Posted on 5 February 2012 | 3:35 pm

A few posts ago I posted some PHP code to show how to extract all the kanji from a string and create a concordance that orders them by how often each kanji is used. Expanding on this idea, I created a Web application that allows you to generate a kanji usage count concordance from any [...] Full Article

Posted on 30 January 2012 | 5:40 pm

PHP has a large collection of multibyte functions in the standard library for handling multibyte strings such as Japanese. Two useful multibyte functions that PHP provides are for detecting the encoding of a multibyte string, and converting from one multibyte encoding to another. mb_check_encoding() mb_convert_encoding() To check if $string is in UTF-8 encoding, we call [...] Full Article

Posted on 20 January 2012 | 4:33 pm

Regular expressions are extremely useful for matching patterns in text. But when it comes to Japanese Unicode text, it isn’t obvious what you should do to create regular expressions to match a range of Japanese characters. You can try something like [あ-ん] to match all hiragana characters—and you would be close—but it isn’t the best [...] Full Article

Posted on 7 December 2011 | 2:25 pm

A concordance is a list of all words used in a document, Web site, or publication, and some additional useful information about those words. A useful concordance in translation and localization is a list of the most frequently used words. This can be used to identify important terms that should be picked up for a [...] Full Article

Posted on 6 December 2011 | 5:07 pm

Setting up Japanese input IME (日本語入力方法) on openSUSE Linux 12.1 is not difficult, but it requires a little know-how of what packages need to be installed. It only takes a few minutes to download all the files and get it set up. Once installed and configured, you will be able to type in Japanese in [...] Full Article

Posted on 11 January 2009 | 9:33 am

This weekend my fiancee and I went to a wedding convention at the large downtown conventional hall. It is a show for all wedding-related vendors to set up a booth and try to get your business.In order to get your business, they tempt you with free st [...] Full Article

Posted on 13 March 2008 | 2:56 pm

When I first started my current job, I was surprised to find out that my company offers free money to anyone that invests in their own 401(k) retirement account. A lot of companies do this. Some will match up to a certain percent. I signed up as fast [...] Full Article

Posted on 26 February 2008 | 5:18 pm

If you use something often, find a way to use a reusable item instead. Buying the same thing again and again wastes money you could be saving and investing.Water Mug/ContainerIf your office/school/place you go everyday has a water cooler or a water [...] Full Article

Posted on 25 February 2008 | 6:07 pm

I had a hair dryer that just stopped working. The last thing I wanted to do was spend more money on a new one. So I looked around, and by chance I still had the box and instruction manual. The hair dryer had a 2-year manufacturer's warranty. I didn't [...] Full Article

Posted on 19 February 2008 | 5:08 pm

Everyone seems to be worried about the economy these days. As a result, the market is tanking. People freak out and want to cut their loses, so they sell everything and get out. Those people are fools. Now is the time to invest more money in the mark [...] Full Article

Posted on 5 March 2008 | 6:57 pm

Ryu can already confirm ShinShoryuken on any character with close stand strong. Stand strong gives Ryu a way to counter low parries. It can be done meaty, or normally, and linked into super. Stand strong is really good.However, you don't pick Ryu in [...] Full Article

Posted on 16 February 2008 | 11:58 am

Small characters (Chun Li, Yun, Yang, Ibuki) have a unique advantage in 3rd Strike; they are small! There are some moves that will whiff over them when they are ducking. This means that there are moves that will whiff over them when they tap down to [...] Full Article

Posted on 3 February 2008 | 9:49 am

Mythbuster time! Chun Li's low forward into Houyokusen is not a link; it's a cancel.This is one of the most popular myths in 3rd Strike. The game has been out for 9 years, and people still think Chun Li's low forward is a link. It's not. It's a cance [...] Full Article

Posted on 13 July 2005 | 11:15 pm

When Urien juggles you in the corner with a tackle and cancels into Aegis reflector, he hits you with a cross up knee drop while the reflector hits you from the front to cause an unblockable situation. From there he gets to launch and juggle you agai [...] Full Article

Posted on 11 July 2005 | 1:56 am

Kara-uppercut is really good. I have been trying to find more ways to land it, but generally it is up to your opponent to mess up to give you an opportunity to hit them, such as whiffing a throw for instance. Low forward -> DP and stand strong -&g [...] Full Article