tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71209462024-03-09T09:17:59.969+09:00Studying Abroad in Japan外人 - foreignerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120946.post-43629276341624022082008-02-24T09:38:00.002+09:002008-02-24T09:41:43.547+09:00My Chipotle ChoiceIn my opinion, Chipotle as a company does so many things right. I know the sodium content of their burritos is horrendously unhealthy (near 100% of the DV, so those with hypertension shouldn't eat them often), but they have an INTERACTIVE nutritional information page on their site at ChipotleFan.com that allows you to choose which ingredients you have put in your burrito of choice, and it Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120946.post-1169094130770804412007-01-18T13:14:00.000+09:002007-02-05T00:43:19.576+09:00Wild SwanI translated this image posted to Flickr. Here's the translated image (I got kind of lazy at the end, and didn't label two steps on the right half. There is a 3-frame "how to," and the first frame's blue text says "affix it" and the second says (I think...but one character is illegible to me) to tear away the water seal strongly. Via Digg.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120946.post-1168466557553688832007-01-11T06:46:00.000+09:002007-01-19T00:31:34.060+09:00Your Nick in JapaneseAfter seeing someone mistakenly claim that their Digg name was Japanese for something-or-other, and being absolutely incorrect (as in: using words that don't exist in Japanese and poor grammar beyond that), I figured I'd do a service to the Digg community and extend an offer: over the next week or so, comment here or on the Digg story I am about to post, and I'll translate any nick you designate Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120946.post-1165385901684850992006-12-06T15:17:00.000+09:002006-12-06T15:21:52.960+09:00My American AccentWhat American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland "You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120946.post-1161039106579718822006-10-17T07:31:00.000+09:002006-10-17T13:26:43.753+09:00The Term "Podcast" Pushes at its BordersA scan of a German Swiss newspaper article (from the Tages-Anzeiger) has appeared on Leo Laporte's site, and since I'm basically not using this blog for anything, it seems, but Japanese translation nowadays, I figured I'd translate the German article and post it here and give Leo the link. Perhaps some will find it helpful. Note: I am not a German (although my last name is!) and am not a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120946.post-1142119109933272692006-03-12T08:18:00.000+09:002006-10-17T08:05:58.120+09:00WowHoly crap, Chris Pirillo is hereAnd here's me.-- Kyle GoetzBS Pure Mathematics, BA Japanese 2006The University of Texasv2sw4+5Yhw3+6ln6+8pr6Ock0ma9u6+7Lw7Xm5l7Ge4t6Mb9Ten5+8g7HPa22s4MSr4p6/9 hackerkey.comUsing M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120946.post-1136581094692536152006-01-07T05:58:00.000+09:002006-01-07T05:58:14.756+09:00Capturing Old Audio CassettesA couple days ago, my mom pulled all the old tapes that my brother and I used to listen to when we were kids -- imagine my excitement that the audio I had longed to capture and put online was in the box! Presently, I am capturing The Disney Afternoon from cassette; the quality is excellent and I'm capturing in 44.1KHz, 16-bit stereo into WAV by means ofCassette Player [name unknown] > Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120946.post-1136200394588102162006-01-02T20:13:00.000+09:002006-01-02T20:13:14.596+09:00Comment Spam*sigh* I've turned off all commenting because of the amount of comment spam I'm getting. I would have thought Google would have a comment moderation feature where I could moderate even members of Blogger before their comments made it up. That would be so much easier. Oh well. Comments off. I wonder when I'll have time to update again.I'm applying for law school right now. Peace out.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120946.post-1135150105655611512005-12-21T16:28:00.000+09:002005-12-21T16:28:25.703+09:00http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/12-05/12-17-05/a09lo650.htmUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120946.post-1124149018206623872005-08-16T08:09:00.000+09:002005-08-16T08:47:22.480+09:00Greater East Asia Cooperation ManifestoToday, on Boing Boing, a link to a WWII-era Japanese propaganda pamphlet was posted. Unfortunately for many, the pamphlet was obviously in Japanese. I decided to translate the pamphlet for those who want to know what was said. Additionally, for those who are interested in the Japanese language during this era, it is a good study, I think. There have been various changes in the method of renderingUnknownnoreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120946.post-1121980123356892412005-07-22T06:08:00.000+09:002005-07-22T06:08:43.360+09:00Darth Vader and schoolgirls. Is there anything else a nerd would want to see in the same picture, besides maybe a beowulf cluster of something? The caption says (as it does in the Yoda photo as well), "Star Wars has come to au cellphones!"Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120946.post-1121980050495436362005-07-22T06:07:00.001+09:002005-07-22T06:07:30.500+09:00Yoda is stealing his woman. I always suspected the force was strong with him.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120946.post-1121980026961874262005-07-22T06:07:00.000+09:002005-07-22T06:07:07.016+09:00This was some 40 feet tall at least.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120946.post-1121846950654747572005-07-20T17:05:00.000+09:002005-07-20T17:09:10.660+09:00The SasumataHere's a translation of an advertisement for the Sasumata**note Sasumata is defined as "two-pronged weapon for catching a criminal; man-catcher war fork" by the WWWJDic, which I used to look up "sasumata" (I've never seen it before, but suspected it had roots as a military weapon).---begin translationGuarantees Safety from Mysterious Persons or Strangers!Sasumata for Prevention of Crime [Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120946.post-1121262009623718982005-07-13T22:39:00.000+09:002005-07-13T23:03:04.433+09:00原宿 (Harajuku)HarajukuOn Sunday, because it wasn't raining, I decided it was the perfect time to go to Harajuku (the fashion district of Tokyo) to see the freaks and fashions. It was an excellent experience!The first thing I noticed was the even-odd-for-Tokyo juxtaposition of old and new -- the huge stone lanterns sitting at the corners of the intersection of two main roads (leading to Shibuya, among others) Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120946.post-1121255229394093652005-07-13T20:35:00.000+09:002005-07-13T20:47:09.400+09:00七夕Tanabata (July 7, 7/7) is a celebration when, according to a Chinese legend, the Vega and Altair stars (who are lovers), can meet for one night each year. The river of stars (Milky Way) gets low enough so the bridge connecting their habitats can be crossed, and they get to be all romantic with each other.I went to Hiratsuka for this with my hostmother, her friend, and my friend (and my Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120946.post-1121254501323810722005-07-13T20:23:00.000+09:002005-07-13T20:35:01.330+09:00飲み会 (Drinking Party)Last Friday, I went to a drinking party (飲み会, のみかい) with Amuse Company (my tennis buddies). Turns out, that their last meeting until the camp that I'm going to with them July 31 and August 1. I'm very glad I went. I had promised Takuya, the leader, that I would go drinking with him before I went back to the States, so I couldn't weasel out of paying the 30 dollars. It was so worth it. I also Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120946.post-1121253789203836352005-07-13T20:21:00.000+09:002005-07-13T20:23:09.210+09:00Up to my Last ThursdayIn my Kanji Class two Fridays ago, we did calligraphy. I had a fun time writing 蔡 (my girlfriend's last name) and 日本 (required by the teacher). I still have the papers, and plan to bring them back with me to the US. Note that from last semester I have 海留 (a phonetic representation of my name) written by my professor of Japanese culture.Last Thursday was my last day teaching English at Suzuki's Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120946.post-1118847699572583822005-06-16T00:01:00.000+09:002005-06-16T00:01:39.580+09:00Engrish and Other Machida FunWell, not much to write about so far. However, I did go to Machida today (to change my credit card number on file for my cellphone -- turns out it didn't go through anyways -_-;;;). While there, I decided to search for some Engrish shirts! I returned home with four (read it: FOUR) sweet shirts. Granted, only two are Engrish, but they are awesome nonetheless.Shirt one (Japanese language shirt):Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120946.post-1118068957186282702005-06-06T23:38:00.000+09:002005-06-06T23:48:14.490+09:00Finally!OK. I have finished all my crap that has been killing me for nearly a month now. I can sit down and write about what has happened for the past long while.First thing off the top of my head is that SCHOOL IS HARD THIS SEMESTER. My Japanese class is very, very difficult, but extremely enjoyable. I've learned so much, and I get along great with the Chinese and Korean kids in the class (which makes Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120946.post-1116401972644164642005-05-18T16:31:00.001+09:002005-05-18T16:42:15.993+09:00Translation of an Abandoned Roller Coaster Site---begin translation---Titlebar of Browser: Defure [trans. could be "Deflated" or "Deflowered"] Spiral ~ Our Secret PlaceBody:Ruins Investigative ReportReferred to as "Abandoned Amusement Park T"Located in Northeast RegionConcerning ruins, there are various types, but my own personal favorite is abandoned amusement parks. Always when I receive information from people looking after them, I Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120946.post-1115041262800635942005-05-02T22:41:00.000+09:002005-05-02T22:41:02.800+09:00Me by a cherry blossom tree. That's Obirin right behind me! Check out my awesome Creative Commons Copyleft shirt!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120946.post-1115041184516384932005-05-02T22:39:00.001+09:002005-05-02T22:39:44.516+09:00A gorgeous view of cherry blossom trees lining the street, don't you think?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120946.post-1115041145513730172005-05-02T22:39:00.000+09:002005-05-02T22:39:05.513+09:00I'm surrounded by cherry blossom trees!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120946.post-1115041100060105622005-05-02T22:38:00.000+09:002005-05-02T22:38:20.060+09:00Cherry blossoms near Obirin. Those are my classmates in front of me -- Mary, Jake, Misa, Kazuo...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0