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Blog poetry generator. Hack the last part of the URL to retrieve random words from your own site, like this (sorry Sam).

[source code, template]

Hey, let’s all make blog poetry, take screenshots, upload them, and post the URLs in the comments. Best screenshot posted by midnight tomorrow wins something. How about a copy of Joe Clark’s Building Accessible Websites? I have 3.

Update: Giulio Piancastelli wins for the poem, the DOM strikes back. A poignant reminder of the importance of web standards, which, despite what you might have heard, are not bullshit. :-)

However, I have no contact information for Giulio, who entered no email address and whose linked weblog is currently nonfunctional. Giulio, if you could email me with a mailing address, I will mail you a complimentary copy of Joe Clark’s Building Accessible Websites. Email received, book mailed. Enjoy.

Meanwhile, the tool will remain indefinitely, so come back and play anytime.

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Ninety one comments here (latest comments)

  1. Mozilla does not understands “cursor: hand”, this is IE only.
    Mozilla supports the standard “cursor: pointer”.

    Try using “cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;” in this order.

    Nice work ;)

    — Anonymous #

  2. My very short poem comes from the example you posted at http://diveintomark.org/magnetic/diveintomark.org

    For the poem, see http://www.pleasureunit.com/bernie/img/magnets.gif

    — Bernie #

  3. From http://diveintomark.org/magnetic/wootest.cjb.net/waffle comes this great entry: http://wootest.cjb.net/waffle/mag1.gif

    Here’s an interesting “feature”: http://wootest.cjb.net/waffle/mag2.gif

    — Jesper #

  4. Screw that. This’ll fox you. Revealed here is the secret behind http://bradchoate.com/ - http://wootest.cjb.net/waffle/mag3.gif

    — Jesper #

  5. Vertical Hold (trackback)

  6. http://www.patandkat.com/pat/weblog/archives/2003/02/18/003048.php

    http://www.patandkat.com/pat/weblog/images/magnetic-error.png

    Not incredibly original, but I thought it was funny ;-)

    — Pat Berry #

  7. http://justin.madskills.com/archive/2003/mag_poetry_1.jpg

    — justin klubnik #

  8. a clever sheep (trackback)

  9. A somber, political poem for somber political web refrigerators. http://www.guydickinson.com/sheep/archive/images/magnetic.gif

    — evan #

  10. See yellow, yellow “SUPERTASTERS” switch foods, to protect the future.

    (my name Steve)

    http://minutillo.com/steve/magnets.jpg

    — Steve Minutillo #

  11. From http://lethandsex.com –

    http://thefriedmans.net/diveintomagnets/magnets.jpg

    Do we get extra points for haiku?

    — Lex #

  12. http://www.pipetree.com/~dj/magnetic.png

    — dj #

  13. via news.google.com
    http://www.hatch.org/b2/b2-files/mag.PNG

    — steven hatch #

  14. http://sonosphere.com/archive/2003/02/18.html (using words from Feb 16 entries)

    — Anonymous #

  15. using intertwingley.net/blog

    http://justin.madskills.com/archive/2003/mag_poetry_2.jpg

    — justin klubnik #

  16. http://www.melloni49.it/magnetic.html
    –
    tchuss

    — albertob #

  17. Using kryogenix.org:
    http://www.kryogenix.org/random/fridge/fridgepoetry1.png
    Someone thought of the haiku idea before I did. Darn. Maybe I should try a sestina instead.

    — sil #

  18. Stuart: you’re playing BlogNomic, aren’t you?

    — Mark #

  19. Mark - this is trés cool! :-)

    My entry:

    http://media.redmonk.net/images/tabletHaiku.gif

    — Anonymous #

  20. Sure! Today’s post is full of conjunctions.
    http://www.ismckenzie.com/2003/02/18.html

    — Ian McKenzie #

  21. John's Jottings (trackback)

  22. From http://web.archive.org/web/19981202230410/www.google.com/
    comes
    http://www.johnsjottings.com/archives/images/googlemagnet.jpg

    — john #

  23. From http://diveintomark.org/magnetic/diveintomark.org
    comes a somewhat longer poem, Behavior Generator.

    available at http://www.flipsidejones.net/mag_poetry.png

    — Ryan #

  24. From http://diveintomark.org/magnetic/ehummel.net comes my poem found at:
    http://www.ehummel.net/ramblings/archives/2003/02/18/magnetic_poetry.php

    — Erik #

  25. http://www.fireland.com/box/000661.html

    — josh #

  26. JayAllen - The Daily Journey (trackback)

  27. A different kind of poetry:
    http://www.contains2.com/timbits/archives/2003/02/18/silence.jpg

    — Marq #

  28. From http://illuminosity.net/thoughts comes:

    http://illuminosity.net/images/magneticpoemcrush.png

    — Lach #

  29. A linguablogger entry :
    http://glosses.net/archives/000265.php#000265

    thanks, Mark :)

    — Renee #

  30. My own page suggested a haiku:

    http://www.clickvision.com/folk/petej/webmagneticpoetry.jpg

    Thanks, Mark!

    — Pete #

  31. From my news page http://students.juniata.edu/gonzasi0/news.php
    I made this wonderful story:
    http://students.juniata.edu/gonzasi0/images/magnet.jpg

    — Anonymous #

  32. Tax Cuts & Applesauce…

    http://216.57.216.4/yumheart/6.jpg

    This is fun!

    — Name #

  33. Just a - SEX MACHINE!

    http://216.57.216.4/yumheart/7.jpg

    Yee haw!

    — Name: (optional) #

  34. Here’s my two entrys (the first one in deference to being a new MT user [again]):
    http://philsown.com/blog/2003feb18/my-mag-poetry

    — Phillip Harrington #

  35. philsown.com Blog (trackback)

  36. There are no Fnords in this Peom:

    http://216.57.216.4/yumheart/8.jpg

    — Name: (optional) Name: (optional) Name: (optional) #

  37. too easy: http://www.theblivit.net/images/magnetic.gif

    — nick #

  38. Augh, yeeah:
    http://jimfl.tensegrity.net/greymatter/archives/00000359.html

    — Jim #

  39. nick…. that’s just not fair! :)

    — Jesper #

  40. Ah well, not the expected result, but you’ve got to make the most of what you have…

    http://www.xlab.co.uk/tryingdownload.html

    — Phil #

  41. Jonathon Delacour (trackback)

  42. Not quite as easy as I’d expected, but lots of fun:

    http://weblog.delacour.net/archives/000854.html

    Thanks Mark…

    — Anonymous #

  43. Just Well Mixed (trackback)

  44. It works in Opera (v7 for Windows) but some of the text gets selected as you drag. Only a cosmetic problem.

    — kevin #

  45. It even works in Safari (build 60). That surprised me. It’s shaping up to be a nice little browser.

    — Mark #

  46. A Small Victory (trackback)

  47. Very neat idea.

    Protest poetry:

    http://www.asmallvictory.net/archives/002551.html#002551

    — michele #

  48. My thing with the thing didn’t work. That’s what you get when you don’t double-check your work. Try this one:
    http://www.contains2.com/timbits/archives/2003/02/18/silence.php

    — Marq #

  49. An entire afternoon gone to the dogs. Thanks Mark, you are a prince amongst men. Oh, and my contribution is at;

    http://halfcooked.com/andrew/images/fridgemagnet1.png

    — Andy Todd #

  50. It was interesting to reload the page and get different subsets of words to try. The haiku I constructed are nothing like the haiku that were already there.

    http://revo.homelinux.org/~sbrewer/magnetic_haiku.png

    — Steven Brewer #

  51. An important rule for working in teams:
    http://solitude.vkps.co.uk/SiteImages/MagneticPoetry.gif

    — Gary F #

  52. I manged to forgot to upload the image file yesterday. Here’s the link again: http://www.ismckenzie.com/2003/02/18.html#a1509

    — Ian McKenzie #

  53. Sorry, but I’m using the real thing. http://www.timswan.com/home_images/fast_cars.gif and http://www.timswan.com/home_images/puppy_play.jpg

    — timo #

  54. My So Called Life (trackback)

  55. http://diveintomark.org/magnetic/whitehouse.gov/blog

    http://www.davidtate.org/blog/archives/poem.gif

    — David Tate #

  56. Very cool Mark. Thanks for doing this. :D

    http://www.geekgrrl.com/images/Musings.png

    — GeekGrrl #

  57. Not exactly new, is it? “Old Europe” is way ahead of you: http://kuehlschrank.stempelgeheimnis.de/ You can even send it as an e-card from this (German) site ;-)

    — Armin #

  58. http://www.rhapsodic.org/archives/2003_02.html#000647

    — rhapsodie #

  59. this was fun… thanks mark!

    http://momjude2.home.texas.net/mag_poem.gif

    — Cecily Johnson #

  60. Snapping Links (trackback)

  61. The creature takes on the creator. From diveintomark.org to diveintomark.org, here’s the screenshot: http://www.mycgiserver.com/~gpiancastelli/gems/magneticPoetry.gif

    — Giulio Piancastelli #

  62. Uffish Thoughts (trackback)
  63. TeledyN (trackback)
  64. Random Beatings (trackback)

  65. http://www.mezzoblue.com/thisnthat/mark.gif

    — Dave S. #

  66. This is a blast!

    “Ode To A Fetish Porn Star”

    http://www.jadeddaisy.net/blog/images/magnets.gif

    — Rickie Beth #

  67. keanuvision (trackback)
  68. keanuvision (trackback)

  69. http://www.webfroot.co.nz/glutnix/index.php?p=59&more=1&c=1
    My body… is software…

    — Brett Taylor #

  70. http://www.polyglut.net/images/polypoet.jpeg

    — Chris Tessone #

  71. The contest is now closed. I will announce the winner in the morning. The tool will remain indefinitely, though, so feel free to come back anytime and play.

    — Mark #

  72. false cognate (trackback)

  73. The contest is over, but the activity continues.

    http://www.seabury.edu/MT/akma/000921.html#000921

    — AKMA #

  74. Pity I missed the contest, but I’ve had a go anyway (because it’s fun)

    http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~agi100/mag-poetry.jpg

    — dearg #

  75. This is sort of a meta-entry (or meta-post-entry) (warning:naughty):

    http://www.asstr.org/~vinnie_tesla/poemb.html

    — Vinnie #

  76. Lots of fun! Thanks!

    — Da Goddess #

  77. andedammen (trackback)
  78. woolgathering... (trackback)
  79. geeksblog (trackback)
  80. scottfallin.com (trackback)

  81. I’m getting fond of tossing a random Yahoo page into the magnetizer:

    http://diveintomark.org/magnetic/random.yahoo.com/bin/ryl

    — lnh #

  82. geeksblog (trackback)

  83. Hy,

    sorry about my english, I am from Germany…. I am the owner of one “other” magnetic-online-poetry-page (look at entry No.57 from Armin…..) and I find this Version great. It is a realy great new Idea for this game.

    Chräcker

    — Chräcker #

  84. Just saw this on BoingBoing, an (independently developed) desktop version for OS X:

    http://aio.nocrew.org:31001/~peylow/

    — Mark #

  85. Quick Links (trackback)

  86. Yes I agree. Cool toy!

    — Omar #

  87. Incessant Ramblings (trackback)
  88. Incessant Ramblings (trackback)
  89. Incessant Ramblings (trackback)
  90. Incessant Ramblings (trackback)
  91. fsck.clusterfsck.net (trackback)

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