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    Thread: Google Wave Invite?
Post: Google Wave Invite?

I've made a public RevTK wave. Search for 'with:public tag:revtk'.
Terhorst Off topic 21 3,483 2009-10-13, 8:24 am
    Thread: Google Wave Invite?
Post: Google Wave Invite?

You can find them on eBay. -- Terhorst
Terhorst Off topic 21 3,483 2009-10-12, 7:38 am
    Thread: How do you set up your reading environment?
Post: How do you set up your reading environment?

I do most of my Japanese reading on the computer. Virtual Desktop 1 I have Explorer open on the side of my browser with the raws; I just drag them in one at a time. I have a smart bookmark set up so...
Terhorst General discussion 26 5,257 2009-01-21, 2:04 pm
    Thread: Do you sometimes hold your level and not learning new cards?
Post: Do you sometimes hold your level and not learning ...

cameron_en Wrote:Just Do It My favorite way to put it is: Do it. Do it right. Do it right now.
Terhorst Remembering the Kanji 27 4,128 2008-11-14, 9:43 pm
    Thread: Do you sometimes hold your level and not learning new cards?
Post: Do you sometimes hold your level and not learning ...

playadom Wrote:Only if you're against the current of the river. You might actually be with the current if you're reading Japanese or listening to Japanese all the time. It is like a river, and the cur...
Terhorst Remembering the Kanji 27 4,128 2008-11-14, 2:21 pm
    Thread: Do you sometimes hold your level and not learning new cards?
Post: Do you sometimes hold your level and not learning ...

"If you are not moving forward, you are moving backward." In keeping with "Don't break the chain," I try to move forward every day, because skipping one day makes it easier to skip the next.
Terhorst Remembering the Kanji 27 4,128 2008-11-14, 1:06 pm
    Thread: Read The Kanji web application
Post: Read The Kanji web application

I would like to see the kanji in the stats area on one page instead of broken up into 5 pages.
Terhorst Learning resources 64 9,483 2008-11-05, 1:35 am
    Thread: Japanese input messed up on my PC, please help o_o;
Post: Japanese input messed up on my PC, please help o_o...

I found this: Jared Wrote:This is for all you XP users who don't seem to be able to type anything but vowels using the Japanese language in XP. I had this same problem and just fixed it, so you may f...
Terhorst General discussion 10 3,303 2008-10-01, 12:00 am
    Thread: Sentence Association
Post: Sentence Association

This is a modification of the popular Word Association game. The purpose is to amass a large quantity and variety of sentences as a resource for those who are collecting them. To play: *) Post a sent...
Terhorst Learning resources 7 2,011 2008-08-22, 12:19 pm
    Thread: Scripts
Post: Scripts

Spirited Away/千と千尋の神隠し: HTML: parts 1 2 3 4 TEXT: parts 1 2 3 (source)
Terhorst Learning resources 7 2,400 2008-08-14, 11:35 pm
    Thread: How do I make the transition to Japanese-Japanese cards..?
Post: How do I make the transition to Japanese-Japanese ...

I just jumped right in. Most of what I dig through is way over my head, but I can usually find something I understand or nearly do. I keep my cards short and simple: Front: audio of たんにごともよぶ Back: 単に...
Terhorst General discussion 61 9,397 2008-07-25, 3:23 pm
    Thread: Questionnaire - your input requested!
Post: Questionnaire - your input requested!

Why don't we post our answers here, in addition to e-mailing them to rtkrtk? Perhaps ファブリス might be interested in the answers to some of those usability questions, and I wouldn't mind reading others' ...
Terhorst General discussion 7 1,767 2008-02-26, 10:17 pm
    Thread: Trimming down the Kanji Deck...
Post: Trimming down the Kanji Deck...

We start out kanji-sick, so a crutch is just the thing to get someone off the ground quickly. But I like "bridge" better. RTK is a bridge, and mighty convenient.
Terhorst General discussion 10 1,761 2008-02-15, 9:48 am
    Thread: Reported story! Why?
Post: Reported story! Why?

laner36 Wrote:Anyway, I am especially interested to know what you think, Terhorst (or others that reported it). After the additions, do you still think I shold take it down now? I don't think it shou...
Terhorst Remembering the Kanji 25 5,244 2008-02-15, 9:15 am
    Thread: Reported story! Why?
Post: Reported story! Why?

I was the third person to report this story. I think it would be great if we could include a reason why we reported a story so that others could make their own judgments about whether the report was j...
Terhorst Remembering the Kanji 25 5,244 2008-02-13, 9:22 am
    Thread: Post RTK1-What are you guys doing?
Post: Post RTK1-What are you guys doing?

This retranslation technique reminds me of the technique Benjamin Franklin used to become a skillful and eloquent speaker. You can read about it in his autobiography, which I would recommend to anyone...
Terhorst General discussion 53 14,699 2008-01-30, 9:57 am
    Thread: Just got Heisig - best way to get stuck in ?
Post: Just got Heisig - best way to get stuck in ?

My own experience is that studying at night is more prone to missed days than studying first thing in the morning. -- Daniel
Terhorst Remembering the Kanji 12 2,703 2008-01-08, 1:47 pm
    Thread: The Ultimate Kanji
Post: The Ultimate Kanji

Here's my try at a story: You take a bowl of Biang Biang Noodles and dump it on the ground. A dark Hole appears on the ground beneath you. As you fall, you notice glowing Words rush by you (like the...
Terhorst General discussion 19 10,323 2008-01-05, 2:45 pm
    Thread: anyone else sick of perverted stories?
Post: anyone else sick of perverted stories?

The simplest solution I can think of is this: 1. By default hide all reported stories. 2. Put an option to show reported stories in the profile (or to set a threshold). But there'd have to be a wa...
Terhorst General discussion 138 45,373 2008-01-05, 2:06 pm
    Thread: The Ultimate Kanji
Post: The Ultimate Kanji

It's the character used for Biang Biang noodles. Praise for finding it first belongs to other people on this forum. [Image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...ng.svg.png]
Terhorst General discussion 19 10,323 2008-01-05, 1:51 pm
    Thread: anyone else sick of perverted stories?
Post: anyone else sick of perverted stories?

I don't find perverted stories particularly shocking, myself; although, that might be because I'm a long-time denizen of the 'net. Unless you can give me the highest quality perversion, don't bother. ...
Terhorst General discussion 138 45,373 2008-01-05, 8:38 am
    Thread: Brain teaser
Post: Brain teaser

skinnyneo Wrote:I'm still curious about this one! What is it? In my book, 4th edition, graceful comes up twice -- frame 721 and again in frame 1907. EDIT: Storehouse, too (589, 850)
Terhorst Remembering the Kanji 28 7,922 2008-01-04, 9:59 am
    Thread: Missing Jouyou Kanji from RTK Book 1
Post: Missing Jouyou Kanji from RTK Book 1

A search on the forum turned up the closed, 40-page Anki? thread. Megaqwerty Wrote:The only 常用 not in RTK I, 璽, imperial seal, is, like, on the second page of RTK III (frame 2075), ironically. (study...
Terhorst Remembering the Kanji 2 1,104 2008-01-04, 9:47 am
    Thread: How hard was it for you to finish Remembering The Kanji 1?
Post: How hard was it for you to finish Remembering The ...

I didn't have much trouble up to frame 1500 or so. Then review started becoming a chore. At one point I missed several days in a row. That's when things really went wrong. My recall rate plummeted ...
Terhorst Remembering the Kanji 44 15,367 2007-12-28, 2:07 pm
    Thread: Notifacations when your stories becomes a Favorite?
Post: Notifacations when your stories becomes a Favorite...

I would be happy just knowing when a story of mine has been starred, unstarred, or reported.
Terhorst General discussion 4 1,234 2007-12-27, 2:10 pm
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

Merry Christmas, everyone! It looks like I've finished up right on schedule. =) It was both harder and easier than I imagined. I took the slow route, only clocking in 10 kanji per day. You'd think ...
Terhorst Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,599 2007-12-25, 9:52 am
    Thread: Kanji digital watches?
Post: Kanji digital watches?

This one is still mostly analog, but it displays the seconds digitally: http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/6229/p426226nw5.jpg It's made by Fossil and hard to get, it seems. -- Daniel
Terhorst General discussion 14 9,615 2007-12-16, 3:43 am
    Thread: Review rates accross all users
Post: Review rates accross all users

ファブリス Wrote:I'm going to trial a 1 day variance to the first interval of 3 days though. Currently the site does not add variance to the first 3 day-review. With 1 day interval it could be 2 days, 3 da...
Terhorst Off topic 8 2,123 2007-12-15, 8:25 pm
    Thread: Sticky Points
Post: Sticky Points

Below are the frames (based on today's data) around which people tend to group up. I think these are the "sticky points" where people tend to pause on their journey. These might be the places people...
Terhorst General discussion 7 1,467 2007-11-13, 3:05 pm
    Thread: Japanese keywords
Post: Japanese keywords

synewave Wrote:EDIT: wrightak is keeping it real as far as the Brits are concerned. The 'Last Updated' datestamp is in the format DD/MM/YYYY.   The oh-so-sortable YYYY-MM-DD format has some advantages...
Terhorst Remembering the Kanji 410 149,034 2007-11-12, 7:25 am