World of Warcraft char, Fatweh

Here’s a picture of my ‘main’ World of Warcraft char, Fatweh.

Now support a Facebook app updating the status of your chosen chars.

Tried it this morning and it didn’t work.

This does work. It’s a flash ani of my main an Allaince Warlock called Fatweh.

Flash and XML

This is done using XML.
Flash allows you to complete the loop providing specified data on the fly updated directly from the XML feed based on my character. So, for example if the image relating to my cloak changed, the XML Namespace containing the image data and dependancies for that particular piece of kit would be changed dynamically through Flash. All done throught the XML publishing platform.

Wild.

Google made me homeless

I case your wondering why my site has gone down, for the past 6 months I have been homeless in France.

‘The powers that be…‘

Following the removal of my web-site Lonelyplanetexchange.com, I’ve found it impossible to make money. On returning here to the UK, I’m finding it like before, i.e. no chance of getting a job whatever I do.

I did however keep a diary whilst I was homeless. This records my movements, the places and conditions I slept in.

How and where I got food.

I now have to declare myself bankrupt or just hang around on the dole till kingdom come or something turns up.

In the meantime…

Starting Kit

Steel Toe Cap Boot 1 x Steel toe-cap Boots

socks 3 x Socks

boxer shorts 3 x Boxer shorts

Gelert Rocky Tent 1 x Tent

Gelert Sleeping Bag 1 x Sleeping bag

Foam Matress 1 x Foam matress

Sprayway Jacket 1 x Sprayway cagule

 Fleece Jacket1 x Fleece jacket

 Fleece Top1 x Fleece top

T-Shirt 2 x T-shirt

Cargo Trouser/Short 1 x Cargo shorts/trouser

Lacoste Jeans 1 x Jeans

I did find stuff as I went along, and where this is the case, it’s flagged up in each individual post.

I had much more but binned the lot when I realised I was going to have to continue without money.

Initially, I believed the people who sanctioned my sites’ removal from Google might help me out. This was not the case.

Vive la France

Survival was made up of a combination of scavenging and Ribary.

Ribary is an ancient French right to live on the land.
Unlike stealing, not for profit, it allows you to take advantage of the fruit and agriculture that French countryside is packed with.
Basically, you stay out of the way and pop up for the occasional corn on the cob or apple or peach or pear or whatever is available in which region at any particular time. No trespassing, no stocking up or stealing, living life simply on a daily basis.

Ribary the French call it.

Here is a Ribary map of France. The places where I stopped and the places where I ate.

View Ribary France in a larger map

Ad Lib stuff

Soles

Made a pair of soles from sewing up two corregated plastic cut outs with foam padding to make insoles.
Did this twice as the journey went on, once for the steel toe-capped boots and second time for the pair of heavy workers boots I found in the barn. Each worn out by walking.

Sewing Kit

Sewing kit darned on a Sunday when I had nothing better to do until the nights drew in, then it became impossible and my socks developed large holes in the heals and toes.

Needle I found and combined with strands of bailing twine both picked up as I went along. The twine chaffed against the skin and left blisters so it was debatable whether it was worth doing at all.

Washing kit

To wash up was really important. When you stop washing, you lose contact with humanity.
I made sure I washed every day with this washing kit.

face-cloth 1 x Flannel

soap 1 x Bar of Soap

saucepan 1 x Large Jamming Saucepan

With this I could wash my kit as it became dirty, I could dry them out as on Sunday, my day of rest I did nothing.

This kept me clean, and kept me feeling human.