Archive for November, 2005

Comment RSS

We will integrate it better with the v2 of the site due in a month, but in the meantime here are two RSS feeds to track the comments on the site:
Main Podcast Feed Comments:
http://www.chinesepod.com/wp-commentsrss2.php
Weblog Feed Comments
http://www.chinesepod.com/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php
Keep pushing us with your requests.

Server Upgrade

Just a notice that the servers for the ChinesePod website have been upgraded today. Might be a bug or two, but in general access, speed and reliability should all be better. Thanks again for all the support. Our continual improvements wouldn’t be possible without it.

Still doing well on Yahoo

FYI, we’re still on the Yahoo podcast directory home page. Now we’re at number 3 of their list of popular podcasts. There are over 10,000 downloads per day now. All those people out there learning Mandarin. Pretty damn cool, eh?
Ken Carroll 凯恩

Need info on wifi and or highspeed access in China

Anyone have suggestions for this user?

Hi Chinese Podfolks! (or should I say, Ni Hao???)
I just “got into” podstuff a month ago, and it’s already changing my life. I’m sure you know the feeling. Now I’m working on my own podcast, which will be about chinese cooking, from homestyle to restaurant style, […]

Chinese idioms

Here’s a great way to learn Chinese idioms. This site gives you one Chinese idiom per day and offers an English translation.
Today’s expression is jiu niu yi mao, literally ‘meaning nine cows, one hair’. It implies that one hair between nine cows is insignificant. Er, yep. The English equivalent is […]

Modern day concubines

Wei Wujun, a detective known for his prowess for uncovering illicit relations between men and their mistresses, stands in front of a “concubine village” in Shanghai.
From the LA Times:
‘Second Wives’ Are Back
Mistresses are again a status symbol in China. As scandal spreads, the government worries that they are a motive for public corruption.
By Don Lee, […]

Chinese: The Up and Coming Language

From Washington Dateline:
Chinese: The Up and Coming Language
By GIL KLEIN
WASHINGTON - Second grader Jaynie Carter doesn’t know it, but she is part of a hot new education trend.
Jaynie listened as her teacher, BiBi Kearney, listed what her pupils should be thankful for this Thanksgiving - family, teachers, country, school.
But the words Jaynie […]

Much appreciated support

Wow, both Dr Xie Tianwei, at Learning Chinese Online http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/online1.htm and Professor Harbaugh, at http://zhongwen.com/ have put us on their home pages. These sites are veritable treasures for the Mandarin learner and have been around for years. I’d like to thank them both for their support. The ChinesePod team are greatly honored.
Ken […]

Your Dictionary

Your Dictionary has a pretty decent section on Chinese. It has some useful dictionary links and borrows the Word of the Day from Zhongwen.com.

Ken Carroll 凯恩

ChinesePod Mention at the Podcasting Expo Audio

From the Keynote Speech by Joe Hayashi, Senior Director of Product Management, Yahoo! Inc.

http://tnc.vo.llnwd.net/o2/Keynote3_Hayashi.mp3
Thanks.




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Ken Carroll discusses issues concerning learning generally, and learning Mandarin in particular. With technology as the driver, he believes the most effective learning combines elements of collaboration with self-direction. If that seems like a contradiction, then you need to read the blog.