“Eurogram” mode and “Manual mode” have been merged into one, so now it’s all just called “manual” mode. All the features that were part of “Eurogram” mode are now part of manual mode as well. Default = Normal = Manual mode: Creates the only cloze deletions you explicitly specify (separated by whitespace) in the clozetexts…
The Intermediate Phase Is Like Tepid Tea, But That’s Fine, Because Tepid Tea is Hotter Than Ice Tea
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 14 of 14 in the series Intermediate AngstSo, I have three older sisters, which means that I grew up in a house full of women. Why does Khatz act like a girl doing an impression of a guy? Now you know. The youngest of my sisters, my little big sister (Oliver…
Mediocre Excellence, Or, Excellence By Mediocrity: How To Achieve Greatly By Doing Almost Nothing
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 1 of 11 in the series Mediocre Excellence“What would be really interesting to see…is how beautiful things grow out of s##t. Because nobody ever believes that. Everybody thinks that Beethoven had his string quartets completely in his head—they’d somehow appeared there and formed in his head—before he, and all he had…
How To Get Used to Using Computers and Other Gadgets in Japanese
by khatzumoto
There’s always been a bit of a catch-22 with learning to use a personal computer (or smartphone or similarly advanced device) in Japanese. What exactly do I mean? Well, like: you need to learn Japanese to comfortably use a Japanese UI (user interface), but…. you need to use a Japanese UI in order to learn…
Shadowing: No One Will Ever Love You Again
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 10 of 10 in the series Social Resistance“Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one’s self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily; and why older persons…if vain or important, cannot learn at all.” Thomas Szasz…
The Support Ticket System Is Dead, Back To Email: The Great Email Reboot of 2013
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 3 of 2 in the series The Great Support Ticket System Backlog of 2013OK. Guess what? You know that AJATT support ticket system? Total failure. Pretty much. And it’s my fault, not yours. So, we’re going back to email — where things make more sense. But with a twist (more addresses,…