Steven H. McCown wrote:
Over at slashdot, there is a thread about passing our electronic artifacts down to posterity (http://slashdot.org/~eldavojohn/journal/132841).
Not trying to start a discussion about rifles, have any of you been working
anything novel in this regard?
Steve
I've picked up a new hobby of hard binding books by hand. When I've got
enough material ready to bind on my computer, I lump it into a single
file and organize it using OpenOffice. Then I save it to a pdf. After
that, I use KPDF (and some print filters) to print it as several PDF
files organized as the "signatures" of a book. Then when I'm ready to
bind it as a book, I print out the signatures to hard copy and bind up
the book. Electronic formats come and go and are still in a very high
state of flux. Books have been around for centuries and will last for a
few more centuries still. I find that this is the best way for me to
preserve my electronic artifacts. Plus, if it is done the right way, it
only costs a little for all of the materials involved--including the
glue and equipment.
Brice
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