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    Thread: Reviewing Kanji Odyssey
Post: Reviewing Kanji Odyssey

There are 2 sources for KO2001. The first one is here. The second is a Google spreadsheet that was typed up and you can create your own deck from that. As for learning if you have the books that's r...
travis Learning resources 7 1,938 2014-08-23, 6:38 am
    Thread: How do you motivate yourself?
Post: How do you motivate yourself?

Aikynaro Wrote:I don't really need motivation anymore. It's just pure routine. Motivation is only needed if I'm trying something new or difficult, and I tend not to do that. This, and to form a habit ...
travis General discussion 21 3,720 2013-12-18, 4:46 pm
    Thread: Reason why I can't get myself to use AJATT
Post: Reason why I can't get myself to use AJATT

10000 sentences should just be a by-product of reading larges of text. Who would be better at a language: the person who reads a million sentences and creates a 10000 sentence deck, or the person who ...
travis The Japanese language 93 21,667 2013-02-16, 4:12 pm
    Thread: Core deck without the BS
Post: Core deck without the BS

Core6K (the original 2000 + 4000) sentences was licensed by iKnow (smart.fm) under the Creative Commons. I'm not sure about 10k deck. The only thing that wasn't licensed like that was the images which...
travis Learning resources 65 11,798 2013-02-13, 11:26 am
    Thread: easy online short stories.
Post: easy online short stories.

Jumpluff13 Wrote:temporary Wrote:Very short (few minutes for a native reader) science fiction stories in natural contemporary language for adults (not in that sense, of course): http://maezou.seesaa....
travis The Japanese language 11 4,067 2012-09-26, 7:03 am
    Thread: Mecab, Learning With Texts
Post: Mecab, Learning With Texts

kiokuwarui Wrote:Do you have an idea on how to fix it? I've tried with -t UTF-8, but it doesn't help.. When you installed Mecab did you pick the UTF-8 option for the dictionary? I just tried the Windo...
travis Learning resources 21 9,959 2012-01-23, 6:36 pm
    Thread: Travelling to Japan, do I need transit visa?
Post: Travelling to Japan, do I need transit visa?

Very few countries require a transit visa if you don't leave the international area of the airport ie: just passing though the airport, since you don't go through passport control. I need visas for p...
travis General discussion 4 2,068 2012-01-23, 6:38 am
    Thread: Mecab, Learning With Texts
Post: Mecab, Learning With Texts

See here mecab -O wakati input.txt -o ouput.txt
travis Learning resources 21 9,959 2012-01-23, 6:35 am
    Thread: Website's source code, need help!
Post: Website's source code, need help!

Mesqueeb Wrote:Cool! Fast response and I learned a lot! Now let me try and retrace the logic behind this. A) The reason to search for the "print_json.php" file is: My guess: Because that's what it li...
travis Off topic 16 3,778 2012-01-05, 8:31 am
    Thread: Website's source code, need help!
Post: Website's source code, need help!

In Chrome, open the developer tools and refresh the page. In the network section find the print_json.php file. You'll see the response is just to draw the UTF characters like so: draw(["\u7d04\u675f\...
travis Off topic 16 3,778 2012-01-05, 5:20 am
    Thread: conversational connectors (LHG)
Post: conversational connectors (LHG)

You can read about the idea here. If you search in Anki shared decks, you'll find one with 450 or so expressions, all grouped and so on (in English/Czech though).
travis The Japanese language 7 3,204 2011-12-14, 3:21 am
    Thread: French language
Post: French language

I forgot to mention Michel Thomas French. I think you can download the first CD for free, if you want to know what it's like, but basically it focuses on conversation.
travis Off topic 11 7,098 2011-11-27, 3:24 am
    Thread: French language
Post: French language

French in Action, it's 30 minutes or so per episode, there are about 50. Only in French right from the start. There are transcripts in the workbooks IIRC. I think you can buy it, in the US it's availa...
travis Off topic 11 7,098 2011-11-26, 3:20 pm
    Thread: AJATT fosters depression?
Post: AJATT fosters depression?

dtcamero Wrote:I think what you're saying here is that people with an obsessive-compulsive AND a social anxiety complex (and/or depressive) may be drawn to the method in an unhealthy way. But I think ...
travis Off topic 88 16,732 2011-11-23, 9:26 am
    Thread: Making review lists in Anki
Post: Making review lists in Anki

How about playing around with the leech properties? Just set the threshold a bit lower, and then once they're suspended or marked as leech, add them to your phone or whatever for extra attention.
travis Learning resources 5 1,809 2011-11-19, 5:53 pm
    Thread: Tori-kun comes to...
Post: Tori-kun comes to...

Wise Guys rap summary of Hamlet (in German). If you're looking for Japanese stuff, go to Piccadilly Circus‎, and head south down Regent Street, to Mitsukoshi. I think there's another Japanese store n...
travis Off topic 27 7,080 2011-09-28, 12:21 pm
    Thread: Those who live in Japan - how do you meet people?
Post: Those who live in Japan - how do you meet people?

Try couch surfing, usually there's some sort of weekly or monthly meet up.
travis General discussion 20 10,747 2011-09-14, 4:38 am
    Thread: The AJATT Method
Post: The AJATT Method

Nagareboshi Wrote:travis Wrote:Why don't the SS people go create a Google Group or something instead of hijacking this thread? Do I miss the irony in your comment? We all can get along pretty well wit...
travis General discussion 1,517 595,133 2011-09-08, 1:22 pm
    Thread: The AJATT Method
Post: The AJATT Method

Why don't the SS people go create a Google Group or something instead of hijacking this thread?
travis General discussion 1,517 595,133 2011-09-08, 12:43 pm
    Thread: Visa sponsorship - cultural payback
Post: Visa sponsorship - cultural payback

JimmySeal Wrote:The last two sentences of your post make my brain hurt. Why would saying an employer sponsors a visa imply that they have the power to terminate it? Huh? Because that's how it works ...
travis JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 12 6,825 2011-09-08, 12:38 pm
    Thread: The AJATT Method
Post: The AJATT Method

ファブリス Wrote:Tzadeck Wrote:But, my stance on threats about banning and deleting accounts is that they will only make things worse. Those are the things that make me want to quit a forum. A temporary b...
travis General discussion 1,517 595,133 2011-09-06, 9:24 am
    Thread: Taking money to Japan
Post: Taking money to Japan

JimmySeal Wrote:As has been said throughout this thread, you can't typically change money at a US bank on such short notice. You can easily get $1000 in the US though from any bank, and convert th...
travis Off topic 33 19,944 2011-09-01, 11:22 am
    Thread: Japanese Naturalization
Post: Japanese Naturalization

Most European countries only count work visa, spousal, dependant etc and exclude student and holiday visas. I can't seen to find any mention of that in Japan, just that you must be a resident. I would...
travis JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 25 9,932 2011-08-25, 12:25 pm
    Thread: "Learning With Texts" software + Japanese?
Post: "Learning With Texts" software + Japanese?

It looks like Anki just spawns a process, this will probably help: https://github.com/dae/ankiplugins/blob/...reading.py
travis Learning resources 52 27,774 2011-08-24, 6:12 am
    Thread: "Learning With Texts" software + Japanese?
Post: "Learning With Texts" software + Japanese?

kodorakun Wrote:Well Mecab install broke on OSX, almost made it though... Guess I'll keep goin' with Yomichan for now until I make the time to check out some of these other suggestions. Hopefully the ...
travis Learning resources 52 27,774 2011-08-24, 2:24 am
    Thread: "Learning With Texts" software + Japanese?
Post: "Learning With Texts" software + Japanese?

kodorakun Wrote:Does Lingq use Mecab? If so... Maybe an alternate to Mecab would be nice :D I guess I should appreciate the difficulty of intelligently parsing Japanese text automatically... I don't ...
travis Learning resources 52 27,774 2011-08-23, 8:54 am
    Thread: "Learning With Texts" software + Japanese?
Post: "Learning With Texts" software + Japanese?

I think the solution is to use Mecab to add the spaces for the text, and add a style class to the spans for the spaces. Then you can set the style to be hidden to make the spaces disappear. I think th...
travis Learning resources 52 27,774 2011-08-23, 6:59 am
    Thread: Japanese Naturalization
Post: Japanese Naturalization

According to the Wikipedia there requirements are: * Continuous residence in Japan for five years or more * At least 21 years old and otherwise legally competent * History of good behavior generally, ...
travis JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 25 9,932 2011-08-23, 5:33 am
    Thread: How do you keep track of the vocabulary that you stumble upon...
Post: How do you keep track of the vocabulary that you s...

Not quite what you were looking for, but some kind soul wrote Learning with Texts. Direct link to the usage screencast.
travis Learning resources 20 3,519 2011-08-19, 3:05 am
    Thread: London riots
Post: London riots

It's not only work, it's housing, education, insurance, travel and mandatory exclusion from certain volunteer/government jobs. A conviction at age 20 is going to have a massive effect on their lives. ...
travis Off topic 193 19,810 2011-08-19, 2:32 am