April 3, 2006
by Joe
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This is a great idea, beautifully implemented: ChinesePod I like the fact that they’ve broken down the podcasts into newbie, beginner, intermediate, and advanced. I especially like their business model: Distribute the podcasts for free, and charge for the additional … Continue reading
June 8, 2005
by Joe
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This is a huge find – to discover a yet-unknown composition by J.S. Bach, simply amazing. Bach composed the work for a soprano, to be accompanied by strings or a harpsichord, to mark the 52nd birthday of the duke of … Continue reading
February 10, 2005
by Joe
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After a long search, I finally have installed a Taiwanese keyboard on Yingwen’s iBook with the 注音 (Zhuyin) / ㄅㄆㄇㄈ (Bo Po Mo Fo) glyphs imprinted on the key caps, to enable proper typing in Chinese. But holy crap, what … Continue reading
February 8, 2005
by Joe
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I just found this cute and very useful little program called Aiya! which teaches the Chinese language learner the Bopomofo/Zhuyin Chinese phonetic alphabet and where the corresponding characters would be when using the Zhuyin input method at the same time. … Continue reading
June 16, 2004
by Joe
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eTaiwanNews.com / West Point cadets speak of experiences at U.S. academy But the TOEFL scores didn’t prevent Li and Tan from running into language difficulties that ultimately proved embarrassing. Li told the Taiwan News that during his first year of … Continue reading