<p>Ask not what your hackerspace can do for you. Ask what you can do for your hackerspace.</p>
<p>On Sep 12, 2010 9:21 AM, "Alexandre Dulaunoy" <<a href="mailto:a@foo.be">a@foo.be</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> 2010/9/12 André Kelpe <<a href="mailto:efeshundertelf@googlemail.com">efeshundertelf@googlemail.com</a>>:<br>
>> 2010/9/12 john arclight <<a href="mailto:arclight@gmail.com">arclight@gmail.com</a>>:<br>>>> This just confirms to me that Club Mate is for hacker spaces now what<br>>>> crack cocaine was to the Projects in the 80s.. :)<br>
>><br>>> I could stop anytime, no problem, seriously ;-)<br>> <br>> Regarding Club-Mate, there is a kind of paradox in all the hackerspaces.<br>> Club-Mate is the default drink available at any hackerspace around the<br>
> world but I haven't seen too much hacking around it (except an article in<br>> Makezine/2010).<br>> <br>> The main plant extract in Club-Mate is the "Ilex paraguariensis" (common name:<br>> Yerba mate) and the main active components are : theobromine<br>
> (well-known to the chocolate fan), caffeine (everyone knows) and<br>> dimethylxanthine (the increase of heart pulsation is mainly due to<br>> that component).<br>> <br>> The plant cultivation needs specific condition to grow properly but<br>
> maybe there are some opportunities of gardening hacking? Can<br>> we grow easily "Yerba Mate" in pot inside? or even outside in<br>> continental weather condition? What are the ways of extraction/brewing<br>
> and how can we properly measure the active components inside?<br>> <br>> or maybe I'm digressing...<br>> <br>> adulau<br>> (an occasional gardener)<br>> <br>> -- <br>> -- Alexandre Dulaunoy (adulau) -- <a href="http://www.foo.be/">http://www.foo.be/</a><br>
> -- <a href="http://www.foo.be/cgi-bin/wiki.pl/Diary">http://www.foo.be/cgi-bin/wiki.pl/Diary</a><br>> -- "Knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance<br>> -- that we can solve them" Isaac Asimov<br>
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