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    MDBG Bookmarklet

    November 9, 2010
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    MDBG is great for looking up meanings of individual kanji/hanzi: MDBG Bookmarklet 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.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=worddict&wdrst=1&wdqb="+encodeURIComponent(s),"_blank")})() You like this AJATT shizzle? Yeah? Share it, playa! Tweet

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    Your Way Doesn’t Have To Be “Right”, It Just Has To Work: Language Acquisition and Cybernetics

    September 30, 2010
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    I was just thinking today about how “dirty” and fluid and lazy Lazy Kanji is. And I was thinking about the obnoxious certainty that anti-RTK people have about how RTK couldn’t possibly work. And it hit me that it may have been this article (about the differences and similarities between AI and cybernetics) by a guy called Paul Pangaro that...

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    Well, Do Kanji Your Way Then….

    August 6, 2010
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    You know, it’s funny, but… It sometimes seems like a lot of people get upset when: I remind them that Heisig said it was OK to give yourself the keywords and story as a hint, and I tell them to continue doing their kanji SRS reps until the kanji cards fully mature, i.e. until the intervals extend beyond their...

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    Wiktionary Bookmarklet

    July 27, 2010
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    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")})() EOF You like this AJATT shizzle? Yeah? Share it, playa! Tweet

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    Lazy Kanji Cards: An AJATTeer Shares A Personal Status Report

    March 30, 2010
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    Jimmy L. is a member of that proudest, most handsome breed of human beings: AJATTeers. This proud, handsome man recently sent me an email wherein he shares a sitrep (situation report) on his progress with the lazy kanji card format we discussed a short time ago. Jimmy isn’t just good-looking. He’s also blindingly insightful. He has put his finger on something...

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    Lazy Kanji Cards: A New (?) SRS Card Format

    March 17, 2010
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    The Principle: Fun Gets Done “fun is the easiest way to change people’s behaviour for the better” | The Fun Theory Dot Com I have previously written about SRS card formatting for learning kanji. Recently, however, I have had a bit of a new epiphany on the subject. Many of you know this already, but for those who don’t,...

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