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    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: RE: Where's Khatzumoto?

Have you tried contacting/talked to his (ex?)wife, Sarah? She filed for divorce early 2014, less than two years ago, and has a Linkedin profile through which you could presumably get in touch with her...
Myrddhin Off topic 529 103,163 2015-12-15, 4:50 pm
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: RE: Where's Khatzumoto?

His family did affectionately call him Kats from when he was little, though.
Myrddhin Off topic 529 103,163 2015-12-15, 12:28 pm
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

Why should they feel guilty when the service didn't deliver what was promised?
Myrddhin Off topic 529 103,163 2015-11-02, 10:12 am
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

Picking daisies. Pushing up daisies. Very different things, I would assume.
Myrddhin Off topic 529 103,163 2015-10-25, 10:18 am
    Thread: Something that is helping a huge amount
Post: Something that is helping a huge amount

While I haven't done kanji (or Japanese) in years, a lot of reading up on and testing mnemonics suggests that looking for more concrete images for various primitives could be advantageous. Like the pr...
Myrddhin Remembering the Kanji 3 941 2015-07-18, 1:19 pm
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

Someone with Japanese look-up-fu could see if his real name is available in Japanese (Chiba, presumably) phonebooks or listings. (His real name isn't that hard to find (anymore), but you learn more ab...
Myrddhin Off topic 529 103,163 2015-07-18, 11:12 am
    Thread: The-Ultimate-Japanese-Phrasebook-Sentences
Post: The-Ultimate-Japanese-Phrasebook-Sentences

196 mp3s with several phrases each. English phrase followed by Japanese.
Myrddhin Learning resources 9 2,678 2012-08-14, 9:17 am
    Thread: HTLAL
Post: HTLAL

There's a temporary replacement forum here: http://htlal.freeforums.org/ which seems to be fairly active.
Myrddhin General discussion 9 2,377 2012-08-02, 4:36 pm
    Thread: Has anyone else tried this?
Post: Has anyone else tried this?

All bow down to our Lord and Saviour Heisig! If he says it, it must be true!
Myrddhin Remembering the Kanji 14 3,954 2012-08-01, 2:25 pm
    Thread: Friendship is magic on nicovideo
Post: Friendship is magic on nicovideo

Go bronies!
Myrddhin Learning resources 6 2,437 2011-10-07, 6:34 am
    Thread: Training Listening
Post: Training Listening

My suggestion: listen to the same content repeatedly until you understand most of it (look up words and grammar you don't understand). Only then do you move on to new content. Listening to an endless ...
Myrddhin The Japanese language 22 6,511 2011-09-14, 7:40 am
    Thread: Let's Talk Cameras
Post: Let's Talk Cameras

^ I tried the CHDK once with my aging Ixus. Opened up a lot of possibilities, RAW-format, scripting etc. But in the end, I discovered I had no use for all these extra features (I just need a point and...
Myrddhin Off topic 35 7,578 2011-09-06, 11:25 am
    Thread: Simple Flashcard Viewer
Post: Simple Flashcard Viewer

^ Anki is available for iPhone and iPod
Myrddhin Learning resources 7 1,806 2011-08-27, 2:54 pm
    Thread: American History
Post: American History

Transparent_Aluminium Wrote:(Note: If you live in Japan I would suggest that you move far away from any nuclear plant) Nice bit of foresight there
Myrddhin Off topic 90 16,344 2011-08-19, 11:01 am
    Thread: Anonymous
Post: Anonymous

/me waits for someone to commit the No true Scotsman fallacy in response to yudantaiteki's post.
Myrddhin Off topic 22 3,698 2011-08-12, 9:55 am
    Thread: Is learning Chinese (Mandarin) worth it?
Post: Is learning Chinese (Mandarin) worth it?

howtwosavealif3 Wrote:that is such bullshit. Wow, that was harsh. howtwosavealif3 Wrote:just because you haven't put in the effort to find shows you like or if you don't understand enough to tell or ...
Myrddhin Chinese and Hanzi 94 25,793 2011-06-09, 1:53 pm
    Thread: Hikikomori -- people with no life -- funny video
Post: Hikikomori -- people with no life -- funny video

Tori-kun Wrote:wccrawford Wrote:I think "people with no life" is a bit harsh. Right, too harsh. They have a life and that's one in their very own computer, whatsoever-world. Having "no life" is common...
Myrddhin Off topic 7 3,240 2011-05-29, 9:18 am
    Thread: Am I the only one who thinks japanese has a brutal ammount of vocab.?
Post: Am I the only one who thinks japanese has a brutal...

aphasiac Wrote:"newly manufactured car" is the only one that really works. Again this is obvious for a native, but for an English learner this all has to be memorised - man English sure has a "brutal ...
Myrddhin The Japanese language 104 20,366 2011-05-26, 12:26 pm
    Thread: Next time someone tells you Kanji is stupid to learn...
Post: Next time someone tells you Kanji is stupid to lea...

When I see discussions like this one, I always feel like chiming in with my pro-alphabet views. I'm a firm believer that learning to read your native language should take no more than a week, and shou...
Myrddhin Off topic 186 32,831 2011-04-01, 1:59 pm
    Thread: Pseudo-Japanese?
Post: Pseudo-Japanese?

Spirarel Wrote:Looking at the approach from a distance, it seems to me that learning the Kanji in this manner would be a hindrance to truly acquiring a reading ability like a native(how are you going ...
Myrddhin Remembering the Kanji 35 5,746 2011-03-15, 7:21 pm
    Thread: Only learning to read chinese?
Post: Only learning to read chinese?

I'm quite sure that doing this is possible using any learning resources that focus on hanzi. I suppose it would put you in the position of i.e. a Cantonese speaker learning to read Mandarin (or vice v...
Myrddhin Chinese and Hanzi 9 2,291 2011-02-25, 7:17 pm
    Thread: What makes AJATT work?
Post: What makes AJATT work?

After having read Khatz's latest post, "A Day In The Life of Khatzumoto (No, For Real)" http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blo...o-for-real , I found one of his activities during his hardcore phase ...
Myrddhin General discussion 56 12,429 2011-02-07, 3:06 pm
    Thread: English is dead, long live Engrish!
Post: English is dead, long live Engrish!

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201101210361.html "Kumiko Torikai: Japan needs new paradigm of English education" "Few people today would disagree that English is an international common language. B...
Myrddhin Off topic 43 5,727 2011-01-24, 12:09 pm
    Thread: Light Therapy: anybody uses these blue lights?
Post: Light Therapy: anybody uses these blue lights?

I have a device like this. Bought it years ago. Never use it; the light just makes me feel nauseous. I really did give it a try, but I just couldn't stand it, not even at lower intensities. Some peopl...
Myrddhin Off topic 16 5,461 2011-01-06, 9:36 am
    Thread: Misogyny
Post: Misogyny

Just stumbled over this. Thought it might add to the discussion. [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87C9MyDwA9I] "Single mothers lead Japan's poor population"
Myrddhin Off topic 67 17,075 2010-09-11, 2:31 am