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May 2, 2012
Google Drive/Docs + Dropbox: The Writer’s Best Friend

This is definitely a step in the right direction for cloud computing. 

Dropbox http://db.tt/BA03zwO 
Google Drive http://drive.google.com

Install Dropbox first. It will create a folder in your “My Documents” folder which will automatically sync anything placed in the folder with your Dropbox account on the web. Then, when you install Google Drive, click “Advanced Installation”. Change the location of the Google Drive Folder to be inside Dropbox (e.g. /MyDocuments/Dropbox/GoogleDrive). Now, any time you create a document in Google Docs/Drive, it will automatically be synced with both your computer and Dropbox—giving you nice security blanket. 

Never lose a document from a broken/lost flashdrive or computer again.

You’re welcome.

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Tags: writing writing tools security google google drive dropbox backup backing up cloud cloud computing 
March 25, 2012
Book Reviews

Dear Internet,

I’m going to start reviewing books. Be on the lookout. 

Sincerely,

Brandon

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March 24, 2012
Books Books Books Read Read Read

I know I haven’t been a good tumblrer. I haven’t posted much and for a long while. My life has been busy. So, here is a little teaser of what I’ve been reading (which I haven’t had nearly enough time for). Other than reading, I’ve been busy, you know, living abroad, coming back, getting married, teaching, etc. 

2011

Kitchen - Yoshimoto Banana

Kitchen

Kira Kira - Cynthia Kadohata

Kira Kira

Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami

Norwegian Wood

South of the Border, West of the Sun - Haruki Murakami

South of the Border, West of the Sun

More Tales of the Unexpected - Roald Dahl

More Tales of the Unexpected

Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami

Kafka on the Shore

2012


The Elephant Vanishes - Haruki Murakami

The Elephant Vanishes

1984 - George Orwell

1984

(Currently)Thousand Cranes - Yasunari Kawabata

Thousand Cranes

(Next) The Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins

Hunger Games

(Next Next) 1Q84 - Haruki Murakami

1Q84

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March 21, 2012
Writing Contests

Any suggestions? I’m looking not so much for prize money as I am looking for free entry.

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February 27, 2012
Catch Up Haiku - Days…14 ~ 23 nahaiwrimo

The windows rattle;

kissing your hand, i get up

and lock the shutters.

—

i listen to you

venting your frustrations, then

close your lips with mine

—

she comes in winter

talarias by the door

snow falling quickly

—

it was just autumn

when I said I liked your wig

cancer moves so fast

—

I watch him —click clack

walking with his umbrella

during summer drought

—

we, the two of us

on all fours, up the talus

to see tulips bloom

—

we queue up to cross

the Styx river, where Peter

reincarnates us

—

a queue of geese swim

across the pond, to beg us

for our week old bread

—

the opera is not

so moving as her kisses

under a half-moon

—

this pool of water,  

a summer shower’s remains

waiting for my foot

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Tags: nahaiwrimo national haiku writers month poetry haiku senryu 
February 12, 2012
Laundry and Mountain - days 12 and 13

I watched as you hung  

our laundry; the shirts billowed  

in the summer breeze

(laundry)

—

since that night alone  

when i look into her eyes  

I see the mountain

(mountain)

-

As a side note, I’ve been getting a lot of views on these poems. I’d love it if someone would “photo reply”. I think that the visual arts and poetry go so hand-in-hand that we should encourage collaboration. 

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February 10, 2012
Jam and Kitchen - Nahaiwrimo Days 10, 11

Jam:

I lick inside the

jar like feral dogs dreaming

of sweet muscadines

—-

Kitchen:

my grandmother said

kitchens are where love bakes, then

she kissed my floured nose

—-
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And something from @PoetryFound 

Short, terse, unfriendly,
Yet sometimes quite emotive;
I am the Haiku.

What Poetry Form Are You?

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