The Inkwell
#Sliced #Glitch
Satellite imagery is wonderful technology
Landing pictures on our telly screens from far far away
Interference from Meteors, Asteroids (or even a Martian or two)
Can make the snap from the satellite look not as
Exact as you would have expected it
Directors playing jigsaw puzzles before putting it on screen
#Fowc #Dial
Digit turns the circuit
in a number of turns
as connection is made to a
loved one far away, through invisible waves
#writingprompt #fearful symmetry
marvellous movement,
made by the makers,
of a made well micro computer mouse
Salford 3rd September
Reduced to a second relic in the corner
Even the technician suggested it was past its best
Computer’s do have a shelf life – but
To others – all that was needed, was a bit of
Installation and dusting down
Fresh drivers and a spot of cleaner – soon back to its
Youthful side, particularly with a new CD-Rom Drive
#wifi #fowc
Salford, 13th March
An acrostic on WiFi technology in response to fandangos one word challenge
Wireless….
It’s like your stereo, but it’s much more
Fun….particularly if you like gaming
It allows you to move around with your devices
World Wide Web
In the palm of your hands
For the time you need
Instant information
Wondering around
In the great outdoors, whilst
Following the goings on at home on
Instagram, Facebook, and twitter
Where would we be without this technology?
Internet and telephone
Fixed into the wall….dial up networks ?
It’s not fun at all…you’re waiting forever to connect
Redo from start, is what the tech on the line said
Expect a bit of installing, as the
Silicon chips went back to the way they were
Testing times for the humble laptop user
As a heap of programs stood in front of him
Ready to enter the CD – ROM Drive
Time would pass – and the machine be fixed – eventually
Could that new fangled coloured box, be that must have games machine you’ve been
Looking at in the newspapers and magazines all year
Over every review, it supposedly beats the competition hands down
As you are lined up with your friends, the gossip
Keeps on growing – as to what is inside it
Expectation grows as well – until the
Drapes are lifted and the secret is out.
Quite the thing, the noble feather known as a quill
under the hand of the wordsmith
it paints pictures in type without a machine
letters form on paper through ink
lovingly transcribed by the writer with the sharpened nib
Is it me? or has the calendar been re-drawn ?
You’ve been after that bright shiny object for ages
The latest thing, that’s in all the shops
But now, its here, you’re all forlorn
as you parted with a load of your wages
you left feeling like the pick of the pops
The packaging all bashed and worn
The manual that goes on for ages
the object of desire – tomorrow – price drops
For the latest model – has been born
the topic of all technological sages
and your happiness for your purchase – flops
regular viewers : this is not for viewers of a nervous disposition)
Salford, 4th November 2016
I have a storage cupboard for all my computing and photography gear.
Given we’ve just had Halloween – its pretty darn frightening.
Brace yourself……here’s the top draw
(AAARGH!)
Thing is its mostly my computing gear – cables for cameras, Old Cameras that have gone past their best – and electronic projects pushed out by the newer stuff.
Yes – to the untrained eye – its chaos. But I can always lay my hand on an item in this draw if I need it.
My other shelves ? Perfect! sorted in a manner the British Library could be proud of.
I’d call that draw my mausoleum to the unused.
but I know that one day – i’ll go in there to use an item
