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YouTube Channel and Tolkien Glossary Announcement
https://digitaltolkien.com/2023/09/22/youtube-channel-and-tolkien-glossary-announcement.html
Published: September 22, 2023 21:44
I’ve decided to reinvigorate the YouTube channel with an update and a big announcement.
Upcoming Talks
https://digitaltolkien.com/2023/06/10/upcoming-talks.html
Published: June 10, 2023 07:45
I’m excited to be giving three more Tolkien-related talks this year: at Mythmoot in June, IMC Leeds in July, and Oxonmoot in September.
The Arda Python Library
https://digitaltolkien.com/2023/03/29/arda-python-library.html
Published: March 29, 2023 04:45
At various times over the last ten months, I’ve been quietly working on a Python library for doing various Tolkien-related calculations.
A Discord Server and the Speaker Identification Crowdsourcing
https://digitaltolkien.com/2023/02/18/discord-server-and-speaker-identification-crowdsourcing.html
Published: February 18, 2023 09:18
It’s been a long time since I’ve blogged but a lot has been happening with the Digital Tolkien Project.
Speaking at Mythmoot IX
https://digitaltolkien.com/2022/06/16/speaking-at-mythmoot-ix.html
Published: June 16, 2022 16:04
I’ll finally be back in person at next week’s Mythmoot IX and I’m excited to be talking about Remaking Text: Text Reuse in Tolkien. Also presenting (virtually) will be my good friend and collaborator Chiara Palladino.
Livestream Designing a Citation System for Unfinished Tales
https://digitaltolkien.com/2022/04/15/livestream-designing-citation-system-for-unfinished-tales.html
Published: April 15, 2022 20:26
We recently made some good changes to the Silmarillion citation system and are now (re)turning to Unfinished Tales. I’ve created a YouTube channel and we’re going to livestream our first meeting.
Modeling Names in Lord of the Rings: Part One
https://digitaltolkien.com/2022/04/08/modeling-names-part-one.html
Published: April 8, 2022 17:18
In this post I will briefly describe the work that went into the creation and correction of the Indexes, and their gradual evolution into a Tolkien Authority List of names. This post serves as documentation to the early work for the index, and indicates…
Tolkien Reading Day 2022
https://digitaltolkien.com/2022/03/26/tolkien-reading-day.html
Published: March 26, 2022 21:28
The last two years I’ve participated in the Tolkien Reading Day sessions organized by Tolkien Collector’s Guide. This year, Jeremy interviewed people on various topics and he invited me and Elise Trudel Cedeño to talk about Digital Humanities and…
Search Tolkien Launched
https://digitaltolkien.com/2022/03/25/search-tolkien-launched.html
Published: March 25, 2022 21:57
While there is considerable text preparation and internal tooling work being done by the Digital Tolkien Project that can’t be openly shared, I’ve been thinking for a while about public tools that do not violate the copyright holder’s rights. Today I’m…
Counting Breakfasts
https://digitaltolkien.com/2021/09/22/counting-breakfasts.html
Published: September 22, 2021 23:56
This weekend I’ll be giving another virtual presentation, this time at New England Moot, talking about some food-themed text analysis on Lord of the Rings.