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Bad Ideas 2010
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Weekend
Friday January 22 - Sunday January 24
Mailing List
Admin: wasabi-toothbrushing@mit.edu
General: bad-ideas@mit.edu
Yes, it deserves its own category. Go suck it.
[pseudo]Official Positions
Chairs: cmerrill, mnawrot
Poster Making:
Poster Distribution:
Food:
Videotaping: fangfei, erosalia
Bad Ideas Ball:
If you want to do something that's not on the list, add it and yourself above. (Initiative is good for you!)
Funding
Funding Source | Requested | Received |
LEF | 6000 | 4000 |
East Campus | 500 | 500 |
Dormcon | 2500 | 2000 |
Weekends@MIT | 500 |
Projects/Events
(Currently mostly unsorted...)
Feel free to sign up to be in charge of any of these! We'll love you soooo much! (Also tell us the stuff you'll need + budget, etc.)
Event/Project | Contact | Requested Budget |
Aerial Silks | elevin and clarion | 120 |
Programmable LED Spheres | dgrnbrg | 500 (from last year's budget) |
Electric Ice Guitar | srd | 150 |
Chili Cookoff | natech | 150 |
Iron Chef | natech | 100 |
Air Cannon | mnawrot and bnpeters | 100 |
6-legged Walking Couch | dsa | ??? |
Wa Laundry Chute | fangfei | Est. 50-100 |
Sledding Hill | jrogoff | 350 |
"Choose your own adventure" porn | jrogoff | ??? |
3-4 m tall walking beast | amyqian | 500 |
Iceskate Ripstick | ciuffo and rdeits | 100 |
Large Plasma Globe | ihiromi | 900 (smaller parts at 400,200) |
Fence Jumping Contest | joshuah | ??? |
TP Launcher (with spinning action) | sdmorr | ??? |
Wasabi Toothbrushing | Est. 15 | |
Beach in Talbot (400W sun lamp available) | Est 700 (500 sand, 200 toys/etc) | |
Pig Roast | manayach (will cook only) | 300 spit, Est. 100 pig |
igloo out of student directories | jbuz | ??? |
Rube Goldberg Roulette w/ Pies | jasminef & y2c | 200 |
Propane Fire Art | scottnla | 500 |
Power Supplies for Digital Waterfall | rdeits | 60 |
Flash Mob | Free! | |
Wings Over Sommerville Eating Contest | Sponsored? Hopefully... | |
Food HORSE | 100 | |
Push Button, Receive Bacon | blakeney | 50-100 |
Submersible Guitar | bsena | ??? |
Mobile Elliptical | bsena | ??? |
Golf Cart | ||
Burrito Bomb Decathalon / Burrito Relay | ||
Volleyball Court Ice Skating | ||
Tour Guide Cage | ||
Human Katamari w/ Velcro | ||
"Stay-on-wall" Duct Tape Contest | ||
20-article party (max clothing with min coverage) | ||
Invite Richard Stallman | ||
White Castle Tour | ||
Timecube Lecture/Debate | ||
My ___ is bigger than yours | ||
Satirical Newspaper | ||
Meat, tomato, pepper launcher "Make your-own-kabobs" | ||
Leaf Blower Wind Instrument | ||
Real Life Guitar Hero | ||
Musical Tesla Coil | ||
Pony Rides | ||
Suspension Bridge | ||
Bomb Diffusal Practice | ||
B-Movie Alternate Future Production | ||
Levitating Discoball | ||
Cubic 3-D Chess | ||
Winter Burning Man | ||
Man-made Ice column | ||
Revolving Door in Middle of Courtyard | ||
"Hunting for Tourists" | ||
Halloween in January | ||
"Hardcore" Photoshoot | ||
Break Guiness Record | ||
Cross the Charles on foot | ||
Pizza Oven | cancelled | ??? |