In pre-modern religions from Asia we encounter unique scripts, number systems, calendars, and naming conventions. These make the Western-built world of consumer technology an ill fit to our needs. Even tools specifically developed for Digital Humanities often do not support our needs. The problems we face are particularly specific, and therefore solutions are not going to come from anyone but ourselves. However, the barrier to entry is still high for graduate students and scholars without prior experience of digital methods. Our volume aims to guide the enthusiastic colleague through the first perilous phases of folding digital tools into their toolset. We shall explain how to set the right expectations, what type of work can be easiest automated or digitized, how you set up and execute a digital project, and what the specific pitfalls are that we need to look out for. We cover five religious domains: 1) Judaism and Christianity, 2) Islam, 3) Hinduism and Jainism, 4) Buddhism, and 5) Shintoism and Daoism. Concomitantly we have identified eight topical domains: 1) mapping, 2) databases, 3) cataloging, 4) corpus analysis, 5) encoding and editing, 6) online media, 7) manuscript tagging, 8) reflections on the methodological shift.

The hilarious adventures of Harry the Polis, the self-appointed Chief Constable of funny stories, continue with the publication of his ninth book, "It Wisnae Me...Honest"! Follow our laughing polis-man as he tackles the funny side of policing and introduces us to more of his zany characters and incidents. There's the Inspector with second wife syndrome, the woman assaulted by a flying sausage and the dead donkey on the manse lawn. And you can't miss the recollections of getting painfully trapped by the goolies, the private call to Prince Charles, the benefits of drinking organic tea or the terrorist attack on a US Naval ship on the Holy Loch...This title is packed full with funny stories, jokes, anecdotes and tales to have you laughing out loud. "It Wisnae Me...Honest!" is another classic collection of comical capers from behind the uniform...And they're all true, honest.