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Best Hotels Around the World for Geeks, Neo Wannabes

webbehr — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:45:00 EST

www.21cmuseumhotel.com - Louisville, KY. Funky, cool techno artsy. When you book your stay, let them know your musical preferences and they'll have a preloaded iPod ready when you arrive.

webbehr

Best Hotels Around the World for Geeks, Neo Wannabes

Laura — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:45:06 EST

Yeah...I'm sorry, but I've stayed in Hotel Avante multiple times over the last few years. It's one of those hotels that fits the artsy-modern-postmodern hotel schtick, and yeah, Google puts up a lot of its people there when they're traveling to corp, but it's just NOT that good a hotel--the W in Silicon Valley beats it, especially in general hotel needs. Wireless signal at Avante was terrible, for that matter. It has some interesting non-geeky amenities, but what geek wants the main part of the hotel--every part but the bedrooms, actually--to lack AC? A week there one summer was awful, and I LIKE hot weather.

Laura

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mitchel_stevens — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:54:46 EST

can't believe Jesus didn't know about THIS HOTEL.

mitchel_stevens

Best Hotels Around the World for Geeks, Neo Wannabes

Samifumi — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:34:27 EST

The best geek hotels are ones like a Hampton Inn where you don't spend $1000+ per night. The money you save you actually buy stuff for yourself, and not cover the hotel's overhead.

Samifumi

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fuzzycuffs — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:15:19 EST

You know what else the Hotel Avate has? A pair of my Oakley sunglasses that went missing there when I stayed there for business a year and change ago. *furious*

I even offered a reward, but some Neo wannabe must have taken them and run.

Also, truth is the place was kind of a dump. Yes, there were interesting trinkets in the desk. I remember the sink was fun too, but I've now seen those raised bowl sinks everywhere now (and they splash water everywhere).

But it all seemed like a facade over an old California desert hotel.

fuzzycuffs

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Atsumi — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:15:07 EST

Hah, I'm not sure if I'd want the people on the room next to me playing Rock Band all night.

"Tk tk tk tk" isn't the best sound to sleep to.

Atsumi

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jaypoc — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:42:20 EST

In Hotel Avante, Mountain View, CA... Why would they put a slinky in the desk? lol.. I doubt there's stairs in the room and can you imagine someone out in a hotel hallway releasing a slinky down the public staircase? What if someone trips over the slinky at the base of the stairs? lol. Just seems like an odd/somewhat useless item to place in the room :)

jaypoc

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The Lab — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:35:31 EST

How about the Hotel @ MIT? They have circuit boards etched in the lights and on the bed spread. Some robot from Dr Who is in the lobby. However, a notable absence of any actual functional tech. Basically _only_ for neo-wannabees.

The Lab

Best Hotels Around the World for Geeks, Neo Wannabes

SnowLeopard — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:08:10 EST

Sidney with a y, not an i.

SnowLeopard