Am finding files and photos are well-preserved in the unzipped download. However, messages are saved in javascript notation (.json files). And while they can be opened easily with notepad or other text viewer, they display in a form like page source once opened. A lot of code..
Am new to converting .json files and my Googling so far has not turned up a way to open them so that they display just the messages and comments without all the extraneous source code. If anyone knows a trick to do that, please, please share with us.
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Posted by: Gero Bazant <gero.bazant@gmail.com>
Am finding files and photos are well-preserved in the unzipped download. However, messages are saved in javascript notation (.json files). And while they can be opened easily with notepad or other text viewer, they display in a form like page source once opened. A lot of code..
Am new to converting .json files and my Googling so far has not turned up a way to open them so that they display just the messages and comments without all the extraneous source code. If anyone knows a trick to do that, please, please share with us.
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Posted by: Blake Robertson <blake@connectra.com.au>
...for rescuing the data and making it available.
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Posted by: Blake Robertson <blake@connectra.com.au>
We lost track of slurryguy even when the group was still active. We have not been able to find him. I am not sure of the chronology of the group(s). The other person I remember who was very involved was Charmaine Taylor but I have not heard from her in years.
From: papercreters@yahoogroups.com <papercreters@yahoogroups.com> on behalf of KIm Travis gartht@windstream.net [papercreters] <papercreters@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2019 3:28:37 PM
To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com <papercreters@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [papercreters] Re: Is Spaceman the administrator?No, the original pappercrete group may have started as an egroup, then was bought out by yahoo. It died down, then was resurected by hacking to become this papercrete group. I know, I have been around since the beginning, but I have not been an admin. I have a bunch of other groups, one that started as an egroup as well. The Houston Renewable Energy Group is that old too. But it has basically moved to facebook so I won't be working to save it.
Kim Travis, aka Airdriel in the old days.
On 12/10/2019 4:23 PM, ken winston caine ken.winston.caine@gmail.com [papercreters] wrote:
Thank you, Judith.
So it looks like we need to find Slurry Guy and see if he's intetested in exporting the files and posts to groups.io or in letting someone else attempt an export.
Am confused as to the statement that this is the "old group." Is there a new group that already imported this group's data and which is the one we REALLY should be trying to save the data from?
I am on daily digest for this group and Yahoo appears already to have turned off my ability to change that. So it's a little difficult for me to catch replies quickly. (I'm looking in on the web interface periodically to see if there are replies.)
On Tue, Dec 10, 2019, 1:11 PM ken winston caine <ken.winston.caine@gmail.com> wrote:
Anyone know how to reach him quickly?
If he's not interested in exporting the data (uploaded files, posts, etc.) from the group in the next couple days (before Dec. 14 when it all disappears), and wants me to, I can devote a FEW hours to it if he grants me admin access.
If he says OK, go, first I'll check out io's requirements for importing everything. And cost -- if any. If it's free and something I can set up in a few hours, I'll do that. If not, I'll access Yahoo Groups export tool and export everything to a hard drive from which it later can -- hopefully -- be transferred to another home. I have very few hours I can devote to this this week. The sooner you can let me know, the better.
Can anyone help by contacting Spaceman and finding out his interest in this?
Thanks.
k. winston caine
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Posted by: Blake Robertson <blake@connectra.com.au>
No, the original pappercrete group may have started as an egroup, then was bought out by yahoo. It died down, then was resurected by hacking to become this papercrete group. I know, I have been around since the beginning, but I have not been an admin. I have a bunch of other groups, one that started as an egroup as well. The Houston Renewable Energy Group is that old too. But it has basically moved to facebook so I won't be working to save it.
Kim Travis, aka Airdriel in the old days.
Thank you, Judith.
So it looks like we need to find Slurry Guy and see if he's intetested in exporting the files and posts to groups.io or in letting someone else attempt an export.
Am confused as to the statement that this is the "old group." Is there a new group that already imported this group's data and which is the one we REALLY should be trying to save the data from?
I am on daily digest for this group and Yahoo appears already to have turned off my ability to change that. So it's a little difficult for me to catch replies quickly. (I'm looking in on the web interface periodically to see if there are replies.)
On Tue, Dec 10, 2019, 1:11 PM ken winston caine <ken.winston.caine@gmail.com> wrote:
Anyone know how to reach him quickly?
If he's not interested in exporting the data (uploaded files, posts, etc.) from the group in the next couple days (before Dec. 14 when it all disappears), and wants me to, I can devote a FEW hours to it if he grants me admin access.
If he says OK, go, first I'll check out io's requirements for importing everything. And cost -- if any. If it's free and something I can set up in a few hours, I'll do that. If not, I'll access Yahoo Groups export tool and export everything to a hard drive from which it later can -- hopefully -- be transferred to another home. I have very few hours I can devote to this this week. The sooner you can let me know, the better.
Can anyone help by contacting Spaceman and finding out his interest in this?
Thanks.
k. winston caine
I clicked on your link and got a message that it was an invalid url.On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 11:11 AM Gero Bazant gero.bazant@gmail.com [papercreters] <papercreters@yahoogroups.com> wrote:Not directly related to the group-moving discussion... 8 years ago I created a Wiki on WikiDot (http://papercrete.wikidot.com/) - I would be happy to transfer ownership to whoever is interested in building that out.GeroOn Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 7:11 AM KIm Travis gartht@windstream.net [papercreters] <papercreters@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Most of my yahoo groups that are active have moved to https://groups.io That is an option.
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Posted by: Gero Bazant <gero.bazant@gmail.com>
No, the original pappercrete group may have started as an egroup, then was bought out by yahoo. It died down, then was resurected by hacking to become this papercrete group. I know, I have been around since the beginning, but I have not been an admin. I have a bunch of other groups, one that started as an egroup as well. The Houston Renewable Energy Group is that old too. But it has basically moved to facebook so I won't be working to save it.
Kim Travis, aka Airdriel in the old days.
Thank you, Judith.
So it looks like we need to find Slurry Guy and see if he's intetested in exporting the files and posts to groups.io or in letting someone else attempt an export.
Am confused as to the statement that this is the "old group." Is there a new group that already imported this group's data and which is the one we REALLY should be trying to save the data from?
I am on daily digest for this group and Yahoo appears already to have turned off my ability to change that. So it's a little difficult for me to catch replies quickly. (I'm looking in on the web interface periodically to see if there are replies.)
On Tue, Dec 10, 2019, 1:11 PM ken winston caine <ken.winston.caine@gmail.com> wrote:
Anyone know how to reach him quickly?
If he's not interested in exporting the data (uploaded files, posts, etc.) from the group in the next couple days (before Dec. 14 when it all disappears), and wants me to, I can devote a FEW hours to it if he grants me admin access.
If he says OK, go, first I'll check out io's requirements for importing everything. And cost -- if any. If it's free and something I can set up in a few hours, I'll do that. If not, I'll access Yahoo Groups export tool and export everything to a hard drive from which it later can -- hopefully -- be transferred to another home. I have very few hours I can devote to this this week. The sooner you can let me know, the better.
Can anyone help by contacting Spaceman and finding out his interest in this?
Thanks.
k. winston caine
Anyone know how to reach him quickly?
If he's not interested in exporting the data (uploaded files, posts, etc.) from the group in the next couple days (before Dec. 14 when it all disappears), and wants me to, I can devote a FEW hours to it if he grants me admin access.
If he says OK, go, first I'll check out io's requirements for importing everything. And cost -- if any. If it's free and something I can set up in a few hours, I'll do that. If not, I'll access Yahoo Groups export tool and export everything to a hard drive from which it later can -- hopefully -- be transferred to another home. I have very few hours I can devote to this this week. The sooner you can let me know, the better.
Can anyone help by contacting Spaceman and finding out his interest in this?Thanks.k. winston caine
