I spent a little time this week with a new AI tool built on a long archive of Bible study material I’ve used for years: https://www.gotquestions.chat It comes from Got Questions Ministries. I’ve found GotQuestions a resource I’ve returned to for years. Not perfect, but steady. Something that has sat in the background of howContinueContinue reading “Marginalia: GotQuestions Chat”
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Marginalia: How To Pronounce Names In ‘The Lord of the Rings’ – Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog
Part of the challenge of tackling Tolkien’s massive story is learning how to pronounce the names! I’m very thankful for the audiobook versions, especially readers like Rob Inglis, Martin Shaw, and now, Andy Serkis. Hearing the names read is an immense help and certainly adds to the richness of Tolkien’s legendarily… I’m not sure howContinueContinue reading “Marginalia: How To Pronounce Names In ‘The Lord of the Rings’ – Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog”
Marginalia: How To Spot Someone Secretly Writing With AI | The Daily Draft
The biggest giveaways usually have nothing to do with the writing itself. https://medium.com/the-daily-draft/the-obvious-ways-to-spot-someone-secretly-writing-with-ai-f36ce8d4d715 Matt Lillywhite makes some interesting points about the current obsession with identifying AI-generated writing. His conclusion is especially relevant for those of us who’ve been around long enough to remember when good punctuation, structure, and transitions were just called good writing. AfterContinueContinue reading “Marginalia: How To Spot Someone Secretly Writing With AI | The Daily Draft”
Marginalia: Diesi’s Little Capitol
That sign. Shot from below, the Louisiana State Capitol rendered in gold sitting on top of the name like it belongs there, big Gulf Coast cumulus stacking up behind it. Diesi’s Little Capitol sits off Interstate 10 in South Louisiana, between Breaux Bridge and Henderson — visible from the highway in a “you can’t missContinueContinue reading “Marginalia: Diesi’s Little Capitol”
Pages from Tolkien’s Hand
There’s something different about seeing the first page of The Lord of the Rings in the handwriting of its author, J.R.R. Tolkien. Not the published text. Not the stabilized version we know by heart. Just ink moving across paper while the story is still deciding what it will become. “A LONG-EXPECTED PARTY…” it begins. A bright sentence. AlmostContinueContinue reading “Pages from Tolkien’s Hand”