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I'm interested in your thoughts of cells, connection/disconnection - do you mean in the sense that people connect and (slowly) disconnect? Do you think this is a global theme, applicable to more than just humanity but also to humans in cyberspace, humans in all different fields, animals/thoughts/rocks/etc?

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I'm intrigued by many aspects....what are the preferred ratios of communication/community and privace, where are our boundaries, how much privacy do we want. Looking at myself as an example...With the internet, I seek out like-minded people, regardless of location, based on common interests. YetI do not seek out my actual neighbors. In fact, I feel I would like to be more sheltered from them, more insulated...higher hedges, more distance. If I visualized it in the absurd ideal...My house would be encircled by nature for a certain distance, hedged off, yet close enough to town and the bay for walking convenience. I would be connected to the people and groups I have 'chosen' through e-media....wallscreens linking friends spaces when turned on...my kitchen to your room, say, for an occassional chat.;)
I look at our various living structures...here in 'real space'....and the choices people make. The secluded mansions...the highrise apartment buildings, condos, suburban streets, etc. I like to look at urban planning diagrams and think about it all in terms of cells and larger organisms. What would be 'healthiest'? Does disconnection from local cells breed apathy? Or does it also allow for longer threads to feed nonlocal areas that need assistance...
What passes through the cell walls, what passes through the hedges in that idealized home cell? packages...people
What is it that propels us to reach outward from our cell? What would be the idealized neighborhood in cyberspace? What would it be there for?
I could go on and on...just a lot of questions I like to think about. How bout you.?thoughts?

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Thoughts, many, stemming from your discourse.
In reverse, perhaps, or some strange order of operation:
I know people who've really gotten into their "Small town" dynamics, and become a hardcore part of their community. They rarely look elsewhere, often opting for the sense of self that comes from a tightly-knit community. In opposition, a lot of the 'shy' or 'unpopular' people I know have a lot of good friends online or in many locations, and their sense of identity is more spread out. I think this is just the nature of identity itself - if you tend to identify too much with non-diverse peoples, you will find that others do not interest you. Whereas if you hang out with a bunch of crazily different people, you'll find that boring people are, well, boring.

I really dig the idea of opening my walls to yours. It'd be even better, perhaps, if I could walk through and grab food from your kitchen, then walk back and hop on my computer. That'd be excellent! I think the amount of control we have is a big part of the connections we have - think of it like 'doorways'. Walls are good, so are open spaces, but really the ideal is either a window with shades, or a door, so you can -control- how engulfed you are by other people. Nobody wants to be exposed all of the time, which is why we value our privacy at home. I think.

Like you said, it's kind of about how much privacy we want - but that amount changes regularly, you know? Perhaps we need to engineer P10 with these concepts in mind - so you can have a personal space of your own that is locked away from other people, but can be opened and closed at will, and also public spaces where you can go to appreciate full exposure?

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Definitely. Privacy levels change regularly and should be adjustable. Sometimes I might not mind a webcam or such of me working in my studio. Sometimes i would. Lj has many aspects that could be incorporated for adjustments...like the friends-only filtering and private entry options.

I actually find the browsing, listening-in aspect of lj to be quite comforting, it's an odd sort of companionship, being able to 'check in', reassure that friends are well, listen to their thoughts, days, without always needing to actively interact or bring attention to myself. Leave notes and smiles. And yes, engage in dialogue from time to time.
Were you able to check out activeworlds (http://activeworlds.com/) yet? I wonder what the privacy options are there.

Oh, and make sure to close the top of the cereal box when you put it back, eh? Gets stale.;)

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My cereal is connected quite well!

Wow, I'm so tired right now. I've been up all night, working out in NYC. *sleeps on the way home, driving thru the city...*

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please don't sleep while driving. Things tend to look mushy and passable when they're not.

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STILL AWAKE! Oooh, there's some nice mist in front of me... where'd all the traffic go? Oh well... ;)

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I often try to envision what it would look like if you could see through all the walls of every house and apartment in a neighborhood at the same time. I think of it as a grand scheme, and not so much as each individual specifically. I try to picture the movement of all the people ebbing and flowing as a chorus in the community exposed. With so many people behind closed doors, it’s easy not to realize how much is going on around us all the time.

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wouldn't that be wonderful??!:)
Have you seen the game The Sims? The cutoff roofs give that perspective....and that's just what I try to imagine sometimes in my neighborhood...and in my art.sims houses (http://sasarin.jp/sims/houses.html)

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Yeah, I've played The Sims. It's neat how you get a feeling of birds eye view and fly on the wall at the same time. Very cool.

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What color pieces do you need?

Our little NYC club got the lego marketing bonus they sent us 20 boxes of free legos, it's all sitting in the community pile for free grabs. Mainly greens and reds, since everbody in the club is interested in city scapes.

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wow.:)
well, it's roofs I'm after mainly. The ridge (top)roof parts. 2x2 especially, 2x4, and some 1x2 various. Just for making tiny house shapes like this and some bigger:

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I looked I only have like 2 tan ones of those.

They are #3044 if you look at bricklink. Each lego pieces has a code # makes life easier searching bricklink. ( I just learned this last month)

one of the tricky pieces to find eh!

I've only seen the 1x2 at the 45 angle but they do have the lower cap ones. I have maybe 3 2x2 reds, and 1x4 reds.

My friend said the 2 lego stores one in paramus, NJ and in nyack, NY has pick a brick they may have those. i think it's 12.00 for like a large SUPER gulp sized cup for any parts ... my friend jonathan filled his to about 800 translucent bricks, and said it's cheaper there than bricklink.

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Color doesn't matter so much for me because I can spray paint them. I just sprayed a bunch of them yellow. I should definitely try to get to one of the pick a brick places. That's where this all began- I was visiting family in Florida and filled a small bucket at Legoland in Orlando...and then couldn't get over how great they were for what I was imagining in my art.
Thought it would be easy to get specific parts online but it wasn't. well, Some were, and others not. And mostly I needed the oned that weren't, (of course).
Thanks for the tip on bricklink. I just found that site a little while ago and wow. But oh I just want to go fill a bucket now. It's a little far tho.:( But maybe soon. yay Legos!:)

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ooh I heard the orlando has a good selection.

I've seen pictures of the european stores, they have some exclusive bricks only offered in certain pick a bricks.

I think you can call the stores in NJ and NY to ask some will do mail order saves you on the travel. The info is on www.lego.com

have you checked www.lugnet.com yet? they have alot of info and tips on that site.

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oh and hey, do you post pics of lego stuff you make? me wanna see!:)

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unfortunately I don't have a digital camera yet :(

but I did finish my subway turnstile series. I thought it would be fun to do something people take for granted.

london underground one
NYC subway modern
NYC rotor version
DC metro

oh and I found the # on the 2x2 it's #3300

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omg that sounds great! you MUST get digital camera!! for meeee. hehe.
Can't wait to see eventually.
and thanks for the number! funny- I just went back to bricklink before and thought oh dear, I need the number for the 2x2 because I can't find it. you're a doll.

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that's funy the red 2x2 are cheaper as low as 0.05 each.

I saw some yellow on bricklink too.

the white ones are really rare yikes 2.00 each :o

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oh cosmic one... i haven't had a chance to read through all the replies but i still say "my thoughts exactly"... i watched Time Bandits the other day and thought of you when they entered the lego castle. go rent it! time travelling robber midgets!

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