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    Thread: New series of JLPT study books that look promising
Post: New series of JLPT study books that look promising

Anybody know what the name of their iPhone app is? I can't find it on the app store and their website is typical bullshit everywhere such that I can't even find a link to their product. Nevermind: He...
FutureBlues JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 36 16,770 2011-03-17, 4:15 pm
    Thread: yomichan: a tool for reading books with Anki vocab deck integration
Post: yomichan: a tool for reading books with Anki vocab...

I really think furigana support should be in the next big milestone. More than anything seeing stuff like 計画 <<けいかく>> in a document, especially when they apply only to the first character ...
FutureBlues Learning resources 298 107,226 2011-02-03, 4:29 pm
    Thread: yomichan: a tool for reading books with Anki vocab deck integration
Post: yomichan: a tool for reading books with Anki vocab...

This is an awesome tool, but without word wrap it's unusable. Any updates to it since the last time this topic was bumped?
FutureBlues Learning resources 298 107,226 2011-01-30, 11:12 pm
    Thread: yomichan: a tool for reading books with Anki vocab deck integration
Post: yomichan: a tool for reading books with Anki vocab...

FooSoft Wrote:@futureblues There may be about 2.1gb of wink wink, nudge nudge of compressed text archives in that thread. It is definitely worth the effort. Adding Yomichan to the official Anki shared...
FutureBlues Learning resources 298 107,226 2011-01-24, 12:12 am
    Thread: yomichan: a tool for reading books with Anki vocab deck integration
Post: yomichan: a tool for reading books with Anki vocab...

So I took a look at that "innocent books" thread and in the time it would take you to process all the bullshit and "wink wink, nudge nudge" material in that thread, you could probably learn Japanese a...
FutureBlues Learning resources 298 107,226 2011-01-23, 7:24 pm
    Thread: Should i rely on furigana anki generates?
Post: Should i rely on furigana anki generates?

Do you always rely on spell-check to proof your documents without error? Of course not. Kanji with multiple readings, especially days, numbers, counters, as well as certain characters (私, for instan...
FutureBlues General discussion 4 2,703 2010-12-14, 3:37 am
    Thread: Unconventional explanation for te-form: 連用中止 and its handy variations
Post: Unconventional explanation for te-form: 連用中止 and i...

Interesting thread, although I have to agree with the initial reactions to the 亭主 sentence in that there wasn't any context (cultural or otherwise) which was my primary barrier to understanding it. I ...
FutureBlues The Japanese language 66 15,758 2010-12-14, 3:32 am
    Thread: Going mad with compound readings
Post: Going mad with compound readings

Well, the light at the end of the tunnel is that the more on-yomi you learn, the more likely it is you'll remember them. Sure, 供給 is hard now and maybe anki isn't even enough to learn it, but pretty s...
FutureBlues The Japanese language 30 7,518 2010-12-14, 3:02 am
    Thread: Do you believe Japan is a high tech country?
Post: Do you believe Japan is a high tech country?

Quote:-iPhones were kind of a joke in Japan, although ithey've been helped with Apple's marketing. People who want a real phone get a real phone, like a high-dollar Nokia that can run a Linux command ...
FutureBlues Off topic 47 16,358 2010-07-24, 1:54 pm
    Thread: Good Manga Reader for iPad
Post: Good Manga Reader for iPad

shadysaint Wrote:I have no interest in the iFad, but I'd like to know where I can find [untranslated] manga in electronic form. Why go through the whole process of opening a thread, reading it, and th...
FutureBlues Off topic 15 12,918 2010-07-21, 2:24 am
    Thread: For Sale (in Japan)
Post: For Sale (in Japan)

This is a bump, as some items have changed/gotten cheaper. Please take another look. Thanks.
FutureBlues General discussion 5 1,804 2010-07-18, 12:21 pm
    Thread: Mnemosyne Compatible iPhone/iPod touch/iPad App
Post: Mnemosyne Compatible iPhone/iPod touch/iPad App

MnemosyneFan? Or iSRS marketing drone? If you want to announce your new product, I'd just go ahead and put all your cards down on the table. I have nothing against Mnemosyne, but (assuming these paid...
FutureBlues Learning resources 7 7,118 2010-07-15, 12:11 am
    Thread: Stories of amazed Japanese people
Post: Stories of amazed Japanese people

This doesn't have anything to do with kanji, but the other day I phoned my internet provider and was using a phone at the office that wouldn't allow me to select menu items so I got transfered to a hu...
FutureBlues Remembering the Kanji 57 14,404 2010-07-08, 8:35 pm
    Thread: For Sale (in Japan)
Post: For Sale (in Japan)

Honestly, I'm not really sure what they're worth. The Xbox is in the best condition it possibly could be, relatively new unit with a factory-replaced DVD drive (the original failed less than a month ...
FutureBlues General discussion 5 1,804 2010-07-04, 7:07 pm
    Thread: For Sale (in Japan)
Post: For Sale (in Japan)

I'm not sure if this is the right place to put a thread like this, but with so many people in Japan and so many people going to Japan, I have a few things that I don't need to take home with me (I'm l...
FutureBlues General discussion 5 1,804 2010-07-04, 2:48 am
    Thread: Buying a laptop in Japan!?
Post: Buying a laptop in Japan!?

Stockholm syndrome? Locked down? Look, Mac users are typically pretty emotional about their computers because they're really nice. I had a Thinkpad before my MBP and it was a really nice computer, bu...
FutureBlues General discussion 121 25,272 2010-06-25, 4:32 am
    Thread: Good Epwing reader for OSX?
Post: Good Epwing reader for OSX?

I couldn't get it to load my dictionaries. At all.
FutureBlues Learning resources 15 7,965 2010-06-20, 7:16 pm
    Thread: Buying a laptop in Japan!?
Post: Buying a laptop in Japan!?

No camera on the iPad. MacBook Pros are available with matte displays! And international warranties. And it's easy to switch languages. And a 7-hour battery. And it will do everything you've mentione...
FutureBlues General discussion 121 25,272 2010-06-20, 7:14 pm
    Thread: Good Epwing reader for OSX?
Post: Good Epwing reader for OSX?

Looking forward to it. I never could get any of the other readers working for me on OS X.
FutureBlues Learning resources 15 7,965 2010-06-17, 6:41 pm
    Thread: Buying a laptop in Japan!?
Post: Buying a laptop in Japan!?

Yeah, I'd still say go with a Mac. Language switching is free and easy, Quicktime plays almost anything WMP does and if it doesn't you can play it using VLC (Lunettes). Software like Firefox, Chrome, ...
FutureBlues General discussion 121 25,272 2010-06-12, 12:57 am
    Thread: Buying a laptop in Japan!?
Post: Buying a laptop in Japan!?

Did MS change Windows 7 so that the regional differences (I'm not talking about language, I'm talking about how you can't install or run certain programs in certain regions due to OS differences that ...
FutureBlues General discussion 121 25,272 2010-06-11, 4:48 am
    Thread: Buying a laptop in Japan!?
Post: Buying a laptop in Japan!?

Your friend can use iChat or any number of other screen-sharing programs and screen share your mac and completely control it. I've done it to my Mom's computer multiple times. Honestly, if you're "n...
FutureBlues General discussion 121 25,272 2010-06-11, 3:39 am
    Thread: Japanese from Japanese Porn
Post: Japanese from Japanese Porn

slivir Wrote:Can't watch much western porn anymore. Can't stand the fake implants blonde bimbo types screaming f*** me f*** me over and over, so fake. Japanese porn is just as fake mind you but at lea...
FutureBlues The Japanese language 113 126,232 2010-06-07, 12:03 am
    Thread: Multiple kanji for the same kun'yomi/meaning
Post: Multiple kanji for the same kun'yomi/meaning

Oh man, my hate for Mishima's prose has no bounds.
FutureBlues General discussion 15 4,808 2010-06-07, 12:01 am
    Thread: Japanese from Japanese Porn
Post: Japanese from Japanese Porn

Being able to talk about something does not equal being obsessed with it.
FutureBlues The Japanese language 113 126,232 2010-06-05, 3:09 am
    Thread: Japanese from Japanese Porn
Post: Japanese from Japanese Porn

Wow, I'm Fabrise and I are on the same page, who'da thunk it. Demonizing our bodies, saying that it's wrong or gross or that we should feel guilty or that people who watch porn are sick, all that is ...
FutureBlues The Japanese language 113 126,232 2010-06-04, 10:24 am
    Thread: Japanese from Japanese Porn
Post: Japanese from Japanese Porn

juniperpansy Wrote:Javizy Wrote:the girl told them she was 15. The チンカット guy seemed a bit embarrassed he'd said セクシー, but nobody was asking why the hell this stuff gets published. It kind of gives you...
FutureBlues The Japanese language 113 126,232 2010-06-03, 6:50 pm
    Thread: The Dark Side of Danny Choo
Post: The Dark Side of Danny Choo

Well of course Japan had better coverage (and probably still does) than the USA. My freaking STATE itself is 2.5 times the size of Japan.
FutureBlues General discussion 28 11,420 2010-06-03, 12:54 am
    Thread: べっぷぅぅぅ
Post: べっぷぅぅぅ

Yeah, it's the way they say "Bepppuuuu... Bepppuuu..." on the train and on tourism-related stuff in Beppu.
FutureBlues The Japanese language 5 1,074 2010-06-03, 12:49 am
    Thread: The Dark Side of Danny Choo
Post: The Dark Side of Danny Choo

Yeah, I don't really agree with you at all Jarvik. I'm not sure how old you are or how long you've been in Japan, but six years ago, when I was in Nagoya, the only real standout features phones had t...
FutureBlues General discussion 28 11,420 2010-05-31, 6:58 pm