hard work is my vehicle 
transporting ambition 
to terminal disappointment. 
As I uploaded into a dream 
(before sleep deserted me) 
     I patched myself 
     into randomized 
nightly text adventures 
or pre-rendered nightmares. 
Trapped between virtual depixellation, 
recycling cross-cuts, 
desynchronisation, wiping, 
decompilation and disassembly, 
     I acquire 
     just code, 
     just lines 
     on the road. 
goto the distance.

Napoleon, French military leader, died today in 1821.

Michael Palin, English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter, was born today in 1943.