Archives week 42 of 2005
Oct. 17, 2005 - Oct. 23, 2005
I'm a Lumberjack (Logging the night away...)
Written by
on
in
Snaking.
I've just spent the last few hours building event-logging functionality into the VOIP front-end. Turned out to be far less painful than I'd thought it would be. There were a few places where I had to do some funky code to provide a formatted note regarding what had been done, but in most places the ...
Six Billion People Live
Written by
on
in
Vindaloo.
Somewhere six billion people live
For every scant connection that I make
Six hundred thousand are still-born
I will never smile at them
Never offer them my food
Listen to their problems
Hold them as they weep
Or laugh with them in joy
I fly over some small fraction
Wondering whether to add them to ...
Over Night
Written by
on
in
Vindaloo.
Quiet whispers
Hushed voices
Nervous giggles
Squeaky springs
Untold things
Lost innocence
Found flowers
Beneath noses
Over heads
Blushing faces
Over breakfast
Hiding smiles
Never mentioned
Guilty pleasures
In guiltless hearts
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Mike C. Fletcher, the VRPlumber, is a philosopher of design turned computer programmer based in Toronto, Canada. He works primarily in the Python programming language, and maintains a large number of Open Source software packages. You can reach him at: mcfletch@vrplumber.com.