

another take-off on DDR:
http://www.boingboing.net/2006/01/30/dance_dance_revoluti.html

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Guy with one leg doing DDr

Phoenixsf — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 01:56:31 GMT

Ok this is from stileproject.com a site that is mostly porn and painful death but I found this one clip of a one legged dude on crutches doing DDR. He is fricking fantastic. Its from the video archives april 2004 http://www.stilemedia.com/?v=busta14.wmv&akey=358a6bc7ea9b1f89038e887d93f98aeb

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pictures?

eli — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 17:16:53 GMT

Well, besides the great shot that got linked in the other thread...

Surely there are more pictures of DDI in action at BM floating around out there.... Cough 'em up! People who didn't make it out to the playa need their fix!

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Where all they now

avidd — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 00:58:01 GMT

The thread where we post about the DDI crew as if they were rockstars.

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Decompression and beyond

matt_the_a — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 03:36:03 GMT

Well, it looks like we won't bring DDI to decompression. Burning man was pretty enthusiastic about the idea of us having it there, actually, but they won't be able to tell us what the SF fire marshal says 'till the middle of this week. And space was an issue- DDI takes LOTS of space and space for fire art isn't very plentify at decomp. And finally as the day drew closer we started think about what it would be like to haul DDI over to SF, set it up, run it, and take it down all on a Sunday. We're just as happy not to.

BUT!

It seems quite possible that we'll run it at the NIMBY party only one week later. And anyway, y'all should come to that party whether we run DDI or not, it's gonna rock.

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Congrats!

yosh — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 19:35:50 GMT

I don't even know all of you who worked so hard to pull this
off but I just wanted to tell you that while I was working the
gate on Thursday night I had a ton of people come and tell
me that DDI was their favorite thing on the Playa this year.
All of the players were excited and had a great time, even
those who had to wait over an hour.

Congrats again, you all pulled off an amazing feat!

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for all the DDI fanatics...

limbo — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 06:57:02 GMT

here's some online DDR manga: http://10kcommotion.com/ figured i'd spread the love since i just can't put it down. anyways... </total-geek-out>

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Volunteer to run DDI on the playa!

morleyroarly — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 21:46:41 GMT

Anyone who is interested can help us run this crazy thing on the playa. We have positions that require no advance training, some advance training, or a full battle run-down, take your pick.

Things we need volunteers for:

-Dressers: Potentially the flirtiest job. Put people in prox suits! You will be given very specific directions as to how to put the suits on correctly. Great opportunity to take advantage of folks' fear and put your hands down their pants. This takes training, as you need to know how to do it right.

-Gate/Signups: You have all the power. You sign up people to play. (Note: We're not really taking bribes and we're going to do signups in a pretty even-handed way, starting a round of signups at the top of the hour or half-hour). You are also in charge of explaining over and over and over that YES that's real fire and YES they can play and NO they can't play in a mumu and platforms. Minimal training, right at the beginning of your shift.

-Perimeter: You are our personal badass. Be a motherfucker. Be mean. Be angry. Be effective. Carry a radio and a big stick and poke at the ravers. No training required, just attitude.

-Ventillation/Sound hook-in: You will hook each player into the ventillation and sound system, and then you will look them square in the eye and say "good luck, don't be scared, and press the red button when you decide you are too much of a pansy to play." You're the last thing they see before the helmet is closed. Muaahahahhahaha. Probably also a really good opportunity to flirt and/or mess with people. Training required, in a minimal sort of way.

-Operator: Well, if you've built the system and you know EVERYTHING about it, you can be an operator. If someone really wants to do this, then come to NIMBY and live there for the next week, and you'll learn :)

Our core crew will likely bring 2-3 people per night. This means we need 3-4 volunteers per night, hopefully. Signups below!

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Success!

matt_the_a — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 19:19:38 GMT

It works- we finally managed to test it all at once, and it runs! Of course, we had a few problems to work through first, but in the end it was all there at once: two players with music and computer-controlled fire. Amazing!

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Final test run this Saturday: now with FIRE!

morleyroarly — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 18:35:43 GMT

Hey everyone...

So our last test run will be this coming Saturday, August 20th, in the evening. We know better than to give a time, but.. um.. when it's dark! When the fuel tanks are moved out into the courtyard! When we're done debugging!

Come by Saturday night if you want a chance to play. We estimate that anywhere from 100 to 250 people will be able to play on the playa, given time/fuel constraints. That's not very many. You run a higher chance of playing if you come Saturday!

Also, on the off chance you're not horribly busy with your own stuff, we can still use hands for carpentry, making signs, welding, etc. If you want to help, come by any evening after 6pm or any weekend day after 12 noon.

Seeya Saturday!

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USB->Serial converter needed

jonathanstray — Sat, 20 Aug 2005 17:25:03 GMT

Our system uses a USB->serial converter to communicate with some of the electronics in the control panel.

The one we had is cheapo and tends to die when we control noisy devices like the solenoid valves for the flamethrowers. The loaner we have now is ancient and appears to have driver problems. Apparently, good converters are hard to find.

Does anyone have a spare USB->Serial converter they'd be willing to part with today, at least for testing?

- Jonathan

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On-Playa Volunteers

Great Thymes — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 16:17:35 GMT

I was asked and I offered to be one of the playa DDI volunteers. I couldn't make it to that training day though. Is there some kind of signup page or has that whole thing fallen through? There are really only two evenings when I could do it, Tuesday or Friday and it would be nice to know which it's going to be ahead of time.

Thanks.

P.S. After having seen DDI at Nimby, I have to say that I'm really impressed with the level of quality and attention to detail that you guys are bringing to this project. Right on.

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Dance Dance Revolution

michelle — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 19:39:22 GMT

I played Dance Dance Revolution for the first time last night at the Metreon and I was SO crap!

So give me a holla whenever you want someone to be fried for effect ;)

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Looking for a couple speaker stands

matt_the_a — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 18:50:03 GMT

So our speaker needs are met- some great BORG2 folks from Boise stepped forward to add to our sound system and we will definitely have enough sound now. But we're short a couple speaker stands- anybody have some they could lend us for the playa? I'm talking about the kind with a vertical pole that inserts into the socket on the base of a speaker. The socket on the speakers in question is 35mm(1 3/8") diameter.
We'll buy them if we have to, but since we don't own the speakers we're using them for it would seem better to borrow!

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emails on DDI website don't work!

loupiote — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 23:53:54 GMT

The two emails listed on the DDI website help-us page ( http://www.interpretivearson.com/ddi/helpus.shtml ) do NOT work:

550 5.1.1 <helping-hands@interpretivearson.com>... User unknown

550 5.1.1 <donated-stuff@interpretivearson.com>... User unknown

do you have a contact email that DOES work?

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Pictures from last night

sk1ppy — Mon, 08 Aug 2005 20:37:12 GMT

I have a few silly ones. And Waldemar took pics of people spinning, yes? W, if you're here, post 'em up!

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the nine tiers of DDI (priorities list)

morleyroarly — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 19:13:37 GMT

So... right now, we're at roughly tier 4. The goal for the playa is to be somewhere between tiers 7 and 8. Anyone who can come help, or who sees tasks without a name next to them that they'd like to work on, please let us know! We'll be at NIMBY every evening this week, all weekend, and then some...

***

TIER 0 = ADDITIONAL NECESSARY ITEMS, MUST HAPPEN

Solicit on-playa volunteers - Morley

Get desktop up and running - Nicole

Screen

Build and test projector enclosure
-Wood box
-polycarb panel in front
-filters
-air supply from blower
-test for sufficient cooling and filtration
- openable

Stand for projector box
Generator fixed - Reed or Ian
Generator baffle box
Perimeter

Tank heating-
Finish sealing leaky water tub
Install water heater fixtures on tub (?) - Ian
Attach straps to tub to keep propane tanks from floating
Make a cover to minimize water evaporation from tub
Test water heater
Get white tanks - Morley

Procedures / rules / signs
Trailer for transportation - Nicole
Hitch ball for the truck
Plug for trailer lights - Ian or Reed's friend Scott

Order/get jumpsuits - Reed

** We need portable radios- shouting at each other across the width of
DDI wasn't working last night, certainly won't do on the playa.

TIER 1 = BASIC BARE BONES FUNCTIONALITY

One player DDR
No fire
No computer control of any fire/lights

Playa-proof the pad(s)

TIER 2 = FAF SETUP

One player DDI
Manual flamethrower control - ALL flamethrowers - Jonathan
Static lighting only

Wall of flame
Support
Pilot burners
Test with rest of game

Ventilation/suits
Assemble second umbilical, add air line for pressure switch to first -
Matt
Install/adjust pressure switches - Matt
Small amount of additional painting on towers
Check performance of headphone wiring through towers
Test hood thermometer- installation in all hoods depends on
performance and ease of installation
Remove gold shields from visors? Give to simnuke?
One more jacket and pair of gloves are in the mail
Beef up new red suspenders - Morley
Fix old green failing suspenders - Morley
Check cape fit at neck on all capes - Morley
Mount air intake hose (strap to t-stake?), put chimney protector on
end

Sound:
Test/optimize headphone sound in hoods (part of last night's
problem: we had a bad cable)

TIER 3 = 2 PLAYER DDR

Two player DDR
No fire
Static lighting

Pads-
Print graphics for second pad on Snook's printer - Morley and/or
Nicole
Install pad grapics on second pad
Pad 2 - Reed
plexiglass redrilled, corner braces drilled out for mounting,
re-wiring, replace cut/drilled spacers with washers, play the living fuck
out of it, replace center blocks

Pilot burners - Matt
Finish assembly of remaining 2-3 burners
Adjust orifice location for best flame
Shield air intake for breeze resistance
Mount pilots to player effects
Plumb player effect with copper tubing for pilots
Hook to rest of fuel supply (get vinyl tubing or whatever for fuel)
Adjust pilot location/performance on center display effect for
better ignition at full pressure.
Buy a regulator for pilot burner system

TIER 4 = 2 PLAYER MANUAL DDI

Two player
Manual flamethrowers - ALL flamethrowers
Static lighting

TIER 5 = AUG 7 TEST VERSION

One player DDI
Computer flamethrower control
Computer lighting control

Fix player control panels:
must be rotated 180 to allow for access to buttons
heat shielding for box
heat shielding for control box cables
mounting stands
fix/debug second box, if necessary

TIER 6 = TWO PLAYER, COMPUTERIZED

Two players
Computer controlled flamethrower
Computer controlled lighting

TIER 7 = PLAYA HAPPY

Platforms - Ian will start, others will continue it
Railings - Ian

TIER 8 = ASTHETICS & EXTRAS

Armored flamethrower collars
Lights in the pads
Yellow & black paint on things
Stencils on control panels
Put logo on jumpsuits
Blackligh lights under player effect tripods
Fake a linux desktop
Print Dance Dance __________ stickers w/ address

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Electronics on the playa

jonathanstray — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 19:26:19 GMT

So, I know how to build electronics. It turns out that I don't know how to build electronics for the harsh environment of generator power and spark ignitors and such. I think I understand how to solve that now, but I've taken this lesson to hear, and realized that what I don't know is what the playa does to home-built circuitry.

Does anyone out there have any experience taking custom electronics to the playa? What goes wrong? Are some construction techniques more reliable than others? What kinds of parts tend to fail?

I need to know the problems *before* we get out there.

- Jonathan

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You're famous :)

michelle — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 23:00:14 GMT

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/07/26/BAGVNDTDA61.DTL

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Flaming Lotus Grrrls/Seemen fundraiser Saturday night at Cellspace

ctp — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 17:13:35 GMT

I can't go to it, so I need everyone else to go and give a little money, and take pix, and have fun for me :)

FLG and Seemen have been invited to Robodock in Amsterdam, and this is their fundraiser, as well as a potentially awesome art show in its own right. I'll have 3 or 4 pieces there, and they are raffling off one of my penny pieces. Kal said he'd make something to raffle too.

I'll be in Baltimore, so I'll have pix to share in a couple weeks too.

More info on the show is at http://www.qbox.org

Oh, and I think I'm sending a piece over to Robodock too!

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Help build DDI every Saturday, Sunday and Monday! (Or whenever!)

morleyroarly — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 02:10:14 GMT

From now until the BFCT (big fucking camping trip) we will be having regular DDI build days every week/weekend!

Come to NIMBY:

Saturday or Sunday, noon to 8pm (we may run later..)
Monday after 6pm

..or any other time during the week, by appointment (so we can be sure we have work for you).

Weld! Paint! Solder! Angle-grind! Chop! Hammer! Drill! Screw! Fuck! Enjoy yourself, and make this madness come together... seeya soon!

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Pictures from the past week...

nicoletbn — Sun, 17 Jul 2005 08:47:44 GMT

...

are up on my flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicoletbn/

and now, I collapse.

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Come to dinner!!!

ctp — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 17:22:33 GMT

http://gizmodindin.tribe.net

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It worked!

matt_the_a — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:31:12 GMT

No, not right away, to be sure. And not without the need to first overcome a seemingly endless stream of technical problems. I spent most of last night and lots of this afternoon about ready to bite someone's head off- ME! Can you believe it? But finally it worked. It was fun to play the crowd enjoyed it, and we've still got all of tomorrow night to run it!

Off to sleep.

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how not to drink a flaming larry

alleycat — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 22:33:43 GMT

http://www.big-boys.com/articles/shotonfire.html

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DDI NEEDS your help today (Thursday) to happen at FAF!

morleyroarly — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 13:40:39 GMT

Alright, we admit it - we didn't plan very well. We are all exhausted. I think we managed to get a *cumulative* 10 hours sleep last night between the four of us. Tonight we haven't slept yet.. it's 6:35 in the morning. Matt is at home sleeping (he got 2 hours last night).. Ian and Jonathan and I are still at NIMBY. I'm headed to bed for a few hours, then up to rent propane tanks...

We are *so* close. But we are worn to the bone and could really use some support.

>>>>Anyone who can come help load up at NIMBY, put things in trucks, screw fittings onto things, drill holes... we need you today!<<<<

We're here now and some portion of us will be awake until this thing hopefully goes over to the crucible and gets set up. If you can come help, please do! Call Jonathan at 415-570-1203 or Morley at 626.482.2974, or just come to NIMBY and ring the bell if the door's locked...

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on playa demo wed?

squeeky — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 16:52:21 GMT

heard about a demo either tues or wed. what about a demo on wed?

then an after party combined with the ranger social, some little tribe friends, michelle inviting flipside and dmv peeps, and whatever else we got.

can you wait til wed instead of kicking off on tues?

any takers?

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Build day 1 was a success: come for build day 2!

morleyroarly — Sun, 10 Jul 2005 17:00:37 GMT

Thanks to everyone who came out yesterday! We had about 10 people total working on stuff. Extra thanks to Reed and Nicole who showed up to help us figure out gameplay and pad stuff (and to Nicole in particular for spending 3 hours getting pipe!). Also big thanks to everyone who slaved away at the electronics - not the most *fun* work, but very necessary!

We got a big chunk done - the operator control panel is nearing completion, the electronics boards are much further along, we have a working proxsuit gasket seal modification, the pad switches are in place, we have a design and parts for the screen stand, and the flamethrowers are about 70% complete.

We still need help today! Today's plan includes building the rest of the flamethrowers (plumbing and metalworking), assembling the screen stand out of pipe, finishing the electronics work, finishing the control panel, additional sewing/snapping of proxsuits, making wooden painted signs, and much more.

If you can come lend a hand, please do. NIMBY (www.nimbyspace.org) from now until the cows come home. If you need more info, call me on my celly: 626.482.2974. FOOD WILL BE PROVIDED!!

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It's a real nailbiter....

matt_the_a — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 18:33:35 GMT

We were at NIMBY 'till sunup this morning trying to get this thing ready for FAF. We're desperately close! As a result of last night's marathon, we have an incredibly cool dance pad, an evil-looking set of nozzles ready to shoot fire in your face, and a mostly-completed control panel. Extra thanks to Reed and Nicole for all their help! Now if we can just resolve a few bugs, get a few last parts, and set the damn thing set up......

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DDI arcade field trip

raindrift — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 19:37:01 GMT

(new thread)

Reed suggests we all take a trip to the arcade to play DDR and get a feel for the arcade machines. I'm up for it. We did it once a while ago, but I could use a little refresher, and I want to see how the lights work and stuff.

The current suggestion is for Sunday, July 10, at either the Metreon or Sunnyvale Golf Land.

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Spare a generator for FAF?

matt_the_a — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 01:07:12 GMT

We're wondering if anyone has a nice QUIET generator they could lend DDI for the Fire Arts Festival? We've already got a generator for the playa, but it's noisy as hell and we need to build a box for it. It would be nice if we didn't have to do that before FAF.

We've also already got a nice quiet 2KW honda generator (EU2000), but it won't supply the whole project (the blower and projector are pretty hungry), so if we use it we need another similar one. Anyone got a spare?

Thanks!

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DDI build days this Saturday & Sunday, July 9-10

morleyroarly — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 06:48:32 GMT

What: Help build Dance Dance Immolation! (www.interpretivearson.com)
We need to get a beta version together for the Fire Arts Festival
next weekend (July 14-17)!

Where: NIMBY in Oakland (www.nimbyspace.org for directions)

When: Saturday and Sunday, July 9th and 10th
10 am until whenever (we'll be here until at least 10pm)

Hopefully we'll get LOTS done Saturday so we can go play some DDR on Sunday in Milpitas!

Things to bring with you:
Work gloves
Clothes that can get dirty
Close-toed shoes
Snacks
Energy

We have all the necessary tools. Appreciated skills include carpentry, graphic design, metalworking, general building/hammering/drilling, sewing.

Tasks to be completed: finish building one dance pad, build a video screen/frame, design a logo, build three flamethrowers with stands and pointy bits, assemble ignitors, sew nomex safety flaps into proximity suits, build player control panel box, create signs, and much much more!

Please RSVP if you can, it will help us plan & coordinate space constraints. Respond here, email me at morley@hellyeah.com, or call 626.482.2974.

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CTP appreciation thread

matt_the_a — Thu, 07 Jul 2005 20:06:19 GMT

OK, lots of people are helping us out but I just wanted to mention that CTP is being extra-super-helpful to DDI. He's bought pennies from us, made art for the raffle, machined parts for us, helped us get access to big tools, and told me how to buy a crucial part from a store that only sells to businesses. There's probably more I've forgotten.

Thanks, CTP!

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Oh shit my table!

Phoenixsf — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 03:17:08 GMT

TGo all DDI folks Sorry I have not come by to pick up my table, the long balck one i lent you for the fuundraiser, but I've been busy working on my house. If you need me to come and get right away i will but nest weekend would be better.

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Wanna help me build pads today?

raindrift — Sat, 02 Jul 2005 20:18:52 GMT

I'm looking for someone (or someones) who has time to come to NIMBY this afternoon or evening and help me build dance pads. I finally have all the parts, and I would really, really, really appreciate some extra hands! :)

At this point, there's a fair bit of quite repetitive but also rather precise metalwork to do. Specifically:

measuring for holes in the (steel) frames
drilling the holes
welding nuts into the holes
grinding those welds flat
welding springs to brackets
welding the brackets to the frames
welding adjusting nut brackets in place
cutting polycarbonate (if I can get a table saw today -- we'll see if the library still has one)
cutting corner brace spacers

If you don't weld or you're out of practice, that's totally fine. What I really need is someone who can help with the drilling (it's a lot of holes... like 60 or 70 of them per pad). If you're not familiar with how to drill holes in metal, I can teach you in a couple minutes. Eye and ear protection will be provided, as required. :)

Matt and I will be at Pick 'n Pull til maybe 3-4pm, and we'll be at NIMBY after that. If you're free and want to help out, give Matt's cell a call: 510-672-0735. We have internet there too, so you can also send a tribe message if you feel like it, and I'll get it.

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July 10: Field trip, work day, or both?

morleyroarly — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 08:07:07 GMT

Hey everyone! I'm back from Sri Lanka and ready to buckle down and get this bitch workin'.

In talking with Ian, Matt & Jonathan, I've deduced something quite important: HOLY SHIT we have a lot of work to do before FAF!

In the spirit of HOLY SHIT I would like to bring to the table the subject of July 10th. I know plans have been set in motion for an arcade trip to Milpitas. It appears that at least the core DDI crew may have to bail on that to work on the game at NIMBY instead.

If other folks still want to go to the arcade and practice, they are more than welcome. Another option is you can come to NIMBY and play on *our* pad when it's finished (or, if nothing else, on Morley's softpad). This will allow you to get a feel for the game for free if you've never played. It's not like in the arcade, but hey, there are arrows and music and shit.. and you can dance to bananaphone!

So: Field trip, work day, or both? Thoughts?

It's nice to be back.. ahhh the smell of propane..

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a lasting image from sri lanka...

morleyroarly — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 16:35:26 GMT

i wish i'd taken a picture. alas, i didn't have my camera with me at the time. but i'll describe it for you...

i'm walking down the street in columbo with some of my compatriots from engineers without borders. we're in the industrial/manufacturing part of town, talking to suppliers about building materials. (we're building schools for tsunami orphans).

on the sidewalk, there's a kid maybe 15 years old. he has a mig welder out, old and battered and scary looking. he's welding something on the sidewalk, i'm not sure what. wearing no welding mask and no gloves, barefoot, wearing a lungi/wraparound/sarong and no shirt. he's dirty and skinny and he has this HUGE smile on his face.

it made me think of ian :)

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Who Plays DDR? Who's New?

reedo — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 20:05:17 GMT

While we've been talking about picking out songs and working on stepfiles, I've been wanting to ask:

Who here has tried DDR before in the arcade or at home? Who's played more than a little bit?

Who's totally new?

If folks who have played before: What difficulty level do you play on? What's hard for you (offbeat steps, freeze arrows, etc)? What's fun?

Folks who are new: Any particular reason you haven't tried it? What would make DDR more approachable to you?

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DDI wish list

raindrift — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 04:07:45 GMT

DDI is going to be made out of stuff. We'll buy the stuff if we have to, but first we want to try to scrounge it, since it leaves more room in the budget to make this project really fucking cool.

Here's our (partial) shopping list. If you have any of this stuff and you're willing to donate it (or sell it cheap!) we'll be your best friend!

twelve (12) automotive spark coils
barbed wire
t-stakes
lined, aluminized proximity suits (hey, you never know)
plywood
2x4's
heavy duty extension cords, lots of them
reasonably bright video projector (yeah, right)
self-powered speakers
subwoofer
propane
fluorescent lights/fixtures (2)
garden gate for perimeter fence
USB hub
512 mb USB flash disk
incandescent lightbulbs (20)
incandescent light fixtures/sockets (20)
fabric suitable for a video screen (15ft x 10ft)
100lb propane tanks
20lb propane tanks for accumulators
med. sized utility trailer, 500lb max tongue weight - can be BORROWED!
stands for lights
high-pressure propane hose, 1/4", 1/2", or 3/8"
lighting gels, esp. red, orange, and blue
black and yellow paint
candy beads, bits of colorful fabric, and pacifiers (to decorate the perimeter!)
a USB joystick/joypad we can take apart
aluminum diamond plate
keyswitch

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DDR stepfile discussion

matt_the_a — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 23:29:10 GMT

This thread is to continue a discussion we started via email with Reed and Nicole, talking about the best way to go about generating stepfiles for the DDI-specific songs we're going to choose. Nicole will be making the files.

The story so far, in a nutshell:

Standard duration for DDR songs is 90 seconds or thereabouts, we >can< do longer if we want to but Reed recommends that we not, especially since each game will be three songs long (standard).

Since most songs out there are longer than that, trimming will be needed. If this just means editing mp3s then there are probably a bunch of people (myself included) who could do it.

Difficulty: Standard DDR songs come with four difficulty levels. I suggested we could get away with two. Not all songs will be good for all players (beginners vs. experts) but as long as we have something for everyone we should do fine. I recommend we err on the side of too easy, since even experienced players will be dancing in a rather, ummm, unusual situation. Plus, we'll be able to fuck with people in different ways to make it arbitrarily hard.

All the conclusions above are subject to the results of actual testing, so I think we don't want to get too many stepfiles made until testing confirms that chosen song durations, difficulties and so on are working well. This may mean that we use mostly built-in songs at the FAF, which would be fine. The FAF incarnation of DDR will be operational and safe but relatively basic since we've only got a month to finish it.

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Damn you people

robyn-fantastica — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 19:37:41 GMT

Last night I had a dream that thousands of people were out on the playa practicing the regular DDR in anticipation for having DDI on the playa. It was pads and crappy music as far as the eye could see.

I'm gonna blame this all on Matt for telling me about this in the first place. ;)

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DDI Pad Design

reedo — Wed, 25 May 2005 19:51:24 GMT

So I've recently gotten all into DDR home hard pad design. I'm rebuilding a halfassed hand made wood and metal pad from the first wave of home DDR crap. So far, I've found some stuff I like about it and some stuff I hate, and I'm working on a design of my own.

I figure I can share what I learn with y'all.

Can I get some info on the current design of the DDI pad? Morley, did you say you were going with a foil/foam design?

I'm working on a setup that uses these switches:
http://www.itcelectronics.com/pdtl.asp?P=3777

Probably either 2 or 4 per panel, not sure how many will be needed yet. They have them at Frys for about $6.

As far as the carpentry, I'm looking at a modified version of this design:
http://web.archive.org/web/20020106145101/www.super-crush.com/ddr/v2gal.html
Corrected, as the arrow spacing on that one is wrong.

Comments? Infor on the current DDI design? Where are you with that?

Cheers,
Reed.

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The lost and found thread!

raindrift — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 07:50:36 GMT

So, I know people lost stuff at the party, and people found stuff. Rather than a whole bunch of threads about it, let's consolidate everything here.

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We're looking for a projector guru

matt_the_a — Fri, 17 Jun 2005 19:22:36 GMT

So we're looking for someone who can advise us on video projector stuff, because if we don't get some experienced opinions on this item we could make a costly mistake. We want to know us how powerful a projector must be to throw a bright image 15 feet across, where we can borrow such a thing for testing and use at the Fire Arts Festival, and where to buy one used and relatively cheaply for the playa. And, of course, we need to know if any of the above needs are completely unrealistic.

People project all sort of stuff out at the playa, so the experience we need must be floating around somewhere. If you have any leads, please let me know!

Matt

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DDI at the Fire Arts Festival

raindrift — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 03:56:44 GMT

I heard back from The Crucible yesterday, and it sounds like we'll be running DDI at the Fire Arts Festival in Oakland next month, pending approval from the fire marshall. They seem to think they'll be able to convince OFD to let us do this, and if anyone can do it, they can.

Details on FAF are here:
http://www.thecrucible.org/calendar/faf_05.html

So, I guess we better hurry up and build this thing... :)

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new photos up

tooluser — Sun, 12 Jun 2005 18:55:07 GMT

I put a few of mine up in the account Ian created for me:

http://www.interpretivearson.com/gallery/joshuamarker

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THANK YOU ALL! What an amazing evening!

morleyroarly — Tue, 07 Jun 2005 07:18:30 GMT

Thank you EVERYONE for sharing your time, your knowledge, your art, your food, your energy, your music, your booty and your money to support our noble cause of bringing burnination and bad J-pop to the masses.

When we were planning this party, we aimed to raise between $1500 and $2000. We figured that the most we'd ever raise, in our wildest dreams if we *really* rocked it, was $3000.

I am ecstatic and thrilled and GIDDY to announce that we raised... *drumroll please*...

THREE THOUSAND AND FORTY EIGHT DOLLARS AND EIGHTY CENTS!
$3048.80! $3048.80!!!! MORE THAN OUR HIGHEST ESTIMATES!

The party itself pulled in almost $5000 in cash from bar, door and raffle. (Before subtracting expenses). 5Gs, baby!

And just as importantly, we had a goddamn BLAST doing it! I never imagined I would have that much fun at a party I was so stressed and anxious about. The fact that I was able to truly enjoy myself was due in large part to the *amazing* work everyone did to help make the party happen and happen LARGE!

Once again, THANK YOU for helping us fulfill our goal to make this project a reality.

Just to get a little nostalgic.. when I was sitting in my brother's living room in Boston last December, talking on AIM with Ian saying "Yeah, that's my next project, fire DDR!" I didn't even remotely imagine it would have such an awesome amount of support.

You are all very, very fucked up people who do very, very fucked up things and I respect and love the hell out of you for it.

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Photos...we need photos!

matt_the_a — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 20:45:15 GMT

We want all your photos, as we didn't bring our own cameras. Video would also be great, if anyone has some. Here's a start- link courtesy of Morley. Make sure to read the comments below the pics, they're priceless! I guess you either you get it or you don't.

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1579485

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we got boingboinged. anyone want to do the website?

morleyroarly — Tue, 07 Jun 2005 18:01:58 GMT

So we got boingboinged today:

http://www.boingboing.net/2005/06/07/dance_dance_immolati.html

Our website kinda sucks. Anyone want to take over? Or at least help?

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So who won what anyhow?

Mon, 06 Jun 2005 03:16:36 GMT

Huh?

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crappy hip hop in the "downtempo" lounge

jovino — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 01:27:21 GMT

What was with that?!

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Tastee Flame thanks you!

matt_the_a — Sun, 05 Jun 2005 13:02:04 GMT

I want to get my thanks in before I collapse- that went really, really, well and was incredibly fun! We couldn't have done it without all you volunteers, there were all sorts of things we hardly had to think about because we had good people doing it for us. And thanks to everyone who came and gave us money- we took in pretty much enough to build the whole project!

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6/9 @ the Oasis - another good one (starts at 6pm)

alih — Sun, 05 Jun 2005 18:58:40 GMT

OK, well it won't be ANYwhere on the scale of Tastee Flame, but there'll be a buttload of y'all there...in case you haven't been personally invited by me, here's the scoop:

69696969696969696969696969696969

6/9 at the OASIS (aka Ali’s bday party)
6pm-late
(tribe's at: http://evilalipresents.tribe.net)

Please be among my favorite people at one of my favoritist places…the Oasis…as I celebrate my birthday. 6/9 is my actual birthday—doesn’t that just rawk?!

There will be FUN, music (dancing, punk-rock and a live performance by my favorite, Ricky Lee Robinson), lightspinning/poi/hoping and YOU WONDERFUL PEOPLE. Come early and stay LATE! I don’t need me no presents…just your presence!!!

DJs:
In the LOUNGE:
Dr. Yo (aka Aaron—WTF is his last name???)
Chakka (aka Jennifer Clemente)

On the PATIO:
Star-D
Samira
Live set at 9pm by Ricky Lee Robinson (www.rickrobinson.org)

10pm it turns into the STYLUS party---another fun one.

OASIS – 135 12th Street (between Madison/Oak), Oakland
BART to Lake Merritt or 12th Street/City Center
Easy Parking (but please note the Street Cleaning signs)

69696969696969696969696969696969

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Rideshare to the Cracktory?

sk1ppy — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 22:56:13 GMT

I need a ride! I live right by USF (innter richmond / upper haightish), although I can obviously travel to you if you're muni accessible and go from there. I need to be there by 12:30 AM.

Any other volunteers need rides or have rides to share? Post away...

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DDI & BORG2 Election Return Night

drfiasco — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 23:35:40 GMT

As you guys know, the BORG2 Art Vote will end on the night between Saturday and Sunday, no earlier than midnight, at about the time I stumble back home from the DDI fundraiser sober enough to turn off the voting.

So, I had a better idea. How about we make the DDI fundraiser the official BORG2 election return night as well? Instead of doing it all alone at home in my underwear, we could have some kind of closing ceremony at the fundraiser where I turn off the vote after midnight and then get flamed or something.

This might attract a larger BORG2 crowd to the fundraiser. And since BORG2 doesn't have anything going on that night and I am in charge of running the voting site and I am going to be at the Cracktory anyway, I don't think they will object.

What do you think?

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My penny art pieces

ctp — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 16:10:27 GMT

I thought I was donating two of them.

There's the one in the picture on the raffle items page which Michelle picked up last night, and another that I am working on installing a light in (it'll be a surprise :) that I finally got working last night.

Unless you don't want two of them :)

Anyway, let me know - I think their both pretty cool, even though only one of them is illuminated.

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Help for the volunteers - !

sk1ppy — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 01:18:18 GMT

Safety plans, special cups, flamining drinks...I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed, so I could use a little guidance. Is there someone in charge of orientating and training volunteers? When I did a simple door shift at False Profit, there was someone in charge of briefing me, so I don't think this is such a bad / strange idea...

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Oxy tank..

Waffen — Fri, 27 May 2005 05:18:50 GMT

I found both tanks for my gas welder. I will get these filled early next week, so you can nix bringing yours if you want..

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Lighting gels?

jonathanstray — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 21:35:12 GMT

Does anyone have any lighting gels we could tape over shop lights and use for the party? I'm working on the computer-controlled lighting for our DDR set up.

Various colors would be great.

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Chefs! Sign up here!

morleyroarly — Wed, 04 May 2005 03:34:41 GMT

Yo! So the way we're hoping to organize the food stuff is to have volunteers take on the responsibility of bringing one flaming dish to feed 10 - 30 people.

Ideas? Volunteers? Suggestions?

**

Confirmed:

Matt The Advantage and his Miraculous Flaming Tower of Pudding
Ian and his Evil Flamethrowing Cake of Doom
Flaming Drinks at the bar (anyone want to design these?)

Tentative:

Seductive Heather and her Crispy Creme Brulee (set with a welding torch)
Adrian Fox and his Foxxxy Crepes Suzette
Costello and his Tasty.... Anything he wants to volunteer!

Menus Needing Chefs:

Fruit Kebabs Doused in 151 and Brown Sugar, then lit on fire in some strange way...
Flaming Coffee
Popcorn Poi

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Helping with setup on Saturday?

morleyroarly — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 03:17:18 GMT

I'll be showing up around 1pm on Saturday to clean up, set up, etc. Anyone who wants to help is welcome. If you need to reach me, my celly # is 626.482.2974.

So, who's with me? :)

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Bar Wishlist

robyn-fantastica — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 15:51:16 GMT

This thread is just for things needed by the bar. I am also including the people who said they would bring things too.

Glasses - Platypus Man
Cocktail Shakers - Matt, CTP and Marc
Coolers or big plastic tubs - this is for holding ice, bottled water, and ice for drinks. So they need to be clean. We'll need at least 4 (2 for each bar).

And Morley requested that if people could bring a bag or two of ice when then arrive, that would help out a lot. There's nothing worse than a warm drink at a flaming party.

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sound stuff

pyrokitten — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 06:55:14 GMT

i just remembered to put music on my list of things to bring to the cracktory on friday. it would really suck if i forgot to pull records and had to cross the bridge again on saturday.

so what's the sound setup? will there be both turntables and cd decks in the downstairs area?

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A Poetic Interlude

reedo — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 19:05:53 GMT

I understand that this is a very busy time for DDI, and thought a respite from your art in other art might be in order. Here's a poem from a kindered spirit:

I blew up the plums
that were in the icebox
and which you were probably saving for breakfast
forgive me
I like fire
[—Dora Goss]

From http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006381.html#006381

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Safety plan is online

raindrift — Thu, 19 May 2005 18:56:25 GMT

Check out our massive fire safety plan PDF. We haven't submitted it anywhere yet, so now's the time to read it over and let us know what you think. Would you feel safe if this is what the people shooting you with flamethrowers were doing?

http://www.interpretivearson.com/ddi/safety

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Fundraiser party wishlist

matt_the_a — Wed, 25 May 2005 19:17:51 GMT

Here's a thread to list supplies we need for the fundraiser, and to let us know if you have something you can provide.

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Compressor?

jonathanstray — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 19:29:40 GMT

Anyone have an air compressor we could borrow for the party? It doesn't have to be very big.

The deal is that the first bits of software and hardware for DDI are coming along, and if we had a compressor we could SHOOT PEOPLE with blasts of air when they fuck up while playing. If we shine a bright orange light in their face while firing, that might also be fun.

Matt also suggested hair dryers ;)

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I'm EXCITED!!!!! Aren't YOU??

morleyroarly — Tue, 31 May 2005 01:33:19 GMT

I'm here at NIMBY with Matt & Ian having a DDI fundraiser & project day.

Ian's building a fuckin' SCARY looking huge 4-tiered platform for the fire spewing cake, and Matt is working on a tower for his TEN count them TEN flaming alcohol-drenched puddings.

I talked to the sound guy this morning, and we're going to have an awesome setup in both rooms. We have the security all set, and the portapotties all lined up.

The DJ lineup is almost totally finalized too!

And the bar, oh the bar! We will have one! And it will have alcohol!

My next task is to get the raffle website up so we can start pre-selling tickets.

I'm starting to believe we'll actually get a good turnout, and I know that it will be an amazing party regardless of who's there :)

YAAAAY!!!!

-morley

(who is also excited cuz she is DONE with grad school! DONE DONE DONE!)

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Flaming drink fluff

Waffen — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 23:28:37 GMT

Just for y'all's entertainment:

http://haacked.com/images/FlamingDrink.gif

http://www.drinknation.com/bartending/flaming-drinks.php

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promotions!

pyrokitten — Wed, 25 May 2005 01:28:21 GMT

here are the places that we are posting the announcement so far:
-borg2 bullhorn
(i am going to e-mail frank and see if he'll do a special announcement since DDI are the poster children for borg2 grants)
-jackrabbit speaks
-squidlist
-3playa
-gigdirectory.net

i am also posting to several e-mail lists and various tribes such as SF burner events, the treehouse, etc.

we could use help with the following:
**please note - we have different text for posting in different places depending on how "public" the listing is. for instance, the JRS post does not mention the bar or the address. posts to private or small tribes and small community e-mail lists can show the address & bar info. i will post the different versions here.

-anyone on the burning man e-playa who could post there?

-i e-mailed a friend who's on myspace to see if he can post to the burning man groups there. anyone here on myspace or any of the other community websites who can post in appropriate places?

-matt has flyers you can take to whatever parties you're going to this weekend.

-please post in whatever tribes/e-mail lists you feel appropriate and send the announcement to all your friends.

-any other ideas???

it would be really great if we could fill the place up (250-300 people). more money & more fun. weeeee!!

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DDI RAFFLE! Buy tickets now Online!!!

morleyroarly — Tue, 31 May 2005 07:41:58 GMT

The DDI raffle website is now up!

Tickets can be purchased ahead of time *or* at the event. You don't need to be present to win! There are already 18 tickets in the kitty for the flamethrower.. don't miss out :)

http://www.interpretivearson.com/ddi/raffle/

Also, let me know if anything is unclear or if there are any changes to be made to the text, etc.

Note: we'll have a link to credit card paypal payments *soon* (by Tuesday morning).

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Signups for bartending and door time slots...

morleyroarly — Tue, 10 May 2005 05:31:59 GMT

Hey guys, I think we should start a signup for bartending and door. I'm thinking 2 hour shifts will be easy to keep track of. (If you want to limit the length, please say so! I'm just guessing..)

So...

BARTENDING - 4 PEOPLE PER SHIFT (2 people per bar, 2 bars)

9pm - 11pm:
11pm - 1am:
1am - 3am:
3am - 5am (one bar only):

DOOR - 2 PEOPLE PER SHIFT

9pm - 11pm
11pm - 1am
1am - 3am

I don't think we need to keep the door open past 3am. In fact, should we close it earlier..?

Note: Tracey wants to both DJ *and* bartend/door.. she should have first crack at shifts once we set the DJ lineup. We're working on that and should have the music schedule ironed out soon.

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