I’d been editing film the last few weeks, so my main desktop computer was sidelined while I used my more powerful MacBook Pro along with my monitor for some dual screen action. Unfortunately, my iTunes library is linked to my desktop machine, so I had a lot of stuff to catch up on!
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Giving the ears a rest!
Published by December 18th, 2007 in Writing in Chinese, ChinesePod and Alternate learning methods. 5 CommentsIt’s been a while since I used the flash card feature here on CPod. I’m trying it again now and I’m noticing an interesting pattern develop. I’m sure the academics in the group won’t find my findings very surprising, but here they are:
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A mile in Mandarin
Published by September 5th, 2007 in Writing in Chinese, Motivations and Alternate learning methods. 5 Comments大家好！
How’s everybody doing today? I’m fine, thanks for asking!
Things here are going well. I actually managed to listen to a few lessons today on my lunch hour while I walked a few miles on the treadmill. I find that I don’t notice the passage of time when I do those two things at once. Information […]
Triumphs and tragedies
Published by July 14th, 2007 in Writing in Chinese, Vocabulary, ChinesePod, Motivations, Podcasting and The Fix. 7 CommentsIt’s been a while since I took some time to talk about my own progress here. Today being Friday, and a new podcast coming your way in the wee small hours of the morning (or tomorrow afternoon, much the same), I thought this might be a fine time to share with fellow learners some of […]
