Project Digitize It All: Using a Digital Camera
For digitizing a couple of dozen books at home, fast, I decided to use a digital camera. In this post I detail exactly…
Year: 2014
Project Digitize It All: The Aftermath
A while ago I announced the start of a digitization project for my personal collection. At this point, the project is…
How to write e-mails
The art of writing e-mails is, I think, little understood. As part of my strategy to offer reflections on exactly…
Manuscripts: The Hunt for Topkapi
Getting images of manuscripts from Topkapi, Istanbul, is notoriously difficult. Here I describe how I succeeded in obtaining them. I…
Hardware considerations. Price versus features
Today I was looking at new laptops and it got me rethinking my hardware strategy. Here are some of my…
Software for Getting Things Done
Being terribly caught up with other things, I am not able to write a full post on what software to use…
Typing and transliterating Arabic: an online solution
Fuzzy Arabic Dictionary allows you to simply type the Arabic word you want in an over-simple form in Latin script, and it…
The Digital Orientalist’s Keyboard Layouts (Windows and Mac)
Typing or transliterating Arabic on a PC has been a bane for decades. I am happy to share with you keyboard layouts…
To Scan or Not To Scan
Scanning a book by hand is time-consuming. However, there are good reasons to keep scanning books. Many books are only…
Converting Dates
I use two websites to convert dates from/to the Islamic and the Common Era calendars. You need to know about…