Misinterpreting Copyright—A Series of Errors by Richard M. Stallman (2002)
Originally written in 2002, this essay is part of Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard, M. Stallman 2nd ed. (Boston: GNU Press, 2004), ISBN 1-882114-99-X, www.gnupress.org. Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved. Something strange and...
Why Software Should Not Have Owners — by Richard M. Stallman (1994)
Originally written in 1994, this essay is part of Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard, M. Stallman 2nd ed. (Boston: GNU Press, 2004), ISBN 1-882114-99-X, www.gnupress.org Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved. Digital information technology...
Converting .pages to .docx with a little help from a VM
In my last post, I discussed how I used LibreOffice and a bash script (co-authored with ChatGPT) to batch convert a bunch of my late professor’s .pages documents. I also noted that there were some files that could not be converted. Notably, more recent .pages files with underlying .iwa...
Converting .pages to .odt (with a little help from AI)
The issue The co-advisor for my MA thesis passed away last year and his widow allowed me to copy some unfinished drafts and documents from his computer for posterity. He was an avid Mac user and every document I ever received from him was a .docx file. So, to...
Burmese Pronunciation of Pāḷi (မြန်မာအသံထွက်နဲ့ ပါဠိဘာသာ)
I was recently looking at Eisel Mazard’s description of the Burmese pronunciation of Pāḷi (I’m just gonna write “Pali” from here on out) and while it’s very detailed, there are a few mistakes in it that I’d like to correct. Needless to say, but I’ll say it anyway, my...
Burmese IPA Transcription
Despite my best efforts to transfer this from LibreOffice Writer into WordPress (thank goodness I drafted it there and not here), there were issues with the rendering of certain fonts and tables. So, I’m just going to cheat and embed a PDF here. Please contact me if you’d like...
How racist is my engagement with Burma studies?
I would like to respond to Charney's article (https://forsea.co/how-racist-is-your-engagement-with-burma-studies/) by using his metrics at the end to evaluate my own research practices....
Have I given up on academia?
I was browsing YouTube, as I’m known to do, and I notice a trend of people talking about either leaving their PhD programs, finishing but then not doing anything related to their studies, or even encouraging others not to pursue a PhD altogether. While people may have very good...
Hi, 2023!
I realize I didn’t make a single post for all of 2023. So, I’ll just give a quick overview of what’s happened in my life in this year, in no particular order. I’m a dad now! My daughter Grace was born 9 June 2023 here in Thailand and she’s...
Zolai ABC Simbu (Tedim ABC Book)
My wife and I used Bloom by SIL and Bloom Library to create a simple ABC reader for Tedim. I created it on the basis of Tedim phonology for initials, rather than most readers which are just the English alphabet, containing letters not actually existent in Tedim phonology. The...