{"id":4621,"date":"2017-02-20T20:57:46","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T20:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/?p=4621"},"modified":"2018-08-01T19:39:58","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T18:39:58","slug":"frozen-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/frozen-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Frozen Words"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve had a long term interest in digital ‘fridge’ poetry, making my first efforts with Flash around 15 years ago. A year or so ago I was excited<\/a> by Fridge Poetry \u2013 Google Sheets as Database<\/a> by Tom Woodward. There were a couple of goodies in that post, getting the word list from a google sheet and a nifty way to allow folk to easily make their own. I made a sheet and a poem<\/a> and slotted the idea away.<\/p>\n

I’ve revisited Tom’s post (and others) a few times, gathering tools 1<\/sup><\/a> and wondering.<\/p>\n

On the holiday weekend, given poor weather and a head cold, I revisited the idea and made my own Fridge<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This riffs & extends the idea a wee bit:<\/p>\n

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  1. You can add a background image to the poem, either from a built in flickr search or a local one.<\/li>\n
  2. There is a standard common word list and a topical one from the google sheet.<\/li>\n
  3. The words in the lists can be used more than once.<\/li>\n
  4. I used JavaScript as opposed to php (except for proxying images to allow you to export).<\/li>\n
  5. You can export the poem as an image.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I’ve edited Tom’s template a little, the new one:<\/p>\n