Maybe Tues or Thurs? On Wednesday 03 September 2008 8:21:41 pm J Cruit wrote: > I'm thinking coffee night at the Dunn brothers at 50th and Xerxes next > Wednesday night from say 4pm to whenever. Maybe they will even let us > order pizza or Jimmie Johns or something like that. > > Prizes for the geekiest t-shirt. I expect to come in first and second > as I'm going to bring a spare... > > Anybody up for it? > > --j > > On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 5:02 PM, Chuck Cole <cncole at earthlink.net> wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Jima [mailto:jima at beer.tclug.org] > >> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 3:23 PM > >> To: Chuck Cole > >> Cc: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > >> Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Linux activity in the Twin Cities Area > >> > >> Chuck Cole wrote: > >> > A location near the > >> > TIES site (Snelling at Larpenteur) is a good compromise for all, and > >> > several lunch/dinner places around there also have > >> > >> free WiFi. Maybe there's a place with a cheap buffet and WiFi... > >> > >> I doubt many buffets will offer free WiFi; the main appeal of it for > >> businesses is to keep customers happy and in the store, whereas keeping > >> diners in a buffet for longer is contrary to their business model. > >> Or maybe that's just my take. I dunno. > > > > Some do and some don't. Competition and technology emergence has made > > that business model less successful in more recent times. It's become > > hard to keep my smartphone's contact list up-to-date and searchable for > > WiFi spots in various areas of town. > > > > Q-cumber's on France in Edina is one that's all buffet, Bakers Square > > sites have "WiPie" and longer hours than coffee shops, but no buffets. > > Broadway Pizza (several) and Old Chicago Pizza (several.. one at Har Mar > > near TIES) are examples of some that do have WiFi and lunchtime buffets. > > The Dunn Brothers has sandwiches and soups, and several are adjacent > > (with WiFi spillover) to inexpensive restaurants. CiCi's Pizza buffet in > > Eagan is a near an Old Chicago, so a temporary WiFi bridge woudn't be > > hard if CiCi's doesn't have WiFi of their own yet. For a big place, WiFi > > is a matter of getting higher occupancy. It's also a means of getting > > revenue outside mealtime peaks, or being a venue for "business lunch", > > etc. Some places have ways to limit WiFi "camping out" at peak hours, > > but most are just glad for business and "campers" usually aren't every > > day customers. I'm surprised at how many dining places now do offer free > > WiFi. Seems like odds are almost 50/50 these days, but not as good for > > WiFi plus buffet. Baja Grills would seem to be a smaller fast food model > > that would want quick in / quick out, but they have WiFi too (and are > > also at Har Mar). > > > > > > Chuck > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list