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    Thread: The "Where's nest0r" thread
Post: The "Where's nest0r" thread

wccrawford Wrote:Maybe Nintendo Magazine hired him back. /joke (in case people don't get it.) You know, that's always how I personally envisioned him too... http://www.giantbomb.com/nester/94-9446/
Burritolingus Off topic 29 7,025 2010-08-01, 7:37 pm
    Thread: is anki good for srsing ?
Post: is anki good for srsing ?

Was gonna say... that sure sounds like Learning Mode :P which works beautifully for raw, fresh off the butcher's block content, I might add. Whether you should add such content to your SRS in the firs...
Burritolingus Learning resources 17 3,259 2010-07-25, 2:41 am
    Thread: Remembering the answer right at the last moment
Post: Remembering the answer right at the last moment

masaman Wrote:It happens all the time! It's like the circuit in my brains is almost complete, but there is just this tiny section that is barely not connected. It's like a dying fluorescent. A dying f...
Burritolingus General discussion 5 1,154 2010-07-15, 12:03 am
    Thread: FFXIV out in 2 months
Post: FFXIV out in 2 months

I'd imagine that an MMO would be ridiculously helpful in practicing Japanese. I have little to no interest in FF14, however. :/ Slightly off topic, but I wonder why Japan is often skipped over by wes...
Burritolingus Off topic 7 1,281 2010-07-13, 9:19 pm
    Thread: Left vs Right Brain & Learning Kanji
Post: Left vs Right Brain & Learning Kanji

Interesting! I have a hard time seeing it clockwise, though the Youtube video definitely helped. I've never really considered a left/right brain approach to language learning, but after reading throu...
Burritolingus The Japanese language 23 8,363 2010-07-11, 9:30 pm
    Thread: What is a good site for showing kanji stroke order?
Post: What is a good site for showing kanji stroke order...

On the font side of things, especially for SRS usage, I recommend this badboy: http://sites.google.com/site/nihilistorguk/
Burritolingus Learning resources 7 2,377 2010-07-05, 4:46 pm
    Thread: Twitter Thread
Post: Twitter Thread

Psst... http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=2342 :P
Burritolingus General discussion 2 716 2010-07-03, 8:29 pm
    Thread: Music problem - cannot find anything I like
Post: Music problem - cannot find anything I like

Tzadeck Wrote:Burritolingus Wrote:They're certainly better than the barren wasteland of American pop music, but you'd do far better looking elsewhere. I hear a lot of people say this about Japanese po...
Burritolingus General discussion 109 31,524 2010-07-01, 1:29 pm
    Thread: Need a Good Source for Translated Example Sentences
Post: Need a Good Source for Translated Example Sentence...

Haych Wrote:What I meant by example sentence database is something where you can type in a word in kana or kanji (hopefully, it should be smarter than Ctrl+F) and it will find multiple premade sentenc...
Burritolingus Learning resources 20 13,480 2010-07-01, 2:37 am
    Thread: Music problem - cannot find anything I like
Post: Music problem - cannot find anything I like

quincy Wrote:This guy posts some pretty amazing music, a lot of which can be extremely hard to find. There should be something you like. Very seconded! Although admittedly, a lot of his picks aren't t...
Burritolingus General discussion 109 31,524 2010-07-01, 2:04 am
    Thread: Music problem - cannot find anything I like
Post: Music problem - cannot find anything I like

Quote:Maybe looking at popular singles is my first mistake. Eeeeeexactly. They're certainly better than the barren wasteland of American pop music, but you'd do far better looking elsewhere. It's a l...
Burritolingus General discussion 109 31,524 2010-07-01, 12:51 am
    Thread: Lack of motivation.
Post: Lack of motivation.

mezbup Wrote:I suffer pretty much from the same thing and have for a very long time so I know where you're coming from but interestingly enough Japanese is the only thing that is HASN'T happened to me...
Burritolingus General discussion 23 4,703 2010-06-30, 7:35 pm
    Thread: Vote - Favorite Japanese Drama
Post: Vote - Favorite Japanese Drama

Looks good! I just submitted four of my favorites and exhausted my votes (someone had sneakily beaten me to Densha Otoko, but miiine had a link to D-Addicts!). Hopefully this takes off and we can do s...
Burritolingus Off topic 2 808 2010-06-25, 9:48 pm
    Thread: Top 5 Interests
Post: Top 5 Interests

A little difficult to list my top 5 interests in learning Japanese... As with several others, mine has changed (quite dramatically) over time. I guess mine would look a little something like: 1. Vidy...
Burritolingus General discussion 49 9,144 2010-06-25, 3:27 am
    Thread: Buying a laptop in Japan!?
Post: Buying a laptop in Japan!?

chochajin Wrote:Concerning that. I heard that the RAM Lenovo's ThinkPads are using, aren't very fast/good. They use DDR3 (PC3-8500 <- no idea what that means). I heard that you might have problems ...
Burritolingus General discussion 121 25,273 2010-06-25, 12:38 am
    Thread: Buying a laptop in Japan!?
Post: Buying a laptop in Japan!?

Are Macbooks seriously the same price or cheaper than other brand laptops in Japan? If that's the case, then I don't see why one wouldn't get a Macbook. Here in the States, a similarly specced (and o...
Burritolingus General discussion 121 25,273 2010-06-25, 12:02 am
    Thread: Explanation of terms used here
Post: Explanation of terms used here

ファブリス Wrote:Blahah Wrote:It should be in the top menu bar like all the other parts of the site. What? What are you talking about? It's right there, in the navigation bar ;) (ps: okay okay just added ...
Burritolingus Learning resources 7 1,147 2010-06-24, 4:23 pm
    Thread: Explanation of terms used here
Post: Explanation of terms used here

This should explain most of the terms used here and more: http://rtkwiki.koohii.com/wiki/Glossary On a side note: is it just me, or is it sort of difficult to find this site's wiki? Maybe I was looki...
Burritolingus Learning resources 7 1,147 2010-06-24, 3:45 am
    Thread: Whale wars
Post: Whale wars

ファブリス Wrote:Admin: Please create a separate "vegetarianism" topic to continue that discussion. This thread is about "environmentalists chasing japanese whaling fleet". A whale made off with my leg onc...
Burritolingus Off topic 226 35,379 2010-06-22, 5:02 pm
    Thread: Worst Grammar book ever?
Post: Worst Grammar book ever?

But what of this little gem? http://www.atrus.org/yokohama_dialect/sc...index.html
Burritolingus General discussion 17 7,862 2010-06-20, 2:03 am
    Thread: Follow-up to Pimsleur
Post: Follow-up to Pimsleur

Check out the audiobooks thread - those would be your best bet, I think. Find something of interest to listen to while doing mundane tasks, which (if you'd like) you could later on read through with t...
Burritolingus General discussion 5 1,872 2010-06-18, 9:54 pm
    Thread: Before you SRS
Post: Before you SRS

Quote:Looking back, I guess I thought the pen and paper method was slowing me down too much. How much time do you spend learning a new word or fact before adding it to your srs to retain it? That rea...
Burritolingus Learning resources 20 7,695 2010-06-16, 3:43 am
    Thread: Writing and SRS
Post: Writing and SRS

pm215 Wrote:Burritolingus Wrote:If your intent is only to learn to read, I don't see much harm in skipping the writing part. If your intent is only to learn to read, I don't see much harm in skipping ...
Burritolingus Remembering the Kanji 17 2,635 2010-06-16, 3:30 am
    Thread: Ratio of Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing
Post: Ratio of Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing

Interesting! 1. Please arrange each activity (listening, speaking, reading and writing) in order from easiest to hardest. Reading, Listening, Writing, Speaking 2. Now list them in order of which yo...
Burritolingus The Japanese language 9 5,942 2010-06-16, 3:19 am
    Thread: Writing and SRS
Post: Writing and SRS

If your intent is only to learn to read, I don't see much harm in skipping the writing part. However, if you seriously intend to learn to write in Japanese, I'd strongly consider writing each kanji o...
Burritolingus Remembering the Kanji 17 2,635 2010-06-15, 9:23 pm
    Thread: Final Fantasy XIII
Post: Final Fantasy XIII

『FF13』が遂に500円で売られる【94%OFF】 http://jin115.com/archives/51678450.html If you wanna score a dirt cheap copy, now would seem like a great time to do so!
Burritolingus General discussion 186 31,569 2010-06-09, 9:20 pm
    Thread: any way to make Japanese text bigger in firefox?
Post: any way to make Japanese text bigger in firefox?

Not that this is a long term solution, but ctrl + mouse scroll wheel is probably the fastest and easiest way to do so.
Burritolingus Off topic 6 1,498 2010-06-08, 3:45 pm
    Thread: Pokémon and vocabulary?
Post: Pokémon and vocabulary?

Quote:Maybe it's not a really good idea, to put both side-by-side, I'll end up trying to associate japanese words with english equivalents, and that's not really the point on learning a language, righ...
Burritolingus General discussion 14 11,172 2010-06-02, 11:12 pm
    Thread: Pokémon and vocabulary?
Post: Pokémon and vocabulary?

Given your current progress and Black/White's release, I think you'll be able to understand plenty - certainly enough to enjoy the game without very many issues. If you haven't already, I'd recommend ...
Burritolingus General discussion 14 11,172 2010-06-02, 10:13 pm
    Thread: The Dark Side of Danny Choo
Post: The Dark Side of Danny Choo

For those unfamiliar with the site, Colony Drop is one of the more antagonistic, elitist, arguably "trollish" anime blogs around. The article in question exaggerates, sensationalizes and takes liberti...
Burritolingus General discussion 28 11,420 2010-05-31, 12:50 am