Google Translate Update
tokyokevinGoogle Translate has added new features making it a lot easier to use. For those of us in Japan, the best one is "romanization" which allows you to get the…
GTDInbox works…unless it really works
I finally emptied by inbox, the holy grail of GTD (Getting Things Done, a book by David Allen). GTD is a system of organizing and dealing with incoming information. Most…
Vonnegut’s 8 Rules for writing fiction
Kurt Vonnegut is in my top 3 writers. Here are 8 reasons why. From the entry in Wikipedia. In his book Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction, Vonnegut listed eight…
Banned Books Week
Last week was banned books week. All over the world, books are continually banned for their content. At this Interactive map of banned books, you can find out which books…
MLA: Bibliographies: Books no longer standard
adminFrom Ars Technica. Seems that even the conservative MLA sees the writing on the wall. No longer are books the standard for making a bibliography entry. Now you have to…