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Archive for February, 2008

One Kanji Poster to Rule them All, One Kanji Poster to Bind Them, One Kanji Poster to View them All, and into the Mind Grind Them, Or “Shameless Product Placement is Good for the Wallet, and the Lymph”

February 28, 2008
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One Kanji Poster to Rule them All, One Kanji Poster to Bind Them, One Kanji Poster to View them All, and into the Mind Grind Them, Or “Shameless Product Placement is Good for the Wallet, and the Lymph”

Just so we’re clear on this: gigantic, Microsoftial sums of money changed hands before this article came up. This, people, is what ska fans call “selling out”…What else, oh yeah — you need one of these! Buy one or you’ll never know happiness! In fact, buy two! I’ve previously discussed Japanizing your environment, and part of that Japanization involves...

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Help A Reader Out

February 21, 2008
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A reader named X-star sent me an email today. Here it is, slightly abridged, and with sections added to ease referencing. Hey. I found your site very motivating, but slightly confusing at times. I’ve dabbled in a bit of Japanese, learned the kana/a very small amount of kanji, picked up words here and there, textbooks and classes (which I...

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Time Management 2: The Stuff I Forgot To Say Last Time

February 13, 2008
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Time Management 2: The Stuff I Forgot To Say Last Time

OK, for whatever reason I forgot to add these to the last post. BAD Khatzumoto! Here we go: Oh, wait, before we start, wanna here a sad story? I wrote this post out in one go like 3 days ago, and then a mis-directed click caused me to lose it. All of it, son. Desk-slamming pain. And pain from...

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Technical Issues Resolved

February 12, 2008
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So, um…Today, there seemed to have been a little problem with this site. You may have seen an “Internal Server Error”. That issue has now been resolved. I’m not sure what it was exactly, but it may have been my fault (theory # 1: a database query gone wild; theory #2: an act of war on the part of...

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Time Management: Too Much Japanese?

February 4, 2008
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No such thing. I think. I don’t think there is such a thing as doing “too much Japanese”. A language isn’t just a hobby, it isn’t just something to kill time, it’s a life skill. LIFE skill. That’s English for “important”. There aren’t many things in life that it’s nearly impossible to function without socially, and that you can...

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