Pre-Made Scoops for our Regular Members - Page 3

captainao · 04-01-2004, 03:10 PM

I'd suggested FTP because it not only solves the scheduled download issue, but there are also some good Palm clients (I use VFSFTP) that would make downloading these with a PDA a lot easier than using NetFront or another browser.
As a bonus, if users received individual logins to the FTP server (same as their login here perhaps?) it would be possible for admins to monitor/cap bandwidth usage.
Just my .02

Alexander Turcic · 04-02-2004, 10:06 AM

captainao, I must think about it.

Alexander Turcic · 04-02-2004, 10:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gvtexas

...Only tried a few, but on The Economist scoop when you click on the "More From (blank)" links you get screens and screens of urls...

I cleaned it up, Gary (hope it didn't break the script

).

cactusjack · 04-06-2004, 09:52 PM

Alexander this is a pretty sweet thing, it seems to work very well. What do you plan going forward with this concept??? Subscription based or ????

Either way its a great idea

drc54 · 04-14-2004, 02:43 AM

Alexander, yes, this is a good idea indeed. I've been searching the internet to find references of a successful Palm and Nokia 6610 GPRS set up using the IR connection. If and when I can make it work, then with this collection, it will be like watching news on the hour every hour.

Alexander Turcic · 04-14-2004, 03:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cactusjack

Alexander this is a pretty sweet thing, it seems to work very well. What do you plan going forward with this concept??? Subscription based or ????

Either way its a great idea

Thanks for the compliments, cactusjack. The service will be free, to everyone who is participating in the forum. So far, everyone with +20 posts or who has been contributing in other ways received a private login. This is not meant to be 'elitist', but to serve two purposes. A) To keep it private (don't want to stumble over copyright issues by making this public), B) To keep traffic to a minimum. As far how we will go forward with this... I am not exactly sure. I will definitely add more scoops to it. We will see how the other parts of the new sites (on which I am still working) will go.

Greets
Alex

melvynadam · 04-14-2004, 04:06 AM

Alex, thanks for the update - it all sounds very exciting. Can you tell us which scoops are 'Coming Soon To A PC Near You'?
Also, what new sites are you working on? All this time you spoke of new sites I assumed you meant the move to mobileread from turcic. Is there more PDA related stuff to come?

Alexander Turcic · 04-14-2004, 07:50 AM

melvyn,

as you noticed correctly turcic.com became mobileread.com. But beside the name change, I am planning to do a complete site makeover. New features, new layout, etc. I am very excited about these changes and have been working on them for the past few months. I think soon I will be able to make them public.

About the scoops... I am going to add those scoops that are of interest to most of us. I haven't planned any specific ones yet, but NYT is definitely going to be one of them.

Greets

drc54 · 04-15-2004, 10:09 AM

Okay, so I got my Palm 515 working with my 6610 GPRS. Which means, I second Captainao's suggestion for the FTP option. Wouldn't it be nice, Sunday morning, go to your favorite Coffee Shop, fire-up the Palm/6610 contraption, FTP to your site. While the coffee is still brewing, I can already be enjoying the latest hot-off-the-press happenings. Sunday comic strips? Probably asking too much. But, hey, it's great stuff you're doing here. Really appreciate it.

Alexander Turcic · 04-15-2004, 01:07 PM

just curious since I don't have a wifi/gprs-capable pda yet... isn't it possible to fetch the scoops also from WWW instead of FTP?

drc54 · 04-16-2004, 09:43 AM

Well, the problem I encountered is that the site requires user and password authentication. Since I'm using a freeware web browser, I don't know, if at all, a way to send the user/pw tokens. I enter the url and it replies with an error message authentication required. The user/pw panel doesn't come up to allow me to enter name/pw. I don't quite understand how to use Palm's Web Clipping, which may be the way to do it.

BTW, I'm using a Nokia 6610 GPRS phone, connected to the M515 via IR. I have WAP/GPRS account with StarHub in Singapore.

Alexander Turcic · 04-16-2004, 09:56 AM

Can you try it like this, perhaps it works:

http://username:password@sitename.com

drc54 · 04-17-2004, 12:03 AM

Nope. Doesn't work. The browser I used, Sedaka and Matrix, will throw me to Google when I enter the URL as you suggested. Let browse around, should be a way to pass username and password, or perhaps, I need to install another module.

melvynadam · 05-11-2004, 05:37 PM

So what's new with the scoops? Are you planning to add more?

Alexander Turcic · 05-12-2004, 03:32 AM

Yes - I was just too preoccupied bringing out the new version of mobileread.com. Now I should have more time again to play with the scoops.

Alex

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04-01-2004, 03:10 PM	#31
captainao Enthusiast Posts: 34 Karma: 3184 Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: NYC Device: Axim x51v;T\|X;NX73;SEK750	I'd suggested FTP because it not only solves the scheduled download issue, but there are also some good Palm clients (I use VFSFTP) that would make downloading these with a PDA a lot easier than using NetFront or another browser. As a bonus, if users received individual logins to the FTP server (same as their login here perhaps?) it would be possible for admins to monitor/cap bandwidth usage. Just my .02

04-02-2004, 10:06 AM	#32
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,171 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	captainao, I must think about it.

04-06-2004, 09:52 PM	#34
cactusjack Member Posts: 18 Karma: 19436 Join Date: Mar 2003 Device: TT	Alexander this is a pretty sweet thing, it seems to work very well. What do you plan going forward with this concept??? Subscription based or ???? Either way its a great idea

04-14-2004, 02:43 AM	#35
drc54 Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Singapore Device: Palm m515, now TX	Alexander, yes, this is a good idea indeed. I've been searching the internet to find references of a successful Palm and Nokia 6610 GPRS set up using the IR connection. If and when I can make it work, then with this collection, it will be like watching news on the hour every hour.

04-14-2004, 04:06 AM	#37
melvynadam Connoisseur Posts: 69 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Israel Device: Kindle Paperwhite, iPhone, iPad	Alex, thanks for the update - it all sounds very exciting. Can you tell us which scoops are 'Coming Soon To A PC Near You'? Also, what new sites are you working on? All this time you spoke of new sites I assumed you meant the move to mobileread from turcic. Is there more PDA related stuff to come?

04-14-2004, 07:50 AM	#38
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,171 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	melvyn, as you noticed correctly turcic.com became mobileread.com. But beside the name change, I am planning to do a complete site makeover. New features, new layout, etc. I am very excited about these changes and have been working on them for the past few months. I think soon I will be able to make them public. About the scoops... I am going to add those scoops that are of interest to most of us. I haven't planned any specific ones yet, but NYT is definitely going to be one of them. Greets

04-15-2004, 10:09 AM	#39
drc54 Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Singapore Device: Palm m515, now TX	Okay, so I got my Palm 515 working with my 6610 GPRS. Which means, I second Captainao's suggestion for the FTP option. Wouldn't it be nice, Sunday morning, go to your favorite Coffee Shop, fire-up the Palm/6610 contraption, FTP to your site. While the coffee is still brewing, I can already be enjoying the latest hot-off-the-press happenings. Sunday comic strips? Probably asking too much. But, hey, it's great stuff you're doing here. Really appreciate it.

04-15-2004, 01:07 PM	#40
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,171 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	just curious since I don't have a wifi/gprs-capable pda yet... isn't it possible to fetch the scoops also from WWW instead of FTP?

04-16-2004, 09:43 AM	#41
drc54 Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Singapore Device: Palm m515, now TX	Well, the problem I encountered is that the site requires user and password authentication. Since I'm using a freeware web browser, I don't know, if at all, a way to send the user/pw tokens. I enter the url and it replies with an error message authentication required. The user/pw panel doesn't come up to allow me to enter name/pw. I don't quite understand how to use Palm's Web Clipping, which may be the way to do it. BTW, I'm using a Nokia 6610 GPRS phone, connected to the M515 via IR. I have WAP/GPRS account with StarHub in Singapore.

04-16-2004, 09:56 AM	#42
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,171 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	Can you try it like this, perhaps it works: http://username:password@sitename.com

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04-17-2004, 12:03 AM	#43
drc54 Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Singapore Device: Palm m515, now TX	Nope. Doesn't work. The browser I used, Sedaka and Matrix, will throw me to Google when I enter the URL as you suggested. Let browse around, should be a way to pass username and password, or perhaps, I need to install another module.

05-11-2004, 05:37 PM	#44
melvynadam Connoisseur Posts: 69 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Israel Device: Kindle Paperwhite, iPhone, iPad	So what's new with the scoops? Are you planning to add more?

05-12-2004, 03:32 AM	#45
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,171 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	Yes - I was just too preoccupied bringing out the new version of mobileread.com. Now I should have more time again to play with the scoops. Alex