• スターゲイト SG-1 – Wikipedia http://bit.ly/a5z0ob #
• Don't try to do the thing, just focus on increasing the probability of it happening
  http://bit.ly/crFiPf #
• @Brokenvai Looking forward to reading it in reply to Brokenvai #
• A child was born in Japan today. Your choices from this point forward will determine whether he is your kanji teacher, or you his #
• ジャスミン茉莉花 – Wikipedia http://bit.ly/988rzO #
• "日本の小学校・中学校に通っていたため、日本語会話は勿論、漢字の読み書きも出来る。そのため、日本語の新聞・雑誌もよく目を通す。" | 当たり前やろ（笑）。つーか学校通わなくたって、字ぐらい読める様になるけど http://bit.ly/988rzO #
• YOU (タレント) – Wikipedia http://bit.ly/9FdOhn #
• There is only one way to suck at your L2: being inventive. Just say things the way native speakers say and you win. Copy and win. #
• 100% Japanese expression that expresses 80% of the idea > a 0% Japanese expression that encompasses 100% of the idea #
• You're almost always better off sacrificing some accuracy for natural usage than sacrificing all natural usage for total accuracy #
• 無症候性キャリア – Wikipedia "保菌者" http://bit.ly/96ePmU #
• デニス・ロッドマン参戦! 日米ストリートバスケ頂上決戦 AND1 presents STREET2ELITE http://bit.ly/b6JZCJ #
• "世界の外準に占める円の比率が1年ぶり高水準に"
  | Reuters
  http://bit.ly/9m7a23 #
• @zhongruige Oh, yeah, definitely. Actually, I was referring to word choice (translation) back there, not pronunciation/grammar/anything else in reply to zhongruige #
• 超デカ地図が印刷できるマピオンの「超印刷」 : ライフハッカー［日本版］ http://bit.ly/aUIwMm | via #ajattplus #
• Never refuse to move an inch just because it's not a mile. Do what you can now with what you have now from where you are now. #
• You are the seed of the future you. Nurture yourself now, or there will be no future #immersion #
• 明報新聞網-要聞-要聞–兼兩職儲老婆本 好仔暴斃-20100725 http://bit.ly/by8184 #
• Been using "incremental-then-decremental" #timeboxing with great success (enjoyment) lately
  http://bit.ly/dqy39u #
• Dictionary lookups are/can be fun and enlightening. But unnecessary, superfluous, OCD-like lookups only cause pain and stress. #
• スターゲイト SG-1 – Wikipedia http://bit.ly/a5z0ob #
• 星際奇兵：SG-1 – 維基百科，自由的百科全書 http://bit.ly/9shGfG #
• 宇宙論 – Wikipedia http://bit.ly/a8VuxU #
• 宇宙定数 – Wikipedia http://bit.ly/9d8zjZ #
• 計量テンソル – Wikipedia http://bit.ly/bTeb98 #
• 隨機化演算法 – 維基百科，自由的百科全書
  http://bit.ly/bOzErY #
• 乱択アルゴリズム – Wikipedia http://bit.ly/cAlTc0 #
• 乱択アルゴリズム – Wikipedia "確率的アルゴリズム" http://bit.ly/cAlTc0 #
• AKS素数判定法 – Wikipedia http://bit.ly/bqbfOv #
• "[AJATT] is the epitome of laziness. And that’s what makes it awesome!" |This kid…gets it. http://bit.ly/ckpngV #
• "Surf the web and do stupid stuff, as long as it’s in your L2." http://bit.ly/ckpngV #
• "A language is not a subject of academic study…people who treat it that way…burn up and drop out." http://bit.ly/ckpngV #
• @japaneseonadime I'm in the "not a method" camp, personally. I don't have methods; I just have toys — stuff I tool around with. in reply to japaneseonadime #
• @japaneseonadime All this obedience robs people of fun & creativity. I would never follow my advice to the letter if I were an AJATT reader. in reply to japaneseonadime #
• "Remember, it’s never a good time so you might as well get cracking." http://bit.ly/ab7nRH #
• "Subtitles do a great job of making you focus on the story but a terrible job of making you [focus] on the language." http://bit.ly/ab7nRH #
• "If you don’t know to read it, you don’t know the language." http://bit.ly/ab7nRH #
• Don't worry about doing the wrong thing. That's never going to be your problem. The only "wrong thing" is "nothing" #immersion #
• Except "romaji"…romaji is pretty close to being THE wrong thing (in a cosmic sense). #
• @tylerandalyssa Unfortunately, no one can be told what the RTK is. You have to see it for yourself. in reply to tylerandalyssa #
• @tylerandalyssa …Remembering the Kanji / Dr. James W. Heisig, Esq., PWN, L33T in reply to tylerandalyssa #
• 「特異点が爆発し掛けてますよ」｜スターゲイト SG-1 レビュー S10#200 – GATE of VICSION BLOG http://bit.ly/9ZHlEw #
• You're unlikely to discuss your way to the best method. Better to get started with what you have and tweak your way to victory. #
• Get started. Momentum is more precious than well-argued ideas. #immersion #SRS #
• YouTube – YouTubeの動画を自動再生する方法！ http://bit.ly/9F4bmX #
• YouTube – youtube動画を自動再生させる方法 http://bit.ly/cOpOo8 #
• YouTube – 噂のパソコンEeePC http://bit.ly/aOPEZZ #
• "ダースベイダーのボイスチェンジャー
  あなたの声がダースベイダーの声に変わります。" http://bit.ly/9gOFN5 #
• アーチー・コミック – Wikipedia http://bit.ly/clSQCE #
• "this thing we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down" | Mary Pickford #immersion http://bit.ly/cW6WIi #
• "If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see." #methodarguments http://bit.ly/cW6WIi #
• YouTube – Ái Quân Như Mộng 10/10 (愛君如夢) #Vietnamese dub of a #Cantonese HK movie http://bit.ly/aUnbUC #
• "Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is." | Isaac Asimov http://bit.ly/aq2AJq #
• 擬似乱数 – Wikipedia http://bit.ly/d7YaPm #
• 米勒-拉賓檢驗 – 維基百科，自由的百科全書 http://bit.ly/aK1ZJH #
• ミラー-ラビン素数判定法 – Wikipedia http://bit.ly/b1WUfC #
• If you can't do the right/correct/perfect thing, at least do something that helps. #immersion #
• YouTube – ポカホンタス- Listen With Your Heart (Japanese) Subtitles http://bit.ly/c5fBSM #
• YouTube – Pocahontas -Just Around The River Bend (Russian) http://bit.ly/bVrpxG #
• YouTube – The Lion King – Be Prepared (Zulu) http://bit.ly/aOWyXE #
• YouTube – Be Prepared {Japanese} "Be Prepared from The Lion King. Japanese. " http://bit.ly/a2xHUH #
• YouTube – The Lion King – I Just Can't Wait To Be King (Japanese) http://bit.ly/9ZukyA #
• 32　ライオン・キング　ー　歌詞 "王様になるのが待ちきれない

  （シンバ）
  僕は王様だ　敵はいない
  （ザズー）
  こんな少ない　たてがみ見たことがない" http://bit.ly/cPvn8K #

• OK牧場の決闘 – Wikipedia http://bit.ly/cptjw0 #
• 32　ライオン・キング　ー　歌詞 http://bit.ly/cPvn8K #
• 「あったら困る」シリーズ第2弾！- friendly fire – Applecheese in Rakuten – 楽天ブログ（Blog） "「味方による誤射」" http://bit.ly/a5cA4I #
• YouTube – A Whole New World (Chinese-Cantonese) http://bit.ly/a4Ghgx #
• @marcusbird Yay! Haha…I always wonder if it's not just 余計なお世話 in reply to marcusbird #
• "learning a language means mastering the basics" http://bit.ly/adAwN8 #
• Grammar’s Dead. Yay? « Japanese On A Dime http://bit.ly/958dLV #
• 文字化けしたMP3タグ情報（ID3タグ）の直し方 « Like@Lunatic Blog http://bit.ly/9FdnSE #
• TagScanner – ｋ本的に無料ソフト・フリーソフト "高機能かつ使いやすいタグエディタ" http://bit.ly/9FWYsI #
• "漢字検定(日本語漢字能力検定)の勉強用に、
  過去に出題された過去問題を参考にした練習問題（無料）です！" | via #ajattplus http://bit.ly/d1wcf4 #
• @tomoakiyama （笑） in reply to tomoakiyama #
• YouTube – ほろよいどうぶつ劇場 002「しゃべったやつ負けゲーム」 http://bit.ly/bSTGxV #
• I'm back into lazy kanji and even lazier than before thanks to bookmarklets . #
• "books don’t only teach grammar but also provide the most painless means of obtaining vocabulary"
  http://bit.ly/9n0Q8P #
• "Remember to pace yourself, so that you don't get burned out from kanji study fatigue. "
  http://amzn.to/bJS37I #
• "I'm studying about 100 kanji a week and taking a break after every block of 500 to intensely review"
  http://amzn.to/bJS37I #
• "TV is an excellent way to learn languages because it often shows the face in close-up"
  http://bit.ly/9n0Q8P #
• "copier le processus d’apprentissage d’un locuteur natif. Renaître figurativement dans…une autre langue." http://bit.ly/buevG7 #
• "the most useful aspect of sentence mining is just continuous exposure to real, authentic Japanese" http://bit.ly/bUE2A3 #
• "I just copied Japanese that I heard and used Japanese that I had copied." http://bit.ly/aPfEIG #
• @LadyMissie こめじるし in reply to LadyMissie #
• Typing Japanese Special Characters http://bit.ly/cmrngR #
• "英國國旗似個中文嘅「米」字，所以有個花名「米字旗」。" http://bit.ly/9O8sil #
• 不成文憲法| "相較於成文憲法，不成文憲法是指中央政府權利義務並沒有集合成一部單獨的憲法法典" http://bit.ly/dyv4bU #
• "ゲシュタルト崩壊は「意味飽和」とも呼ばれ、意味のない記号のような感じがする第一段階、こんな時でよかったかと感じる第二段階、初めて見る字のような新鮮な感じがする第三段階の３つの順序で起こります。" http://bit.ly/ayMli1 #
• "ロシア：黒人候補で地方選挙騒然" http://bit.ly/bf8rDX #
• The　日本のごはん。‐ニコニコ動画(9) http://bit.ly/9iVLKU #
• 亜米利加で人気の日本アニメ
  http://bit.ly/8Y1GFf #
• YouTube – A Whole New World (Chinese-Cantonese) http://bit.ly/a4Ghgx #
• 過去に書いた自分の文章・・・凄んげ～恥かしい（泪） #
• もーこれ以上恥かかすなっつーの！と・・・過去の自分に言いたくなるくらい（笑）。 #
• "the most important thing for the learner of Japanese is knowing all the general-use kanji. Everything stems from this" http://bit.ly/byxPtM #
• "knowledge of ALL 2000 odd characters is essential as they ALL appear in news no matter what Internet idiots may say" http://bit.ly/byxPtM #
• 日本経済新聞 http://bit.ly/dqKC43 #
• "『読売ニュース ポッドキャスト』 2009年12月29日で休止へ" http://bit.ly/ae8992 #
• News i – TBSの動画ニュースサイト http://bit.ly/dnqRhU #
• "there is no magic to watching the news. You just have to get used to it" http://bit.ly/bdurZD #
• YouTube – Aladdin – A Whole New World [Japanese Version] http://bit.ly/dysRly #
• 新的世界 (電影"Aladdin") 歌詞 | 歌詞 | [雜錦碟]'s Lyrics http://bit.ly/aItnrx | Disney/Aladdin/A Whole New World/#Cantonese #Lyrics #
• More #lyrics for Disney/Aladdin/A Whole New World (Chinese-#Cantonese) http://bit.ly/92m7Vw #
• YouTube – Kick The Can Crew — ﾏﾙｼｪ http://bit.ly/9gnUNy #
• YouTube – KICK THE CAN CREW feat. CASSETTE VISION「TORIIIIIICO !」【【PV】 http://bit.ly/bycKfR #
• "You don’t need to worry about anything else, just procrastinate, and do it in your L2" http://bit.ly/ckpngV #
• "You don’t need to worry about anything else, just procrastinate, and do it in your L2."
  http://bit.ly/ct6iAr #
• YouTube – SBK – EPISODE Ⅴ feat.Kj from Dragon Ash http://bit.ly/cw8XKC #
• "Forget who you are and where you came from, the language does not care.
  " http://bit.ly/b2GKeQ #
• The Tao of language learning – The Linguist – language learning should be fun http://bit.ly/biO0qd #
• ラファエル・サバチニ – Wikipedia http://bit.ly/9LOFO7 #
• サルバドール・ダリ – Wikipedia http://bit.ly/d1WjVp #
• "漢字が排斥された結果、物事を考えるのに重要な語彙のほとんどが失われてしまったといわれる。とくに高い精神性と抽象的な事物に関する語彙の大部分が、多くの人々に縁遠いものとなってしまった。" http://bit.ly/bqnxXS #
• "漢字がないために抽象的な思考ができない。" http://bit.ly/bqnxXS #
• RSS Subscription Extension (by Google) "Adds one-click subscription to your toolbar." | Great for L2 blogs http://bit.ly/a0Xgmt #
• ロシアの美人スパイ帰る
  http://bit.ly/daDItg #
• プーチン首相 帰国したスパイたちと歓談、歌を歌い人生を語る　写真2枚　国際ニュース : AFPBB News http://bit.ly/a7tqJ0 #
• Engadget 中文版 http://bit.ly/cejhTn #
• 超厲害配音!超爆笑粵語 – 視頻 – 優酷視頻 – 在線觀看 http://bit.ly/cz2Ab5 via @sinosplice #
• 超厲害配音!超爆笑粵語 – 視頻 – 優酷視頻 – 在線觀看 "好勁吖~~佩服佩服..
  哈哈~而且好鬼死搞笑.." http://bit.ly/cz2Ab5 #
• 睡公主搞笑（粵語）
  http://bit.ly/asmBZ0 #
• Primitives Deck – Three Pounds Flax http://bit.ly/cBjarM #
• "If we devote ourselves to the language we will be rewarded." http://bit.ly/biO0qd #
• "Do not fight the the language or it will defeat you." http://bit.ly/biO0qd #
• "If you hurry you will be delayed. If you tarry you will reach your goal." http://bit.ly/biO0qd #
• "Continue to learn with the intensity of a child at play." http://bit.ly/biO0qd #
• "Accept what you have achieved and you will achieve more." http://bit.ly/biO0qd #
• @UnclePolyglot マジで開けないんですか？おかしいね。じゃああ、ここならどー？【ハングルによる愚民化政策とその流出 – 北朝鮮問題 – Yahoo!ブログ http://bit.ly/cIFFEo】 in reply to UnclePolyglot #
• @JapanNewbie つーか何なんだよこれー？（笑）。遣り方わかんねーし。勝手に敗北宣言されてもね（＾＾）ﾊﾊﾊ in reply to JapanNewbie #
• バイク＝motorcycle 自転車＝bike #falsefriends #
• @IvanMeredith 今は？ in reply to IvanMeredith #
• YouTube – Japanese Polyglot in Singapore http://bit.ly/dqC8F8 #
• @UnclePolyglot 哈哈哈 恭喜晒你呀 "多語人叔叔" （＾＾） in reply to UnclePolyglot #
• @eldonreeves 唔使客氣囉～ in reply to eldonreeves #
• What you do doesn't have to be big, it just has to help. #immersion #SRS #
• YouTube – Kobe speaking Italian!!! http://bit.ly/dD0frb #
• YouTube – Intervista Kobe Bryant in italiano su Sportitalia 1^PARTE http://bit.ly/a0lOaN #
• Hack a Uni Library « Liz Learns Japanese http://bit.ly/9VaxL7 #
• 紙媒体の本がなくなる？ ｜ 私の本箱 "紙媒体の本がなくなる？" http://bit.ly/cFYQ42 #
• NIHONGO eな – Portal for Learning Japanese – http://bit.ly/c3SOsO #
• ２ちゃんねる掲示板へようこそ http://bit.ly/cFHgPl #
• "消費者調査会社MyType社が行なった新しい心理分析的調査によると、『iPad』所有者は「利己的なエリート」であり、一方、iPadを持たずにこれに批判的な人は「自由なギーク」だという。" http://bit.ly/99wgCV #
• "GReaderに追加
  表示しているウェブサイトのフィードをGoogleReaderもしくはiGoogleへ追加。" | 便利なGoogleブックマークレット１２選
  http://bit.ly/cm5H6j #
• デジタル教科書、導入前に効果検証…文科省 : ニュース : ネット＆デジタル : YOMIURI ONLINE（読売新聞）http://bit.ly/dp1jS8 #
• 家電旧モデルも人気…ネットで機能比較 : ニュース : ネット＆デジタル : YOMIURI ONLINE（読売新聞） http://bit.ly/crdNDQ #
• 頭條日報 頭條網 – 寵物 http://bit.ly/9duNfe #
• 네이버 블로그 :: 포스트 내용보기 http://bit.ly/9VffuY #
• 陳旭《哥只是個傳說》原創音樂故事-蘇瑋明撞墻推薦 – 視頻 – 優酷視頻 – 在線觀看 http://bit.ly/apB5YL #
• MindNode http://bit.ly/aXViTN #
• @JapanNewbie 遣ってねーよ 笑 in reply to JapanNewbie #
• @tomoakiyama 「 舊假名遣ひ推進派の勝元様にお言葉ですが」（爆笑） in reply to tomoakiyama #
• @tomoakiyama ええっ？マジっすか？じゃ6番（６ 何かをすることを、広く、または漠然という。する。行う。営む。「宿題を―・る」「今度の舞台で大星由良之介を―・る」「民宿を―・っている」）の場合は、漢字を使っちゃ全然ダメなの？辞書的にも？ in reply to tomoakiyama #
• @tomoakiyama 要は、1番＝派遣する「１ そこへ行かせる。さしむける。送り届ける。「子供を大学へ―・る」「使いを―・る」「手紙を―・る」」の場合にしか、あの字が使えないって事？ですか・・・教えて、センセー！（＾＾） in reply to tomoakiyama #
• "第22回　漢字検定（1級）
  漢字6000字を操る“人間ATOK”を目指せ" http://bit.ly/dabD9z #
• Heisig Kanji Index http://bit.ly/bBaOIL #
• "漢字を取り入れて「漢字かな混じり文」を生み出し、発展させてきたのがわが国の文化です。・・・いいものはいい" http://bit.ly/cBm1lp #
• "take a step back of learning Japanese with 'knowledge' and start learning Japanese with 'action'" http://bit.ly/9pyrt2 #
• ヤフー・グーグル提携、ＭＳ「競争を阻害」 : ニュース : ネット＆デジタル : YOMIURI ONLINE（読売新聞） http://bit.ly/d1JS4N #
• かくちょうげんじつ【拡張現実】 : モニ太のデジタル辞典 : コラム : ネット＆デジタル : YOMIURI ONLINE（読売新聞） http://bit.ly/ccd1gm #
• Google 2010年科技產品熱門關鍵字：報稅軟體榜首 http://bit.ly/clbSvr #
• 蘋果也出充電器！ http://bit.ly/da2icX #
• "William Wallace is seven feet tall.
  ウオレスは大男のはずだぞ！" http://bit.ly/aLrzso #
• "they may take our lives,
  but they'll never take our freedom!
  我らの命を奪うことはできても、我々の自由は決して奪えない" http://bit.ly/aLrzso #
• "關於亞洲學生學習方法的類型，似乎有兩種互相抵觸的觀點：(1)他們的習慣方法是一種低層次，以背誦為主(或"表面")的習慣法；(2)他們有超乎比例的成就，尤其在高等教育方面。" http://bit.ly/bP1RkN #
• The Expert Mind
  http://bit.ly/96P266 #
• ノエイン もうひとりの君へ – Wikipedia http://bit.ly/awfT4M #
• When your rules are so few and easy that anything is good enough, you get a lot of anything, and that adds up. #immersion #
• "If you want to work on big things, you seem to have to trick yourself into doing it. " http://bit.ly/9Ng2xY #
• ポール・グレアム「良い後回し、悪い後回し」 – らいおんの隠れ家 http://bit.ly/9tPc0x #
• らいおんの隠れ家 http://bit.ly/cN120e #
• Repeat after me: Japanese is for procrastination. Japanese is for procrastination. Leave your seriousness for something else. #
• 通信衛星 – Wikipedia http://bit.ly/dy5i5W #
• 新城財經台財經網 http://bit.ly/bRH11H #
• スターゲイト SG-1 – Wikipedia http://bit.ly/a5z0ob #
• "一方、ニセ科学は科学者達のロジックを盗み、科学への信頼を利用して自説をもっともらしく見せかけるなど科学技術に寄生しています。" http://bit.ly/aILaja #
• Do not let L1ers interfere with your L2. They have no right to measure/discuss your L2 life. Your L2 is between you L2 natives #
• アスガード (スターゲイト) – Wikipedia http://bit.ly/bn4FBk #
• 「スタートレック　VS　スターゲイト」：どっちの“スター”がいけてる！？：コラム/レポート：海外ドラマNAVI http://bit.ly/awpk26 #
• "泥棒を逮捕するという法に反対するのは泥棒だけ" http://bit.ly/9hxIQX #
• "Facebook 1億用戶資料外洩" http://bit.ly/cl2cOI #
• "Le maitre mot : s’amuser !" http://bit.ly/agSimG #
• Don't kid yourself. Don't play the unrewarded martyr. Count your language-learning in minutes and hours, not years. #
• Counting language acquisition in years makes you think that you've been playing WAY harder than you actually were. #
• So, only count your language acquisition time in years if 1 year = 8760+ hours. If not…then…you know the deal. #
• Counting your language hearing time in hours is a HUGE reality check on Linkin Park linguistics ("I've tried so hard…") #
• タイムパラドックスを回避する方法 | WIRED VISION http://bit.ly/bKThkT #
• Dailymotion – [W2D] 100728 More Charming By the Day – Khun [Eng Subbed] – a Film & TV video http://dai.ly/bESoJv #
• デイリーモーション – クレヨンしんちゃん/ひまのおもちゃだゾ – 映画＆ TV ビデオ http://dai.ly/aG117j #
• ライオン・キング – Wikipedia http://bit.ly/akVFF6 #
• "ムファサの声を担当しているジェームズ・アール・ジョーンズは、スター・ウォーズのダース・ベイダーの声を担当していることで有名であるが、本作の中でシンバに語りかけるセリフのひとつに「お前は私の息子だ」というのがある。" http://bit.ly/9a0RlR #
• シンバ – Wikipedia "シンバは、スワヒリ語でライオンを意味する言葉。" http://bit.ly/a4lX5K #
• ライオン – Wikipedia "ライオン（Panthera leo、獅子）は、動物界脊索動物門哺乳綱ネコ目（食肉目）ネコ科ヒョウ属に分類される食肉類。" http://bit.ly/adBlfR #
• 超光速航法 – Wikipedia http://bit.ly/92StRN #
• ZDNet Taiwan – Amazon推新Kindle只是垂死掙扎？ – 企業應用 – IT技術 http://bit.ly/dj4Rq6 #
• YouTube – 【AKB48】　ヘビーローテーション　PV http://bit.ly/9Pvvv7 #
• Adults are just children with bank accounts and large bodies
  http://bit.ly/9A1fyk #
• "you need to sample a wide range of sources in order to come to a judgement for yourself" http://bit.ly/9A1fyk #
• "the best road is equal parts cynicism to reject things, and optimism to accept good things" http://bit.ly/9A1fyk #
• The only thing in a book that needs to be read "in order" is the individual sentence, if that. #reading #immersion #
• apptoi: Air Video – パソコン上のビデオをリモートで鑑賞 http://bit.ly/cNWuwB #
• Been using index cards as page markers in the URP.
  [+] Works well for library books. [-] Cards can slip out
  http://bit.ly/7SYE7q #
• Supermemo Adventures: How to Incrementally Read Anything http://bit.ly/9y00QZ #
• SuperMemo 理論を応用した、最強の記憶ツール「spicyelephant」 – japan.internet.com Webビジネス http://bit.ly/8YUqoq #
• Once you let go of "being yourself" and focus on using the L2 on the L2's terms, you get to be yourself *and* be good. #
• You'll always be you, that'll never go away. You'll just be an upgraded you. #
• You'll always be you, that'll never go away. You'll just be an upgraded you. #immersion #
• Years of effort will not learn you a language. Minutes and hours of contact will. #immersion #SRS #
• "It only took me a couple of hours to learn all of them, literally." http://amzn.to/dwgpHh #
• Hit your cat when he comes to you, and he'll stop coming. Beat yourself up when you #SRS and you'll stop SRSing. #
• Pretty much, if immersion isn't happening in these 5 minutes here and those 2 minutes there, then it's not happening at all #
• Don't procrastinate ON Japanese, procrastinate IN Japanese. #
• Dual Timeboxing – Michael's posterous http://bit.ly/9JhFEd #
• 語彙 – Wikipedia http://bit.ly/9lSHPz #
• 「スターゲイト コンティニュアム ザ・ムービー」　→　この映画すっごい良く出来てる（＾＾） http://amzn.to/90q1ZV　 #
• 「スターゲイト コンティニュアム ザ・ムービー」　→　まあ最後（結末）はちょっと急ぎ気味な展開になっちまったが、頑張ったは頑張った。観て決して損は無いのだ。（＾＾）http://amzn.to/90q1ZV　 #
• 佐々木誠二 – Wikipedia "洋画では、黒人の吹き替えを担当している事が多い。" http://bit.ly/duq2Li #
• "nested timeboxing not only gets done but is also more productive in terms of actually work done per minute" http://bit.ly/bKTtER #

Here we go again with another entry in the timeboxing series…I really should stop calling it a “trilogy”, since there are quite clearly more than three parts, but…whatever. I mean, it was originally intended to span only three parts but it kept — OK, no, we’re seriously not talking about this any more.

Oh, go here to read the series from the very beginning, and here to read the previous installment.

Some very pertinent questions about the value of timeboxing (or lack thereof) came up on the Twitter the other day. Since my answers are too long to tweet, I’d like to share them with you here.

“Isn’t time boxing just a long-winded way of procrastinating? Isn’t a better idea just ‘get crap done’? Why use timers and crap?” — @TracyBBoy

Excellent question…s. Let me attempt an answer.

>Isn’t time boxing just a long-winded way of procrastinating?

How is it procrastination to say “I’m going to do thing T for M minutes starting now“, and then do it?

>Isn’t a better idea just “get crap done”?

Is it? What about the people who sit around paralyzed thinking “but it’s gonna take forever”? What about tasks that do need to be done, but also need to be prevented from taking too long? What about tasks that are cyclical, that do not finish? What about tasks that cannot be easily divided into even parts but would benefit from being done piecemeal (and since time can always be divided evenly…)

>Why use timers and crap?

If time is easier to divide than task quantity, then it makes sense to divide by time. Time is (now) a universal, standardized, unambiguous, and often quite convenient metric.

Timeboxing is about giving form to the formless. It’s about making the large small.

At some meta-level, we are only afraid of what we can’t understand. And what does the word “understand” mean? Well, in Japanese, you say 分かる/解かる/理解 (wakaru | rikai), which shares the same root as 分ける (wakeru) and 分解 (bunkai), all of which mean “to break apart“. In jive, when you’re explaining something to someone, you (used to) say “let me break it down for you”.

Once something is broken down into small, visible pieces, you own it; you control it; you understand it. You can’t fear it and you can’t fantasize about it. All that’s left is to do. To play with it. That’s what timeboxing is about.

But…whatever. It’s not like it’s an idea that needs defending. If it would work to go slap everybody in the face and tell them to shut the fork up and get it done, Nelson Mandela bootcamp style, I’d be for that, too. But that’s what we do right now, and it doesn’t work. All it does is make people feel like crap, teach them to work reactively out of fear and shame (rather than proactively out of joy and greed), and add an unnecessary “moral” element to work.

Most work is and should be amoral. I vote for “cleanliness is next to knowing where the heck your stuff is, being able to think straight, and having no household pests” over “cleanliness is next to godliness”.

The difference between timeboxing and “just do it” is the difference between abstinence (“tell them kids to just not do it”) and contraception (“let’s put some mechanisms in place to mitigate the consequences of the fact that those kids may just do it”). The former is simple and straightforward, but also produces higher per capita teen pregnancy and STD rates. The latter requires some overhead, but we’re at least admitting what the nature of most humans is going to be in a society that allows freedom of motion. And that is the point — we need to work with the human organism and not against it; if the human organism wants smaller pieces, then it should get them. The least we can do for ourselves is present work in appealing portions, even if the content of the work itself remains largely unchanged.

Hmmm…got a bit racy there with the examples…

It may well be that you’re already able to just do it. It certainly sounds like it. There are people like that, just as there are people who simply can’t use, won’t use and don’t need to use tools like Remembering the Kanji and SRS. That’s wonderful — it really is. You’re making the right choice; you should continue to go ahead and just do it. There are many areas of my life where I’m like that — where tools and equations just get in the way. But there are plenty where I’m not. In these latter areas, I need to introduce new ideas and tools; I need to think and strategize and tweak; I need to use my head and I need to allow for some overhead — because the alternative is that nothing happens.

Timeboxing is overhead. But it is not net overhead… it brings us net gain. Except when it doesn’t, in which case, it’s just overhead and should be avoided. So don’t timebox, TracyBBoy. You don’t need it; it would be like a dark-skinned person going to a tanning salon. Like the people who just can’t get into SRS, you already have things figured out, and that is a good thing. Run with that. Leave the children to their toys .

“@ajatt All you need to get crap done. No timers, no convoluted equations, etc.: http://nowdothis.com” — @TracyBBoy

I’m mostly a pragmatist, too. But you have to know when to be a pragmatist and when to be an intellectual. And sometimes, you need to intellectualize your problem in order to come up with a more pragmatic solution for it. When pragmatism and simplicity get in the way of effectiveness, we call that anti-intellectualism.

I actually really like that app, NowDoThis. It’s not the antithesis of timeboxing at all. In fact, it’s a great timeboxing tool. Timeboxing is all about single-tasking.

Let’s say I put “write book” in the app. Am I going to be able to single-task that? No toilet breaks, no eating, no sleeping? All in one day? All in one sitting? 500 pages? No. I’m going to need to say “write 1 page” or “spend 30 minutes writing”…What’s that? Is that the pitter-patter of little timeboxing feet I hear?

Will timeboxing solve all my problems?

Timeboxing will not solve all your problems any more than your favorite dish is good enough to eat at every meal every day for the rest of your life. Timeboxing is a tool, an ingredient. And it goes great with NowDoThis! While far from omnipotent, it is highly potent. Batteries not included. Dilute to taste. Results may vary.

Big thanks to @TracyBBoy for his probing questions and app suggestion. He really touched on core issues and made this post possible. Tracy exemplifies a healthy attitude toward tools; he is not submissive; he is better than any tool — the tool has to prove itself to him, not the other way around.

It’s just the summer of bookmarklets this year, isn’t it? This time around, it’s a little something to help you with your immersion:

Google Japan Bookmarklet
Source code:

javascript:(function(){var w=window,d=w.document,s="";;if(d.selection){s=d.selection.createRange().text}else if (d.getSelection){s=d.getSelection()}else if(w.getSelection){s=window.getSelection()}window.open ("http://www.google.co.jp/search?hl=ja&source=hp&q="+encodeURIComponent(s) +"&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=","_blank")})()


Google Hong Kong Bookmarklet
Source code

javascript:(function(){var w=window,d=w.document,s="";;if(d.selection){s=d.selection.createRange().text}else if (d.getSelection){s=d.getSelection()}else if(w.getSelection){s=window.getSelection()}window.open ("http://www.google.com.hk/search?q="+encodeURIComponent(s) +"&hl=zh-TW&prmd=i&source=lnt&tbs=lr:lang_1zh-TW&lr=lang_zh-TW&sa=X&ei=IRRQTIuHOMHXcZyklbEB&ved=0CAgQpwU","_blank")})()

Google Reader Bookmarklet (Courtesy of Google Mania)
Source code:

javascript:(function(){for(i=0;i<document.getElementsByTagName('link').length;i++){if(document.getElementsByTagName('link').item(i).getAttribute('rel').toLowerCase()=='alternate' && (document.getElementsByTagName('link').item(i).getAttribute('type').toLowerCase()=='application/rss+xml' || document.getElementsByTagName('link').item(i).getAttribute('type').toLowerCase()=='text/xml')) { var furl; var fhref=document.getElementsByTagName('link').item(i).getAttribute('href'); if(fhref.indexOf('/')===0) { furl='http://fusion.google.com/add?1&feedurl=' + document.location.href.split('/')[0] + '/' + document.location.href.split('/')[1] + '/' + document.location.href.split('/')[2] + fhref; } else if(fhref.indexOf('http://')===0) {furl='http://fusion.google.com/add?2&feedurl='+fhref; } else { var fhref2=document.location.href.split('/'); fhref2.pop(); furl='http://fusion.google.com/add?3&feedurl='+fhref2.join('/')+'/'+fhref; } document.location.href=furl;} }})();

EOF

“Good artists copy, great artists steal”

Pablo Picasso

“I guess that makes me well ‘ard then, innit bruv?”

Khatzumoto

Remember back in the day when there used to be an AJATT consulting service? Well it’s back again, but in a different form, and just as a tentative thing. I decided to steal one of my favorite bloggers’ ideas and try it out. ‘Cause, that’s just the gangsta thing to do.

So, yeah, I am auctioning a one-time, 60-minute audio/video consulting session with me. You can use it however you want, to talk about whatever you want. You can even record it and put it up on your blog if you like. You’re the man now, dawg.

So whether it’s setting up your environment, getting out of a slump, formatting your SRS cards, making the transition into monolingual sentences, or just how handsome I am, feel free to come along and talk about it.

The auction lasts 7 days and is up and running already. So the clock is ticking like Jack Bauer. Yes, apparently, Jack Bauer himself ticks now. The starting price is $0.99, no reserve. Highest bidder wins.

Happy bidding! I look forward to talking to you .

• For more details, check out the: AJATT Consulting Auction listing

Here’s a little Wiktionary bookmarklet love. This will be especially useful for all you Lazy Kanji people out there.

• Wiktionary Bookmarklet

Source code:

javascript:(function(){var w=window,d=w.document,s="";;if(d.selection){s=d.selection.createRange().text}else if(d.getSelection){s=d.getSelection()}else if(w.getSelection){s=window.getSelection()}window.open("http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/"+encodeURIComponent(s),"_blank")})()


• Japanese Wiktionary Bookmarklet

Source code:

javascript:(function(){var w=window,d=w.document,s="";;if(d.selection){s=d.selection.createRange().text}else if(d.getSelection){s=d.getSelection()}else if(w.getSelection){s=window.getSelection()}window.open("http://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/"+encodeURIComponent(s),"_blank")})()


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“Cantonese is a difficult language to learn — not because of its sounds or syntax, but because it’s hard to find good learning resources”

– Eldon

Well, let’s remedy that one mini-transcript at a time, as has been the custom established by Edwin and CanteHK!

白卜庭議長: 要派Jedi{絕地}去救Jabba{賈霸}個仔
baak buk ting yi jeung: yiu paai Jedi {jyut dei} heui gau Jabba {ga ba} go jai
[We] need to send Jedi Knights to rescue Jabba’s son

魅使·雲度: 嗯 其實我真係 好唔想同呢個壞蛋打交道
mei si wan dou: ng kei sat ngo jan hai hou m seung tung ni go waai daan da gaau dou
Hmmm…I’d really rather not deal with that ruffian.

• Audio

Note: I’ve never seen Star Wars: Clone Wars in English, so…I don’t know what the original lines were. These are my re-translation back into English from Cantonese.