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Technology

For the record…

February 26, 2010

This arrived in the mail today. I think I mentioned the JLPT 2009 about 24 days ago
This is the test result from that thing I took back at the beginning of December. Back when I interviewed Arthur Humphrey. Feels like ages ago already. Ah, Technology.

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Paradigm Shifts with Gamepads, Dressers, and Language

February 24, 2010

Yeah, where else are you gonna find a title like that? I thought so.
The term Paradigm Shift was originally coined by some smart scientist guy and it meant a revolution or replacement of scientificky stuff, like when quantum physics came out and messed up classical physics.

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I Sold My Soul to Softbank for a Minimalist 740SC Phone Review

February 11, 2010

I finally took the plunge and got a real phone instead of using pre-paid phones in Japan. Honestly, I wanted unlimited internet on my phone so I could use Anki, really. In any case, I signed up for contract service with Softbank.
I’ll say two things before I get started: I’m a cheap bastard, and I’m [...]

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Arvale Flash Prototype

February 6, 2010

While switching servers recently, I ran across this old thing on my server:

You might have to right-click on it and select ‘Play’ for it to work. Click on it, then use Up/Down/Left/Right arrows to move around.
It’s an old Flash prototype for Arvale I made while I was sick at home 2 years ago messing around [...]

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New Host Makes Site Faster, Better, And Other Hopeful Words

January 29, 2010

I recently moved the site over to Media Temple. The cheap hosting I was using simply wasn’t cutting it anymore.
If you’re reading this message, then that means everything is working and I didn’t screw it up too badly

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The Incredible Shrinking Studio: Complete

January 24, 2010

I promised some pics of the Incredible Shrinking Studio in it’s most recent carnation (in my tiny apartment in Tokyo) a while back. Since I’ve been working on a bunch of music for a super secret project recently, I was able to snap a few pics while I had it set up.
So that’s how it [...]

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The Incredible Shrinking Studio, Part 5: Mimo Mini Monitor

January 11, 2010

Continuing the Incredible Shrinking Studio series… I needed a little more screen real estate.
While I’m quite used to using Digital Performer on one monitor now, I really wish I could have just a small extra monitor where I could tweak plugins while composing and mixing.

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The Incredible Shrinking Studio, Part 4: Walkstool Portable Chair

January 9, 2010

To continue on with The Incredible Shrinking Studio series, I needed a portable chair.
‘What?!’ I hear you screaming. Why on earth would I need a portable chair?

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The Incredible Shrinking Studio, Part 3: Akai LPK 25 Keyboard

January 7, 2010

This is continuing from The Incredible Shrinking Studio article. I had to pick up an AKAI LPK 25 because my Korg nanoKey broke. This was right in the middle of writing the music for Arvale: Treasure of Memories and I was on a time-line since I had to finish before heading out to Budapest (I’m [...]

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AJATT QRG: The Movie Review

November 25, 2009
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This post is all related to learning another language based on the AntiMoon or AJATT way. If that’s not your thing, you can safely skip this post
It’s been awhile since Khatzumoto from All Japanese All the Time released his Quick Reference Guide, which I reviewed here. Since then, he released a fantastic sentence pack, [...]

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