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Re: Lego Bookmarks - TODD, read this
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 23 Oct 1998 02:05:40 GMT
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I see this as another addition to Lugnet - expanding the links currently
there, adding them in a searchable database, and then having the server
automatically check for dead links every day and remove ones that are dead
for more than a few days in a row (this covers a 1 day downtime for various
problems).
Todd - were you considering such a thing? Doable without tons of work?
Ed "Boxer" Jones wrote:
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> Thomas Main wrote:
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> > Mike Stanley wrote:
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> > <snip>
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> > > I'd love to have a centralized clearinghouse for Lego-related
> > > bookmarks. The various link pages are great, but they will never be
> > > as up-to-date as a collection of everyone's bookmarks.
> >
> >
> > Have you seen http://www.newhoo.com/Home/Kids/Toys/Lego/
> > I was hoping this would become the centralized source you were talking
> > about, but I don't think many people use it. I am thinking about
> > copying this structure and these links into my bookmark file and going
> > from there, also checking the Everything Lego page mentioned in this
> > thread and adding to it...it's just such a laborious task..."almost as
> > much fun as sorting Lego."
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> I just found the "Newhoo..." site today. Nice set of links.
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> But more to the subject, I just finished 2 weeks worth of work on a page of
> boxing links. I started out with over 200 links, and after getting rid of
> the dead ones, reduced it 120. Well, today there are already 15 broken
> links.
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> The moral is, its not an easy task and would have to be checked constantly.
> Lots of work, much more frustration.
--
Tom Stangl
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| (...) The Lego Maniac's Search Engine already does that. -Tim <>< (URL) Posted via the LUGNET discussion group web interface ======== (URL) Search, Read, Post, or Watch Traffic (26 years ago, 23-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Lego Bookmarks - TODD, read this
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| I might be able to contribute to something like this pretty soon. I'm working with a friend on a workgroup bookmark system which would be very similar to what you want. The best part of it (in my view) is that it has a Windows client (also works (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I just found the "Newhoo..." site today. Nice set of links. But more to the subject, I just finished 2 weeks worth of work on a page of boxing links. I started out with over 200 links, and after getting rid of the dead ones, reduced it 120. (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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