Author: 3ddiehead
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— back to main page — Learning kana is the essential first step for most learners of Japanese, because once you can read these characters you will have access to the tools that will be necessary for the entire learning process. It’s also one of the most enjoyable part of studying Japanese, as the characters…
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This is some documentation that presents the basic steps for learning the Japanese language as an English speaker, specifically applying the methods that I have found to be extremely effective for self-teaching. The added challenge of learning Japanese, aside from the unfamiliar grammar and vocabulary, is that in order to make the best use of…
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This is documentation for the process I used to anodize aluminium at Hedron Hackerspace. It is a relatively complex setup (especially for someone like me without much chemistry experience), but once you learn and carry out the procedure, it becomes a lot easier. The real trick, as far as I’m concerned, is that there is…
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This post is a continuation of my previous post “Changes in the Natural Philosophy of Language“. I will discuss some ideas introduced by the first of the three researchers who I mentioned there: Ken Stanley. His work is on the topic of evolutionary systems — that is, systems that resemble the process of biological evolution.…
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Today is my 1000-Wordiversary for German since I started learning it 50 days ago. For the first time in my life, the effect of my language study habits is rapid, repeatable, and holistic. The fact that I had no sense whatever for the German language 50 days ago, and now am reading somewhat effectively in…
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You will have to forgive me that I have no citable sources in bringing up this topic today, only intuition and anecdote. I am traveling to Europe for several months in late July, and one thing I consider as a linguist (it goes without saying) is the language component. Europe in particular has developed a…