Well yesterday, although it was productive in terms on japanese information and stuff regarding JET, i did'nt really learn any new japanese kanji or words.
http://www.youtube.com/user/myargonauts and
http://www.youtube.com/user/Gimmeaflakeman
Both are very good channels on information regarding japan from experienced people
I had a look at the http://www.japanese-language.aiyori.org/ website who have prety cool mnemotics for katakana so thats helped a blot