By arafalov,on March 11th,2006 Task based language learning is supposed to give one the focus to learn language faster through general familiarity with the task and limited vocabulary. This approach fails spectacularly for one hard core knitter. Fortunately,internet is there to help. (via LanguageHat) And if this situation is common for you,NativeText (WayBackMachine archive) is hoping to . . . →Read More:Learning Finnish through knitting patterns By arafalov,on February 27th,2006 I remember cutting out snowflakes out of the paper around New Year time. It was fun and strangely addictive. I thought I was over it. Obviously not,as I have found this virtual Make-a-Flake game (if one can call it that) and I am snipping away again. By arafalov,on February 12th,2006 My movie has been in the development for a while. It started around Christmas,but took a long while to get all 3 voice-over tracks recorded,edited and aligned to subtitles. In addition,the Movies game –which is what I used –has infuriating habits of losing the subtitle and sound track locations around . . . →Read More:My first machinima movie By arafalov,on February 7th,2006 Gmail is usually pretty good about spam filtering. But not at the moment. As of the last 2 or 3 days,the spam I know it caught before is now ending up in my mailbox. And I think I know why. The same thing happened over Christmas. Suddenly all the spam appeared in my inbox. . . . →Read More:Gmail and the periodic spam filtering failure By arafalov,on February 1st,2006 I like reading books. But the inventor of BedBooks must like reading them at least couple of degrees more. So,he sells books printed sideways. It has to be seen to be believed. (via LibrarianInBlack) In fact,if he were not selling them,this method would be a perfect candidate for the halls of ChinDogu. . . . →Read More:Strangest book layout yet:BedBooks | |