This probably seems like a dumb question, but I'm a little anxious about
taking my monome 40h (http://forum.monome.org/topic/1283) out to Jersey
with me.  I don't really want to mail it to myself because that would be
7 days I wouldn't get to play with it.  I'm not sure I want to put it in
my checked luggage either, because airport security has fucked with my
luggage before and I don't want them to take/break it.  If I do take it
on the plane, should I completely dissassemble it first?  A tupperware
with a grid of blinking lights doesn't seem to me like the kind of thing
they are going to ignore going through security.

Any advice/past experiences?

Whoa, yeah.  They're gonna take one look at that and probably arrest you 
immediately.  Or you're at least going to have to spend 3 hours 
explaining it to the dumbass TSA guys while they give you a body cavity 
search.

Sounds like checking it with your baggage may be the only option, 
unfortunately.

Killer idea with the tupperware, though.

uh, don't worry about it.I've traveled with min extensively (korea, tx, 
etc).

no worries my friend.

you'll be fine. carry it on, don't check it. you can reason with people 
in person-- but not if you're not there.

i haven't had experience with a tupperware enclosure, but i've never 
been asked about my 40h by security.  it's the people in the terminal 
that freak out when they see it. =P

> it's the people in the terminal that freak out when they see it. =P

LOL!!

maybe it's the hoodie pulled over your head with the big mirror 
sunglasses and gloves you're wearing.

what!? do you have a webcam into my house?!

wait... you can't play mlr with gloves on. unless you have elf-hands...

You aren't flying out of Boston are you?

I flew from LA->SF->Chicago-LA with no questions about the Monome. I 
thought they would be a bit freaked out by my hacked-up optical mouse, 
but no worries with that either. Just don't try to bring any liquids 
with you cause those are dangerous :)

i took 20 units on a plane once, they open stuff, look at it, then tell 
you to move on.

my laptop case triggered the chemical test. they didn't care about my 
hacked up electronics, but really wanted to get inside my totally 
innocuous case.

alfred (daedelus), on the other hand with that old 16x16 prototype, i'm 
sure has some stories.

i'm partially nervous because i'm taking a redeye.  last time i took a 
redeye flight LAX->EWR i was one of only 4 people going through 
security, and they gave me a hard time about my M-Audio Firewire 410.  i 
think it was probably just because they were bored, or maybe the guy was 
just interested in audio interfaces.  I think i'm going to definitely 
take my Tupperbot aboard with me, at least if they fuck with me it will 
make a good story.  i can't imagine what daedelus goes through to tour 
with that thing.

"There are too many m-f-ing monomes on this m-f-ing plane!" - Sam 
Jackson

>"There are too many m-f-ing monomes on this m-f-ing plane!" - Sam 
>Jackson
beat me to it.

I've carried a cracklebox (http://crackle.org/CrackleBox.htm) onto a 
plane several times in my carry-on bag with absolutely no problems.  I 
wouldn't worry about a monome, which looks much more respectable.

safe and sound in Princeton with no questions asked.  now to start
working on my patches.

are you doing a performance there? lots of nice people in the department 
there.

I'm actually a student at Princeton.  The music department here is 
crazy, I'm going to try to get into PLOrk next spring.  It would be so 
cool to learn Chuck from the guys who wrote it.