I mentioned to a friend that I thought it was a romantic idea to learn Kanji, and I would very much like to, but I just don’t have time. My friend recommended the Genki Textbook. So this note is just for the record. When it comes to learning Japanese I suppose no one will be surprised to know that there are a lot of options.
I’m happy to report that I’ve subscribed to Silicon Chip for the year. Got a print + digital subscription. My first three copies arrived in the mail today:
I got one of their binders with my subscription:
Look forward to filling that up!
Some holiday reading arrived for me today: Electric and Magnetic Interactions.
I’m reading a bunch of things today. Among them: a dead tree version of The Unix Programming Environment; the wiki page for Seymour Cray; and Lex Fridman’s interview with Donald Knuth.
In How to Teach Anything: Break Down Complex Topics and Explain with Clarity, While Keeping Engagement and Motivation I learned about the SQ3R method, wherein “American educator Francis P. Robinson developed a method meant to help students really get the most comprehension from the texts they’re assigned—and, ergo, the subject they’re studying. Robinson sought a way to make reading more active, helping readers by creating dynamic engagement with books so the information stuck in their minds.”: