"Keep calm and don't blink" I'd love to see a Tardis replica at a coworking space.
Alex, awesome job with the phone booth. Any pics or details on its setup with an actual phone? Are you going with just a place where someone can use their cell? Cheers! Pat On Mar 30, 2010, at 10:13 PM, Matthew Wettergreen wrote: > speaking of worth the wait, we're holding out for a TARDIS replica. > > On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 9:34 PM, Alex Hillman <[email protected]> > wrote: > $600, plus $100 for renting the UHaul and associated moving goodies. > > > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > > On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Tara Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: > That is frigging fantastic! I'm drooling! > > Do you mind sharing what you paid? > > typed choppily on my Nexus One.... > > >> On Mar 30, 2010 10:15 PM, "Alex Hillman" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Some of you may have seen this on Twitter, but I thought it'd be fun to >> share here too. >> >> We've long had a very practical problem of the fact that Indy Hall just >> isn't designed for people who spend all day on the phone. Which is fine, >> people can work around that...but ultimately you need to take or make a call >> once in a while! >> >> We've got a few conference rooms, social spaces, and even our balcony where >> people step out to take a call that's more than a few minutes. >> >> In our current space, we've even set up a couple of makeshift "phone booths" >> in closets and bathrooms that people reserve for conference calls. >> >> But...me being me...I've always wanted a real phone booth. >> >> Now, I did a fair amount of calling around to see if we could score one of >> the old 90's Verizon booths, since they scrapped all of them in the early >> 2000's, I figured they' end up in a junk yard somewhere in New Jersey. But >> nobody at Verizon could locate that junk yard for me. >> >> Luckily, there's Craigslist. >> >> Having mentioned on more than one occasion my obsession with a phone booth, >> one of our members spotted a vintage Bell Telephone booth on Craigslist and >> sent it to our internal e-mail list. WAY better than those janky metal and >> plastic Verizon ones, this one was WOOD and GLASS, pressed tin interior, and >> even the vintage ad still in its sign holder. >> >> The price was right, and despite the need to carefully birth the 500+ pound >> beast from a very narrow basement stairwell it's been sitting in for what >> was presumably most of its life, she was was worth the wait. >> >> Check her out in all her glory: >> http://twitpic.com/1bcoml With original Bell Telephone decals >> http://twitpic.com/1bcomm Folding door open, from the side >> http://twitpic.com/1bcoqh That awesome vintage sign (OMG long distance!? >> Dial by Number!?) >> http://twitpic.com/1bcvui And of course, her new home at Indy Hall -- [email protected] Pat Ramsey @pat_ramsey Code that works,… beautifully http://slash25.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
