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    Thread: Pimsleur
Post: Pimsleur

Yep, just try to follow the 80% rule. If you can't do 80% of the current lesson, listen to it again until you can do 80%.
Eadwyn Remembering the Kanji 20 8,629 2011-06-08, 6:55 pm
    Thread: Completing Kanji Gold - just under 6000 kanji
Post: Completing Kanji Gold - just under 6000 kanji

I don't think the real issue is that you are making money off of views. But instead like Jimmy asked, how is this supposed to help potential viewers? I'm not sure what can be learned by watching som...
Eadwyn General discussion 72 15,450 2011-06-03, 4:15 pm
    Thread: Community IRC Channel.
Post: Community IRC Channel.

I'll check it out when I get to work tomorrow.
Eadwyn Group study 74 40,233 2011-06-03, 2:00 am
    Thread: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!
Post: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!

Finally hit the 3/4 mark! It took me 77 days to get here so a little bit behind schedule (was on pace to do it all in 80 days). But that's because my reviews were getting to be 200 + new cards so I ...
Eadwyn Remembering the Kanji 462 138,190 2011-06-02, 6:04 pm
    Thread: Do any reported stories actually get removed?
Post: Do any reported stories actually get removed?

Ahh, yeah you're right. I stopped reading the story as soon as I saw the misspelling of waiver (not to mention wrong use of the word). My other question/point still stands though. Shouldn't a story...
Eadwyn General discussion 26 5,833 2011-06-01, 12:44 am
    Thread: Do any reported stories actually get removed?
Post: Do any reported stories actually get removed?

Sorry to necro such an old thread, but rather do this than start a new one. From an earlier post from the admin I thought that stories were hidden if they reach a certain ration of stars to reports (...
Eadwyn General discussion 26 5,833 2011-05-31, 7:52 pm
    Thread: How to thank others like a native in a variety of situations?
Post: How to thank others like a native in a variety of ...

Very informative thread! Quote:Weird thing is, I'm an American, and it kind of bothers me who people say "How you doing?" Because come on, you don't really care at all! And that's totally fine! So ju...
Eadwyn The Japanese language 37 5,667 2011-05-25, 6:57 pm
    Thread: So making up stories...
Post: So making up stories...

I don't know about others, but I borrow about 99.9% of my stories from this site. http://kanji.koohii.com/study
Eadwyn Remembering the Kanji 6 2,219 2011-05-24, 7:18 pm
    Thread: Inspirational deck field?
Post: Inspirational deck field?

What are you trying to accomplish? If trying to just memorize a bunch of quotes then I would probably have the front be the author along with the first few words (in case the person has multiple quot...
Eadwyn Learning resources 1 486 2011-05-19, 1:07 am
    Thread: How can you tell オ (katakana) from 才(Kanji for genius)?
Post: How can you tell オ (katakana) from 才(Kanji for gen...

fakewookie Wrote:How do you tell capital I from lower case l? To be fair, depending on the font, words like Ill can looks really off. Is it ill or is it roman numeral 3? But yeah as long as there is...
Eadwyn The Japanese language 13 2,820 2011-05-17, 5:42 pm
    Thread: Programmers here at RevTK.
Post: Programmers here at RevTK.

Quote:@bertoni what do you mean by 12 steps? Pretty sure he was making a joke how this is starting to feel like an AA meeting. Hi, my name is Eadwyn, and I too am a programmer.
Eadwyn Off topic 48 7,397 2011-05-16, 5:26 pm
    Thread: How good do you have to be at RTK1 before starting RTK2?
Post: How good do you have to be at RTK1 before starting...

Quote:srs is just a broad term for all this. "something repetition someting" i think it means. Spaced Repetition System :)
Eadwyn The Japanese language 10 1,527 2011-05-11, 10:13 pm
    Thread: Lesson 11 Preface
Post: Lesson 11 Preface

Quote:I read it as tree glue but I know it means town. (I actually learn this from Dead Space, a video game. The name of the space mining vessel is Ishimura, 石村, or Stone Town! Those Kanji appear as t...
Eadwyn Remembering the Kanji 11 1,955 2011-05-11, 6:48 pm
    Thread: How long do you guys spend on each kanji?
Post: How long do you guys spend on each kanji?

This is my daily routine: At some point in the day (either at work or at home) I will go through the next 25 kanji in the book. I do this by having a index card for each lesson and writing the kanji...
Eadwyn Remembering the Kanji 17 3,266 2011-05-09, 1:37 pm
    Thread: Japanese emoticons :S
Post: Japanese emoticons :S

On the iPhone at least if you have the Japanese keyboard active you can access these emoticons by: If Roman alphabet is active, select the globe key. Your keyboard should have hiragana on the buttons...
Eadwyn General discussion 22 14,427 2011-05-06, 7:57 pm
    Thread: Stroke order for 凸 and 凹
Post: Stroke order for 凸 and 凹

Well going from the Midori iPhone application where the kanji lookup is extremely dependent upon stroke order, it only accepts the image order (one's that are in RTK) and not the gif order.
Eadwyn The Japanese language 13 5,627 2011-04-29, 4:56 pm
    Thread: Half way!
Post: Half way!

500 didn't really feel like much of an accomplishment, but I have to say hitting the half-way mark feels pretty good. Started 40 days ago and can't wait to be done with this in another 40 days (altho...
Eadwyn Remembering the Kanji 616 180,455 2011-04-29, 1:14 am
    Thread: Does anyone have opinions on textfugu/tofugu and/or skritter
Post: Does anyone have opinions on textfugu/tofugu and/o...

Elenkis Wrote:I've used both services. As a beginner I appreciated the way that TextFugu is written and liked the grammar explanations more than my textbooks, I also liked the idea of having the auth...
Eadwyn Learning resources 10 20,182 2011-04-27, 1:46 am
    Thread: Sports in Japan? (Especially their national pastime, baseball.)
Post: Sports in Japan? (Especially their national pastim...

R_Y_O_THA_ILLIST Wrote:@julianjalapeno Any DREAM events? @Eadwyn You mean like...amateur softball type where it's just people playing? Not softball, real baseball, but yeah an amateur league like that...
Eadwyn General discussion 15 5,293 2011-04-20, 2:18 am
    Thread: Sports in Japan? (Especially their national pastime, baseball.)
Post: Sports in Japan? (Especially their national pastim...

Any idea if they have adult baseball leagues (non-professional) in Japan? I tried to do some research into it, but not quite ready to start searching in Japanese so have not really been able to find ...
Eadwyn General discussion 15 5,293 2011-04-19, 8:28 pm
    Thread: well how do i say this....
Post: well how do i say this....

Yep, use the stories found here: http://kanji.koohii.com/study Pretty much my routine is: 1) In bed before I go to sleep, I go through RTK book and read the next 25 Kanji. a) I look at the kanji a...
Eadwyn Remembering the Kanji 3 1,152 2011-04-12, 6:52 pm
    Thread: kanji stroke order font script for anki
Post: kanji stroke order font script for anki

AdachiFan Wrote:Eadwyn, you're a legend. Great stuff. Elegant solution because now it doesn't matter where the kanji is displayed. Cheers to Irwin 1138, of course, for originally posting the script of...
Eadwyn Learning resources 15 9,717 2011-03-31, 7:54 pm
    Thread: kanji stroke order font script for anki
Post: kanji stroke order font script for anki

After seeing the font changing script, I came up with the idea to have the story text hidden by default unless the mouse is hovering over the keyword. For those with the pre-made RTK 1+3 deck, put th...
Eadwyn Learning resources 15 9,717 2011-03-30, 11:40 pm
    Thread: kanji stroke order font script for anki
Post: kanji stroke order font script for anki

EDIT: Forgot to thank Irwin1138! loonytik Wrote:I have the same problem as AdachiFan the Kanji seems to be hardwired and it doesnt change. Its font is Arial. But it just won't change. However the key...
Eadwyn Learning resources 15 9,717 2011-03-30, 9:32 pm
    Thread: Official App for "Remembering The Kanji" (iPhone, iPodTouch, iPad)
Post: Official App for "Remembering The Kanji" (iPhone, ...

zachandhobbes Wrote:Woah, this is really cool! wait a sec - is this hosted by the author of the book? Yes, it is.
Eadwyn Learning resources 89 52,985 2011-03-24, 8:13 pm
    Thread: Official App for "Remembering The Kanji" (iPhone, iPodTouch, iPad)
Post: Official App for "Remembering The Kanji" (iPhone, ...

As soon as I saw the part that it includes stroke order animations I decided to purchase the app. Not only does it do animations but it also let's you toggle from "animation" to "practice" mode where...
Eadwyn Learning resources 89 52,985 2011-03-24, 7:21 pm