The Kindle is almost one, but Amazon just announced they are releasing Version Two on February 24th.
If you bought a Kindle 1, Amazon is putting you first in line for Kindle 2, but it doesn’t look like you will be getting  a discount. But that is the price of progress!
The main improvements seem to be:

Longer [...]

Yesterday, Makoto found an interesting insect. It was a grasshopper that looks like a leaf. Doing a quick Google search, I think it may be called a ‘Katydid.’
Has anyone seen this before?

It is kind of hard to see with the sun hitting him as it did, but his back really looked like a [...]

Amazon just launched a Game Downloads section.
600+ instant downloads all for $9.99 or less.
In addition and for a limited time, there are three free full version games including:
* Jewel Quest II, a matching puzzle game
* Build-a-lot, a house building simulation game
* The Scruffs, [...]

Here is the latest Yuki no Monogatari Chapter with Video:
第九章
家老の調査
The Chancellor’s Investigation

Today is Wednesday (at least in Florida) and I decided to put two popular books up for a super sale.
Mangajin was the greatest magazine for Japanese learners in the 90’s.  The magazine is sadly deceased, but it lives on with these two compilations.
Book One’s Table of Contents:

Introduction: Translating Japanese Manga into English, The Manga [...]

I have been lazy. Posting here isn’t much of an effort, but I do have ways of finding excuses.
This post continues looking at a few famous Japanese proverbs found in Karuta card sets.  Today’s makes a mountain out of a molehill, but in a good way:

ちりも積もれば山となる

chiri mo tsumoreba yama to naru
Even dust, when accumulated, [...]