Re: [NTLK] Where is DJ?

DJV reporting back to HQ:

> I recently announced the creation of yet more Newton eBooks. I sent
> them, along with "source" .NP! files (from NewtonPress) and "Read Me"
> text files, to DJ.

Already added to the Temporary Newton Library by Marty. Thanks Marty,
Matt-the-K and Tony for the new books added during my hiatus and your
kind help with Library maintenance.

> However, I have not received any response back from DJ. Is he on
> sabbatical?

Thanks for all the mails and kind wishes I've found in my mailbox when
I managed to restore my digitality.

My PowerBook broke down. Replacing the motherboard turned out to be too
expensive (EUR 380 + EUR 130 for installation), buying a new used
PowerBook was also way above the budget. Ahh, I'd have loved to get a
nice, tasty well-worn PowerBook G4 with 1 GHz... I'd even bring my own
RAM and HD... Still, no avail.

In the end, the nothing less than amazing crew of Winning Industries
Ltd. somehow poked hot irons at the board and mumbled something about
"prob'ly musta been the Power Management", and now the box runs again.
Checking 'round for fixes and trying things just took too long. Now I
hope it holds until I can convince some kind soul (read: sucker) to
part from his or her PowerBook (anything > 550 Mhz)... ;=}

> Maybe I'll need to find a new repository for saving Newton eBooks.

Done already, and added some more.

> Anyone have ideas on this?

Yes, working on it (since three years, actually). Hope something nicer
works out soon, if not, I'm willing to go on like before. Works,
doesn't it?

> Is Victor back to taking on new content for UNNA?

The submission queue in which my last submissions from summer 2004
(2003?) rotted peacefully has vanished since the last server move.
That, and some other oddities convinced me early last year to rough it
on my own and find a simpler, but much more welcoming home.

Best wishes to all, and good to read you again.

DJ Vollkasko

P.S.: Hey, I'm running out of stuff to read. Somebody drop some new
books my way, pls.! ;=}

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THE TEMPORARY NEWTON LIBRARY: NEW ADDITIONS

New in
http://www.stillnewt.org/library/_Software/
_Other%20Newton%20Applications/
TimeTally%20Free%20(Tony%20Copping,%20Signature%20Software%20Ltd.%201996
)/ :

        TimeTally!
        ==========
A Newton application that sums up times from your Newton "Dates"
calendar. Written by Tony Copping, Signature Software Ltd., 1996
(Thanks, Matt-the-K!)

New in http://www.stillnewt.org/library/_Fiction/
        Childers, Robert Erskine (1870-1922) - The Riddle of the Sands (1903)

One of the greatest books describing small craft sailing, this is a
true classic in the spy-novel genre. Brilliant writing, great
description of the fantastic landscape of the Frisian North Sea coast.
Newtified by D. Vollkasko, appended with a whole batch of
Wikipedia-articles on the author, the book, the genre(s) and the unique
landscape the story takes place in.

New in
http://www.stillnewt.org/library/_Fiction/_Crime%20and%20Mystery/
Rohmer,%20Sax%20(1883-1959)/Fu%20Manchu-Stories/

        The Hand Of Fu-Manchu (1917)/

Sax Rohmer's third novel on the cruel Chinese archfiend. Newtified by
DJV, appended with Wikipedia-Articles on Rohmer, Fu Manchu, and other
stuff.

> Von: mkow1234@aol.com
> Datum: 11. Mai 2006 04:22:15 MESZ
> Betreff: Where is DJ?
>
> Hello Newtonfolk:
>
>
> I recently announced the creation of yet more Newton eBooks. I sent
> them, along with "source" .NP! files (from NewtonPress) and "Read Me"
> text files, to DJ.
>
>
> However, I have not received any response back from DJ. Is he on
> sabbatical? Maybe I'll need to find a new repository for saving Newton
> eBooks. Anyone have ideas on this? Is Victor back to taking on new
> content for UNNA? Thanks.
>
>
> Matt K.
> Detroit, Michigan, USA

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