I might send out some disks for people to beta-test.
Since I'm home with
Markus (no daycare on MLK Day), I've got most of the
TAGs scanned already!
Here's a question: Do you think it would make sense
having one "TAG page"
per PDF page, or do 2 side-by-side "TAG Pages" for
each PDF page?
- Erik
On Mon, 17 Jan 2005, Larry Lampert wrote:
> Me too. I want a DVD as soon as they are
available!
>
> Larry
>
>
> --- "S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm sold.
>> sh
>> --- Karen Randall <krandall@rdrcpa.biz> wrote:
>>
>>> I can't think of anything to change!
>>>
>>> Karen
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Erik Olson" <erik@thekrib.com>
>>> To: <aga-mcm@thekrib.com>
>>> Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 10:35 AM
>>> Subject: [AGA-mcm] TAG archive CD/DVD
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 16 Jan 2005, Phil Edwards wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Ah, I missed the point! I didn't know it was
a
>> CD
>>> until AFTER I posted
>>>>> that. It's going to have all the articles on
>> the CD,
>>> isn't it?
>>>>>
>>>>> My beanie's not up to speed yet. I'll catch
up
>> to
>>> formation soon....:)
>>>>
>>>> No worries -- it's been quite a while since the
>> AGA
>>> talked of this
>>>> archive. In fact, I beleive that was around
the
>> time I
>>> was calling you on
>>>> a cellphone in the middle of the 2002 banquet
so
>> your
>>> local party would
>>>> know the aquascaping contest was now open. So
>> it
>>> probably would have been
>>>> worthwhile to recap the proposal to start.
>> Here's the
>>> "latest",
>>>> incorporating yesterday's talk:
>>>>
>>>> 1. This is a CD-ROM containing
>>>> a. the "prehistorical" issues Vol 1-3, never
>> available
>>> as back issues
>>>> b. all of Neil's and Mary's issues, now
>> out-of-print
>>>> c. my one-shot issue, even though it's still
>> for sale
>>> (just 'cause
>>>> it closes out the black-n-white era)
>>>> d. the out-of-print PAM's? [New Idea]
>>>> d. Indexes and cross-references for ALL issues
>> of TAG
>>> and PAM as
>>>> of date of release
>>>>
>>>> 2. Technical details on the pages themselves:
>> 100 dpi
>>> resamples of each
>>>> page, saved as reasonably-high quality jpegs,
>> with HTML
>>> pages surrounding
>>>> them for navigation. The pages are NOT turned
>> back
>>> into text, and thus
>>>> not searchable. We're relying on the indexes
>> for this.
>>>>
>>>> 3. For issues not included in the archive
>> (i.e.,
>>> everything available for
>>>> purchase!), have something on its contents page
>> that
>>> says "this back-issue
>>>> is available for purchase" with a back-link to
>> the
>>> website. [New Idea]
>>>>
>>>> 4. Also release DVD-ROM version that also
>> contains 300
>>> dpi printable PDFs
>>>> (but again, based on JPEG images, not on
>> original
>>> text). [New Idea]
>>>>
>>>> 5. The AGA Website already contains (today!) a
>>> significantly scaled-down
>>>> version of the archive
>>> (www.aquatic-gardeners.org/TAGIndex):
>>>>
>>>> a. It's integrated into the main website and
>>> incorporates its
>>>> style sheets, etc
>>>> b. No actual articles hosted on the website,
>> just
>>> indexes,
>>>> covers, and tables of contents
>>>> c. Website version will be modified to have
the
>> TOC's
>>> report
>>>> "This issue is available as part of our
back
>> issue
>>> CD-ROM"
>>>> or "This issue is available for individual
>>> purchase" with
>>>> appropriate linkes [New Idea]
>>>>
>>>> 6. Pricing: I propose $25 for the DVD-ROM and
>> $20 for
>>> the CD-ROM,
>>>> with a $5 hike for non-members or people
out
>> of the
>>> country. CD's
>>>> and DVD's are very cheap to ship.
>> Domestically,
>>> it's about a
>>>> buck-o-five (actually buck-o-six, but they
>> didn't
>>> write a song about
>>>> that in Team America). Foreign is
>> $2.50-3.50, and
>>> I have to go down
>>>> to the Post Office. But I kinda like the
>> idea of
>>> giving the foreign
>>>> nonmembers a break and not penalizing them
>> twice.
>>>>
>>>> 7. Why it's not going to happen today, and
>> might not
>>> happen for another
>>>> 6-12 months:
>>>>
>>>> a. Need to rescan TAG v.4-10 as originals lost
>> in a
>>> hard drive
>>>> crash in 2000 before backup. Cheryl just
>> mailed me
>>> a nicer
>>>> set that has the real covers for the first
>> year and
>>> doesn't
>>>> have my home address pasted on the back.
>>>>
>>>> b. Program mods to implement the new ideas,
and
>> split
>>> out the
>>>> author index alphabetically. Also need
icon
>> for
>>> subject index.
>>>>
>>>> c. baby #2 is due March 1st.
>>>>
>>>> So I guess I'd like to see feedback on the
>> modified
>>> proposal so it can be
>>>> brought to a vote & maybe finished in the next
>> month.
>>> But if it's a year
>>>> from now, at least it's official.
>>>>
>>>> - Erik
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Erik Olson