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Archive for May, 2010

お巫山戯、日本語で: K♥a♥w♥a♥i♥i!!!

May 31, 2010
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Note from Dear Leader Khatzumoto: The following post is by Momoko, and not me. Momoko likes to use language that we don’t approve of here at AJATT. It’s like she’s doing that teenage rebellion thing, but like 15 years too late…way to be on time, champ. Um…I actually tried bowdlerizing her text, but then…yeah, anyway… This is the fourth...

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AJATT Twitter Tweets for Week Of 2010-05-29

May 29, 2010
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Better something than nothing. Better more than less. Better fun than "good for you". Better now than later. #immersion # Playing is fundamental. Play is *the* fundamental. Only people with a solid foundation in play can actually do the serious stuff. # With persistence, almost any method will get you "there". Without it…nothing will. # Beginning to think that...

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Weird-But-Valuable SRS Hacks: Using the SRS to Remember Names

May 27, 2010
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Almost exactly 4 years ago, I came to Japan. Since I didn’t physically grow up here, I simulated a childhood before coming, using electronic media tools. I continue that simulation even now. No matter where you live, it’s fun and useful to make friends fast, and one thing that helps friendships form is accurately remembering people’s names (and then...

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Why Have You Been Killing Babies?

May 23, 2010
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If you were hungry, would you deny yourself food because you were hungry? If you were thirsty, would you deny yourself drink because you were thirsty? If you needed a blood transfusion, would you deny yourself blood because you needed it? Rhetorical questions. You wouldn’t starve yourself to death to punish yourself for being an “innately hungry person”. You...

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AJATT Twitter Tweets for Week Of 2010-05-22

May 22, 2010
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Listen to real Japanese conversations and read transcriptions thereof bit.ly/burP8L # Transcripts of real, natural Japanese conversations at actual speed bit.ly/dmrqEc # "志村 五郎(しむら ごろう、1930年2月23日 – )は日本の数学者。プリンストン大学名誉教授。静岡県浜松市生まれ。 盟友であった谷山豊と取り組んだ谷山・志村予想によってフェルマー予想の解決に貢献" bit.ly/9BDldD # "谷山 豊/数学者。 もともと名前は「とよ」と読むのが正しいものの、「ゆたか」と読み間違える人が多かったので、いつからか自ら「ゆたか」と名乗るようになった" bit.ly/92obEr # Be a failure. Fail at doing unproductive things and fail at giving up. # "If you don’t know to read it, you...

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Ask Dr. Khatz: Sidetracked in Salt Lake, Part 2

May 19, 2010
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Maddie and Khatz go way back to university days when they studied together in the computer science department. Now, as a video game programmer in a major company, it would seem Maddie has it all. There’s one dream, however, that has remained elusively beyond the reach of this avid anime fan, gamer, and cosplay seamstress — the dream of...

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