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 Post subject: Save The Tom Waits Library
PostPosted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 2:04 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: Save The Tom Waits Library
PostPosted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 2:13 pm 
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OK,

Does Pieter allow that someone takes over this work ?
Can we change his mind ?
other ideas
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 Post subject: Re: Save The Tom Waits Library
PostPosted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 2:21 pm 
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sad, sad, sad news

it is such a great , encyclopedic website... everything you might ever need to know about tom waits (and other subjects) you can find it in the library.

BIG thanks for the hard work Pieter!!
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Yes, very sad news...


Big thanks also from me!
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 Post subject: Re: Save The Tom Waits Library
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What if Tom releases 6 more great albums ...
Very sad.

Hope at least the site stays up.
But it will never be the same anymore without updates.
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stefanvandenberghe wrote:
Does Pieter allow that someone takes over this work ?
Wouldn't know, it's so his site besides it might be impossible
to contain his high standard
Can we change his mind ?
Don't think so.
other ideas
Not right now, thanks Brandi for making this thread!!
.....

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Oh, man.... :( Hate to see this disappear. Can anything be done?

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In theory, a person could download the entire site for a backup in case it were to come down... Just saying

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Somehow his "What a ride ... :-)"
made me smile, somewhat ... "as a farmer with toothache" as the dutch saying goes

Posted in the DutchDog group, maybe more info from them ...

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I would hate to see it just disappear..... this is sad news......
I hope that there is someway to keep it going....

@surf - yes I had a slight grin on my face as well when I read that line......

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Jonas posted on the RD list he could set up a duplicate
but guess it's Pieter's call ...

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I sure hope it can be preserved at the least. It seems far to important a dedicated resource to just disappear. Thanks Pieter for all the time & work you've put into the Library.

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THart wrote:
I sure hope it can be preserved at the least. It seems far to important a dedicated resource to just disappear. Thanks Pieter for all the time & work you've put into the Library.

So Amen!!

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Such sad news indeed, this has been one of my greatest resources for all things TW for many, many years. I'd love to know if there's anything I can do to help keep this going, perhaps a wikipedia style format? something, anything....
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I downloaded some of the content to:
http://windyjonas.tilaa.nl/tomwaitslibrary
There are still stuff missing there, but I'll get to it.

At least we will have a backup.
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DetroitMike wrote:
Such sad news indeed, this has been one of my greatest resources for all things TW for many, many years. I'd love to know if there's anything I can do to help keep this going, perhaps a wikipedia style format? something, anything....


You know a TW wiki would be an excellent idea, a great way to get contributions from the large number of TW fans as long as it was kept factually accurate.

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