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Thai Lunar Calendar 101

Preface The Thai Lunar Calendar is very different from the western Gregorian calendar. Familiarity with it will help readers understand the dates used Thai newspapers on this site. This article only covers the basics. For a more complete description see J.C. Eade’s book “The Calendrical Systems of Mainland South-East Asia.” Notable Thai Calendars The most commonly encountered calendars in Thailand over the last few hundred years are: Thai Lunar / Chulasakarat (จุลศักราช) Epoch: March 22, 638 AD.

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December 22, 2025

Experimenting with LLMs for Optical Character Recognition

This digital preservation project started some years ago now but was paused due to other commitments. Recently though I’ve had time to get back to work on it and this time bring some state-of-the-art tools to the job, namely LLMs – Large Language Models.

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November 7, 2024

The Life and Character of Emelie Royce Bradley

A biography of Emelie Royce Bradley (1811-1845), the first wife of Dr Dan Beach Bradley and originally published circa 1856 by the American Tract Society, New York.

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February 2, 2019

The Importance of Preserving the Nation's Culture

ความสำคัญในการบำรุงวัฒนธรรมของชาติ “The Importance of Preserving the Nation’s Culture” was published by the Department for Publicity in 1941 under the government of Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram (1897 – 1964).

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March 7, 2017