---------------------------------------------------------- Lightning-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 02/07/11: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 06:36 AM - Re: Newsletter Digest 2008-2010 (flylightning) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 06:36:51 AM PST US From: "flylightning" Subject: RE: Lightning-List: Newsletter Digest 2008-2010 Bill send it on to me I will get it posted. nick -----Original Message----- From: owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Bill Strahan Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 11:13 AM Subject: Lightning-List: Newsletter Digest 2008-2010 I've spent the bulk of the last 4 days in the house due to ice and snow. Yeah, here in Dallas. Crazy. The weather cleared last night, but a call to the airport let me know the runway had 12" snow drifts. Hmmm. I think the snow will melt before I can make those skis I was dreaming about, so I'll be patient. I got so bored that I went through my folder of Lightning newsletters and renamed each one so the names were consistent. "LN YYYY-MM.pdf" was the pattern, so "LN 2010-03.pdf" is the March, 2010 issue. As soon as I finished that, I went online searching for a PDF merge utility. I found one and proceded to merge all the newsletters from each year into a single file. "LN 2008-ALL.pdf" for 2008, etc. Then I merged each of those into "LN 2008-2010-ALL.pdf" What's the point in all of this? Well, I was contemplating standing up a website on AdventurePilot.com that would allow searching of the newsletters. But it occured to me I'd get 90% of the benefits from a single file approach with about 1% of the effort. I like that ratio. I'll probably just merge in the new newsletters periodically, but until then I can load "LN 2008-2010-ALL.pdf" and search three years of newsletters easily. I'll name intermediate merges something like "LN 2008-2011-06.pdf" to indicate the latest newsletter in the collection. If anyone hosting the current newsletters would like the merged PDF of 2008-2010, please let me know and I will send it to you. And John, nice job on the first newsletter! Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=329736#329736 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message lightning-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Lightning-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/lightning-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/lightning-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.