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From: kikun@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
Subject: Re: Heya.
>
> > Rents are so high there, people have to live in these big old houses
> > together, and as some of the more technical folk drifted together,
> > they started wiring themselves up. Add local ISDN lines, and they're
> > now all on the net. There's a www page at boing.resort.com, I think.
>
> Hey, can you send more info on this stuff to nexus-gaia? I think everyone
> there would be very interested to hear about it.
>
> --DaveH
>
>
You can, if y'like. I've actually been considering unsubscribing from
nexus-gaia, as a couple of other mailing lists have begun to take over my
life. I'd be happy to tell you all I know about 'em, though, if you
want any info.
The Armory has run as a successful nexus for over three years, now. It
was only recently that Echo Street and The Resort got online, but they
have better equipment.
We all name the houses in Santa Cruz. I lived in The Burrow, Quack House, and
House of Wrath while I was there.
The three online are on somewhat different models. The Armory's a benign
dictatorship, with John (spcecdt@armory.com) the Man on the Lease. He
keeps things running fairly smoothly, even through the occasional comings
and goings of members. He's wired every single appliance in the house
through deeptht.armory.com, either through wires or with a broadcaster
for the things that have remote controls. One VCR's wired to almost
every room in the house, and there's a terminal in most of the bedrooms,
as well as five downstairs for folks who wander in. Last I heard, he was
working on linking up the phones to do intercom/transferring. It's
mostly students and half-students, with a smattering of computer pros.
Echo Street is an ex-fraternity house, that four or five people got
together and bought. There're three or four other people living there
as well, depending. The owners all work at UCSC, SCO, Apple, HAL, and such,
and have more techtoys than I've ever seen in one place. They rent
out the rooms to other folks, and sort of govern by informal
parliment. I'm only acquaintences with them, and I'm sure you could
get better information from any one of 'em.
The Resort is an anarchy, though not on purpose. It just turned out that
way. My best friend lives there, but the house only really got together
after I moved away, so I don't know much about its inner workings. There's
probably more on the www page.
These all came together because the economic climate in Santa Cruz demands
that a lot of folks our age, and many older, live communally. There're
also lots of folk in tents in backyards, trailers/rvs in driveways, etc.
The half-life on most households is about six months, but the three listed
above have all held together for a couple of years. Probably because
a lot of the people knew each other before they moved in together,
unlike most households which usually form in the same manner as most
garage bands and with about as much success.
Jame