[chiglug] Hacking Night Friday

[Jim Campbell]

Thanks, Joel.

As a note, I will be out at New Wave tonight.  We'll look to try a
different spot with later hours next time.

Jim

On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 9:12 PM, eviljoel <eviljoel at linux.com> wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> Jim suggested I provide some alternatives for next time (NOT tomorrow).
> We sometimes meet with a more private group of people so I already did
> some research on other locations along the northern Blue Line:
>
> * https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-wormhole-coffee-chicago - We've met here
> before for Programming Tonight. Not really any food besides deserts.
> Open till 11 PM. Plenty of space.
> * https://www.yelp.com/biz/ipsento-606-chicago - Open till midnight.
> Space might be kinda tight. Louder music but not terrible. Lots of
> people working on computers. Again, no real food but mini donuts.
> * https://www.yelp.com/biz/starbucks-chicago-161 - It's a Starbucks but
> it is close to New Wave. Closes at 10 PM. Yelp photos don't really give
> me a good idea of how much space there is.
>
> I think the best alternative is Worm Hole.
>
> - eviljoel
>
> On 03/02/2017 08:45 PM, eviljoel wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Since New Wave implemented their winter hours (closes at 9PM), it kinda
> > kills the travel to work ratio for me. For me, I tend to go to something
> > only if the event duration is at least twice the travel time. This isn't
> > a hard and fast rule but more of an observation of my own habits.
> >
> > New Wave used to be awesome. They had a gaming system, shitty but comfy
> > furniture, cheap food, and closed late (11 PM). Now they have expense
> > food (if they even have any food left) and sub average hours. At least
> > they didn't remodel their bathrooms. Their interesting bathroom walls
> > are about the only thing it has going for it.
> >
> > Hence, I probably won't be going to New Wave for coding until Spring. :)
> >
> > - eviljoel
> >
> > On 02/28/2017 07:57 PM, meg ford wrote:
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> We're going to have hacking and coffee on Friday night at New Wave
> >> around 6:00 pm. If you'd like to join, please come by. Sorry for the
> >> short notice!
> >>
> >> Meg
> >>
> >>
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