Re: [spoon-discuss] About the grid reborn

["Baron von Skippy" <baronvonskippy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >>The original Glotmorf, conceived in 1977, was an amorphous blob that
> >could
> >>change shape as needed. (Came from a planet that used pneumatic tubes 
> for
> >>public transportation.  Long story.) I suppose that might work here.  
> Got
> >a
> >>blob in your image bank?
> >>
> >>						Glotmorf
> >>
> >-Why was a amorphous Glotmorf concieved in the first place, out of
> >curiosity?-
>
> You mean, why did I create the persona, or why was it amorphous?
-Mostly the persona of an amorphous being.-
> Why I created the persona was because, even back then, there was networking 
> and net chatting.
-Heh. Back in the distant past, you mean? Pre-Pentium? Pre-Apple II, for 
that matter? I thought it was all myths from that far back.-

> At the time it was a multiuser HP 2000 belonging to the school system, with 
> teletype terminals in the schools that students used to write (very 
> non-visual) Basic.
-Well, of course... er... yeah.-

> The name came from a scifi show on a radio station that played new age 
> music before it was called new age.  I'm still looking for some of the 
> music they played.
-Interesting. So the persona is even pre-Nomic. That's a while ago, that is, 
that is.-
> Why I made it amorphous?  Well, yes, there was net chatting back then, but 
> it was still pretty new, especially to a bunch of schoolkids, so I tried to 
> come up with a character that was compatible with distance communication 
> and multilocational presence.  Nowadays we call that sort of person, well, 
> a schoolkid.
-Yeah, they're mostly amorphous blobs.-
> 						Glotmorf

                                                  [[BvS]]


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