fuse-zip
Very useful tool for mounting zip files on linux. The trouble is, there is no deb for Ubuntu karmic, and so you have to either rebuild it yourself, or do a little apt-hack. To apt-hack, all you have to do is update your /etc/apt/sources.list to the 2010 release: lucid (so in vim :%s/karmic/lucid/g). Now do a sudo apt-get update, but be careful not to upgrade! Now install fuse-zip (or you can download the package), and
Chinese study technique
Okay. I’m going to blog again now, except from my phone. Everything will therefore be nearly twitter length, and thus managable.
For today, I want to point out how awesome chinesepod.com is. The android app is especially useful, and has provided me with hours of company on long drives. I’ve even learned a couple 成语 that even my legit chinese friends don’t know.
To force myself into using chinesepod, I’ve set a daily cron that emails a