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Jason Ellis

RandomStringOfWords.com

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.
jQuery Lightbox
March 11, 2009

jQuery Lightbox

I have been playing with the javascript library jQuery for a couple days now.. My intent is to learn the ins and out's of it...

Game Review: Empire: Total War
March 9, 2009

Game Review: Empire: Total War

So I have long been a fan of the Total War franchise created by Creative Assembly..  Their games have always been pretty fun -- but...

Software Review: Windows 7 Beta
February 5, 2009

Software Review: Windows 7 Beta

I'm generally slow to change operating systems..  When it comes to making one of those sweeping changes, traditionally I was the equivalent of an old...

Game Review: Dawn of War 2
February 1, 2009

Game Review: Dawn of War 2

I love Warhammer.  I have played Warhammer table top war game both fantasy and 40k pretty much since they came out.  I also have the...

World of Warcraft, #134 Error -- Fixed
January 30, 2009

World of Warcraft, #134 Error -- Fixed

It's fixed!  The dreaded 134 Error is no more!   And for the most part the Blizzard tech support people are completely worthless.. But I...

25man Malygos
January 18, 2009

25man Malygos

So we have been playing a LOT of World of Warcraft of late.  I must admit I'm very much enjoying it for the most part. ...

Game Review: Mirrors Edge
January 16, 2009

Game Review: Mirrors Edge

Mirrors Edge for the PC is a first person action-adventure puzzle game with an extremely compelling story line and quite possibly the most frustrating game...

Game Review: Left 4 Dead
January 14, 2009

Game Review: Left 4 Dead

I have to admit that I'm not a huge fan of zombie thrillers, so I was hesitant about picking up the latest game from Valve;...

Game Review: Railroads!
January 5, 2009

Game Review: Railroads!

I'm a bit of a Sid Meier's fan -- He will likely go down in history as the king of turn based strategy games with...

World of Warcraft and Error #134
December 22, 2008

World of Warcraft and Error #134

The Blue Mods at the Blizzard World of Warcraft forums asked me to post about my problems so I did... again..

Jack Tompson has been disbarred
October 30, 2008

Jack Tompson has been disbarred

So, the infamous anti-gaming crusader Jack Thompson has finally met his match in the form of the Florida Supreme Court who this week permanently disbarred...

Game Review: Farcry 2
October 28, 2008

Game Review: Farcry 2

Open world game play is all the rage. The industry has decided that linear is out and that open ended randomness is in!

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