James Tauber
@jtauber.com
Using computers to better understand languages, texts, and music
Web, Python, Corpus Linguistics, Narratology, Data Visualization, Philology, Ancient Greek, Music Theory, Tolkien, Space, Retro Computing
Perseus, Greek Learner Texts, @digitaltolkien.com
Web, Python, Corpus Linguistics, Narratology, Data Visualization, Philology, Ancient Greek, Music Theory, Tolkien, Space, Retro Computing
Perseus, Greek Learner Texts, @digitaltolkien.com
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James Tauber
@jtauber.com
· Nov 3
Intro for new followers: I'm a long-time (i.e. old) Python and Web developer. Now mostly apply that to digital humanities and corpus linguistics with focus on historical languages (especially Ancient Greek) and Tolkien. Also education, data visualization, music theory, and a handful of other things.
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The Unwin (1954–1990) three-volume Lord of the Rings books are all entered on books.digitaltolkien.com
Tolkien Books Database
books.digitaltolkien.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:20 AM
The Unwin (1954–1990) three-volume Lord of the Rings books are all entered on books.digitaltolkien.com
1/ It was roughly 30 years ago that a sequence of events radically changed the course of my career. I had just finished my undergraduate degree in linguistics and was heavily involved in the Web scene in Australia.
January 9, 2026 at 9:10 PM
1/ It was roughly 30 years ago that a sequence of events radically changed the course of my career. I had just finished my undergraduate degree in linguistics and was heavily involved in the Web scene in Australia.
Fun visualization coming up on @projectamaze.com: proportion of first person pronouns in the Space timeline that are plural.
January 9, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Fun visualization coming up on @projectamaze.com: proportion of first person pronouns in the Space timeline that are plural.
Just submitted what I think is the final document needed for my doctoral enrollment!
January 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Just submitted what I think is the final document needed for my doctoral enrollment!
I hand-created the SVG in VS code but initially used straight lines. I asked copilot to turn the straight lines into cubic bezier curves with a vertical start and end and it had no problem doing exactly that.
January 8, 2026 at 5:29 PM
I hand-created the SVG in VS code but initially used straight lines. I asked copilot to turn the straight lines into cubic bezier curves with a vertical start and end and it had no problem doing exactly that.
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📢 The call for papers for the conference track is closing soon. Submit by tonight, January 8 (AoE), and be part of #CCLS2026 in beautiful Potsdam this May. #CfP #CLS #OpenAccess #JCLS #ComputationalLiteraryStudies #LiteraryComputing
ℹ️ jcls.io/site/cfp/
ℹ️ jcls.io/site/cfp/
a black cat is playing with an apple laptop on a wooden table .
ALT: a black cat is playing with an apple laptop on a wooden table .
media.tenor.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:45 AM
📢 The call for papers for the conference track is closing soon. Submit by tonight, January 8 (AoE), and be part of #CCLS2026 in beautiful Potsdam this May. #CfP #CLS #OpenAccess #JCLS #ComputationalLiteraryStudies #LiteraryComputing
ℹ️ jcls.io/site/cfp/
ℹ️ jcls.io/site/cfp/
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I am pleased to announce that the Perseus Digital Library has received funding from the NEH to create a digital edition of Aristotle's Poetics, for more information please visit our blog here (sites.tufts.edu/perseusupdat...)
Perseus Digital Library Updates » News and announcements from the Perseus Digital Library
sites.tufts.edu
January 7, 2026 at 2:41 PM
I am pleased to announce that the Perseus Digital Library has received funding from the NEH to create a digital edition of Aristotle's Poetics, for more information please visit our blog here (sites.tufts.edu/perseusupdat...)
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I wonder if I should submit something @digitaltolkien.com related to ACH 2026
January 6, 2026 at 11:21 PM
I wonder if I should submit something @digitaltolkien.com related to ACH 2026
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Just about to start recording a podcast and hammering on the roof has started!
January 6, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Just about to start recording a podcast and hammering on the roof has started!
I'm back to doing this. A year-and-a-half ago, this was wildly more successful on Twitter than here but we'll see if things have changed here :-)
[The good news for me is, because it was so successful on Twitter, I'm 150+ posts ahead already]
[The good news for me is, because it was so successful on Twitter, I'm 150+ posts ahead already]
I may regret this, but for every like, I'll give a fact about the "Hunt for Gollum" story from the text.
January 6, 2026 at 4:39 PM
I'm back to doing this. A year-and-a-half ago, this was wildly more successful on Twitter than here but we'll see if things have changed here :-)
[The good news for me is, because it was so successful on Twitter, I'm 150+ posts ahead already]
[The good news for me is, because it was so successful on Twitter, I'm 150+ posts ahead already]
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ACH 2026 welcomes proposals on all aspects of digital humanities work. Share your research, tools, pedagogy, or community projects with our vibrant DH community. Virtual conference June 24-26. Deadline: Feb 2
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January 6, 2026 at 2:15 PM
ACH 2026 welcomes proposals on all aspects of digital humanities work. Share your research, tools, pedagogy, or community projects with our vibrant DH community. Virtual conference June 24-26. Deadline: Feb 2
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Customer service chat bots often suck but Hostinger’s has been amazing for me on multiple occasions including tonight when my TLS cert had expired on the VPS that backs Search Tolkien and the search on Project Amaze and HoMe Base.
January 6, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Customer service chat bots often suck but Hostinger’s has been amazing for me on multiple occasions including tonight when my TLS cert had expired on the VPS that backs Search Tolkien and the search on Project Amaze and HoMe Base.
Fascinating thread on the history of contact juggling...
This is contact juggling. There's maybe a few hundred people in the world for whom contact juggling has at one point been their primary source of income, and most of us know each other. It coalesced as an art from in the 1980s and got its name in 1990, though it pulls from practices far older.
January 6, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Fascinating thread on the history of contact juggling...
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It's time for the 2026 Mythopoeic awards! You have until February 15th to provide us with suggestions for the best in Fantasy (children, YA, & adult) & Scholarship (Inklings & Myth/Fantasy studies). You can also join our committees to be a part of the process. More info: mythsoc.org/news/news-20...
The Mythopoeic Society - Mythopoeic Awards 2026: Call for Nominations
Example: T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea (Tor, 2021) - Adult Literature.
mythsoc.org
January 5, 2026 at 7:57 PM
It's time for the 2026 Mythopoeic awards! You have until February 15th to provide us with suggestions for the best in Fantasy (children, YA, & adult) & Scholarship (Inklings & Myth/Fantasy studies). You can also join our committees to be a part of the process. More info: mythsoc.org/news/news-20...