Archive for July, 2009
Monday, July 27th, 2009
After seeing this post by Vosmiura on the RtK forums, I'm going to try Iversen's method of learning lists of vocabulary before entering them into Anki.
I'm not usually obsessed with getting particularly high pass rates or having high long-term retention percentages (mine is already around 96%), but I've been noticing ...
Posted in Foreign Languages, Japanese Language | 2 Comments »
Sunday, July 26th, 2009
I'm in Asheville for the weekend, and I decided to take in the Bele Chere festival today. Yes, that's how it's spelled. According to the official website FAQ, it's Scottish for something along the lines of "have fun."
It's definitely not a misspelling of the French phrase that refers to your ...
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Sunday, July 19th, 2009
I just had a shocking discovery-- my AAdvantage miles have been taken away from me. American Airlines pulled the rug out from under me when I wasn't paying attention and expired them, since I haven't flown American in the last 18 months.
So the 23,500 miles I had so diligently hoarded ...
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Thursday, July 16th, 2009
My Bard arrived from F-stop yesterday, and it is a very spiffy bag. It came with a free F-stop Sporty camera strap (a $20 value). Thanks for the strap! I already have a very comfortable camera strap made out of some kind of soft, squishy stuff that I wouldn't part ...
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Saturday, July 11th, 2009
For the two or three of you wondering why I haven't said anything about the F-stop Bard yet, that's because it still hasn't arrived. I ordered it on July 2nd, and didn't actually get a message from F-stop saying that the order had been filled until the 7th. When I ...
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Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
I've been hunting for a new camera bag. Specifically, I'm looking for a camera bag that doesn't scream, "Hey, I'm a CAMERA bag, full of expensive CAMERAS and equipment you just might want to steal!"
I also don't want the bag to scream, "Hey, this guy has a CAMERA. He could ...
Posted in Photography | 2 Comments »