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RPCA Cookbook - request for volunteers
Most folks would have already seen my request for volunteers to help
compile the RPCA Cookbook from all the recipes posted here over the years. However, if you haven't, the idea is that every volunteer is allocated a week of RPCA archives, and they get to go through, find, and save the recipes (with the author and the date it was posted) that are there. There will be many weeks with no recipes. There will be some with *many* recipes. Some weeks will only have a small number of postings, others will have well over a thousand to go through. Thats OK, there's no dead-line, and its not a race. Naturally some of us will be good at using advanced search tools, and some of us will do it by 'hand' (thats me!), some have a lot of spare time to give, some only a little. There is no time frame on this, but it would be nice to have a recipe book for the holidays at the end of this year. The completed file will be too big to post here in text format, and we can't post 'zipped' files here, but we can put it on a binaries newsgroup. The file will also be posted to the RPCA-Facebook site, Catslaves (in the file area), downloadable from a legitimate file sharing site (yet to be decided) and no doubt it can also be e-mailed around (it will be text only, so it will zip nicely) Assuming about 15 years worth of RPCA, there's approximately 5500 weeks to look through. I can't do it by myself, but I reckon if we all pitch in, it a do-able task. Anyone? Anyone? Yowie |
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RPCA Cookbook - request for volunteers
I'd love to help, but I'm not sure how to access the archives. I read the groups through Google, which I know isn't ideal, but it's the best I can do while at work.
Jane - owned and operated by the Princess Rita |
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RPCA Cookbook - request for volunteers
On 1/25/2012 4:57 AM, Jane wrote:
I'd love to help, but I'm not sure how to access the archives. I read the groups through Google, which I know isn't ideal, but it's the best I can do while at work. Jane - owned and operated by the Princess Rita Google is where I go to search for posts for as far back as when the group first started so it would be where I would get the info. There's an "Advanced Search" that will let you put in the dates you want to search. -- Hugs, CatNipped See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped See the RPCA FAQ site, created by "Yowie", maintained by Mark Edwards, at: http://www.professional-geek.net/rpcablog/ Email: L(dot)T(dot)Crews(at)comcast(dot)net |
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RPCA Cookbook - request for volunteers
Yowie wrote:
Most folks would have already seen my request for volunteers to help compile the RPCA Cookbook from all the recipes posted here over the years. However, if you haven't, the idea is that every volunteer is allocated a week of RPCA archives, and they get to go through, find, and save the recipes (with the author and the date it was posted) that are there. Sure, I can help with this. But what are the logistics? When you say that every volunteer is "allocated" a week of archives, how exactly is this done? Will I get a text file containing that week's worth of posts? Or...? Could you email me the details? Just remove the X's from my address. -- Joyce The sun rose slowly, like a fiery furball coughed up uneasily onto a sky-blue carpet by a giant unseen cat. -- Michael McGarel |
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RPCA Cookbook - request for volunteers
I'd love to help, but I'm not sure how to access the archives.
I read the groups through Google, which I know isn't ideal, but it's the best I can do while at work. Google is where I go to search for posts for as far back as when the group first started so it would be where I would get the info. Use http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Arch...ats.anecdotes/ instead. Much easier. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- e m a i l : j a c k @ c a m p i n . m e . u k Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland mobile 07800 739 557 http://www.campin.me.uk Twitter: JackCampin |
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RPCA Cookbook - request for volunteers
On 1/25/2012 2:22 PM, Jack Campin wrote:
I'd love to help, but I'm not sure how to access the archives. I read the groups through Google, which I know isn't ideal, but it's the best I can do while at work. Google is where I go to search for posts for as far back as when the group first started so it would be where I would get the info. Use http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Arch...ats.anecdotes/ instead. Much easier. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- e m a i l : j a c k @ c a m p i n . m e . u k Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland mobile 07800 739 557http://www.campin.me.uk Twitter: JackCampin Thanks Jack, I appreciate the tip - as I just told someone in another thread, I'm a total dolt when it comes to computer stuff. -- Hugs, CatNipped See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped See the RPCA FAQ site, created by "Yowie", maintained by Mark Edwards, at: http://www.professional-geek.net/rpcablog/ Email: L(dot)T(dot)Crews(at)comcast(dot)net |
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RPCA Cookbook - request for volunteers
On 26/01/2012 9:08 AM, CatNipped wrote:
On 1/25/2012 2:22 PM, Jack Campin wrote: I'd love to help, but I'm not sure how to access the archives. I read the groups through Google, which I know isn't ideal, but it's the best I can do while at work. Google is where I go to search for posts for as far back as when the group first started so it would be where I would get the info. Use http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Arch...ats.anecdotes/ instead. Much easier. Thanks Jack, I appreciate the tip - as I just told someone in another thread, I'm a total dolt when it comes to computer stuff. Thats a great archive, but it only goes back to July 2005. Got anything that goes back to the group's creation which was on or about the 28th of February 1997 besides Google? Yowie |
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RPCA Cookbook - request for volunteers
On Wednesday, January 25, 2012 3:22:40 PM UTC-5, Jack Campin wrote:
Use http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Arch...ats.anecdotes/ instead. Much easier. Excellent!! Okay, assign me a couple of dates and I'll get to work. Jane - owned and operated by the Princess Rita |
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RPCA Cookbook - request for volunteers
Well, the link that Jack gave us starts in July 2005. How about I start there and see how much of 2005 I can get through in the next week or so? I'll let you know.
Jane - owned and operated by the Princess Rita |
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RPCA Cookbook - request for volunteers
On 01/25/2012 01:22 PM, Jack Campin wrote:
I'd love to help, but I'm not sure how to access the archives. I read the groups through Google, which I know isn't ideal, but it's the best I can do while at work. Google is where I go to search for posts for as far back as when the group first started so it would be where I would get the info. Use http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Arch...ats.anecdotes/ instead. Much easier. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- e m a i l : j a c k @ c a m p i n . m e . u k Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland mobile 07800 739 557http://www.campin.me.uk Twitter: JackCampin You never cease to amaze me. Best wishes. MLB |
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