258 the Y in DIY

Working on this year's collection of poetry. Above, thinking about the cover. Below, a poem.


Mar. 15, 2020


And here we are

And hope we will

Of days forgotten

And longed for still

Oh woe be gone

Woe be gone


The panic of 100 years

Not crying yet

Saving tears

A gruesome bet

Against the odds

Not ready

To meet the gods

Doing a small part

Sitting on my ass

Making art

Waiting for this to pass


RIP Thuy Nguyen. Skateboarding is not a crime.

Since I'm thinking the next Miley McMeteor will be a puzzle thing, and since screens rule, I'm wondering what the best avenue for delivering the content should be. Ebook on Amazon? Free website? Or, an interactive app experience where you can work on the puzzles on the page?

So I did a little looking into the DIY app world. What I discovered pretty much made me want to close the door again for a while. If you are an SMB and you want an app to, say, allow your tenants to pay rent online, it's maybe doable. All of the services charge monthly, so if you develop an app through them, you better have a solid path to making money, or you're going to be losing it, to the tune of about fifty bucks a month, which is a lot for a vanity project.

And then there is the issue that none of them are modeled on a content delivery app, they're all functional apps.

Normally I'd call this an opportunity, but looking at being the Y in in DIY has me panicked.

I guess ebook it is.

Happy to see this topic trending.

All over the place, all at once, pedestrians and cyclists pounced from the shadows to reclaim pavement.

It all started in "hell."


File under: barcoded Amazon slaves


More from the Vendee Globe.

The sailor in third place straight up sank. Fourth place picked them up in a life raft. Sailing solo around the world ain't no joke.


That third story walkway. Somebody lazy had clout, for sure.

The painted ladies. If you've hung out long enough in the city, you recognize as far as blocks of victorians go, this is actually kinda dull. But it's got the Transamerica building in the background, and a good park for posing, and plenty of parking for tour buses.

Life lesson? The famous one isn't necessarily the best one.


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