yawnguy2

Viral poems

Back in 2006 I registered www.viralpoems.com for a year or two. This was one of those money-making ideas that didn't. Anyway, I just discovered some pix on an o...

Rubik: Tips for bigger odd-numbered cubes

Here are algorithms for cubes 5x5x5, 7x7x7, 9x9x9 etc. These tips aren't especially original, but are collected together for ease of use as I tend to forget the...

Cosmic Dumptruck (The Caretakers)

I wrote this poem in the early 90s, shortly after reading Jurassic Park. In 1996 I published it in the Usenet group rec.arts.poems, and later on one of my obscu...

Rubik: Willingness to scramble

How willing will someone be to scramble a cube, assuming they will have to solve it? The willingness is roughly inversely proportional to the personal effort on...

Rubik: How to solve the Tartan Cube

Here is the solution for the Tartan Cube I worked out in 2002. The text below comes from that, as put into a simple eBook along with the Shepherd Cube solution ...

Rubik: How to solve the Shepherd Cube

In May 2002 while living in Los Angeles I purchased a Shepherd Cube and a Tartan Cube. I noticed that there was no solution online, so I worked out a simple one...

The Ballad of Feisty J

I wrote this mixture of fact and fantasy around 1991 about a girl I worked with in LA, Jane Lok originally from the Bay area. But she didn't like me or my poetr...

Vagrants

I wrote these around 1993 when I had a shirt-and-tie job right next to Hollywood & Vine in Los Angeles. I did actually approach a local homeless man by Sunset &...

Under the Rim (Verses 161 to 184)

Under the Rim. An epic galactic romp. Intro and verses 1-20 Verses 21-40 Verses 41-60 Verses 61-80 Verses 81-100 Verses 101-120 Verses 121-140 Verses 141-160 Ve...

Under the Rim (Verses 141 to 160)

Under the Rim. An epic galactic romp. Intro and verses 1-20 Verses 21-40 Verses 41-60 Verses 61-80 Verses 81-100 Verses 101-120 Verses 121-140 Verses 141-150 Th...

Under the Rim (Verses 121 to 140)

Under the Rim. An epic galactic romp. Intro and verses 1-20 Verses 21-40 Verses 41-60 Verses 61-80 Verses 81-100 Verses 101-120 Verses 121-130 But why, you migh...

Under the Rim (Verses 101 to 120)

Under the Rim. An epic galactic romp. Intro and verses 1-20 Verses 21-40 Verses 41-60 Verses 61-80 Verses 81-100 Verses 101-110 This guy thought it silly that e...

Under the Rim (Verses 81 to 100)

Under the Rim. An epic galactic romp. Intro and verses 1-20 Verses 21-40 Verses 41-60 Verses 61-80 Verses 81-90 This race was ancient – for billions of years Th...

Under the Rim (Verses 41 to 60)

Under the Rim. An epic galactic romp. Intro and verses 1-20 Verses 21-40 Verses 41-50 “The crew had been drinking and now they were all In the midst of an unsob...

Under the Rim (Verses 61 to 80)

Under the Rim. An epic galactic romp. Intro and verses 1-20 Verses 21-40 Verses 41-60 Verses 61-70 “It's got it,” they whispered and all gathered round To see w...

Under the Rim (Verses 21 to 40)

Under the Rim. An epic galactic romp. Intro and verses 1-20 Verses 21-30 But not knack enough as the cruiser went drunkenly End over end in the chasm “Engage hy...

Under the Rim (Verses 1 to 20)

Under the Rim. An epic galactic romp. I have always considered a "real" poem should have Rhyme, Rhythm and Reason, namely: The lines should properly rhyme There...

The bidbot dilemma (Part 2)

This is a follow-up post to @yawnguy2/the-bidbot-dilemma. In brief: My @yawnguy and @yawnguy2 posts get curated by others when bidbot-promoted These bidbot-prom...

Ramesses II Silver Coin

I got this recently for a change. It's manufactured by Scottsdale Mint for the Republic of Chad, 2 ounces, .999 fine. The face value is 1000 Francs CFA, roughly...

Nice display case

Look what I just got for £5 ($6.40, €5.60)! It didn't have any silver dollars in it, of course. I went into a local (more or less) coin shop in North Shields --...