Peace Poi Camp

THE LIST

2005-09-06T09:58:00.000-07:00

Secret Word: (rested)

When I Woke Up This Morning I Couldn't Help Thinking About That Time When .....

Selected Pictures from 2004

2005-09-03T20:00:00.000-07:00

Camera Tag Form

2005-08-23T12:23:00.000-07:00

From the AEZ mailing list... I'm going to tag my camera.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Aug 23, 2005 11:16 AM
Subject: Re: [AEZ] aez video
To: altenergy-list@burningman.com

My suggestion is Tag all cameras. Why have any friction? Download form at link below and bring it with you. Plus if you lose it might find its way back to you with the tag!

From the BM site: Q. What is the policy on taking pictures?
A. Film and video cameras are forbidden without permission. All video cameras must be registered and tagged. This is to protect the privacy of participants and artists alike. Use Agreement forms for personal video cameras will be available upon arrival at the Gate, the Greeter's Station or Playa Info. If you are considering filming or videotaping for professional purposes, you must have a commercial agreement on file with the Media Team prior to your arrival onsite. Commercial use of images taken at Burning Man without permission is subject to cunning legal action and punishable by death. This includes amateurs and professionals who capture images.

Download the camera tag form at http://www.burningman.com/preparation/event_survival/personaluse.pdf

Real Estate Planning

2005-08-16T23:29:00.000-07:00

Now that we have a grid map of our location within AEZ (camp #49 at http://www.ae-zone.org/Map/finalgrid.gif), I want to do some rudimentary visualization of where everything (vehicles, tents, & structures) goes. You can help me out by looking at the following list and sending me corrections. I'm looking particularly for:

who's carpooling with whom to get an accurate vehicle count
who's tenting with whom to get an accurate tent count
whether there are any structures that I haven't listed

Shea & Susanna, if Rico is joining us, please make sure he gets on the email list.

Vehicles
I'm just going to assume all vehicles take up 10x20 space - doors/hatches/trunks need to open and be accessible, etc. But knowing who's driving together will give me a better vehicle count.

station wagon - Xuxan & Bosco
SUV - Jenny & Hoshi
pickup - Bill & Joe
SUV, small - Shea & Susanna
??? - Kathleen
??? - Kineri
coupe - Darcey

Tents
A large tent is considered 10x20 and standard is considered 10x10.

large - Xuxan & Bosco
11x11 - Jenny
standard - Shea & Susanna
standard - Hoshi
standard - Bill
standard - Joe
standard - Kathleen
standard - Kineri
standard - Darcey

Structures

sun shade - 20x30
solar panel - 5x5
evaporation pond - 10x20

Black Rock City 2005 Map

2005-08-15T10:17:00.000-07:00

The 2005 Black Rock City Map is now available (requires Acrobat Reader). From this high level map, you can get a better idea of where we are - southwest corner of Alternative Energy Zone at 5:00 and Catharsis. (Actually, we're nearer to 5:00 and Ego with porta-potties a quarter of a block away.)

Our old friends, the 7 Sins Lounge, are in the 9:00 plaza. And one of my co-workers is in the Deep End - a block west of them - and they have continuously flowing booze. If you know of other camps to visit, please add a comment.

The old link is http://www.studioninedesign.com/map05_Psyche_LH.gif

Exact Camp Location

2005-08-14T23:13:00.000-07:00

We have an exact camp location!!! Roger, the Alternate Energy Zone (AEZ) mayor, has placed us in AEZ's village. Look for camp #49 in this map - we're in the lower left hand corner of the village, near the intersection of 5:00 and Ego.

A full gridded out 10'x10' map of the village is here. Expand the image if your browser (IE or Firefox) automatically shrinks large ones to fit your window; otherwise, the grid looks like hell.

Don't be a Darkwad

2005-08-04T15:57:00.000-07:00

From last year's Piss Clear, a darkwad is

a stupid Burner who doesn’t wear any illumination of any sort at night. Don't be a darkwad.

This may help, Michaels Light Toys is having an Open House this weekend:

Michaels Light Toys
Open House

Saturday, August 6th
12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

and

Sunday, August 7th
12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

285 9th Street @ Folsom
San Francisco
925/286-7904
www.MichaelsLightToys.com

We specialize in unusual and interesting personal lighting not found in stores. We have a unique and colorful assortment of lights for you to choose from including LED & Fiber Optic Lights and EL Wire.

Let us help illuminate
You, Your Camp and Your Ride

See ya there.

2005 Camp Location

2005-07-28T12:50:00.000-07:00

As you probably know by now, we're camping with the Alternate Energy Zone this year. They just got their location assignment:

Just got this link to the BRC Theme Camp List from the Black Rock Ranger email board. AEZ is in a familiar locale:

Alternative Energy Zone village 5:00 and Catharsis 500 x 500

http://www.burningman.com/themecamps/FinalCampList_05.htm

Here is a link to the Black Rock City Plan map:

http://www.burningman.com/preparation/maps/05_maps/index.html

And here are some nearby camps locations:

Chillonia Catharsis and 4:30 50 x 150 Satan Cakes
Furtopia 4:30 and Catharsis 150 x 150 Satan Cakes
Anonymous Camp Catharsis and 5:30 100 x 100 Josephine
Blyss Abyss: Psychoasis Catharsis and 5:30 100 x 100 Josephine
Cafe Village Catharsis and 5:30 200 x 400 Josephine
Conscious Craving Catharsis and 5:30 100 x 100 Josephine
Kidsville 5:30 and Ego 400 x 300 Josephine
Hushville 5:30 x Ego 400 x 350 Satan Cakes
Art Car Camp Catharsis and 6:00 150 x 200 Josephine
HeeBeeGeeBee Healers 7:30 and Ego 200 x 350 Scout

2005 Black Rock City Map

2005-07-26T08:53:00.000-07:00

The 2005 city map is out! You can read more about it at:

http://www.burningman.com/preparation/maps/05_maps/

A detailed PDF of the map itself is at:

http://www.burningman.com/preparation/maps/05_maps/05_map.pdf

2005 Survival Guide

2005-07-20T14:28:00.000-07:00

Woohoo! We just got our 2005 Burning Man Survival Guide in the mail yesterday. If you haven't gotten yours, please read the online version:

http://www.burningman.com/preparation/event_survival/index.html

Great place for wheels!

2005-07-18T11:13:00.000-07:00

I happily stumbled upon Box Dog Bikes on 14th earlier today and ordered a bike. Super nice folks and they're building my bike custom with a small deposit. It will be with these type of ape hanger bars, but a cruiser frame & seat. Sweet.

It's Fun to Paint the Fence

2005-07-15T09:08:00.000-07:00

No matter what we call it, it has to get done. Here are the stuff that needs to be done. Please sign up for one or more:

MOOP Patrol - see Burningman's top 10 MOOP avoidance tips. This requires everyone's participation.
Loading Muscle - the early arrivers will be bringing the shade structure, power system, furniture, and a million other things for the rest of the camp to enjoy. They'll need help loading the vehicles. We need lots of people for this.
Music Spinner - provide all genres of music for our entertainment. You can bring it via an iPod-like device, audio or MP3 CDs.
Recycling Satyr/Nymph - organize the recycling and trash. Set up and label bins and instruct campers. Aluminum beer cans are accepted by the Recycling Camp and the proceeds are donated to local schools. Other types of recyclables have to be packed out and recycled at home. Wet trash has to be packed out and dumped at home. Dry burnable trash (paper, dried banana peels, dried carrot tops, etc) can be burned.
[2005/08/14: Hoshi has taken on this job.]
Coffee Genie - keep the coffee thermos filled in the morning for all the bleery eyed campers. We'll provide the French Press and the exquisite, organic, Free Trade coffee from Rainbow Co-Op.
[2005/08/07: Susan wants to be the Quoffee Queen.]
Liquid God/dess - keep the gatorade container filled for everyone. Remind everyone to rehydrate.
Kitchen God/dess - keep the kitchen organized so that camp members can use it effectively. Responsibilities include: keep the strainer clean, make sure the stoves are off (see picture of what happens otherwise), change stove propane canisters as necessary, clean up food and other loose things so they do not become MOOP, keep dishpans covered
Camp Queen/King - keep the camp organized so it's a joy for the participants, tie down or put away loose things so they don't become MOOP.
Pond Scum Skimmer - make sure that the evaporation pond is working properly; help people dispose of their water in the pond
MOOP Sargeant - last thing before we leave, organize everyone to walk a grid of the camp and remove every single piece of MOOP.
[Jenny just volunteered for this commanding role (Jul 15).]
Pond Scum Taker Backer - if the evaporation pond still has water in it at the end of the event, haul it back home. We'll provide a restaurant bucket or two.
Unloading & Unpacking Muscle - all the infrastructure stuff that comes back from the event has to be unloaded from the vehicles, unpacked, and put into their rightful places. We need lots of people for this.

"MOOP" stands for Matter Out Of Place - that's anything that doesn't already belong in the desert. Anything we bring in and drop on the playa is MOOP.

Projects for 2005

2005-07-08T15:53:00.000-07:00

For 2005, here's a list of projects:

Lightweight, low-hassle shading for tents so that people can sleep in longer; some options are: floppy parachute and PVC quonset.
Organized kitchen with sink, storage, and cooking areas. This fancy GSI Gourmet Camp Kitchen looks nice, and though it's $150 at REI, it's cheaper elsewhere.
Wind turbine to supplement our solar system. Last year, our sound system and el-wire lights were on the verge of draining the battery. We can either get a bigger battery (means more weight and bulk), or supplement it at night with a simple turbine. As you know, there's no lack of wind on the playa. [Bill is working on this one.]
Night detector circuit for triggering the nights. I already got the kit from Jameco - just have to solder it up. [2005/08/07: Done - using last night's Saag Chicken take-out container.]
Brighter lights than the el-wire from last year. The el-wires were beautiful and funky, but they weren't bright enough to cook by at night. I bought some "cold cathode" tubes (blue, green UV, white) and will be testing them out. On the other hand, perhaps we can just cook by headlights?
Make the power controller box a little safer. There are way too many exposed wires on the charge controller/battery box. I need to convert the open terminals into a bunch of molex connectors so that they are ready for plugging. Probably should change all the automobile cigarette lighter sockets to molex, too.
Build bunch of extension cords with molex connectors to wire up the shade structure. 10 and 20 footers will probably be the most usable. 14 gauge color coded wires will be great.
Build inline flasher LEDs to plug our warning lights in. The lights will keep us from running into guide lines and stubbing our toes on tent pegs. The flashers will save power and make the lights more obvious.

2005 Kickoff BBQ

2005-07-05T14:40:00.000-07:00

Our first kickoff BBQ for 2005 will be on Saturday, July 16th, at Jenny's Lower Haight studio. Afterwards, we can go to the San Francisco debut of IGNITE!

It looks like Bosco, Susan, Hoshi, Bill, Joe, and Jenny will be the definites for 2005. Marisa, Kathleen, and Darcey expressed interest, but they don't have tickets yet.

EDIT 2005/07/08: The kickoff BBQ will be at Jenny's place in Mountain View. Remember to RSVP.