I'm afraid their navigation could use work, so I usually do google searches and add "site:archive.org" to my query. -tim On April 18, 2017, Al Sten-Clanton wrote: > Any tips for getting around archives.org? Somebody recommended it > to me a few weeks ago, so I gave it a quick shot. I was looking > for old-time radio stuff. I failed to find anything, for all the > crawling around I did. I'll therefore be grateful for any pointers > on using it. > > Al > > On 4/18/2017 9:29 AM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > Tony, > > I am a firm believer in synchronicity. > > What makes your post hug worthy is that I was just wondering about > > archives.org. Reasoning being that sometimes a writer decides, > > either by accident or intention to delete all their > > fanfiction.net work. I recently found an hp story by such a > > writer, wondered about their other creations, and > > thought....hmmmm wonder if archives.org has anything? That was > > last night, I check mail this morning to find your post. So... > > *hugs* > > Thanks! > > Kare > > > > > > On Tue, 18 Apr 2017, Tony Baechler wrote: > > > >> Again, as usual, sorry for the lateness, but search for > >> fanfiction on archive.org. Archive Team uploaded a huge dump of > >> the fanfiction.net site, perfect for offline reading, assuming > >> it's still there. Be warned that it's very huge! Don't download > >> on a slow connection or with limited disk space. I'm not sure if > >> new stuff is added and I don't remember the upload date offhand, > >> so probably a few years old by now, but still a huge amount of > >> reading material. It's a full or nearly complete site dump, so > >> should be navigable with any browser. > >> > >> On 3/22/2017 6:00 PM, Tim Chase wrote: > >>> (yes, both your original post and your nudge came through) > >>> > >>> Am I missing something in particular? I visited the site in > >>> Lynx-the-cat and was able to get to a number of the fanfic > >>> works without any issue. Just to sample, I went in by Movie > >>> and sampled some of the X-Men works, and went in by TV Show and > >>> sampled some of the M*A*S*H works. They all came back as HTML. > >>> > >>> If you're looking for a scraper, the classic "wget" tool should > >>> provide the ability to scrape a subset of the site. You might > >>> then have to do some post-cleanup if you don't want all the > >>> site-related periphery. > >>> > >>> -tim > >>> > >>> On March 22, 2017, Karen Lewellen wrote: > >>> > there is a site called fan fiction. > >>> > www.fanfiction.net > >>> > A very long time ago it was possible to download items > >>> > there, but now one must use a third party application. > >>> > I am wondering if there is a command line tool, something > >>> > that might be a part of the Ubuntu distribution since that is > >>> > what I have both at shellworld and via dreamhost that can get > >>> > the works converting them into well anything? > >>> > via robobraille I can convert both epub and pdf into text. > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Blinux-list mailing list > >>> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> James 5:16 Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray > >> one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a > >> righteous man availeth much in its working. (ASV) > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Blinux-list mailing list > >> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >> > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list