Konrad Lawson
@kml.muninn.net
Historian of modern East Asia he/him; Lecturer at University of St Andrews; From Stavanger, Norway
Live in Edinburgh, Scotland. 林蜀道 https://muninn.net
Live in Edinburgh, Scotland. 林蜀道 https://muninn.net
With some LLM and OCR help, I've extracted the tables of contents for over 200 issues of the old PRC journal "Chinese Literature" and put together a website to search and explore them (still proof-reading and formatting it): froginawell.net/chinese-lite... #china #literature
November 1, 2025 at 10:31 PM
With some LLM and OCR help, I've extracted the tables of contents for over 200 issues of the old PRC journal "Chinese Literature" and put together a website to search and explore them (still proof-reading and formatting it): froginawell.net/chinese-lite... #china #literature
I added a section to our Frog in a Well Primary Source guide to Korean History with some links to open access copies of volumes with Japanese statistics from colonial Korea - froginawell.net/frog/sources...
October 31, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I added a section to our Frog in a Well Primary Source guide to Korean History with some links to open access copies of volumes with Japanese statistics from colonial Korea - froginawell.net/frog/sources...
From William Sewell's Wheelbarrow Lane on wartime air raid warning system in Chengdu, Sichaun:
October 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
From William Sewell's Wheelbarrow Lane on wartime air raid warning system in Chengdu, Sichaun:
Four issues of China Pictorial found on eBay just arrived with 34 more issues on their way (misc issues ‘57-60,’65-69,’76-80). Almost all are issues not already in this digital collection but can’t promise when I’ll find time to scan and post to archive.org: www.bannedthought.net/China/Magazi...
October 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Four issues of China Pictorial found on eBay just arrived with 34 more issues on their way (misc issues ‘57-60,’65-69,’76-80). Almost all are issues not already in this digital collection but can’t promise when I’ll find time to scan and post to archive.org: www.bannedthought.net/China/Magazi...
A UFO 🛸 spotting in Trondheim, Norway 1934. Among the treasures of A Shoebox of Norwegian Letters:
huginn.net/shoebox/new/...
huginn.net/shoebox/new/...
October 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
A UFO 🛸 spotting in Trondheim, Norway 1934. Among the treasures of A Shoebox of Norwegian Letters:
huginn.net/shoebox/new/...
huginn.net/shoebox/new/...
Some (out of copyright?) downloadable Japanese dictionaries of (very) different sorts from postwar at NDL:
最新時事新語辞典 1949 dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/1126434/...
最新国際問題辞典 1948 dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/1444664
ポケットスケッチ事典 dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/1338675
図解新事典 1949 dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/1169556
新聞雑誌語辞典 1948 dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/1126422
最新時事新語辞典 1949 dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/1126434/...
最新国際問題辞典 1948 dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/1444664
ポケットスケッチ事典 dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/1338675
図解新事典 1949 dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/1169556
新聞雑誌語辞典 1948 dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/1126422
September 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Some (out of copyright?) downloadable Japanese dictionaries of (very) different sorts from postwar at NDL:
最新時事新語辞典 1949 dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/1126434/...
最新国際問題辞典 1948 dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/1444664
ポケットスケッチ事典 dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/1338675
図解新事典 1949 dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/1169556
新聞雑誌語辞典 1948 dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/1126422
最新時事新語辞典 1949 dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/1126434/...
最新国際問題辞典 1948 dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/1444664
ポケットスケッチ事典 dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/1338675
図解新事典 1949 dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/1169556
新聞雑誌語辞典 1948 dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/1126422
Reporting back on this: did a test with a set of (hastily taken, in poor light) photographs of book pages, then ran them on both the ndlkotenocr-lite vs Google Document AI. Example result attached here, plus check of the first three lines. Also: had to modify the ndl code to respect exif rotation.
September 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Reporting back on this: did a test with a set of (hastily taken, in poor light) photographs of book pages, then ran them on both the ndlkotenocr-lite vs Google Document AI. Example result attached here, plus check of the first three lines. Also: had to modify the ndl code to respect exif rotation.
Nice! 龙飞莫遏 apparently! :)
September 6, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nice! 龙飞莫遏 apparently! :)
There are now three modes to timeline review tool (mostly for students new to modern China/Japan history): Flashcards (flip through until all correct); Test mode (asks 10 questions, but also records time taken); Sort game, sort the order of events and time recorded. froginawell.net/games/flash/
August 27, 2025 at 7:52 AM
There are now three modes to timeline review tool (mostly for students new to modern China/Japan history): Flashcards (flip through until all correct); Test mode (asks 10 questions, but also records time taken); Sort game, sort the order of events and time recorded. froginawell.net/games/flash/
Though it doesn’t include the word, can’t resist sharing my favorite poster in this category. The original just says use less [toilet] paper but someone reached much further down the list of dictionary entries to pick this one out.
July 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Though it doesn’t include the word, can’t resist sharing my favorite poster in this category. The original just says use less [toilet] paper but someone reached much further down the list of dictionary entries to pick this one out.
@eugenevinitsky.bsky.social Ted is right here. This is a typical translation for 文明 (civilized) and is likely very well represented in training data from the widespread “be civilized” propaganda/public service messages everywhere 文明宣传. Two examples from my own photos, alas neither directly translate
July 28, 2025 at 11:29 PM
@eugenevinitsky.bsky.social Ted is right here. This is a typical translation for 文明 (civilized) and is likely very well represented in training data from the widespread “be civilized” propaganda/public service messages everywhere 文明宣传. Two examples from my own photos, alas neither directly translate
Sunday afternoon coastal walk from Sandnes to Gausel and then rental scooter back to Stavanger.
July 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Sunday afternoon coastal walk from Sandnes to Gausel and then rental scooter back to Stavanger.
U of York commissions a report from Public First on the positive impact of international students in the UK: www.publicfirst.co.uk/calculating-...
July 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
U of York commissions a report from Public First on the positive impact of international students in the UK: www.publicfirst.co.uk/calculating-...
I like this passage from "Program or be Programmed" by Douglass Rushkoff. It is not just about literal profit: this happens when posts by users on any social network become primarily a feed of bullet points from one's CV (or that of allies), without engagement with people.
June 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I like this passage from "Program or be Programmed" by Douglass Rushkoff. It is not just about literal profit: this happens when posts by users on any social network become primarily a feed of bullet points from one's CV (or that of allies), without engagement with people.
