Is it still crazy to scan 1000 magazines?

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aplefka

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Wow, you're so close. What are you gonna do when you finish? I think I remember you saying they still print the mag but once you're done archiving all of them all you'll need to do is scan one per month. Bet that'll be hard. It seems like it hasn't been that long since you started but I think this thread, of all of them, is the best testament to how much of my time I have spent at ATOT.
 
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Aquaman

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Originally posted by: 0ptimist
I have a small 60-page book I want to scan, how to make it a pdf? or any better format? where to get the tools for that? I'll scan them and save them as TIFF (or any lossless format), but what tools to use? a scanning noob here...
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GO here & download a PDF creator

I don't know of a better format then PDF....... but if anyone knows....... please post in this thread.

Cheers,
Aquaman
 
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Aquaman

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Originally posted by: aplefka
Wow, you're so close. What are you gonna do when you finish? I think I remember you saying they still print the mag but once you're done archiving all of them all you'll need to do is scan one per month. Bet that'll be hard. It seems like it hasn't been that long since you started but I think this thread, of all of them, is the best testament to how much of my time I have spent at ATOT.
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When I am finished I will try to sell some of the magazines & if no one wants to buy them..... I will try to give them away to another hobbyist (hopefully a younger person). and some (the ones I had to cut the bindings off........ I will recycle).

Cheers.
Aquaman
 
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dman

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I'm not reading the whole thread, did you OCR at all for 'searching' purposes?
 
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aiex

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I should have said this 700 mags ago but i'm sure you could have improvised some sort of device that did a whole mag for you at once! Scanning individual pages is just crazy!
 
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Aquaman

Lifer
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Originally posted by: dman
I'm not reading the whole thread, did you OCR at all for 'searching' purposes?
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Nope......... that would take to long to run the ocr software then edit all of the scans. I just made jpegs and I am going to put them in PDF format.

Cheers,
Aquaman
 
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Aquaman

Lifer
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Originally posted by: aiex
I should have said this 700 mags ago but i'm sure you could have improvised some sort of device that did a whole mag for you at once! Scanning individual pages is just crazy!
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Nah........... I use what I had (canon canoscan 670U usb scanner. It worked for me :)

Cheers,
Aquaman
 
TallBill

TallBill

Lifer
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I still dont get the damn point of keeping 700 magazines. But whatever. :p

Are you somehow tagging the files so that they are searchable by content?
 
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UlricT

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Originally posted by: Aquaman
Originally posted by: RossMAN
Do you have pics of your acquairairiam?
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Nothing nice............ I actually don't have any set up for the last 3 years because I travel a lot when I am not working at home. I used to have over 100 tanks set up (from 5 gallons to 200 gallons) but that was when I was in school still. I am planing a 2 huge tanks (1000 gallons each, one salt water and one freshwater). but that will be well into the future when I get a bigger house.

Cheers,
Aquaman
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WTF? Where are the pics of the mags? That would be teh ultiamte bkground...
 
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Aquaman

Lifer
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Originally posted by: TallBill
I still dont get the damn point of keeping 700 magazines. But whatever. :p

Are you somehow tagging the files so that they are searchable by content?
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I am making a DB index for all of the articles.

Cheers,
Aquaman
 
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Aquaman

Lifer
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Originally posted by: UlricT
Originally posted by: Aquaman
Originally posted by: RossMAN
Do you have pics of your acquairairiam?
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Nothing nice............ I actually don't have any set up for the last 3 years because I travel a lot when I am not working at home. I used to have over 100 tanks set up (from 5 gallons to 200 gallons) but that was when I was in school still. I am planing a 2 huge tanks (1000 gallons each, one salt water and one freshwater). but that will be well into the future when I get a bigger house.

Cheers,
Aquaman
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WTF? Where are the pics of the mags? That would be teh ultiamte bkground...
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They are all in 6 storage boxes and they weight 314 pounds (144kg).

Cheers,
Aquaman
 
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Aquaman

Lifer
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Originally posted by: rnmcd
Aquaman, did you have an ADF (automatic document feeder) on you scanner?
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No I do not......... I have the Canon Canoscan 670U.

Cheers,
Aquaman
 
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Lifer
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Aquaman

Lifer
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Yeah......... some TFH but I also have AFM, FAMA, AF, MFM, PFK & TFK.

Unfortunately TFH has become harder to scan since they now have a wider page format.

Cheers,
Aquaman
 
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imported_Bassmaster

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Wow! You must be going back 30 years or so!

I guess since you're the OP it's ok to go off subject a tad...

What types of fish do you have and like the best?

Mine are mainly SA/CA cichlids. I'm very much into the aggro species and I've kept most except umbi's and dovii's. Some day I'll own a tank big enough though. :)

I've also have had quite a few Pygocentrus nattereri and a couple Serrasalmus Rhombeus over the years. I like the look of the rhoms but having only one in a tank gets old, unlike the pygo species where you can have a shoal of them.

Albeit, I have to admit, my alltime fav fish ever is a minnow...Epalzeorhynchus bicolor. I don't know why but I love these guys. I'd have a tank full of them if they wouldn't be so anti-conspecific!
 
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Aquaman

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I like (and have) 13 different sp. of Apistogramma (Dwarf Cichlids) and I am working with Endler's livebreeders at the moment.

I also am dabbling with breeding the Maroon Clownfish.

Cheers,
Aquaman
 
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imported_Bassmaster

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Never tried marine fish. Too scared. :D

The apisto's are nice fish but never had any Endlers. Are you trying to bred the Endlers towards anything or just enjoy the live breeding process?

I've never kept dwarf fish and wonder what size tank is the minimum for them? I would imagine something as small as a 10 would be ok for a male and a couple females?

I have a 10 gallon and was thinking of putting 1 male dwarf puffer with 2 females but want to know all options jic I go another route.
 
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Aquaman

Lifer
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I never had a dwarf puffer.

I keep my dwarf cichlids in 20 gallon tanks but if I had the space I would use 40 gallon breeder tanks.

Cheers,
Aquaman
 
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