Learning Japanese - Spaced Repetition Software
Note: this article is part of a series on how to memorize material. You can start at: [Learning Japanese - Memorization](/2009/09/learning-japanese-memoriz...
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iPod Touch
I ordered myself an ipod touch the other day. I already have an old ipod shuffle, which I take with me on runs. I also use it to listen to pod casts on long...
Japanese - Vocabulary
I’m currently studying Japanese words with the “Core 2000” list of words on smart.fm (free registration). Each new word is introduced on smart.fm’s iKnow sy...
Python, Subprocess and Multiple Arguments
Calling external programs from within a python script is a pretty common task. However, most of the times when I want to pass some arguments to the external ...
Learning Japanese - Resources
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Learning Japanese - Memorization
I’ve been studying the Japanese language for nearly a year now. I didn’t learn as much Japanese as I’d liked to have, but I did learn a great deal about lear...
Configurability
A while back I stumbled upon the following vim command, which opens a file explorer view. Now, this is truly scary stuff. I was as shocked and disappointed a...
One Year Summary
A bit over a year ago I started this blog. I didn’t know much about blogs and twitter and such at the time. After a year of blogging, I’m afraid I still don’...
New Computer
I’m writing this on a new computer I got yesterday. It’s called Fit PC2, and it’s really really small, and pretty green as well. Not as cool as a new mac, b...
Better World Books
For the last couple of months I’ve been ordering my books from BetterWorldBooks.com. It’s an online book store with a soul. All the books I order are shiped ...