[Ldsoss] Archiving Our Electronic Lives

[V. B. Hunt]

Steven H. McCown wrote:
> Over at slashdot, there is a thread about passing our electronic artifacts down to posterity (http://slashdot.org/~eldavojohn/journal/132841).  
>
> Not trying to start a discussion about rifles, have any of you been working anything novel in this regard?
>
> Steve
>   
I've picked up a new hobby of hard binding books by hand.  When I've got 
enough material ready to bind on my computer, I lump it into a single 
file and organize it using OpenOffice.  Then I save it to a pdf.  After 
that, I use KPDF (and some print filters) to print it as several PDF 
files organized as the "signatures" of a book.  Then when I'm ready to 
bind it as a book, I print out the signatures to hard copy and bind up 
the book.  Electronic formats come and go and are still in a very high 
state of flux.  Books have been around for centuries and will last for a 
few more centuries still.  I find that this is the best way for me to 
preserve my electronic artifacts.  Plus, if it is done the right way, it 
only costs a little for all of the materials involved--including the 
glue and equipment.

Brice