A user named Ty posted a question about how the jump feature on the Casio XD-GW9600 actually works.
I only had my web cam and the quality is very poor, but hopefully it will show how it basically works:

It is very easy, but notice when I hit the ‘jump’ key (and then enter) the pop up [...]

Today’s Nintendo DS kanji learning game review is for:
２００万人の漢検
200 Man nin no Kanken
Kanji Test Practice for 2,000,000 People

About the Kanken
The Kanken (漢検) is a test designed for native Japanese speakers, but every year more and more Japanese learners give the test a go. There are ten levels (1 and 2 both have a pre-level [...]

漢字そのままDS楽引辞典 kanji sono mama DS rakubiki jiten
First a bit on the title:
漢字 kanji kanji
そのまま sono mama as is (just like that)
DS DS
楽引 rakubiki easy to lookup [楽 means 'easy' and 引く hiku with regard to dictionaries means 'to lookup']
辞典 jiten dictionary
‘Kanji as you see it, Easy to lookup DS Dictionary’
This is [...]

About a year ago I bought a Nintendo DS and a few kanji training ‘games’ from Japan. I was immediately impressed and decided to add several to our store’s line up. In the next few posts (sequential unless something else tickles my fancy), I would like to do a few spotlight reviews for [...]

JBrute is a very simple, very complete Japanese / English dictionary program for Widows. It is targeted at intermediate learners who need an easy way to lookup non-electronic text. The 0.9 release of JBrute was well received in March of this year. This summer, the 1.0 upgrade was posted. It improves [...]

It’s been the talk of multimedia addicts for years, but the ability to control what you watch when you watch is the way of the future. Tivo started the revolution, but the programs still have to be broadcast live at some point for you to DVR them.
Let’s say, while channel surfing, you find an [...]

I have reservations about titling a post, “My First Step to World Domination”, but as mentioned in a previous post, my first step to world domination would be to get 500 subscribers to our Youtube page. Today we’ve accomplished this first step.
I’m catching up with geriatric1927 and his 45,156 subscribers.
A TJPer last week [...]

As mentioned previously, Yumi and I are trying to fix up our house to sell it. (and then buy a bigger house) We’ve done a lot of work, but the more we do, the more it seems we have left to do.
This morning a friend emailed me a link to a site that [...]

I’ve been away from the online world (including this blog) for a few days now. My new computer came in on Friday and I’ve been busy migrating files and setting up the new system.
The guy I spoke with convinced me to try Vista. So far, I am not displeased - but I haven’t [...]

Problems installing Adobe Illustrator CS3 on Windows XP Pro
I’ll try to stick with Japanese topics, but I thought I’d share this just in case it helps ‘the next feller’.
A few months ago I decided I wanted a quality video editing software. I was torn between Sony Vegas and Adobe Premiere.* I decided [...]