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    Thread: Learning with a Tablet?
Post: Learning with a Tablet?

My friend has a OnePlus and loves that thing so that's a possibility as RichF said, if a phablet would suit your purposes. Now I used the word 'phablet'. Thanks.
tashippy Learning resources 9 2,463 2014-11-28, 11:05 am
    Thread: Learning with a Tablet?
Post: Learning with a Tablet?

I have a Nexus 7. I pretty much have one specific use for it that has definitely helped my Japanese: I watch drama and anime on it while I cook and clean dishes. I use a bluetooth headset so I can hea...
tashippy Learning resources 9 2,463 2014-11-27, 2:22 am
    Thread: Book Club
Post: Book Club

I wonder if in the next round of Book Club we might do some kind of Google Hangouts Book Club "meeting"? ...
tashippy Group study 159 27,914 2014-10-22, 5:07 pm
    Thread: Asia Torrents Invites -- Active Users Only
Post: Asia Torrents Invites -- Active Users Only

What does rutracker have to do with anything? We might have to add even more to the rules, that you must keep a good ratio, though that should go without saying. It'd be a bit ironic to do that consid...
tashippy Off topic 199 72,910 2014-10-21, 9:31 am
    Thread: August 2014 Book Club - Intermediate: 「Go」 by 金城 一紀
Post: August 2014 Book Club - Intermediate: 「Go」 by 金城 一...

Reading report: I'm not really sure if anyone else is reading this book now. Anyway, I read chapter one the other day on Yomichan. I hadn't yet set up the flashcards generator so I was just reading th...
tashippy Group study 18 5,583 2014-10-21, 9:24 am
    Thread: How old does something have to be before
Post: How old does something have to be before

How was the orthography different? I'm not really sure what that means actually, particularly in the context of Japanese...
tashippy General discussion 14 4,308 2014-10-19, 10:32 pm
    Thread: August 2014 Book Club - Intermediate: 「Go」 by 金城 一紀
Post: August 2014 Book Club - Intermediate: 「Go」 by 金城 一...

Cool. Yeah, I've seen the movie. I'm kind of a big fan of 窪塚洋介。へへ。 But I saw it a couple years ago so it's not really helping me understand the book so much. I think I'll watch it again after I read ...
tashippy Group study 18 5,583 2014-10-19, 4:56 pm
    Thread: Second Book Club Nomination Thread
Post: Second Book Club Nomination Thread

jahnke Wrote:Hello, The idea of a book club is excellent. I'm not good enough to start reading a book, but if there is a group interested in read an easy manga, I will surely participate. About the ...
tashippy Group study 23 6,443 2014-10-18, 10:53 pm
    Thread: August 2014 Book Club - Intermediate: 「Go」 by 金城 一紀
Post: August 2014 Book Club - Intermediate: 「Go」 by 金城 一...

sunehiro Wrote:(those that are manga, books, drama or vn... is there a word for? multi-something?) I usually don't like reading the book. I'm not sure what you're referring to but I hope someone has t...
tashippy Group study 18 5,583 2014-10-18, 10:46 pm
    Thread: Doing Anki Reps while listening to music?
Post: Doing Anki Reps while listening to music?

It might be interesting to try listening to jpop only when doing Anki reps. As long as you like jpop it might create rewarding positive associations with studying in general, and you can get a rhythm ...
tashippy Off topic 11 2,321 2014-10-17, 11:23 pm
    Thread: Circuit Bending (Musical Instruments)
Post: Circuit Bending (Musical Instruments)

Cool, Thanks. I'll try to stay alive.
tashippy Off topic 2 686 2014-10-17, 3:44 pm
    Thread: Circuit Bending (Musical Instruments)
Post: Circuit Bending (Musical Instruments)

Does anyone do any circuit bending around here? I was thinking to give it a try some time. Any good sites, like the Tae Kim of circuit bending stuff to make instruments/noise music? Thanks.
tashippy Off topic 2 686 2014-10-17, 2:59 pm
    Thread: Second Book Club Nomination Thread
Post: Second Book Club Nomination Thread

Sunehiro, I do agree that including some classic literature would be useful as a resource on the forum, since it's what a lot of people first read. I think こころ would be a good group read of 夏目漱石's wor...
tashippy Group study 23 6,443 2014-10-17, 12:09 pm
    Thread: What are you currently reading?
Post: What are you currently reading?

Aikynaro Wrote:I'm reading through a series called ふたごの魔法つかい. I just finished 風と火の国, which I think is the best one so far, but they're all quite enjoyable. It's part of the フォア文庫 A series, so very eas...
tashippy Off topic 109 48,668 2014-10-17, 11:51 am
    Thread: August 2014 Book Club - Intermediate: 「Go」 by 金城 一紀
Post: August 2014 Book Club - Intermediate: 「Go」 by 金城 一...

Here's a screen shot with the referenced work: http://imgur.com/AoIg7jt By the way, how similar is Go to the movie?
tashippy Group study 18 5,583 2014-10-17, 10:00 am
    Thread: Book Club
Post: Book Club

So you can use it on a Kindle App, but not on a Kindle? That makes sense. :) Learning Japanese outside of Japan makes one an excellent jumper through electronic hoops.
tashippy Group study 159 27,914 2014-10-16, 11:11 pm
    Thread: Book Club
Post: Book Club

gaiaslastlaugh Wrote:I don't [know] why for the love of Nobunaga they make this so flipping hard. I'll try and figure it out this weekend. If I do, I'll post instructions. Amen!? If you do, you are t...
tashippy Group study 159 27,914 2014-10-16, 9:44 pm
    Thread: Second Book Club Nomination Thread
Post: Second Book Club Nomination Thread

This thread is for self-introductions: reading goals, reading method, etc. You can nominate a book and explain why it might be a good book to read. In a couple weeks we will have a straw poll to p...
tashippy Group study 23 6,443 2014-10-16, 7:26 pm
    Thread: August 2014 Book Club - Intermediate: 「Go」 by 金城 一紀
Post: August 2014 Book Club - Intermediate: 「Go」 by 金城 一...

Thanks, sunehiro! I just realized the other day that this is the same Go as the movie with 窪塚洋介. So now I definitely want to read it. I really liked watching Audition and reading that book. I just rea...
tashippy Group study 18 5,583 2014-10-16, 6:25 pm
    Thread: Book Club
Post: Book Club

Thanks for the feedback. So we will open up a thread soon to let people make self introductions and/or state interest in the book club, and nominate a book if they feel so inclined, and explain why it...
tashippy Group study 159 27,914 2014-10-14, 5:21 pm
    Thread: Anyone Studying the Other Languages of Japan?
Post: Anyone Studying the Other Languages of Japan?

Great post! I have definitely thought about it with Ainu. If I ever end up living in Hokkaido I will certainly engage with that culture as much as I can. I hadn't even considered JSL but that sounds l...
tashippy General discussion 7 2,272 2014-10-13, 1:11 pm
    Thread: Book Club
Post: Book Club

@Aikynaro, Good question. I'm finding it harder to answer than I thought. So what makes the perfect second-language book club book? I was actually thinking of nominating kokoro, even though many of u...
tashippy Group study 159 27,914 2014-10-13, 9:26 am
    Thread: Book Club
Post: Book Club

Thank you for this interlude, Yudantaitekitachi. So, for the next book...should we do as NickT suggested and start a thread to choose a book, with each person writing a post for one book with a blur...
tashippy Group study 159 27,914 2014-10-12, 11:10 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

In the 8547 sentences shared deck, I came across this sentence: 私は喜びのあまり思わずに隣の人にだきついてしまった。translated as: I was so happy that I hugged the person beside me without thinking. Why is the の particle use...
tashippy The Japanese language 8,332 1,451,770 2014-10-12, 8:52 pm
    Thread: Book Club
Post: Book Club

That's good, I like the page number thing, too. Also, perhaps we could generate deliberate discussion questions. Yeah I guess trudging was a bit of a dramatic word, enjoying the book is the best motiv...
tashippy Group study 159 27,914 2014-10-11, 11:57 pm
    Thread: Book Club
Post: Book Club

I think one issue is that some people have to wait forever to have a book shipped to their country. I'm lucky there's a Book-Off in NY with Japanese novels, but I do prefer paperback if I can find it....
tashippy Group study 159 27,914 2014-10-11, 11:19 pm
    Thread: Book Club
Post: Book Club

@aikynaro, maybe we could have deadlines per chapter. I think what we may have discovered is how finicky, wishy-washy and fickle we all can be (by we I mean me and probably other folks not including N...
tashippy Group study 159 27,914 2014-10-11, 2:23 pm
    Thread: Book Club
Post: Book Club

tbh, I am not at the moment. I had some technological and motivational and comprehensional snafus, but the attempts got me reading some books I've read before. I had been on a reading slump and am slo...
tashippy Group study 159 27,914 2014-09-26, 6:05 pm
    Thread: Are your Half kids happier in Japan or in your country?
Post: Are your Half kids happier in Japan or in your cou...

SammyB Wrote:I had 30 days from the day she was born to get her visa status organised and get her a residence card. Wow, that's not very much time to sort through bureaucratic processes in any country...
tashippy General discussion 7 2,339 2014-09-26, 6:02 pm
    Thread: Are your Half kids happier in Japan or in your country?
Post: Are your Half kids happier in Japan or in your cou...

I have no kids and don't live in Japan. But SammyB, what citizenship does your 7-month old have? Dual? What about you, Mennon? Your kids were born in Japan, right? Do they have Australian passports? T...
tashippy General discussion 7 2,339 2014-09-23, 11:36 am