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Jason Ellis

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a space for sharing ideas, reflections, and the occasional strong opinion. If you're here, you're probably curious about something I've built, said, or am working on. Either way, I'm glad you found your way here.

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What are AI Notes?

Some posts on this site carry AI Notes — short, sourced annotations that add factual context to specific claims in the article.

How to use them

Open a post and look for this button near the top of the article:

Toggle it on and phrases throughout the article light up. Each one gets a numbered note underneath its paragraph with the relevant fact, a verdict, and a link to where it came from. Not every post has them.

Keeping Jason honest. The notes aren't a victory lap. They confirm a claim when it holds up, supply the date or number the article skipped, and say plainly when something needs more context than it got. A note that disagrees with the post stays in.

They are generated entirely by AI — not written, curated, fact-checked, or endorsed by me, and they don't necessarily reflect my views. The article stands exactly as written. Treat them as an automated starting point, not gospel: every note links to a source so you can check it yourself. Spot an error? The comments are open.
Hardware Review: Lightscribe CD/DVD Burners
November 16, 2009

Hardware Review: Lightscribe CD/DVD Burners

Back in 2004 Hewlett-Packard engineer Daryl Anderson had the notion that if you can burn data on to a disc, why couldn't use use that...

Games Workshop -- Warhammer Fantasy: The new Skaven
November 15, 2009

Games Workshop -- Warhammer Fantasy: The new Skaven

I have been a Skaven player since the early 1990's.  They were the second fantasy army I got into after Orcs & Goblins.  Once I...

Game Review: Dragon Age - Origins
November 14, 2009

Game Review: Dragon Age - Origins

I ask you -- can Bioware do no wrong?  Every game of theirs that I have played, I have loved.  Neverwinter Nights was kinda "Feh"...

Xperia X10: My next phone?
November 7, 2009

Xperia X10: My next phone?

On June 27th, 2007 (shortly after I got married) the iPhone came out.. I sort of waffled back and forth as to whether or not...

Hardware Review: Sony DR-BT21G Wireless Bluetooth Stereo Headset
November 2, 2009

Hardware Review: Sony DR-BT21G Wireless Bluetooth Stereo Headset

In 1994 Jaap Haartsen and Sven Mattisson has a stroke of genius when they invented the personal area networking (PAN) protocol known today as Bluetooth...

Happy Halloween 2009
November 1, 2009

Happy Halloween 2009

The annual Halloween bash that my friend and his wife put on was a success!   Every year my friend Calvin and his wife go NUTS...

Hardware Review: Razer Mamba -- What a piece of shit!
October 9, 2009

Hardware Review: Razer Mamba -- What a piece of shit!

Let me be clear here -- this mouse is the biggest piece of shit, I have ever.. and I mean.. EVER used..

Game Review: Aion Online
October 6, 2009

Game Review: Aion Online

I have played a lot of MMO's in my time.. I feel I have a pretty good handle on the genre and have a very...

Delphi like IDE/VCL for Javascript, written in javascript
October 3, 2009

Delphi like IDE/VCL for Javascript, written in javascript

So something that I have been pondering is the creation of a rapid application framework/IDE similar to Delphi for javascript, in javascript..  Bear with me.. ...

Hardware Review: Logitech Illuminated Keyboard
October 1, 2009

Hardware Review: Logitech Illuminated Keyboard

I have to admit I like Logitech.  Their hardware is always good.  I find their software is a little bloated and doesn't always deliver but...

Carl Sagan - A Glorious Dawn
September 28, 2009

Carl Sagan - A Glorious Dawn

The following is a wonderful and fitting tribute to Carl Sagan created by John Boswell over at ColorPulse Music.

1055 Miles, on two wheels
September 25, 2009

1055 Miles, on two wheels

So my father turned 68 this year.  I thought it would be a nice gift to give him my tractor lawn mower and a few...

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