Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category
Monday, February 1st, 2010
Things have been hectic.
I decided to start taking JLPT exam prep classes offered at the NC Japan Center, and I find that that has been helping me to focus on acquiring new vocabulary and grammar. For some reason or another, I had gotten a bit bogged down doing the self-study ...
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Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
So what's a 電子辞書 (denshi jisho)? Well, it's Japanese for "electronic dictionary." It's a great little gizmo that's really handy if you're learning Japanese. They're usually full of all kinds of dictionaries, and now they have things like a drawing pad where you can draw a character on it, and ...
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Saturday, October 3rd, 2009
I was looking for a good portable dictionary for my iPhone, and I've found a couple of programs. One is great, one is free. If you're going to use either one of these, make sure you install the Japanese keyboard on your iPhone, and take the time to learn how ...
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Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
Forgot to post this, but anyway, I picked up a PS3 when the new version came out.
Dear Sony,
I'll tell you what it took to make me finally buy a PS3:
For starters, you had to cut the price in half, from $600 to $300. The original PlayStation 3 was very shiny, ...
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
I got my Epson 1400 on Monday, so I've had a few days to play with it. Here are my initial impressions.
It's big. No, I mean it's menacingly huge. That's no moon... okay, I'll stop now.
It's large enough to create problems about "Where do I put this... thing?" The extendable ...
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Saturday, August 15th, 2009
Straying ever further from the main point of this blog, I recently had to delve into the world of printers for the first time in a long time. My 14-year-old HP LaserJet 5 scares me with a foul odor and even fouler-looking pages now, and my 8-year-old HP DeskJet 940c ...
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