REMINDER + nearby crazy art event: There will be a BAD meeting at the Pacific Coast Brewing Company on Wednesday, July 13, at 7:30 PM

[Tony Godshall]

Original announce follows.

For those of you into art or fire, you might come to Oakland
a little early and stop by the nearby "The Crucible" for their 
free "Burning Mans Desert Arts Preview", which starts at 7.

IIRC, it's two blocks East of W. Oakland BART on the North
side of 7th, which is a short bike ride or a long walk (10
blocks?) from PCBC.

I met one guy who was making a head with an exposed brain
out of a motorcycle engine block that would react to people 
by using an ultrasound proximity sensor.

Here's the blurb from the calendar at thecrucible.org...

  "7 - 11pm 
    The Crucible Hosts: Burning Mans Desert Arts Preview: 
    Free Admission
    See and hear what some of this year's Burning Man honorarium
    artists are creating for Black Rock City! You'll also hear
    members of Burning Man's Art Department give an overview and
    highlight of Burning Man's theme and grant process."

I'll probably swing by there on my bike first and do a 
quick run-through of the exchibits if it's not too crazy 
before heading over to PCBC and setting up my swirl at a
table.  

According to Tony Godshall,
> ----- Forwarded message from Tony Godshall <togo@of.net> -----
> 
> Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 15:39:19 -0700
> Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: There will be a BAD meeting at the Pacific Coast Brewing Company on Wednesday, July 13, at 7:30 PM
> From: Tony Godshall <togo@of.net>
> To: bad@bad.debian.net
> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040803i
> Message-ID: <20050610223919.GC6850@private>
> 
> 
> Under the authority vested in me by the Shotgun Rules...
> 
>   http://bad.debian.net/shotgun_rules.txt
> 
> ... I hereby declare that there will be a Bay Area Debian
> meeting on the second Wednesday of July.
> 
> 
> WHEN:  13 JULY, 7:30 PM
> 
> 
> WHERE:
> 
>   Pacific Coast Brewing Company
>   906 Washington Street at 11th Street
>   downtown Oakland
> 
>   http://www.pacificcoastbrewing.com/
> 
> 
> WHY:
> 
> I like this place because it's closer to transit and not 
> nearly as noisy as some recent venues, plus it has good beer
> and non-beer.  It's almost Summer, so look in the outdoor 
> beer garden if the weather is nice.
> 
> For folks scared of the long commute to East Bay, it's
> actually just the second stop past the tunnel.  Closer to
> downtown San Fransisco than parts of San Francisco (like the
> OAK billboard used to say).  Quite a bit closer than Berkeley.
> And easier parking.
> 
> The rest of this is still true, I think.
> 
> > ...  Highly rated beer, BART 
> > accessible and an open WiFi for those that crave it. 
> > 
> > Not sure about AC power though.  Beware of the
> > pointless java on the webpage though. 
> > 
> >  ... open until midnight. Depending on the
> > weather, the outdoor beer garden might be the venue 
> > of choice.
> 
> 
> FROM BART AND BUS STOPS:
> 
> It's a block South and a block West of BART Oakland City 
> Center, which is handy given how many BART lines and bus 
> lines go though there.  Directions on a satellite photo
> (thanks google!)...
> 
>   http://tinyurl.com/aug66
> 
> The easiest way to find it is to look for the Smart & Final
> on Broadway, and to walk across its parking lot (around to
> the right).  PCBC is on the left.
> 
> 
> FOR BICYCLISTS:
> 
> Embarcadero has a bike route nearly to Broadway, and then a
> sort of boardwalk route.  Traffic is fairly calm on Washington.
> http://tinyurl.com/dcwfs
> 
> Grand and Broadway also have bike routes to nearly downtown,
> but heavy traffic past that, and routes on the calmer West side
> Broadway are complicated by diagonals.  http://tinyurl.com/9okjs
> 
> >From Berkeley, I usually take a route West of 24/I-980, not
> quite this... http://tinyurl.com/dtd3a
> 
> 
> FOR MOTORISTS:
> 
> Local bus routes...
> 
>   http://www.actransit.org/pdf/schedulemaps/Oak.pdf
> 
> If driving, be aware that Washington is blocked, and 11th is
> one way (West, I think).  
> 
> Driving from the West or North...  http://tinyurl.com/a5dnh
> Driving from the East or Northeast...  http://tinyurl.com/bv3ov
> Driving from the South... http://tinyurl.com/dup7p
> 
> 
> Did I cover all the bases?
> 
> T
> 
> ----- End forwarded message -----
> 
> -- 
> 
> -- Tony Godshall 

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Best Regards,

Tony