Great news, I is gratifying to see the support out there for these sorts of things. Now if we can get the Hacker Dojo enlisting people on disrupting the whole ADA 'racket' (where the cities exploit the ADA to raise revenue, egregious example: they changed the shade of 'blue' needed for parking spaces, need to re-paint them and get re-inspected, sigh.) That would be fabulous.
It is fascinating that this low-budget warehouse space is worthy of NYT coverage. I have gone to a bunch of meetups at HD & made a small contribution to the fund - it is a great local resource. I'm just surprised that this inconspicuous venue attracts national media.
Last night I gave a tour to my friend who'd never seen the place before. Just before midnight, we left a dollar in the donation box. This morning this story comes out.<p>I can only conclude I made the difference.<p>edit: and by sheer coincidence, I also work for one of Peter Relan's companies (Agawi)
Awesome... I was able to check it out once during the summer and it was really nice, but I expect I'll be spending more time there once my classes near there start up.<p>We'll see if I can afford the membership fee, or will have to salve my guilt with occasional donations.