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    Thread: Without phys. exercise?
Post: Without phys. exercise?

This topic just motivated me to sign up for one of my university's yoga classes for this semester...
rigol Off topic 152 22,496 2011-04-19, 10:27 am
    Thread: The Japanese Have a Word for It!
Post: The Japanese Have a Word for It!

I stumbled upon this one yesterday: 布団蒸し - to bury a person under a pile of futon in fun
rigol The Japanese language 135 38,214 2011-04-12, 6:52 am
    Thread: Most forgettable kanji?
Post: Most forgettable kanji?

Up until now (finished RTK1+3 about 7 month before) mine are: 佐 貨 輸 I'm curious about how it may change in, say, half a year or so...
rigol Remembering the Kanji 4 1,320 2011-04-10, 3:38 am
    Thread: Revising and studying for exams.
Post: Revising and studying for exams.

I find that by adding cards I learn some of the content already because I have to think about what and how to put it on a card. But I'm doing science learning that way - I have no experience on how to...
rigol Off topic 32 7,672 2011-04-09, 4:27 pm
    Thread: Revising and studying for exams.
Post: Revising and studying for exams.

Yes, like I wrote in the other topic, I just use the "cram" function in Anki and don't rely on SRS. In fact, I don't use Anki's SRS function at all in this case. I just mark the cards I want to cram f...
rigol Off topic 32 7,672 2011-04-09, 10:52 am
    Thread: Revising and studying for exams.
Post: Revising and studying for exams.

There was a thread about that a while back, with some helpful answers: http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=7498 :)
rigol Off topic 32 7,672 2011-04-09, 9:08 am
    Thread: How to use the srs for school(Effectively)
Post: How to use the srs for school(Effectively)

I use Anki a lot to cram for university exams (I'm studying biology). I have a lot of cards asking for characteristics of things, definitions, filling out tables, labeling graphics etc. Windows 7's Sn...
rigol General discussion 27 12,811 2011-03-24, 8:53 am
    Thread: buonaparte's audio and text links
Post: buonaparte's audio and text links

Wow, thank you so very much for the HT stuff!!
rigol Learning resources 497 278,528 2011-03-16, 5:13 am
    Thread: Catalpa?
Post: Catalpa?

Wiki for the (real) Catalpa tree: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/キササゲ - it explains the use of that kanji as follows: "日本で「梓(し)」の字は一般にカバノキ科のアズサ(ヨグソミネバリ)を指すが、本来はキササゲのことである" - maybe Heisig choose this mea...
rigol Remembering the Kanji 3 1,366 2011-03-11, 11:37 am
    Thread: Use subs2srs to Create Anki Decks Based on Your Favorite Movie or Show
Post: Use subs2srs to Create Anki Decks Based on Your Fa...

cb4960 Wrote:Wow! It might be time to retire that Apple II :). I hope it at least worked OK when it eventually finished. Even at 1080 resolution, it shouldn't take more than 30 minutes on a somewhat ...
rigol Learning resources 1,039 387,031 2011-03-05, 3:49 am
    Thread: Use subs2srs to Create Anki Decks Based on Your Favorite Movie or Show
Post: Use subs2srs to Create Anki Decks Based on Your Fa...

Maybe a very dumb question, but... I wanted to create a deck for an episode of Air, started it yesterday and it still runs. It's 376 lines, and the snapshots seem to take forever - running for 22 hour...
rigol Learning resources 1,039 387,031 2011-03-01, 8:17 am
    Thread: Doing reps on the go. Worth the money? (ebooks,ianki, itouch 4G)
Post: Doing reps on the go. Worth the money? (ebooks,ian...

I'm glad to hear that :) About PocketDict: Did you try following the directions given at the homepage under "Getting dictionaries"? I don't recall how I did it, but I'm sure I followed the steps desc...
rigol Learning resources 35 5,124 2011-02-09, 6:09 pm
    Thread: Doing reps on the go. Worth the money? (ebooks,ianki, itouch 4G)
Post: Doing reps on the go. Worth the money? (ebooks,ian...

I assume you are talking about freda? Is the font in \Windows\Fonts? Does the font work in other programs? If yes, did you try the following: Settings -> on top tap "Text Appearance" -> drop dow...
rigol Learning resources 35 5,124 2011-02-09, 3:22 pm
    Thread: Doing reps on the go. Worth the money? (ebooks,ianki, itouch 4G)
Post: Doing reps on the go. Worth the money? (ebooks,ian...

I don't really understand what you are talking about because I don't even have japanese menus Oo ^^ I just installed the Meiryo font using the tutorial here http://www.ookii.org/software/japaneseinput...
rigol Learning resources 35 5,124 2011-02-09, 12:30 pm
    Thread: Doing reps on the go. Worth the money? (ebooks,ianki, itouch 4G)
Post: Doing reps on the go. Worth the money? (ebooks,ian...

I can't comment on the Ipod thing, but wanted to leave you a suggestion for Windows Mobile: There is a good (and free) reader: http://www.turnip.demon.co.uk/jim/freda/freda6.htm (there is also a newe...
rigol Learning resources 35 5,124 2011-02-09, 9:54 am
    Thread: yomichan: a tool for reading books with Anki vocab deck integration
Post: yomichan: a tool for reading books with Anki vocab...

Great job! The things I ran into up until now: [figured out the first one, stupid mistake by me^^] The other thing is, when I try to copy a fact, I get the following error message: Traceback (most...
rigol Learning resources 298 107,495 2011-02-09, 7:33 am
    Thread: Capture2Text - Japanese OCR Utility
Post: Capture2Text - Japanese OCR Utility

I didn't say "Dude, nice try distributing malware" or anything, it's just that my antivirus program goes crazy with the exe, so I merely asked for reassurance... Tori already explained what was happen...
rigol Learning resources 111 85,231 2010-11-27, 3:35 pm
    Thread: Capture2Text - Japanese OCR Utility
Post: Capture2Text - Japanese OCR Utility

overture2112 Wrote:rigol Wrote:Would very much like to use it, but 3 scanners found malware: http://virusscan.jotti.org/en-GB/scanres...065efa68f6 - can anyone reassure me that these are false positiv...
rigol Learning resources 111 85,231 2010-11-27, 2:03 pm
    Thread: Capture2Text - Japanese OCR Utility
Post: Capture2Text - Japanese OCR Utility

Better safe than sorry, so thanks for the explanation, Tori :)
rigol Learning resources 111 85,231 2010-11-27, 8:13 am
    Thread: Capture2Text - Japanese OCR Utility
Post: Capture2Text - Japanese OCR Utility

Would very much like to use it, but 3 scanners found malware: http://virusscan.jotti.org/en-GB/scanres...065efa68f6 - can anyone reassure me that these are false positives? I'm kind of reluctant to in...
rigol Learning resources 111 85,231 2010-11-27, 5:58 am
    Thread: The Worst of the Japanese Lovers
Post: The Worst of the Japanese Lovers

Too bad one can't un-see what has been seen...
rigol Off topic 81 18,819 2010-11-25, 4:04 am
    Thread: Science - please help!!!
Post: Science - please help!!!

RNA's can be a very complex subject and I don't know how deep you have to dive into that, so I try to keep it simple: In human cells, RNA exists mostly as relatively short strands. Mainly, it's an in...
rigol Off topic 39 6,540 2010-09-16, 11:51 am
    Thread: Science - please help!!!
Post: Science - please help!!!

IceCream Wrote:2. DNA. Why does DNA consistently form a double helix, but RNA folds in on itself and things like that? Why wouldn't RNA make a double thing too, or DNA just fold in on itself? There's ...
rigol Off topic 39 6,540 2010-09-16, 10:56 am
    Thread: Japanese Acoustic Guitarists
Post: Japanese Acoustic Guitarists

Maybe not folk rock, but definitely a guitar and great too: [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEH7cphEODk] (Miyavi)
rigol General discussion 15 4,976 2010-08-31, 7:52 am
    Thread: Exact Japanese subs for dramas and anime
Post: Exact Japanese subs for dramas and anime

I'm gonna hijack this thread, no need for a new one I guess... I've been looking for the Kenshin series subs for quite some time now, but didn't find any. Do these even exist? I do have chinese and e...
rigol Learning resources 55 64,697 2010-06-21, 1:11 pm
    Thread: Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Japanese Script
Post: Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Japanese Script

Thank you so much, xaarg!! I wasn't looking for Advent Children though, but Crisis Core - and guess what, it's there too :) Figuring out the exact adress was tough, so for anyone looking for it it's...
rigol Off topic 5 9,777 2010-06-21, 1:03 pm