Origin of the Word 'Sandbox'

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Fingz_sl

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As I stood in front of my class that first night, I dug deep inside myself for the one thing that I stood for, the one thing that would charge up the class to leap into the media with gusto and pizzazz. Then I thought of the magic word: sandbox. To me a sandbox is more than four boards and a bag of sand. It is a metaphor for play, storytelling, world building, and for a child's personal journey of exploration and discovery. And sand is a metaphor for what good media should be?rich, malleable, and gritty. Playing with media should be a multisensory experience. As with sand, you should smell it, taste it, and touch it. It should get in your ears, in your shorts, and in your hair.

http://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue76/World.php

I want to quantitate the sandboxiness of something as 'milli D'Ignazios'

What do you think?
 

Chancellor Alkorin

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I'm thinking: What was that guy passing around in his class and/or smoking when he wrote this?
 

Xeldar

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As long as I can I fill your Sand Keep full of my coffee smelling urine, you have yourself a sandbox.