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An Ode to Starbucks Wi-Fi

June 16, 2010
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Starting the first of July, Starbucks Coffee will give you reason to buy a latte or Frap. All stores will have wi-fi. Guess what? It’s free! Yuppies can surf the web and eat a wrap. Visit your local ‘Bucks to send a tweet or download music from the iTunes store.

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Hacking to Haiku, Software to Sonnet

May 7, 2010
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Ward provides numerous examples to support his claim; both code and poetry have purpose, meaning, and structure, and they work efficiently. His post made me think more generally about the ways that writers and programmers are alike. As a writer, I feel like I can understand and articulate the programming process.

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Two Twitter Trending Topic Poems

April 30, 2010
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On the Twitter homepage, users can see Twitter’s 10 trending topics. These can include the most popular hashtags or the most widely-tweeted words and phrases. The top 10 trending topics are constantly changing, and they can be organized by specific location or worldwide. I decided to write two 10-line poems to honor the topics.

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10 Haikus Dedicated to Twitter Spam

April 16, 2010
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Twitter spam is so special that it should be honored with poetry. Spam includes: barely-legal webcam girls, social media gurus, people that promise I can become rich in just one month, people who follow then unfollow me, weight-loss and fitness programs, and accounts promising free merchandise.

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An Ode to Facebook Creepers

February 19, 2010
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I sign into Facebook chat to see who’s online; There’s Eric and Dan and Lesia and some random jerk. I ask Eric: “How do I know if I’m concussed? I hit my head on a shelf at work.” “You’re fine,” he says, when a chat flag appears in red. “What the fuck,” I say, because Facebook chat is broken.

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