Pretty interesting post on technique for learning a foreign language.

Quoted: The Okano Isao judo textbook I used to learn Japanese grammar. Post reading time: 15 minutes. Language learning need not ...

MIT's Katakana chart (you need Japanese fonts installed to read it).

Nice table of Katakana characters.

Quoted: Caractères japonais: les katakana.

GQL, Google's AppEngine query language is a very limited subset of SQL.

- No "not equal" (!= or <>)
- No "OR" clauses

This presumably optimizes returning the results from a distributed table in storage.

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Especially good episode of The Daily English show - with an interesting interview of an English web developer, who worked for MSN Channel 9, and now is in Japan DJ'ing and at his own Web Development company.

Quoted: Today's guest is Paul.3am ad:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcR6enqJZJ8&NR=1English Script:http://thedailyenglishshow.blogspot.com/2008/03/show-667-mon day-1...

Quoted: Amazon.com: Japanese I - 3rd Ed.: Learn to Speak and Understand Japanese with Pimsleur Language Programs (Comprehensive): Books: Pimsleur by Pimsleur

Quoted: These resources will help you to learn the basics of Japanese and make your learning enjoyable.

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Sarah creates The Daily English Show on YouTube. She has created more than 500 episodes already! In this episode, she answers questions about herself and the show (she lives in Japan normally, though now going to school in Nova Scotia).

Her shows features a section where students can practice a question and answer dialog.

Also watch her "How to Make TDES" video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szxT9O7MGy4

Quoted: My first attempt at an faq video. Just me talking to the camera, so this may bore you to tears. Or you might find it interesting if I answer a question ...