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Old 06-14-2007, 02:43 AM   #1
travis
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Automating offline web content collection

I have been trying to find the best way to automate gathering information off the web for later offline reading (on a Nokia 800 internet tablet equipped with FBReader).

I will be traveling extensively for a long period of time with only occasional internet access for my Nokia 800. What I would like to do is automatically gather content from several web sites that I enjoy reading while I have internet access for reading later offline. For instance, a couple of newspapers and the Wall Street Journal (I am a subscriber). This would also reduce the amount of time I need to spend at internet cafes and let me catch up on reading during down time when I am traveling by bus or plane, during days when I am resting, on the beach, etc. (I will have a spare battery and an external charger). Paper books are not even an option because they are too heavy and bulky for a trip of this length and I will not be in any English speaking countries where I could purchase along the way.

I have searched here and found several possible solutions but I am not sure about the right one and they all require a considerable learning curve to even determine what they can do. I have briefly looked at Dapper.net, Sitescooper, Website Puller, etc., but I don't really know what is possible with them. Reading RSS Feeds offline really is not a solution for me since the feeds are so incomplete (although that does help me part way with a few blogs that I read).

My dream setup would be something that would automatically email me daily an HTML file for the web sites that I am interested in in a way that I could read offline later. Then whenever I pull down my emails on my Nokia 800 I would basically have lots of offline content to read and I wouldn't miss anything since the content is being archived daily.

Can anyone suggest a direction for me to research? I am mostly looking for high level direction. I don't even know where to start or if what I am looking for is even possible (within reason).

Thanks!
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