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Web implementation of Margaret Chisman's "Life is Random Walk"
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> | |
<html><head> | |
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><title>Life is a Random Walk</title> | |
<meta name="description" content="Life is Random Walk" /> | |
<style type="text/css" media="screen"> | |
body | |
{ | |
color: black; | |
background-color: #fff; | |
margin: 0px | |
} | |
#page { | |
width: 45%; | |
margin-top: 125px; | |
margin-bottom: auto; | |
margin-left: 1.5em; | |
padding: 40px; | |
color: #333; | |
text-align: left; | |
line-height: 2; | |
font-size: 24px; | |
} | |
#horizon | |
{ | |
background-color:transparent; | |
position: absolute; | |
top: 40%; | |
left: 0px; | |
width: 100%; | |
height: 1px; | |
overflow: visible; | |
visibility: visible; | |
display: block; | |
} | |
#content strong | |
{ | |
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; | |
font-weight:bold; | |
} | |
#content | |
{ | |
color:black; | |
text-align: left; | |
font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; | |
/*background-color: #ff0;*/ | |
margin-left: -400px; | |
position: fixed; | |
top: 10px; | |
left: 50%; | |
width: 800px; | |
height: 200px; | |
visibility: visible | |
} | |
.bodytext | |
{ | |
font-size: 34px | |
} | |
#footer | |
{ | |
font-size: 11px; | |
font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, sans-serif; | |
text-align: center; | |
position: absolute; | |
bottom: 50px; | |
left: -100px; | |
width: 100%; | |
height: 20px; | |
visibility: visible; | |
display: block | |
} | |
.classname { | |
-moz-box-shadow:inset 0px 1px 0px 0px #ffffff; | |
-webkit-box-shadow:inset 0px 1px 0px 0px #ffffff; | |
box-shadow:inset 0px 1px 0px 0px #ffffff; | |
background-color:#ededed; | |
-moz-border-radius:6px; | |
-webkit-border-radius:6px; | |
border-radius:6px; | |
border:1px solid #dcdcdc; | |
display:inline-block; | |
color:#525252; | |
font-family:arial; | |
font-size:24px; | |
font-weight:bold; | |
padding:6px 24px; | |
text-decoration:none; | |
text-shadow:1px 1px 0px #ffffff; | |
margin-right:20px; | |
margin-left:10px; | |
}.classname:hover { | |
background-color:#ffff00; | |
}.classname:active { | |
position:relative; | |
top:1px; | |
} | |
#btn | |
{ | |
/*padding-left: 10%; | |
border-left: 1px dashed #66c;*/ | |
position: fixed; | |
text-align: right; | |
top: 0; | |
left: 70%; | |
width:30%; | |
margin-top: 150px; | |
padding-left: 10%; | |
/*background-color:#9C3;*/ | |
text-align:left; | |
} | |
#footer a { | |
text-decoration:none; | |
color:#000; | |
font-weight:bold; | |
} | |
#footer a:hover { | |
background:#FF0; | |
} | |
#hidden { | |
visibility:hidden; | |
} | |
</style> | |
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1.9.1.min.js"></script> | |
<script type="text/javascript" src="rita.js"></script> | |
<script> | |
function capitalizeFirstLetter(string) | |
{ | |
return string.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + string.slice(1); | |
} | |
lexicon = new RiLexicon(); | |
window.onload = generate; | |
function generate() | |
{ | |
ruthless = lexicon.randomWord('JJ',2); | |
turbulence = lexicon.randomWord('NN'); | |
loving = lexicon.randomWord('VBG'); | |
confusion = lexicon.randomWord('NN'); | |
walks = ["walk", "pray", "meditate", "fast", "eat", "wait", "sing", "shout", "die", "sleep", "whisper", "cry", "sigh", "draw", "write"]; | |
walk = walks[Math.floor(Math.random() * walks.length)]; | |
ridiculously = lexicon.randomWord('RB'); | |
first = ruthless.substr(0,1); | |
article = "A"; | |
if (first === 'a' || | |
first === 'e' || | |
first === 'i' || | |
first === 'o' || | |
first === 'u') { | |
article = "An"; | |
} | |
stanzaOne = article + " " + ruthless + " " + turbulence + " of " + loving + "\u000A"; | |
stanzaTwo = "Sometimes results in " + confusion + "\u000A"; | |
stanzaThree = "Yet I " + walk + " alone on a mountain\u000A"; | |
stanzaFour = capitalizeFirstLetter(ridiculously); | |
result = "<em>Life is a Random Walk</em><P>" + stanzaOne + "<br>" + stanzaTwo + "<br>" + stanzaThree + "<br>" + stanzaFour; | |
changeTextSimple('apology', result); | |
} | |
function changeTextSimple(idElement, result){ | |
document.getElementById(idElement).innerHTML = result; | |
} | |
</script> | |
</head> | |
<body> | |
<div id="hidden"> | |
<img src="image.png" width="188" height="188" alt="thumb"> | |
</div> | |
<div id="horizon"> | |
<div id="content"> | |
<div class="bodytext"> | |
<span id="apology"></span> | |
<div id="btn"> | |
<a href="#" onclick="generate()" class="classname">Another Walk</a> | |
</div> | |
</div> | |
</div> | |
</div> | |
<div id="footer"> | |
Life is a Random Walk, implementation by <a href="http://www.twitter.com/samplereality">@samplereality</a>. Inspired by Margaret Chisman's computer poetry, as found in Richard Bailey's <em>Computer Poetry</em> (1973). Built for <a href="https://www.edx.org/course/electronic-literature-davidsonx-d004x">#D004x</a>.</div> | |
</body></html> |
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