Archive for June, 2007

Counting Things Not Mentioned in Japanese Textbooks

ちょっと汚い話ですけど・・・ I should say the warning in English too - The following is a little nasty, but as they say - it is easier to apologize after the fact than to ask permission before.
Yesterday, while on our daily 散歩, we passed by some doggie poop. It was a long, single piece [...]

Email Subscriptions

I’ve been reading a blog called emonetized.com:

The author is Tim Schroeder who in his About page has this to say:
I’ve been making a six-figure living online for the last 4 years and dabbling with various internet business projects for the last 10 years. It was always a dream of mine to work for [...]

ゆきの物語 Yuki’s Story

 
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I think I mentioned this a week or two ago, but we are working on adding Yumi’s voice to Rich’s ゆきの物語 story.
Here is the prototype. We would appreciate any feedback or suggestions for making it a better learning resource.

JLPT 3 and 4 Kanji Email Lists

At TJP.com we have an email list for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 3 and one for 4 (the easiest).  It sends out one kanji a day by email with meanings, readings and example sentences.
Well, the server had trouble three days ago and stopped sending the emails BUT it continued to update everyone’s [...]

$0.67 Richer Today!

In an earlier post, I mentioned I’d let you know if the videos on Revver actually earned any money.  This morning, it says I have earned .67 cents.

The above table shows which videos worked the hardest.  This is pretty nice considering I wasn’t planning on getting even a cent for any of the videos and [...]

Mac and Mak

“When I say ‘go’, we go. But don’t let Frank catch ya!” - Mater
It’s been a while since I’ve added to the 親バカ Files file. So here we go.
Cars is a great movie.

Makoto loves it. He will say ‘car’ and hand you the remote for the DVD player. We don’t [...]

There are No Exits

While ウェブサーフィン a bit I came across this site which seems to be similar to Yahoo Answers. Experts (presumably) answer questions on many topics.
The page I landed on had this question:

「づつ」と「ずつ」はどちらの用法がただしいいのでしょうか。
Which is correct: 「づつ」 or 「ずつ」?

I wasn’t too interested in the question since I have never seen ずつ written as [...]

Videos for Cash?

For months now Youtube has hinted at sharing revenue with its users. Well, last month they unrolled it… for their most popular users only. It is a shame it isn’t for everyone, but maybe that is on Google’s plate for the future. Obviously the higher the traffic and popularity, the [...]

Watermelon ≠ Water Melon

Yesterday, while eating a watermelon, I wondered when and how Japan got their first watermelons. So I pulled out my Casio XD-GW9600* and did a search for すいか in the Britannica Encyclopedia. Oddly, I couldn’t find it. Undaunted (when have I ever been daunted?), I pressed the Kenkyusha’s giant J-E button but [...]

Casio XD-GW9600 Keyboard Explanation

Here is a video showing what the keys do on the Casio XD-GW9600.  It may be a bit tedious if you’ve used electronic dictionaries before, but:

 
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