BlogHide Resteemsyawnguy2 (66)in poetry • 6 years agoViral poemsBack 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 old hard drive, so in the interests of…yawnguy2 (66)in rubik • 6 years agoRubik: Tips for bigger odd-numbered cubesHere 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 them if not cubing regularly. I use…yawnguy2 (66)in dtube • 6 years agoCosmic 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 obscure websites. It is pretty much…yawnguy2 (66)in dtube • 6 years agoRubik: Willingness to scrambleHow 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 one considers it will take to solve…yawnguy2 (66)in rubik • 6 years agoRubik: How to solve the Tartan CubeHere 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 in my previous Steemit post.…yawnguy2 (66)in rubik • 6 years agoRubik: How to solve the Shepherd CubeIn 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 for each and put them on a web…yawnguy2 (66)in poetry • 6 years agoThe Ballad of Feisty JI 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 poetry. Such is life. 😊 The Ballad of…yawnguy2 (66)in poetry • 6 years agoVagrantsI 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 & Ivar and offered him a…yawnguy2 (66)in poetry • 6 years agoUnder 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 Verses…yawnguy2 (66)in poetry • 6 years agoUnder 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 The ring was…yawnguy2 (66)in poetry • 6 years agoUnder 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 might ask, was…yawnguy2 (66)in poetry • 6 years agoUnder 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 every day The…yawnguy2 (66)in poetry • 6 years agoUnder 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 They'd evolved and…yawnguy2 (66)in poetry • 6 years agoUnder 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 unsober revel As they were…yawnguy2 (66)in poetry • 6 years agoUnder 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 what was on the VDU…yawnguy2 (66)in poetry • 6 years agoUnder 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 hyperspin!” yelled the irate…yawnguy2 (66)in poetry • 6 years agoUnder 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 should be a regular metre…yawnguy2 (66)in steemit • 6 years agoThe 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-promoted posts occupy…yawnguy2 (66)in steemsilvergold • 6 years agoRamesses II Silver CoinI 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 1.5 euros. The words attached to…yawnguy2 (66)in steemsilvergold • 6 years agoNice display caseLook 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 -- North East England -- to buy a set…
