Thread: Busy (but Geeky) Mom wants freedom from laptop (lots of online fic forum reading)
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Old 06-26-2009, 04:57 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by Siwickimom View Post
I read a lot of online fiction at forums like fanfiction.net.

I don't mind converting things, we have the computers and savvy to do it. But the things I have been reading MOST lately, by FAR is online fiction at fanfiction.net.
I presume you already know about FLAG? I'm working on creating a "Portable FLAG" install (basically, Portable XAMPP with the configuration modified to work with FLAG) that people can run on their computer. Another thing I've noticed is most downloaders (alas, including FLAG) require that you enter the story id when you want to download a fanfic. Hopefully, I can code something to get around that, say you can just search for the title and it will return a page similar to FanFiction.Net's search results page, except it has embedded links to both print and ebook versions of the fanfic.

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Lots of stories that are ongoing and have new updates, etc. I know there are downloaders and grabbers out there and I was playing around w/ them last night. I can grab things and I know I'd be able to transfer them over to the Sony. But I just can't help having this daytime fantasy about being on the bench outside my daughter's ballet class and getting a notification from my cell phone that there is a new update to a story I was reading and whipping out the K2 and going to the forum and reading it. Or when I get 30 minutes to myself being able to just grab my Kindle and head off to my bedroom and browse for new LOTR fics and start reading, without having to pick what I want to read, grab it w/ a downloader, and transfer it over.
I already have something similar going on, which is, perhaps, the reason I love my iPhone so much. I have a XAMPP server running on my home PC with FLAG installed and coded some PHP scripts that automatically creates online catalogs for Stanza on the iPhone. With that, I just browse the online catalogs for new and updated fanfics from my favorite categories directly from Stanza. If I find a fanfic I feel like reading, I just click on download and the script automatically prepares a nicely formatted Stanza-compatible epub complete with ToC. I have to say, the instant gratification aspect of such a set-up is wonderful. Still need to add some more features to the catalog, though (add to favorites, add to story alerts, etc).
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