Ever go to a party / meeting / social event and have a stranger walk up to you and say “Are you related to ? My last name is fairly common, those Scotsmen / Normans etc. being prolific like rabbits, so I hear this on a regular basis. Now, if you know me IRL you…
Books Life
K444 Is Done!
The goal was never to be famous, heck who ever heard of a rich poet? I have always loved writing, just letting the often weird thoughts in my head flow out onto the paper, or now my keyboard. But I did have a goal when I started to build WordsWorth – to finally put down…
Books Poetry
An Ocean of Silence
Remember I was battle-testing Wordsworth? Well… it handled the almost 200 poems I have written over the years, the export to epub was seamless, I added a cover image and one at the end of myself and Frieda. Too easy. Badda bing badda boom… An Ocean of Silence is done! Now should I publish this…
Geekstuff
sPYing On Your Apps
Sure. why not? I have a whole laundry list of things that bug me about some of the apps I have built in the last little while. Soo working my way down the list the next up is sPYglass. If you remember sPYglass is a wee app you drop into a folder of exes (usually…
Geekstuff
Pysano Gets Colourful
Ok so I know that Pysano is supposed to be a plain-jane, no frills code editor but I found it a bit difficult when debugging a large script soo… have to fix that! Pysano2, not the redheaded child of Pysano, incorporates syntax highlighting for python scripts and is still plain for text files. Too easy.…
Multimedia Poetry
We Are Eagles
Taste the wind, cast over landscapestorn and scored by the talonsof a vulturerending granite into dustwhile silent screams in jagged shardsflow through the bleakness in your mind. [Chorus]We are eagles soaring skywardthrough the clouds we see below,We are eagles soaring skywardSpread your wings, it’s time to go. Spread your arms, fingers stretchedand cry shrill, like…
Poetry
Perchance to Dream
Perchance to dream in solitude,of raven’s flight and puppy smiles,to sense the light that shines beyond,in endless quiet reverie. I seek the dawn of yesterday,far miles across an endless sea,that winds a path from here to there,and back again to me, and thee. I see the twilight cold and gray,come swiftly ‘fore the endless night,when…
Geekstuff
Update on Mavie
I suppose part of my nature is to never let something be, always looking for ways to improve things. Mavie was decent – an easy to use journal you could export to text or html if you wanted to use it elsewhere. But it seemed like a bit of a pain to have to edit…