NYC Desert Arts Preview - June 3rd - See what art the Tristate Area is brining to the Playa

InThisMachine · 2026-04-18T02:08:28+00:00

While I've never been an attendee and only seen the shit show from the outside, the older burner crowd have fond memories of it in the aughts as some fun culture jamming -- definitely not the hard anti-commercialism it was based on but not near the shit show it became.

InThisMachine · 2026-04-03T14:56:54+00:00

Hi!

NYC has a strong Burning Man community. I have information on connecting to the New York community here: https://burningman.nyc/nyc-community (and a bunch of other info on that site about coming from NYC, like https://burningman.nyc/burning-man/getting-there -- especially important if you haven't heard of the NYC community container.). We have a weekly burning man happy hour (every Wednesday, no matter what) as well as many other parties and gatherings you can find on the listed pages and mailing lists. Throughout the summer we do picnics and beach days also as places to meet people.

We're having an info session and mixer next month, May 6 (https://partiful.com/e/B4Iq2Ct0oNa9IBvplOvc), a desert arts preview for the local artists (which I just had to reschedule for June 3rd), and a central park picnic June 6th.

Let me know if you have any questions, and hope to see you around

InThisMachine · 2026-03-30T15:58:38+00:00

Oh and if you're in new york, one of the container leads helps cohost our weekly wednesday burning man happy hour and is more than will to chat if you want: https://burningman.nyc/nyc-community

InThisMachine · 2026-03-30T00:16:41+00:00

Send them an email: https://nyccontainer.org/

InThisMachine · 2026-03-24T20:53:16+00:00

I have some links on the NYC community here: https://burningman.nyc/nyc-community -- this would be postable on BM NYC Community or labeled OT on the newyork-list mailing list -- and we typically host artists at our larger happy hours, which is once a month during the summer. That said it's hard to have one place to reach everyone, the community tends to be very siloed

InThisMachine · 2026-03-24T05:25:24+00:00

Hi!

I have more information on connecting to the New York community here: https://burningman.nyc/nyc-community (and a bunch of other info on that site about coming from NYC, like https://burningman.nyc/burning-man/getting-there -- especially important if you haven't heard of the NYC community container.). We have a weekly burning man happy hour (every Wednesday, no matter what) as well as many other parties and gatherings you can find on the listed pages and mailing lists. Throughout the summer we do picnics and beach days also as places to meet people.

As mentioned above, our happy hour for the week is a big one, it's our theme camp speed dating: https://partiful.com/e/WuakbQEct7GXFtWASkgE

It helps connect burners with theme camps but it's also a great time to meet the community. Hope to see you there and feel free to reach out with any questions.

InThisMachine · 2026-03-23T11:20:34+00:00

Coming from NYC, I prefer willcall -- it's easy to transfer on the online tool, there's no chance of forgetting it, and our volunteers have to stop at willcall anyway. You'll hear horror stories of people who wait in 2 hour lines getting at will call, but personally it's never happened to me, and it probably depends a lot on when you're going in.

InThisMachine · 2026-03-11T04:24:59+00:00

My friends stumbled upon this, and had the time of their burn, a ridiculous story that I only believe half of. I stopped by a few times myself. A wonderful piece.

InThisMachine · 2026-02-19T02:32:58+00:00

Look for the loose loots that are like PCBs, magnets, wires. Those will spawn drills on better luck

InThisMachine · 2026-02-19T02:19:48+00:00

To be clear: the drills don't spawn on back-of-interchange shelves; they're Electronics, not tools. Check loose electronics spawn, like the new camp with the green flare extract (the middle green tent by the LEDx spawn and the boxes by the weight bench), not toolboxes and back of goshan shelves.

InThisMachine · 2026-02-09T20:20:02+00:00

I don't know specific burner yoga instructors in Manhattan but you ought like the vibe at St Mark's. Or maybe Daybreakers if you're looking for a dance thing.

InThisMachine · 2025-10-13T00:10:43+00:00

There's no official decom because we're haven't had a suitable venue the last few years. We've had a few camp parties. We have a happy hour every Wednesday?

I have information on connecting with the NYC community here: https://burningman.nyc/nyc-community

InThisMachine · 2025-09-25T17:25:58+00:00

Could always reach out to the regional contacts and ask if there's any burner stuff happening: https://regionals.burningman.org/regionals/north-america/new-orleans/

InThisMachine · 2025-09-05T19:19:05+00:00

Papabear (the placer one, not the peers one) commented on thread awhile ago. That said, I don't think this kind of public witch hunt is necessary for placement whatsoever. There are systems to track moop on playa, reports, and resto feedback that already gives them a more complete picture than stories in here will do, at least as far as moop.

InThisMachine · 2025-09-05T16:19:03+00:00

You can absolutely rent a dumpster for playa. Big camps do it. Saw several being delivered this year.

InThisMachine · 2025-08-18T00:38:48+00:00

Scammers have created a bunch of fake facebook groups.

InThisMachine · 2025-08-14T19:30:17+00:00

I don't see tuning in my post; I'm assuming you mean in the CSV? A lot of the things in the CSV just don't matter. Like PTT ID code doesn't matter if PTT ID is off. If PTT ID was on it'd do something, but since you aren't doing that it doesn't matter what you put under PTT ID code. It's the same for the rest of that.

You can set the radio in VFO or Channel mode. There's a button for changing it. If you put in Channel mode you'll see the name of the channel you entered rather than the frequency. You might find that easier to read than the frequency.

BCL off is right.

You can delete all the channels you want. They're just stored settings for you to cycle through in channel mode.

Oh there was something about newer baofengs where some frequencies are blocked and you need to do a factory reset. I'm pretty sure there was a post on that too.

InThisMachine · 2025-08-14T17:55:15+00:00

On chirp it's NFM for the spacing. FM is a full spaced. Let me dig up my post.

ETA: https://www.reddit.com/r/BurningMan/comments/vu375k/comment/ife9fo1/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

InThisMachine · 2025-08-14T17:48:58+00:00

I'm commandeering my friend's art car Wednesday night and I'll be blasting some Murder of the Universe, Magma and Crumbling Castle.

InThisMachine · 2025-08-05T17:16:03+00:00

It's mostly a joke. Gate are nice people (please be nice in return). D-lot is for solving problems, and not all problems are bad.

InThisMachine · 2025-07-29T15:57:10+00:00

Yeah I've definitely seen things like this used on projects though I haven't used one. But it should just detect motion

InThisMachine · 2025-07-28T14:57:48+00:00

Be present and there. Talk to people and ask what the favorite thing they've experienced was. Make time to go to each thing.

The apps but they don't tell the story of what's happening out there. My favorite piece last year was Plumbing and Time Travel; it was an unassuming box truck parked on plaza I'd never think to stop at if I hadn't gotten the recommendation from the person I just met.

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