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This year, I set myself the foolish task of trying to write something every day, and what you see here is the result. None of this is finished, polished, or in any way good. It's usually a few lines at the end of the day when I'm tired, my head's broken, and this nonsense spills out of it onto the page. Feel free to comment away, and if you think anything has any potential then let me know and I might have a go at working on it further.

But hang on, where's the first month? You've ripped us off! I hear you say... Well, yes. I have been writing since the beginning of January, but it's taken me a while to get the blog up, so everything here is a month old.

Friday, 17 January 2025

Modern problems

'Je suis désolé' the machine sings
In perfect French; wrong settings. 
I open up the app; it fails. 
Clear the cache, save the whales, 
Cross your fingers, touch some wood
'til finally things look good. 
It opens up and promptly proffers
20 pop-ups with special offers
Each with a complex cookie warning 
The closing of which takes half the morning
And then at last the options screen, 
What could that pesky error mean? 
But first, where is the language stored? 
You prod at icons long ignored 
Until at last the flash is found, 
Reload the app, kiss the ground
Avoid ladders, cross your heart
Pray the digital devil starts. 
Spend 5 minutes looking for that warning sign
But it's gone and everything's fine. 

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