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    Thread: Books on writing (eg. Elements of style)
Post: Books on writing (eg. Elements of style)

I've found "On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction" by William Zinsser helpful. YMMV.
guppy Off topic 7 1,098 2011-01-24, 7:48 am
    Thread: Christmas Donations for Fabrice
Post: Christmas Donations for Fabrice

I had that in my original post and sheepishly removed it. 15EU Thanks for heading this up, Truando.
guppy Off topic 393 86,394 2010-12-18, 6:28 am
    Thread: Christmas Donations for Fabrice
Post: Christmas Donations for Fabrice

Merry Christmas Fabrice! I lurk here much more than I post but I really do appreciate you and the exceptional community that has sprung up around you and your excellent site. I just recently finishe...
guppy Off topic 393 86,394 2010-12-18, 6:22 am
    Thread: Anki iPhone app dropping soon - who's buying?
Post: Anki iPhone app dropping soon - who's buying?

@slivir I was able to share my MacBook ethernet connection wirelessly with my ipod on a business trip. This shows how. http://mac.appstorm.net/how-to/internet-...via-wi-fi/ I never messed with the...
guppy Learning resources 401 86,877 2010-05-28, 2:33 am
    Thread: Forgetting the previously learned kanji :(.
Post: Forgetting the previously learned kanji :(.

ta12121 x2 I only recently realized that it's ok to forget some of the previously "learned" kanji. I used to get really upset and beat myself up if I didn't get 100% on previously learned Kanji. I'...
guppy Remembering the Kanji 15 6,798 2010-05-05, 1:36 am
    Thread: Looking to improve my jrock library
Post: Looking to improve my jrock library

D'oh!* Sorry, I guess I should post more and lurch less. Gomen. *smacks forehead with hand.
guppy Off topic 23 4,683 2008-03-17, 10:45 pm
    Thread: Looking to improve my jrock library
Post: Looking to improve my jrock library

I think yukamina beat me to it. Of course he mentioned a few that I didn't know. One thing that I've found that it seems to be difficult to find decent rock. Pop seems to be more popular (no pun in...
guppy Off topic 23 4,683 2008-03-17, 5:47 pm
    Thread: anki help
Post: anki help

Hi Leosmith, If you look at the top of the screen. The white bar all across the top of the screen, while Anki is running will have Deck, Edit, Tools, Help listed. Each of those words have correspo...
guppy Learning resources 20 9,818 2008-03-01, 10:25 pm
    Thread: For any US political junkies
Post: For any US political junkies

Thanks Johnzep. Also, I didn't see it but I've been looking around for a Japanese US politics (or at least not only Japan) podcast to practice my listening. Has anyone come across something like thi...
guppy General discussion 3 1,255 2008-02-16, 8:23 am
    Thread: Anki discussion (no bug reports)
Post: Anki discussion (no bug reports)

Thanks Jimmy Seal. I never noticed the simple interface before. Went and found it on the webpage. So, I'll pick up the DS browser to get this rolling. Again thanks!!
guppy Learning resources 309 61,815 2008-01-01, 7:11 pm
    Thread: Anki discussion (no bug reports)
Post: Anki discussion (no bug reports)

Thanks Resolve, I love the software. I have a question to all, not sure if I should have made a separate thread or not, if I need to break it off into a seperate thread, I will, just let me know. ...
guppy Learning resources 309 61,815 2008-01-01, 1:12 am
    Thread: AKSTNHMYRW (mnemonic)
Post: AKSTNHMYRW (mnemonic)

Thora, yes he did. He wrote a book Remembering the Kana, which is how I learned of his method, and in the book he uses that to help one remember the order of the Kana. I still use it when I'm using ...
guppy General discussion 29 10,123 2007-11-22, 7:20 am
    Thread: japanese dvds
Post: japanese dvds

Doh! Interesting point synewave. I do remember pulling it off with my "from US" iBook- default region 1, however, I usually use my PowerMac (G5), which was bought here in Japan. So, you are correc...
guppy Learning resources 20 3,047 2007-09-10, 5:47 pm
    Thread: japanese dvds
Post: japanese dvds

skylarth, I've been doing this for about 1.5-2 years now. Before I had a Japanese DVD player, I would rent movies from Tsutaya (the Japanese Blockbuster, if you will) and rip them with handbrake, w...
guppy Learning resources 20 3,047 2007-09-10, 10:05 am
    Thread: japanese dvds
Post: japanese dvds

I'm using a PowerMac and or iBook. What I've done in the past was to use handbrake. Set the Mac to not automatically read and start the movie upon insertion of the DVD. Then use handbrake to rip th...
guppy Learning resources 20 3,047 2007-09-10, 9:10 am
    Thread: Anki?
Post: Anki?

Resolve, one more thing. I had the OS GUI set to Japanese, so I wasn't entirely confident in my Excel-->UTF 8-text conversion. I went to my other Mac (desktop) and noticed that there were a coupl...
guppy Learning resources 999 230,437 2007-09-01, 10:26 pm
    Thread: Anki?
Post: Anki?

No problem. Glad I could help. Any idea when the next release may be?
guppy Learning resources 999 230,437 2007-09-01, 6:12 pm
    Thread: Anki?
Post: Anki?

I have selected "comma separated value". There is an error. I pulled it from the console. I'm assuming that's what you wanted. Traceback (most recent call last): File "ankiqt/ui/importing.py...
guppy Learning resources 999 230,437 2007-09-01, 5:55 am
    Thread: Anki?
Post: Anki?

Sorry, I must be missing something. Deck->Import Import window opens File to import: Choose file... The window opens, I choose my file, I hit Open. I go back to the Import window. The import wi...
guppy Learning resources 999 230,437 2007-09-01, 5:10 am
    Thread: Anki?
Post: Anki?

Sorry, I forgot to mention... Nothing happens. I hit the button to import, get the file menu to select the file and then when I hit ok. The window closes and I get to Anki. The button remains uncha...
guppy Learning resources 999 230,437 2007-09-01, 4:32 am
    Thread: Anki?
Post: Anki?

Hi Folks, I've been off the forum for a while, but glad to see everyone still here and some new folks too:) I download Anki a while back and didn't really get into it. I've returned to it and hav...
guppy Learning resources 999 230,437 2007-09-01, 3:35 am
    Thread: RTK get together?
Post: RTK get together?

ファブリス、 I'm all for another meet up. I can easily do a Kamakura or Kantou meetup. However, if you need to consolidate and arrange something in Tokyo, I should be able to make that too. Just name a t...
guppy Off topic 232 102,361 2007-03-13, 7:40 am
    Thread: JLPT 2006
Post: JLPT 2006

Just my thoughts... It took me too many times to mention (it's quite embarrassing) to pass 4級. I did eventually. The year I passed it, I felt confident, told myself to take a break and that break ...
guppy JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 60 20,584 2007-02-23, 10:05 am
    Thread: JLPT 2006
Post: JLPT 2006

I agree with chamcham.... I'm reluctant to admit how long I've been "studying" as it's embarassing. I get sidetracked and don't study like I should for months at a time, then get back on the wagon ...
guppy JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 60 20,584 2007-02-18, 9:28 am
    Thread: JLPT 2006
Post: JLPT 2006

Synewave I agree, no one was very confident in their scores. Anyway on the 3級 I ended up with 255/400
guppy JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 60 20,584 2007-02-09, 7:04 pm
    Thread: JLPT 2006
Post: JLPT 2006

Congrats Yorkii, JimmySeal, Synewave!!! I managed to pass 3Q. I really didn't think I knew that much. Now I'm faced with either trying to pass 2Q in Dec or taking a two years to do it. I'd really...
guppy JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 60 20,584 2007-02-08, 8:21 am
    Thread: RTK get together?
Post: RTK get together?

Fabrice, if you'd like to put us on the homepage, by all means do so, I would be honored, as Chirstoph says. I'm so glad to hear the rumblings of another get together. Both meetups have been a lot ...
guppy Off topic 232 102,361 2007-01-29, 9:03 am
    Thread: RTK get together?
Post: RTK get together?

Thanks guys! Quite an exciting day! It was great to meet everyone. Hope we can do it again sometime. guppy
guppy Off topic 232 102,361 2007-01-27, 8:22 am
    Thread: RTK get together?
Post: RTK get together?

Still planning on being there... Will be a bit late but I know my way around Kamakura. See you soon:)
guppy Off topic 232 102,361 2007-01-24, 11:26 am
    Thread: Call me slow but I've just found a "new" link
Post: Call me slow but I've just found a "new" link

Wow, never did catch it... Thanks for pointing it out. I second that. Thanks for everything Fabrice!!
guppy Remembering the Kanji 7 2,648 2007-01-09, 9:50 am