I work at Hipmunk, an awesome hotel/flight search site based in San Francisco. To give a bit of background, until our subtenants move out, our current office has a single bathroom for more than 10 employees and nobody can see the bathroom door to see if it's in use, so there's a bit of lock contention.
The obvious solution is an airplane style bathroom sign. So I made one at Techshop San Francisco, using only the laser cutter.
The obvious solution is an airplane style bathroom sign. So I made one at Techshop San Francisco, using only the laser cutter.
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The design is based on this style of airplane bathroom sign, which I believe is standard on an Airbus A330. Since we have a cute Hipmunk mascot, I had to include him. And while two Hipmunks on the sign tilted each direction might be ultra cute, Hipmunk was founded by the same guy who made Reddit, and so the Reddit alien was an obvious choice for the second figure.
Using the picture as a reference, I traced the sink and mirror pattern from the original sign and the Hipmunk mascot, then found a vector version of the Reddit alien and assembled them all together into a 15"x8" rounded rectangle.
Using the picture as a reference, I traced the sink and mirror pattern from the original sign and the Hipmunk mascot, then found a vector version of the Reddit alien and assembled them all together into a 15"x8" rounded rectangle.
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You may have meant it as a guide, but to me only all the brandname- and link- dropping stands out :-(
I only hope I am wrong
1) If it looks like an advertising off the bat, people might not look any further and the post does not get its otherwise deserved attention
2) the referer links i believe are against the site rules, and there is no mention that following them could make money for the poster
This post just really stood out to me (but yes, I might hate advertising and self-promoting people more than average, I do however try to point it out nicely when it does not look intentional :-)
Either way, I did not mark it as spam or anything since it did look like an honest to god guide. Instead i decided to post my opinion, take away what you want or ignore me :-)
I investigated the ref= Amazon link you were referring to, they apparently were "ref=oh_details", which appers to be generated when you copy the link from your "order history details". Good to know they make suspicious links though, thanks for the heads up. Mouser does not have a link affiliate program that I am aware of.
i am perfectly willing to admit that i'm likely one of the more anal anti-ad people around here (if i had my way, linking to your own blog in an instructable is spam, unless there is a really good requirement for the link - we all get the "homepage" box where we can put such a link) and your "offense" was even in my book very light (hence only a post and i tried to be extra civil in it too :-)
Good thing its all sorted though, and just so you know, most other people here are a lot less annoying than me, so don't let me scare you away ;-)