Crossing the OS Rubicon The OS is dead! Long live the OS! I’m writing this from my freshly installed copy of Windows XP Traditional Chinese Edition. Let jubilation run freely (does that even make sense?). First impressions…sometimes, I feel like running with my tail between my legs back to my Japanese OS. I’ve been in…
Propaganda: Run Your Mind Like a Benevolent Dictatorship
by khatzumoto
You know how people are always “keep an open mind”, “listen to other people’s ideas” and good stuff like that? Bollocks. Kind of. Here’s the deal. The information that comes into your life is already heavily cut and edited. If nothing else, the finite nature of your life makes it so. You will never see…
KhatzuMemo Update–Recycle Bin, View Text As Image
by khatzumoto
Rejoice! Another update to KhatzuMemo is here! New features include: Recycle Bin: all deleted items automatically go to the recycle bin. They can be restored/undeleted, or you can empty the recycle bin outright [you need to to scroll to the bottom of the screen to do so; this is a precaution to prevent accidental emptying].…
Chinese Project Notes 6: Extinguishing the Despair of the Serial Beginner + Audio Splicing
by khatzumoto
The Despair of the Serial Beginner So, I’m working on Chinese right now. All Chinese All The Time. Or, “Mostly Chinese Almost All the Time”. Something like that ;). You may be aware of how I’ve had an intermittent relationship with Chinese. Starting for a bit, only to stop. So sometimes I wonder: “what’s so…
How To Banish Boredom from Sentence-Mining (Sentence-Picking)
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 8 of 11 in the series Secrets to Smoother SRSingA few days ago, a reader of this site sent me this email: The problem I’m having is that it takes me an awfully long time to add these sentences. Even when I just copy and paste them from the Yahoo dictionary…
Japanese TV Drama Scripts–Tiger and Dragon
by khatzumoto
Could life be better? I submit that it could not!! No, I know it could, but DANG…it’s pretty good right now. Why? Why, you ask? Because you can buy the entire script (yes, the actual text as spoken by each character, plus a little bit of scenario/stage direction for clarity) of Tiger & Dragon [plus…