Preserved Topic: Wes' Always Thinking II

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Everything sounds good guys, keep the ideas coming.

I like VP's Ideah. Yah! Lets do THAT

. . .

Yeah, thats a great idea. I also like the webcam idea, where each person uploads pictures of whats in the box, or whats new since the last time someone had the box. And pictures of the box in strage and new places around the world. maybe we should have some sort of upload section for people to upload picture on the net, and keep them all together?

hate to be a cynic but check the ring around the Asylum and see if you can make it, around that is

Jason

Oh well, I didn't try, but I guess it doesn't work. Okay, many brilliant ideas and suggestions but weak execution, is this what you point to? But I still like The BOX idea a lot and I think we should give it a try. Maybe, we should not plan too long term. But as Emp stated, we need to organize it. Up to now, we have a lot of different ideas posted. We could collect some more and then someone (any volunteers? I would raise my hand...) has to sum them up and make a huge list and either Wes determines the further proceedure or we will be democratic and make a vote. I don't want to sound authoritarian, just thinking about JKMabry's words.

I could definitely be counted on to keep the route unbroken. Great idea yes =)

Jason

I'm in!
I can't believe I just checked this thread. This would be so much fun.



:[ Computers let you make more mistakes faster than any other invention in human history, with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila. ]:

me too!

what a great idea!!

I don't travel much, but count me in.

mobrul

lol
I had an idea for "the box" how about a computer case. There's many models out there than might work. I have dreams of a cleaned out G3 or G4 case with those handy handles but it might be too bulky to mail.



:[ Computers let you make more mistakes faster than any other invention in human history, with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila. ]:

As MissTerry says we have a lot of (possibly contradictory) ideas but I'm sure Wes (as FATHER of THE BOX) or the Doc (as GODFATHER of THE BOX) will be able to sift through for the gold (and probably trim things down to something that is more practical - some of the ideas have been great but I suspect we'd be better off keeping things as simple for the first run and see how that goes before doing anything 'creative').

Some thoughts:

Webspace: any ideas? It shouldn't require too much space just room for explanations, pictures, etc. Perhaps it might be time to dip in our pockets and donate a few pennies (via PenPal) - it should cost too much.

The name: You'll be suprised to hear that www.CrazyLikeABOX.com (.org, .net, .co.uk, .info, etc.) is free (well I thought it worth checking)!! All the thebox and the-box variants are taken apart from the-box.biz , which could have potential (motto: 'our business is THE BOX, THE BOX is our business'). theboxtm, the-boxtm and the-box-tm are all free.

"If found please return to ...": We need some kind of notice very firmly attached to the box saying what it is, where it should be return to if lost (Wes, the Doc), etc. All sorts of things could happen to it as it is carried and shipped around the world and we'd hate for the thing to go missing and not have anyway of getting home. It might also go some way to stopping suspicious border gaurds snapping on the rubber gloves as a poor inmate gets stopped trying to cross a frontier with a strange box and an explanantion that doesn't really sound very sensible ('well we are all in a virtual asylum run by a doctor with nurse and mad scientists running around but not many of us have met so we thought we'd pass a box around the world, by hand where possible, and.... blimey you could have warmed your hands up').

"I'll be wearing a pink carnation and carrying a copy of the Financial Times": Should we have some stupid way of idenitfying the HOLDER of THE BOX which no-one (except a few like the FATHER of THE BOX) knows what it is? Now there I go complicating matters...

Just some assorted thoughts to chew on...

Emps

Count me in to support The Fellowship of the BOX, and do my part to keep in in transit.

And whatever else I can do to help...

emps: how about - "i'll be the one holding a BOX?"?


also, as far as ".coms" go, this may seem a little cheap, but i don't see why we can't use a subdomain, if doc is feeling generous.

TheBOX.ozoneasylum.com sounds cool to me, and it keeps its links with its place of origin. (doc, feel free to shut this idea down if you don't like it)



- - r e i t s m a - -
(tifkab)

YEAH! Man this ROX!!!
(wonder what this topic is about...hmm I guess I'll have to play along)
Yes I agree!

reitsma: Good point (although I have heard people suggest other things for the BOX!!) - I quite liked the idea of people opening the box to find they had to wear a leopard skin thong to hand the box over (or something like that - a Groucho Marx mask!!). Of course, it would have to be washed/fumigated after certain Inmates had warn it but...

A subdomain is good too - these projects usually get floated off but it might be nice to keep this close to home.

Emps

yeah... keeping this one close to the asylum could be nice, i mean, we want to imply that it is for asylumnites only...
that way we can limit The BOX? recipients to asylumnites psychopaths.
don't want no normal psychopath stalkers here, thanks!


- - r e i t s m a - -
(tifkab)

I like the idea of wearing something strange when handing over The BOX. How about these masks that only cover the face around the eyes - don't know how they are called. Like Zorro has one. We could go and embroider 'The Keeper of The BOX' on it.

And we should carefully read the custom guidelines.

<edit>stupid fingers</edit>

[This message has been edited by MissTerry (edited 03-06-2002).]

How about an ASYLUM party hat, a cookie costume, a dead fish duct taped to your face, a shirt from http://www.ozones.com/store/ , a pic of you with a black pill in your mouth (eew, especially if it was the same pill!) How bout a straight jacket?

it's be kinda funny to watch 2 schitzos in straightjackets try to hand off a heavy box


Harmonizing new illusions...
ICQ: 67751342

Cool idea .. Project Box Up the World .. I'm in!

and as to distinquish the difference between a asylumite and a regular .. we should throw in our favorite pill .. THE BLACK PILL .. work that in the black pill is handed over from each asylumite to the next .. something rather much like that "Fight Club" thing .. where they all had a bar or soap or from that other movie "The Shadow" where he gave all his helpers a ring .. but for us it is a black pill

Woohoo! Gettin' crazy, gettin' crazy. I love it.

I've read through everything and made a few notes. As Father of THE BOX (hee hee), I present my thoughts in no particular order:

- I like capitalizing THE BOX. It gives it punch. I prefer all caps for THE and BOX, as the two words should be invariably yoked.

- Adding photos to THE BOX, as someone pointed out, will get weighty. Let's publish the pictures online and keep them out of THE BOX. That way, we never have to bother with mailing anything back to home base when it gets too full. Plus, everyone can see the photos without having to wait for THE BOX. (Don't worry, there will still be surprise to THE BOX.)

- There will be a log book inside THE BOX. I'll find something nice. Whoever is the Holder of THE BOX will sign it, date it and leave his mark. Each Holder will get one page and one page only to leave a message, drawing, sticker, whatever. It's up to the Holder as long as it doesn't take up more than one page. (We're not talking full 8.5x11. Probably half that.)

- The log entries will not be published online. This is to give the Holders something to look forward to seeing and to retain some mystery to THE BOX.

- However, there will be a separate message board online where Holders can, and must, share their experiences with THE BOX.

- Further mystery: Each Holder, upon opening THE BOX, will discover a prize - a little gifty. The Holder will take the gifty and leave a new gifty for the next Holder. These gifties should not accumulate. As the gifties are discovered, they'll be published online so we can share in the fun.

- I do like the idea of having a mask or something distinctive in THE BOX that the Holder must wear when passing on THE BOX. However, I'm afraid that it somewhere, somehow will get us into trouble. Besides, whatever it is will take up room in THE BOX that can't be used for the gifties. The circumstances of the rendezvous should be left up to the meeting parties. Those circumstances can be part of the stories published online.

- Once THE BOX has been passed on, the new Holder must not open THE BOX in the presence of the previous Holder. Take it home and open it in private to discover your gifty, to take time reading the log and to create your own log entry.

- I originally thought that giving a time limit on how long you can hold THE BOX would help speed things along, but let's not enforce that to begin with. I'm sure that if THE BOX stalls with anyone, the Holder will be berated with plenty of "What's the holdup?" e-mails. At least for now, we'll keep it moving through peer pressure.

- I'll include an "If lost, contact..." envelope inside THE BOX for emergencies.

- Please, let's not plan THE BOX's route, nor allow a randomizer to determine its next destination. Holders should coordinate with potential Holders to determine where they can most easily pass it on next. Besides, I think it will be far more fun to see where it ends up from month to month, rather than letting a program tell us where it has to go.

- The official Web site of THE BOX should have a place for travelers to enter their planned trips. For example, if I'm planning to drive to Kentucky, I'll enter into an online form my destination, the dates I'm traveling and the duration I'll be there. Someone could write a script that would allow visitors to read a list of planned trips by order of destination (alphabetically) or by date of travel. That would make it easy for all of us to keep up on who's going where so we can maybe get THE BOX to someone who will be traveling a great distance.

- We will need a board on the site where we can all coordinate hand-offs. Doing this publicly will allow others to jump in and say, "Hey, I'm on your way. You can pass it on to me, then I can get it to so-and-so."

Also, we do need to come up with a domain. I just tried boxproject.com and it's taken. Throw out some ideas. Something easy for the newspapers to get right.

BTW, Doc, can you change my "Mad Scientist" to "Father of THE BOX"?

since this BOX will be sent around the world .. how's this for a domain

projectboxuptheworld.com .. it only makes sense .. each asylumite is going to put something into the box .. and it is going to be sent around the world .. that would be sweet

or just:
boxuptheworld.com

both are free to be used

or

travelingbox.com

I'm tossing shit out now



[This message has been edited by RammStein (edited 03-07-2002).]

It came to me in the shower. I have just registered passthebox.com.

My taquitos are ready...gotta go.

Very detailed list, Wes. I like it a lot. Seems as if we have our first 'Rules of THE BOX'. Weeeee... I'm soooo curious on how this project will develop. passthebox.com - that's what we do! Sometimes it's worth to take a shower...

Oh wow! Just WOW!

I only just discovered this thread! What an amazing idea.

Mark up another aussie on that list. It's a pitty no one ever comes to Brisbane However I do fly down to sydney every arrr... once in a blue moon. Oh and my uncle's constantly traveling all over the world as he's the QUANTAS head Chef. Which means I might be able to help when it comes to getting the box in and out or Australia.

But I think it would be nice if THE BOX had a name, after all it's about to be a star! Maybe something like Betsy, or Wilber, or Bob....

Heh, B.O.B = Box Of Blah

And to think, THE BOX is likely to see far more of the world first hand they any single asylumate.

And this BOX will be the envy of all boxes all over the world. No box will be as cool or hip as this box. Yeah, I think it needs a life like name.

I'd also like to spend some time with the box when I got it... You know, take it out drinking with ma buddies.. take it to Uni for a day so it can sit in on some lectures. Take it to a dinner and the movies then out clubbing, more drinking. I'd want lots of photos of 'when THE BOX came to visit'. You get the idea.

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Another idea I'd like to throw in.. Thinking back to the suggestions about there being two boxes, the box never finishing it's journey and that the box would take a long time to travel around...

We could have many boxes! Say we start about 5 in different corners of the globe and just keep passing them round. It would be like a network of never stopping boxes traveling the globe collecting personality. Although that might detract from the excitement of finally getting THE BOX (Frank) for a week or so. Yeah... that was a rather dumb idea but it's on the table none the less.

I'd also be willing to help out in any way possible. Be it with the box itself (I like the idea of DB knocking up a box for us) or the web site.

I really think that I like the novelty of one BOX.

As a one-of-a-kind item, THE BOX will carry a certain prestige and importance that two boxes or more couldn't possibly hope to equal.

Imagine how great and memorable a story you will have to share of your experiences with getting and passing of THE BOX if you get to touch it only once or twice in your lifetime!

Are those memories going to be nearly as sweet and exciting if you are running around passing off another random box every other week?

I would even suggest that we consider ammending the name of THE BOX to THE ONE BOX to reflect the fact that all others are merely inferior imitations.

I would agree that it's going to be difficult for people to wait to receive THE BOX when there is only one, but all that anticipation and frustration is just all a part of the excitement of THE BOX.

And yes, I do believe, "There is only one" would be a great phrase for the website and should certainly appear in sticker form of some sort on said box.

Wes: You truly are THE FATHER of THE BOX (I'm not sure what is done in caps and what isn't!!). That all looks good to me (as does the domain!!).

Dracusis: That is a good contact to have (I'm sure we can dig out more). I quite like the idea of nominating someone to pass on the box (rather than posting it which seems very impresonal - although we will have to do it I'm sure), although they would also have to be shown the contents just to satifsy them that nothing dodgy is being smuggled!! I know quite a few people who have to fly off to the Near East and places like South Africa once or twice a year so I could probably get them to take a box if need be.

It already has a name: THE BOX!!

As I said previously I think it is probably best to start with one box although if that works we could unleash a couple of others with different rules (random or no posting say).

Emps

Fine, call it THE BOX. When I get it i'll be calling it franky.

This is cool. I'm in =)

(The locator map is halfway wrong about me, I go to college near Albany, NY, so I travel between Boston and there periodically.)

OK, so I've been searching for a box to become THE BOX, while also thinking about how I might build a box. Nothing was really standing out and all the materials and designs I was considering never really satisfied me.

See, considering the traveling that I hope this thing will go through, it has to be very durable. It has to withstand bumps, drops, moisture, hot, cold, dust, dirt, sand -- all kinds of accidents and atmospheres. I realized that, although they are durable around the house, no Rubbermaid or similar product was going to make me feel safe. Even the ones that had snap closures would come open too easily. And any material I came across out of which to build a box -- wood, plastic, plexiglass, etc. -- was either going to be too heavy or too weak.

Then it came to me. Pelican cases. These beauties can withstand anything. I purchased a large one to protect my precious video equipment and it has stood up to all kinds of abuse. The latches will stay closed when you close them. They employ an O-ring to keep out moisture and dirt. They have a pressure-equalization valve that can be released if the case changes altitudes enough to make opening difficult. You can jump up and down on the damn things, even run over them with a car, and you won't make a dent. Plus, they have a handle, which I wanted on THE BOX to begin with. Would make transport much less awkward.

Frankly, having thought of Pelican cases, I can't imagine trusting anything else. Of course, the exterior will have to be customized to make it unique. But, that shouldn't be a problem.

The only setback is the price. I'm looking at the 1300 -- looks to be a convenient size while still providing enough room for a gifty, yet still small enough to ship fairly easily. Retail, they go for about $60. Ebay has one for purchase at $37.

Having just moved, I'm not sure if I can afford to get one right away, though. In the meantime, perhaps, we can discuss decorative ideas.



[This message has been edited by Wes (edited 03-09-2002).]

I though the case was going to be decorated with stickers from it's travles.

Well, let's discuss that.

While I like the image of a sticker-covered box like a cartoon steamer trunk, I think I like the idea of a strangely decorated box better. Something unique, odd, mysterious. Besides, have you ever looked for a sticker representing your state or country? I'm sure I could find one somewhere, but it would probably take some doing to find a good one that wasn't for a theme park. I don't think everyone's going to be willing to run around looking for one to stick on THE BOX.

Making your mark in the log book is sufficient, IMO, and you can do anything you want. THE BOX itself should be disctinctive -- something that, when you receive it, is instantly recognized from the photos you've seen.

A couple of the ideas that have passed through my head: Painted black and covered with evenly spaced, silver, rivet-like protrusions. Silkscreened with a stylized "THE BOX" and URL. Painted with a representation of the continents in distinctive colors (like the Asylum Locator).

Any other thoughts?

minimalistic, dank.
dark grey/chrome (ie gunmetal grey) and black.
matching with website colour and style.
THE BOX.
URL.
if found, please return to.
i think that is all that's needed on THE BOX.
world map would be cute, but i think it's unnecessary.

nice choice wes.



- - r e i t s m a - -
(tifkab)

Yeah, I'm in! gotr back just in time to take part! Whew!
I like the One Box best. More special that way. And original hand-drawn
art would be cool.

Love passthebox.com Wes!

Thing is how do we know who to send it to next? Maybe there should be a list of us in the box with the journal? We check off our name and send it on? We could all be in the loony box.

I tried to read everything before this page but maybe I missed that. anyway, I'll be glad to pass it to
whomever is clostest to me...hey, maybe us left-coast types could meet somewhere!

Whatever, count me in

Allewyn

[This message has been edited by Allewyn (edited 03-11-2002).]

Well, ideally, the Web site will incorporate something like the Asylum Locator.

Which, actually, brings up another concern of mine. If this thing extends, as it probably will, beyond the Asylum regulars, how do we make sure THE BOX doesn't get lost or stolen? How do we make sure that some unknown schmuck doesn't decide to stick it in his closet just to be "the guy who stole THE BOX"?

There's got to be some way to keep track of who's going to get it so we can always be sure whose hands it's in.

We could plan out the route in advance and have those who are going to be "keepers of the Box"(Gaurdians of THE BOX?, BOX-bearers?) could give the Box-lord physical adresses, email, and a phone #. That would make it easy enough to spam someone who stole the BOX.

Or, we could require a sample of their scent (some piece of clothing) before the thief recieves the Box. We could then release the Hounds of the Asylum(they are usually used to keep the inmates in) track the thief down and tear him asunder.

Seriously, alot of the passing will have to be done on the honor system. if the box is stolen then the mission was a failure and I guess we could flame the thief on the boards but thats about it.

----
tiki

http://www.globalspyshop.com/Chapter11a.html

Yah, I was thinking similar thoughts DB, but then I thought that maybe spending $800 to track a $37 BOX might be overkill, heh heh. (Although, I have worked with a couple of projects that allowed such devices to be tracked online, using a Java applet. Maybe we could get a tracking device for THE BOX's first birthday?) I like gun-metal grey, and I like some dark, dungeon-y flourishes, I used to have a mental picture of the box for the Asylum server, it should be made of iron and welded closed, rough but cool.

I'd be willing to bet that if someone shoots for the title of "the THIEF of the BOX", we'll be able to track them down, the person who had it before it went missing should have some idea of who got it, no? If it gets ripped along the way, we have to simply hope for the best, it might then be time for "THE BOX v2.0". We can worry about that when the time comes.

Your pal, -doc-

- Grey/black colors, shiny letters and mat box or vice versa.
- Big letters: THE BOX and URL.
- Small letter: Return address.

I agree, that we should care about troubles if they happen. If we really manage to mostly hand out the box from person to person, then the risk of getting lost or stolen seems to me not that big. As Doc said: the person
who had it before it went missing should have some idea of who got it.

And for the GPS: nice stuff, but a little too expensive I think. And it minimizes the thrill. THE mysterious BOX should only live through the momentary Keeper. He has to report into the weblog and take photos and so on. And while I write this: I think that's a lot of controll...

I was thinking a bit. Just a thought, but if you discover some weird meteorite that's crashed into your backyard, and you start to feel a little funny, you know? Strange green antennai growing where none did before, that kind of thing? ANYway, try to remember not to include any of the green glowing 'goo' as your little 'giftie'. The last thing we need to be famous for is as outer space plague carriers, that would suck, and not be 'kewl'.


Your pal, -doc-

I don't think THE BOX should be painted. It should be covered in human flesh.

What's the log book going to be? Just a book? How about a scroll? Or maybe a signature bear? Or we could decorate a book to match the box.

kewl <- ? since when. And why?

[This message has been edited by Dracusis (edited 03-11-2002).]

Kewl. Allowable since someone joined here with a paradoy site named "kewlster.com", something like that. Want to change the rules for us all? Go register www.*****.com and maybe we'll talk, heh.

Your pal, -doc-

Hmm... I saw this stuff at the hardware store the other day that's just like spray paint except that it ends up looking like hammered copper or steel or some such. How about black with the big rivety heads I mentioned before painted like copper. Imagine the lower half of a Dalek -- yeah, just like that.

My thinking for the log right now is a nice hardback journal. They have some at Barnes and Noble. Or maybe just a nice leather notepad cover that can be refilled. With a limit of one page per person (one side), it should last quite a while.

BTW, I hadn't mentioned it before, but we should sell some CafePress T-shirts on the Web site that say "I Passed THE BOX" or "I touched it!" or some such. Any proceeds can go toward THE BOX maintenance fund.

I like Wes' idea for the box

The log should, IMO, be some kind of big, black book. Like an old tome , "the Black Book of the Box".



-= Veneficuz =-

"Faith: not wanting to know what is true. "- Friedrich Nietzsche

Indeed, bound in cured human skin, with muscular sinew as the binder stitching. Open it and hear the screams of a thousands tortured inmates taking black pills while have their toes eaten by toemuncher





honestly!

But seriously, this is turning out really good. I think we're gonna have to collect this together in another thread, ie: 'THE BOX Voting', or something like that. So we collect the box and it's contents into three diffrerent ideas, and people can vote on it, one psycho, one vote kinda thing. So each person who wants to be involved will do one post in the thread, allowing us to get an accurate number of people involved, and in their post they will include the number of which style they're are voting for...but do we wanna do a simple majority, or a 2/3 majority?

The posts should be short and sweet to keep down loading time, and no sigs, so something along the lines of

'I'm in. I vote 1'

Or something similar...

skaarj: i was under the impression that it was "anyone's ideas, wes' decision."
i'm happy to be a part of the project no matter what it entails.
i vote THE BOX.
in fact, all your BOX are belong to us.

i'm sorry, it just had to be said.


- - r e i t s m a - -
(tifkab)

Skaarj: I agree with reitsma - Wes is the FATHER of THE BOX so its his call (it will save headaches later - too many cocks spoiling the brothel and all!!). We've had a good show of hands so the initial enthusiasm is there and can only grow as the project really gets rolling.

Wes: I like the idea for that spray (I'd vote for copper - but just mentioning the Daleks got me onside!!). Also you seem to be incurring costs here - do you have some kind of PayPal account thingy where people could stick a dollar or two?

Emps

Good point, mentioning the costs, Emp. I'm a little paranoid (we're in the asylum, remember?) on having my credit card number saved out there in the web, but I could send a bill by the good old mail. This way, the amount of money being possibly lost is specified. Any other way of transfering money abroad is very expensive for me.

Mmmhmm...but we still need to get a final number of who it's going to and where they are so that, since we're gonna leave all the decisions to Wes, he can decide the route the box will take.

I suggest a list inside the box, of who it's gone to and where it should go next. just to make things easier.

But...this is probably totally obvious

I think skarrjj has a good point about fiinding out who's in. I agree that THE BOX's route should not a be put through a randomizer, especially if you want to do hand-offs. I don't think THE ROUTE has to be pre-planned for the most part, but I do think we may have to plan it at some crucial points-like when the box has to jump oceans.

I can take it either way across the Atlantic, but only during certain window(I'll be a honeymoonin' in Italia-by the way Asylumites, I'm getting married this fall), and I bet Dracusis is the same with Austrailia. But after the crossings are made THE ROUTE can be pretty flexible.

I love a the gifties idea. A momento from your time with THE BOX.

I like Dracusis' scroll idea actually. A long piece of paper for each person to leave their mark. Kind of a traveling mural for the Asylum community. In the end Wes-THE FATHER OF THE BOX would have a piece of community art from artists all over the world. All of the Asylum working on one big piece of art

Actually that sounds like a cool web site idea.

The copper, studded box sounds cool, especially if it was a pelican case. I keep visualizing this strange case that looks like a prop from the Fifth Element or a Terry Gilliam movie.

-------
tiki



[This message has been edited by tikigod (edited 03-15-2002).]

Congratulations Tiki

My mind tells me to support Tiki on the subject of "BOX-routing". Passing the BOX between people on the same continent won't be a problem (I think ), the only real problem will be the oceans. But if people are flying across them this fall then that should be no problem.



-= Veneficuz =-

"Faith: not wanting to know what is true. "- Friedrich Nietzsche

oh my God, What a great idea! I'm definitely in.

I am more than an hour late for work just for reading most of the posts about THE BOX. I have to read more when I come home tonight, Swedish time.
Well, I don't travel much yet, but might have a smaller tour with my band later this year or next. I will let you know more when I know more about tour and travel.

Some of you people here really have some great ideas about THE BOX. I guess there will come lots of new Asylumnites after THE BOX's route has started. All must have a chance to join, don't you think? I mean, a predestined route for THE BOX would exclude all those who weren't members when it started. I like the idea that Wes had. If we have some sort of daily or weekly check where people are located in the world, it will be easier to find someone somewhat close to hand it over to. And only those who have not had the box yet could be on this route map thing. See what I mean? So you receive THE BOX, go home to open it and fill in THE LOG, and then go check at the website which person you could hand it over to. Either it is far away - if you will travel somewhere, or it is close. You could see it all at the site's TOUR MAP of THE BOX.

By the way, how can you put in where you live at the world map that I came upon from one of the messages here?

Kasta sten i glashus? Jag?

Kartis Shone:

are you talking about mr.maX's ozone locator?

I think that he said sometime ago that he was going to post a message telling people what they needed to do. There were some problems with the coordinates that were given.



Later,
C:\


~Binary is best~

I started a new thread for the locator but mr.maX is having a few technical difficulties (or something like that) and so it is closed. When they are fixed I'm sure he'll reopen it and people can start adding themselves again.

On the route planning business I suspect that will be half the fun negotiating with different inmates, possibly co-ordinating it with visiting someone you've always meant to visit, etc. It should all be v. interesting.

Emps

When the FATHER of THE BOX makes the first hand-off, I think it should be at some strange Texas
Landmark, with a little local media coverage. Sort of a * cyber community meets
Our community * kind of thing. Give THE BOX a proper send off. Then maybe CNN or TechTV
will follow it around the world..hehe

Well, lets get this going then!!!

Who has a box and who will send it and where???

Lets go with this... sounds like a blast...

:: m a x ::

Just making sure you guys know I haven't abandoned this. Just trying to get some other things in order. I have, however, discovered that the model Pelican case I was looking at is a bit too small. I went to to Fry's to get a hands-on look at it. Gonna have to go up a size.

If you guys are willing to toss in a couple bucks apiece to help get this going, I'll look into setting up a PayPal account. And we need to talk about constructing a Web site, which will need to be functional before we start THE BOX on its journey.

Forgive me for the slow beginnings. Didn't expect this level of excitement. I'll continue to develop things as I can.

CPrompt: Thank you! The ozone locator was exactly what I meant. I will try to come here more often to see what more info there will be about THE BOX and also ozone locator.
*smiles widely*


Kasta sten i glashus? Jag?

woohoo!
yeah wes, i don't really have much cash at present, but am willing to contribute a few worthless aussie dollars.

and i would be willing to throw in a few hours for the site as well, feel free to email me.
let's hope this idea goes places.

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(tifkab)