2011.10.11 07:00 - Little Boxes made of Ticky Tacky

    The Guardian for this meeting was Riddle Sideways. The comments are by Riddle Sideways.
    Who is confused right at the start by a small box (that belongs to Boxy) with clickable links text above it.  It all means great sense after Boxy explains it is a  twitter feed to suggest topics that might get talked about.

     

    Riddle Sideways: Hi Susan, you're early today
    Riddle Sideways: and you can move around :)

    iwandertoo Resident: haha
    Riddle Sideways: whatz up?
    iwandertoo Resident: lol
    iwandertoo Resident: how are you?
    Riddle Sideways: trying to figure out boxy's box
             fore-shadowing...
    iwandertoo Resident: whens the restart going to kick-in?
    iwandertoo Resident: ah
    Riddle Sideways: Hi Arisia
    Riddle Sideways: Hi Yak
    Arisia Vita: Hi all
    iwandertoo Resident: waves
    Yakuzza Lethecus: hey everyone

    Riddle Sideways: the website (from the boxy box) says abcnews, but something looks not right
    Riddle Sideways: Alf really wants to win a free trip to Japan, hmmm
    Riddle Sideways is wondering if this is spam, Alf
    Riddle Sideways: Hi Alf
    Alfred Kelberry: hi :)

    Riddle Sideways: were just wondering about the boxy box
    Yakuzza Lethecus: hi boxy :)
    Alfred Kelberry: what spam?
    Alfred Kelberry: :)
    Riddle Sideways: are we suppose to tweet for your trip to japan


    Alfred Kelberry: ah, it's a live feed from twitter
    Riddle Sideways: and is that the 'real' abc news site
    Alfred Kelberry: i wouldn't know what urls did you click on :)
    Alfred Kelberry: actually, i left it as a topic helper, cause sometimes we have trouble finding a new one
    Riddle Sideways: it is a tinyURL to abcnews.GO.com
    Riddle Sideways: nice topic "10,000" free tickets to Japan
    Alfred Kelberry: yes, tweets use url shorteners
    Alfred Kelberry: heh, yep
    Alfred Kelberry: i wonder if pema is eligible for one :)
    Riddle Sideways: Pema has freq flyer miles
    Riddle Sideways: not sure the topic of Demi Moore using Kabbalah as a crutch is a good topic :)
    Riddle Sideways: but thanks for the topic box
    Alfred Kelberry: :)
    Alfred Kelberry: someone's having a birthday
    Riddle Sideways: ?
    Alfred Kelberry: the tweet
    Alfred Kelberry: um, it updates every minute

    Alfred Kelberry: oh, susan, have you looked at the table page?
    iwandertoo Resident: no...
    Alfred Kelberry: ok
    Riddle Sideways: do we have tables now?
    Alfred Kelberry: yaku-san, how are you doing?
    Alfred Kelberry: riddle, it's susan's project
    Riddle Sideways: ok
    iwandertoo Resident: hi boxy, perfect
    Alfred Kelberry: not sure i'm allowed to talk about it :) *looks at susan*
    Riddle Sideways: which of us gets to sit at the kid's table
                         --BELL-- 
    Riddle Sideways: 90-sec is a long time
    Riddle Sideways: how many of us got distracted
    Alfred Kelberry: when you count :)
    Riddle Sideways: into some other project?
    Alfred Kelberry: sorry, i have :)

    Riddle Sideways: boxy, am wanting the tweet box to stay, but can it be more out of the circle?
    Riddle Sideways: hard to change topic every minute
    Riddle Sideways: how are tweets a metaphor?
    Alfred Kelberry: ah, sure
    Riddle Sideways: almost everything is a metaphor
    Riddle Sideways: but, how are twitters

    Alfred Kelberry: ok now?
    Riddle Sideways: thank you
    Riddle Sideways: sorry to be so pushy

    Riddle Sideways: maybe tweets are like those random thoughts that pass by
    Riddle Sideways: when trying to be still
    Riddle Sideways: new input all the time
    Yakuzza Lethecus: i wonder about the sense i am making of all the input i percieve or maybe only recieve during the day
    Yakuzza Lethecus: everyday financial crisis in the news
    Yakuzza Lethecus: selection, which news does really matter for me, should i even stop watching the daily news
    Alfred Kelberry: riddle, yes, random thoughts is how i felt about them
    Alfred Kelberry: no time to settle in too as next one is on the way
    Riddle Sideways: almost like the random thoughts firing off as soon as one is picked for concentration
    Alfred Kelberry: yaku, if i may, i'd like to suggest spending less time reading media. it does help :)

    Yakuzza Lethecus: is there selection possible in the tweets boxy ? like only tweets about thoughts on meditation as a startable topic giver ?
    iwandertoo Resident: best to everyone
    Riddle Sideways: buy buy susan
    iwandertoo Resident: yes buy!
    iwandertoo Resident: hehe
    iwandertoo Resident: i'm rubbing off on you, riddle!
    iwandertoo Resident: jk...see you later
    Riddle Sideways: :)

    Alfred Kelberry: yaku, yes. currently, it looks for "japan".
    Alfred Kelberry: let me try "meditation"
    Alfred Kelberry: there
    Riddle Sideways: you subscribe/follow publishers
    Riddle Sideways: not so much as subjects
    Alfred Kelberry: i use twitter search api
                         --BELL-- 
    Riddle Sideways: ok, those tweets are now peacefuller
    Riddle Sideways: a little less noise
    Alfred Kelberry: :)
    Riddle Sideways: Hi suckerpunch
    Alfred Kelberry: that was fast :)
    Riddle Sideways: bye sucker :)


    Alfred Kelberry: this is my a-student sit :)
    Alfred Kelberry: proper pup
    Riddle Sideways: like that you can sit down on the box now, boxy
    Alfred Kelberry: :)
    Alfred Kelberry: that's all i can build :)
    Riddle Sideways: :)
    Yakuzza Lethecus: the smartes boxes by boxy
    Alfred Kelberry: heh
    Riddle Sideways: store soon to open: "Boxy's Smart Boxes"
    Alfred Kelberry: um... i think i'd like a little cosy cafe instead :)
    Alfred Kelberry: clutter free japanese style
    Riddle Sideways: made of boxes
    Alfred Kelberry: oops, phone...
    Riddle Sideways: take one down and pass it around
    Arisia Vita: rl found my number again, and is calling....sigh...be well and happy till we meet again, which will be soon I hope... :)
    Riddle Sideways: old song: "Tiny boxes"
    Riddle Sideways: ok, thanks and by Arisia
    Arisia Vita: my pleasure

    Alfred Kelberry: riddle, which one is it?
    Alfred Kelberry: and, bye ari :)

         Boxy. Making only boxes. Sitting on boxes. In a house made of lots of boxes.  hmmmm......
    Riddle Sideways: by Malvina Reynolds
    Riddle Sideways: Little boxes on the hillside
    Riddle Sideways: Little boxes made of ticky tacky
    Riddle Sideways: Little boxes all the same
    Riddle Sideways:
    And the people in the houses
    All went to the university,
    Where they were put in boxes
    And they came out all the same,

    And there's doctors and lawyers,
    And business executives,
    And they're all made out of ticky tacky
    And they all look just the same.
                         --BELL-- 
    Riddle Sideways: for completenss: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJjE-UtqQdU
    Riddle Sideways: driving into south San Francisco, you can see the hillside of colorful boxy houses
    tinyboxes_sosanfran.jpg
    Riddle Sideways: that the song was inspired by
         At least that's what I always thought, but research points to either the above scene or Daly City (below)
    tinyboxes_dalycity.jpg


    Riddle Sideways: well Yak, the region restart might not come today
    Riddle Sideways: you were probably here to bear witness
    Yakuzza Lethecus: well i do not only come to pab to see the sim go down :)
    Riddle Sideways: hehehe

    Yakuzza Lethecus: this window often brings some good new thoughts
    Riddle Sideways: maybe like the tweet box :)
    Riddle Sideways: sometimes some good new thoughts come
    Alfred Kelberry: back
    Yakuzza Lethecus: wb

    Alfred Kelberry: yes, yaku. i found this via one of the tweets last session...
                         --BELL-- 
    Alfred Kelberry: http://up.keep.se/katase_rino.jpg
    Alfred Kelberry: :)

    Riddle Sideways: I like that tweet:
    Riddle Sideways: Prayer is when you talk to G-d
    Riddle Sideways: Meditation is when you listen to G-d
    Alfred Kelberry: hmm
    Alfred Kelberry: san :)
    Yakuzza Lethecus: hey santo
    Santoshima Resident: hey

    Alfred Kelberry: yaku, any tech experiments you got yourself into lately?
    Yakuzza Lethecus: not really, i started another gaming habit lately, so nothing senseful lately
    Riddle Sideways: Hi Santo
    Alfred Kelberry: heh
    Yakuzza Lethecus: i got to go
    Yakuzza Lethecus: nice to see everyone
    Riddle Sideways: by
    Santoshima Resident: bye yaku

    Riddle Sideways: sorry, got distracted by the boxes thought generator
    Alfred Kelberry: hehe
    Alfred Kelberry: that's an interesting description
    Santoshima Resident: huh?
    Riddle Sideways: San, boxy left a twitter box over there
    Santoshima Resident: is that what you are sitting on, boxy?
    Riddle Sideways: it refreshing a new tweet every minute
    Santoshima Resident: oh, wow
    Alfred Kelberry: no, behind me
    Riddle Sideways: blue box
    Alfred Kelberry: the "t" box
    Santoshima Resident: ok,
    Santoshima Resident: ahhh
    Alfred Kelberry: you have to zoom in to see the tweets
    Santoshima Resident: very innovative
    Santoshima Resident: i can see them
    Alfred Kelberry: :)
    Santoshima Resident: nice :)
    Riddle Sideways: changing the search to 'meditation' makes it better now
    Riddle Sideways: more like a proverb giver
    Santoshima Resident: way cool
    Riddle Sideways: then a link enticer

    Alfred Kelberry: *wonders what the "war" search would bring*
    Santoshima Resident: an invitation to havoc
    Riddle Sideways: wonder what "peace" would bring :)
    Alfred Kelberry: heh
    Alfred Kelberry: "all what i'm sa-a-a-ying... is give peace a chance..."
    Santoshima Resident: :))
    Alfred Kelberry: oh! this reminded me of the tiny song of yours riddle which i missed. *scrolls up*
    Riddle Sideways: Pete Seger sings it a lot too
    Riddle Sideways: one of those kids songs that makes ya think
    Alfred Kelberry: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_2lGkEU4Xs
    Alfred Kelberry: :)

    Santoshima Resident: what are you sitting on there, boxy? that box
    Alfred Kelberry: youtube has it all :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La21jYGIQ8k
    Alfred Kelberry: san... a chair of sort :)
    Santoshima Resident: hmm, understod .... but photos of bleu
    Riddle Sideways: what other kind of chair would a cardboard box dog sit upon?
    Alfred Kelberry: that's the first texture that picked up :)
    Santoshima Resident: :)
                         --BELL-- 
    Santoshima Resident: good to be elevated
    Alfred Kelberry: besides, she's beautiful and i love her :)
         Alf works so hard...
    boxy_pulling_rose.jpg
    Riddle Sideways: Whoops, got lost off into YouTube link land again
    Alfred Kelberry: heh
    Santoshima Resident: easy to do

    Riddle Sideways: so many great folk songs, so little time :)
    Alfred Kelberry: i have a nice collection from the fairbanks folk festival
    Riddle Sideways: fairbanks Alaska?
    Alfred Kelberry: yep
    Riddle Sideways: what month is that held in?
    Alfred Kelberry: last frontier, no compromise, coup de deux...
    Riddle Sideways: hope not Janurary
    Alfred Kelberry: no :) summer, i think july
    Santoshima Resident: needing to go / short but very sweet to see you both ~
    Riddle Sideways: yes, bye San
    Alfred Kelberry: thank you guys
    Riddle Sideways: need to go too
    Alfred Kelberry: be well
    Riddle Sideways: bye boxy, thanks for the boxes
    Riddle Sideways: ah, you take the blu box
    Alfred Kelberry: very welcome :)
    Alfred Kelberry: yes, it's my tiny chair :)

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