Brent`s Top Links
Here, in no particular order, are some links which I find to be helpful or fun.
Foreign Buyers Club offers stuff you can`t get in Japan. General Store, Deli, and stuff for teachers. Reasonable shipping inside Japan!
http://www.fbcusa.com/public2/index.php3
JEMA
Japan Evangelical Missionary Association
http://www.jema.org/
World Clock
For those of us who can`t do time zones in our heads. You can create your own personal world clock with cities you choose and can use a meeting planner to match up times for phone calls, etc.
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
ETJ
For English Teachers in Japan. There is a national group, a local group, and even a school owners` group.
Okayama group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/etj-okayama/
National group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/etj/
The Daily Yomiuri online
The English newspaper we get at our door is available on this site, at least partially.
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/
Great dictionary and other language resources
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/wwwjdic.html
Click here for the quick dictionary.
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1KJ
Written Japanese practice, testing, etc.
Both kanji and kana
http://www.kanjisite.com/
Reference tools
A bunch of stuff on one screen. You can look up your friends` addresses and even their neighbors. Tons of useful stuff here.
http://www.refdesk.com/
dave`s esl cafe
Find a job. Find a teacher. Study English, etc.
http://www.eslcafe.com/
Heartlight
Bible search, inspirational articles and newsletters.
http://www.heartlight.org/
Zone 81 is about Japan info for foreigners.
Train info, auctions, other stuff
http://www.zone81.com/
About.com`s Japanese Language Newsletter
PHrase of the day, etc.
http://japanese.about.com/blpod_august.htm?nl=1
Board games on the web
I play a Scrabble clone and a of Pente variety
I have not joined, because non-members are limited to a few moves per day and I do not want to get addicted.
I am lincolnlogos, if you want to invite me.
http://www.itsyourturn.com/
The GracEmail Ministry
Edward Fudge teaches with grace in his heart and a lot of learning and experience behind him.
http://www.edwardfudge.com/gracemail/today.html
A W Tozer`s writings in a daily devotional format
Never one to sugar-coat, he will challenge you to think about what you believe and teach.
http://lmi.gospelcom.net/tozer.ph