I've enjoyed good success carrying a notebook around, so I thought I'd share this technique with you:
http://www.nihongoperapera.com/power-of-little-notebooks.html
Also, a reader informed me that the JLPT group has now decided on 2009 and 2010 revisions to the test, so I have updated the page outlining the changes:
http://www.nihongoperapera.com/jlpt/2009changes.html