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Prachtige fietstocht

Submitted by mike-k8y on 星期一, 05/13/2013 - 13:11

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Een paar dagen geleden heb ik hier gepost dat ik wilde gaan op fietstocht.

User time zones and time stamps on posts here on screen

Submitted by mike-k8y on 星期五, 05/03/2013 - 13:07

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I wondered how to interpret the timestamp which is shown with the posts, because I was curious about the local time a user had written a post. Todd, our webmaster, explains to me:

"It's by server time in the U.S. eastern time zone, and written in U.S. format (mm/dd/yy)"
Which should currently be EDT= GMT/UTC -4
On my screen I see the format displayed as (DDD, mm/dd/yy - hh:mm), which is just fine.

Learning to speak by reading?

Submitted by mike-k8y on 星期六, 04/20/2013 - 08:54

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Learning a language actually consists of 4 skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking. They are of course closely related, but depending on what you want to do with the language you are learning, you will not need to become perfect in all 4.

Here I am on about speaking more fluently. My method is learning to speak by reading aloud. This advice works for me since years and is my way of keeping several languages alive.

De toekomstige koning en konigin der Nederlanden in een interview op televisie

Submitted by mike-k8y on 星期五, 04/19/2013 - 05:24

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Al twee weeken voor de troonswisseling in Nederland een officiële interview in de Nederlandse televisie (video 52 minuten)
Bijna een uur lieten kroonprins Willem-Alexander en zijn vrouw prinses Máxima zich interviewen door NOS en RTL. Hier is het te zien:

http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2686/Binnenland/article/detail/3427505/20...

Mijn fiets

Submitted by mike-k8y on 星期四, 04/18/2013 - 12:48

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Ik heb in mijn engelse blogs zoveel geschreven over de voordelen van “ga man door met bloggen, er is niets beter dan hier te beginnen met oefenen in de taal je wilt leren...” Nu heb ik gemerkt dat

Habits of passengers riding subway/underground trains

Submitted by mike-k8y on 星期二, 04/16/2013 - 06:58

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Hi everyone!
I just read a newspaper article about a study conducted in USA about how and why people choose their places in the subway trains. This is interesting reading, but I should like to ask MIXXER members from other countries who regularly use public transport at home (Berlin, Paris, Madrid, London, Tokyo, ...). Would they agree or tell a different story?
Here is the link to the article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/16/nyregion/subway-riders-quirks-studied....

Listen to European radio stations life on the internet

Submitted by mike-k8y on 星期一, 04/15/2013 - 12:52

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Are you learning a language from a far away country?
Do you want to listen to someone else than only your teacher?
Are you curious about music in the country of your dreams?
Then this is for you: European radio stations streaming live on the internet
Behind this link is a long alphabetical table of links to countries and after one more click there is the list of radio stations of the respective country.
http://www.listenlive.eu/
Enjoy!

"fancy" national letters not on your "normal" keyboard?

Submitted by mike-k8y on 星期一, 04/15/2013 - 08:17

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How to type foreign characters which are not on your national keyboard

Many languages based on the latin alphabet use additional characters to represent additional sounds specific to that language, as well as a few additional punctuation symbols. They are absolutely required in a properly written text, although people will be able to understand your text if you make mistakes.
Here is the most universal method to type these characters. It works here in MIXXER.

Do write a blog, only placing a profile is not enough!

Submitted by mike-k8y on 星期五, 04/12/2013 - 08:07

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Welcome newcomers to MIXXER!
I am a member here since almost one year now and I'd like to share an experience I made.

When looking for language partners, doing a profile search and checking members' profiles is just like opening websites after a google search. Imagine: when a showcase of a shop is almost empty, why should anyone enter the shop and talk to the owner?

How I use "Bookmarks" in Mixxer

Submitted by mike-k8y on 星期六, 04/06/2013 - 08:53

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Hi everyone!

I like the feature "Bookmarks" and find it very helpful. It works very much like the list of "Favorites" in a browser. Access is via the second tab from left when you call your own profile page.

Whenever I read a blog which is interesting for me, I open it up (click on the title  of the blog) and then, even if I do not write a comment immediately, I will click on "Bookmark this" (below the bottom line of the text on the right). This way, I can return to that subject any time and directly.

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