Topics - my-own-things

Unawarer’s Guide to Paul Westerberg

Sunday, September 9th, 2007

Yes, I just invented a word, unawarer: n. a person who is unaware or not familiar.
And this here is a guide, not a tour guide, but a textual guide to spread the thought-provoking butter that is Paul Westerberg and the musical bread that was The Replacements. If you have glanced over my site you’d find [...]

My Cigar Box Slide Guitar

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

A few months ago I was working on making my own instrument from a cigar box. There are many guitars made out of odds and ends, and cigar boxes have been popular for do-it-yourself blues players since pre-war legends. Being an amateur craftsman with wood, I made the best out of my skills and the [...]

Mistakes Make Music (free album)

Monday, May 14th, 2007

The following is a review by the author of the album- Mistakes Make Music. Bolie Folke (his real name is undisclosed) was kind enough to let me post his biographical account of the recording below:
Today I made an album ready for the public to download using the one-man-band name of Bolie Folke. It’s a quick [...]

Tiny Web Design Easter Eggs that Make this Site “Grade AA”

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007

Besides some of the more popular blog enhancements, like a tag cloud, quicktags for comments, and instant page translation, I’ve had a few hidden gems that passing visitors might not be aware of. I like adding the small personal touches:
CSS styled Text Selection
Not many people change the selection (user-highlighted text) to match their design. [...]

My Portfolio is Ready

Wednesday, February 7th, 2007

I have held out long enough in designing a “showcase” section for my website. I decided to gather some goodies for everyone to check out. Portfolio sounds too businesslike, but regular old folks can see what things I created without being a prospective customer, employer, or venture capitalist. You’ll enjoy it if you like art, [...]

My Free Poetry eBook

Saturday, December 9th, 2006

I’ve written a manuscript full of bizarre and experimental poems of about 80 small pages. I’d like people to read it if they are interested in a short, but interesting book. I’d let you download a .pdf file to read in Adobe reader. I’ll send it to anybody for free, but I would appreciate if [...]

I like you. Do you like me?

Saturday, November 25th, 2006

I am putting together a list of websites about people I know, places I like, people who visit or like my site, and sites that are similar to mine. You can have a look at the LinkRoll now, but it’s not complete. I’ll have a link to it in the sidebar soon.
Feel free to [...]

is this place

Friday, September 29th, 2006

I hereby place the following poem in the public domain. (written October 31, 2005)
Nature bends its back
and the dry mouth
of a tall green cactus
spins a tornado of heat.
Time has turned around,
dripping past the sleeper.
Wasting away, wasting it may,
run away with the wind.
New sights of old
return to the fields.
Elderly earth gives birth
to a new season.
Covered with [...]

Hello worlds!

Tuesday, September 5th, 2006

This is my first post. I’ll be somewhere by the time you read this. I’ll be somewhere every time you read this. I’ll be somewhere if you never read this.