<div dir="ltr">I second a Thursday night.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 11:18 AM, Jeremy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tclug@lizakowski.com">tclug@lizakowski.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Maybe Tues or Thurs?<br>
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On Wednesday 03 September 2008 8:21:41 pm J Cruit wrote:<br>
> I'm thinking coffee night at the Dunn brothers at 50th and Xerxes next<br>
> Wednesday night from say 4pm to whenever. Maybe they will even let us<br>
> order pizza or Jimmie Johns or something like that.<br>
><br>
> Prizes for the geekiest t-shirt. I expect to come in first and second<br>
> as I'm going to bring a spare...<br>
><br>
> Anybody up for it?<br>
><br>
> --j<br>
><br>
> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 5:02 PM, Chuck Cole <<a href="mailto:cncole@earthlink.net">cncole@earthlink.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> >> -----Original Message-----<br>
> >> From: Jima [mailto:<a href="mailto:jima@beer.tclug.org">jima@beer.tclug.org</a>]<br>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 3:23 PM<br>
> >> To: Chuck Cole<br>
> >> Cc: <a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a><br>
> >> Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Linux activity in the Twin Cities Area<br>
> >><br>
> >> Chuck Cole wrote:<br>
> >> > A location near the<br>
> >> > TIES site (Snelling at Larpenteur) is a good compromise for all, and<br>
> >> > several lunch/dinner places around there also have<br>
> >><br>
> >> free WiFi. Maybe there's a place with a cheap buffet and WiFi...<br>
> >><br>
> >> I doubt many buffets will offer free WiFi; the main appeal of it for<br>
> >> businesses is to keep customers happy and in the store, whereas keeping<br>
> >> diners in a buffet for longer is contrary to their business model.<br>
> >> Or maybe that's just my take. I dunno.<br>
> ><br>
> > Some do and some don't. Competition and technology emergence has made<br>
> > that business model less successful in more recent times. It's become<br>
> > hard to keep my smartphone's contact list up-to-date and searchable for<br>
> > WiFi spots in various areas of town.<br>
> ><br>
> > Q-cumber's on France in Edina is one that's all buffet, Bakers Square<br>
> > sites have "WiPie" and longer hours than coffee shops, but no buffets.<br>
> > Broadway Pizza (several) and Old Chicago Pizza (several.. one at Har Mar<br>
> > near TIES) are examples of some that do have WiFi and lunchtime buffets.<br>
> > The Dunn Brothers has sandwiches and soups, and several are adjacent<br>
> > (with WiFi spillover) to inexpensive restaurants. CiCi's Pizza buffet in<br>
> > Eagan is a near an Old Chicago, so a temporary WiFi bridge woudn't be<br>
> > hard if CiCi's doesn't have WiFi of their own yet. For a big place, WiFi<br>
> > is a matter of getting higher occupancy. It's also a means of getting<br>
> > revenue outside mealtime peaks, or being a venue for "business lunch",<br>
> > etc. Some places have ways to limit WiFi "camping out" at peak hours,<br>
> > but most are just glad for business and "campers" usually aren't every<br>
> > day customers. I'm surprised at how many dining places now do offer free<br>
> > WiFi. Seems like odds are almost 50/50 these days, but not as good for<br>
> > WiFi plus buffet. Baja Grills would seem to be a smaller fast food model<br>
> > that would want quick in / quick out, but they have WiFi too (and are<br>
> > also at Har Mar).<br>
> ><br>
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> > Chuck<br>
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