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Maybe I'll do this later, but I always wanted to open up a hacker's place. I'd call it the Bit Bucket. Part bookstore (~50 titles, classics only - W. Richard
by lallysingh 18y ago
Maybe I'll do this later, but I always wanted to open up a hacker's place. I'd call it the Bit Bucket.
Part bookstore (~50 titles, classics only - W. Richard Stevens, etc.), part coffee shop, part decent hardware shop (FPGAs, GPGPU, blade servers, and half & full-height rackmounts you can convince your S.O. to let you put in the basement), and bar.
Also, a good selection of little parts that you'd normally have to ebay, a little selection of RAM, heat sinks, PCI cover plates, etc. I'd put it in a display where you'd normally see the baked goods.
I'd have no illusions of being profitable at this, but it'll give me something to do when I retire :-)
- russell 18y agoSounds like a smaller version of the first Fry's Electronics: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fry%27s_Electronics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fry%27s_Electronics They did OK.
- brk 18y agoJust be wary of employees that have a suite named after them at a Vegas hotel.
- sadiq 18y agoIs that a general reference or something specific to frys? Could you elaborate more?
- bmelton 18y agoFrom the linked wiki: "In 2008, Fry's vice president of merchandising and operations, Ausuf Umar Siddiqui, was charged by federal prosecutors in an illegal kick back scheme involving Fry's vendors. The alleged scheme was designed to defraud the company in order to cover Siddiqui's gambling expenses"
- russell 18y agoIIRC He embezzled something like $65 million in kickbacks from suppliers.
- ivankirigin 18y agoOpen up the second floor, put in a bunch of desks with fast ethernet, and let customers rent or time-share them. Coworking is becoming much more popular, is seems.
- JabavuAdams 18y agoLinux Caffe Toronto http://linuxcaffe.ca/ http://linuxcaffe.ca/
- vsingh 18y agoThe Toronto Lisp users' group will meet there at 6PM today. Come on out! I'm giving a little demo of the language Factor - it should be fun.
- JabavuAdams 18y ago> posted 23 hours ago Doh!