kanji poster – what his sword is for the samurai…

…is the kanji poster for the japanese learner. Been eagerly searching for a kanji poster that has at least the kanjis from all JLPT tests on it ( this one features the general use 2000+ kanji) and failed to acquire one. The only shop in my town that had this kind of thing in stock (although with a different layout) was sold out the day i went to buy it  orz.

So, the other day i was searching the web and found a site called kanjiposter.com (how puzzling!) that’s selling a pre-laminated version to draw on, featuring 2042 kanji in the dimension 23″ wide and 37″ tall for a very reasonable $24,95. Since my birthday is coming up and i was going to buy one anyways, i ordered two of them. Will do a more detailed review (including live pictures) once it has arrived.

Because my standards have been growing since i first started with hiragana/katakana, it’s finally time to take this one off the wall:

(hiragana / katakana poster)

The reason i bought two kanji posters is because they will be hanging in both my living room and my bedroom so i can use them when studying / doing my homework and recite them  when i go to sleep instead of juggling with my kanji cards.

If you’re going to study japanese, don’t do it half-assed.

How do you study your daily dose of kanji? Is it even daily? Tell me in the comments!

the new problem child arrives… iBook G4

Although a bit late by now….HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

2008 is finally over and i decided one of the the first checkpoints in 2009 to be “get more use out of your mac”. This is why  i upgraded from an iBook G3 500Mhz to an iBook G4 1.2 Ghz.

A lot of thought went into this and i figured, if i was ever to switch or make actual use of my OS X capable computer, now would be the time for an upgrade. G4 iBooks with sufficient speed are sold at low prices and still capable of running the newest OS X iteration.