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So Should We Track and Log Every Second of Japanese?

September 27, 2011
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きのこ on September 19, 2011 at 11:20 “Come on, Khatz — who really keeps track of every single second?” j.mp/nper5S No one does. And I would never suggest you do. What I mean is that we need to be aware of “real time” — the time we actually spend in physical contact with Japanese, and not “project time” —...

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The Fun Algorithm

March 30, 2011
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The Japanese language itself is neutral. It’s neither fun nor boring. It just is. So where does the fun come from? Wow, that sounds like…a line from an Oompa Loompa song. Wait, no, so…back in topic. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his rap name, Mark Twain, once wrote: “Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do,...

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Boredom Is Pain

March 6, 2011
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Boredom means “stop doing this and start doing something else”. Boredom is pain. You don’t keep your hand on the hot stove because it “builds character”, you take it away before you really hurt yourself. Boredom is pain. Next time it starts to hurt, take your hand off the stove.

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The Lazy Kanji Kendo Mod

December 15, 2010
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This is a gracious guest post by E Dub Kendo. In it, he introduces a sweet mod he made to lazy kanji cards to increase their effectiveness. Effectiveness and preference can and does vary by person. Nevertheless, I think this mod is a valuable improvement that definitely deserves to be part of AJATT “canon” . Though I have no...

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The Wait That Kills: Before You Pwn Books, You Must First Own Books

December 3, 2010
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The Wait That Kills: Before You Pwn Books, You Must First Own Books

We are all born illiterate. If you were to wait until you could read to start thumbing through Japanese books, you’d die waiting. If you were to wait until you could  read to start owning Japanese books, you’d die waiting. False: can’t read Japanese ∴ own no Japanese books. True: own no Japanese books ∴ can’t read Japanese. See these...

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Critical Frequency and Soviet Special Forces Strength Training

November 30, 2010
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Great comments get left here on AJATT.com. But, lost in the fog of posts, they tend to get ignored and thus effectively die. All-Star Comments is the section where we bring them back to life. Today’s All-Star Comment is from McSalty, a guy who knows his way around the worlds of health and fitness. He’s noticed similarities between the ideas...

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