I'm way behind on reading the list (just finished the Nov 8th digest, only
about 140 more to go... :-). In my catchup reading, I've noticed the
occasional posting of Triumph bits at eBay. I just did a search and found
more than 60 items that seemed to be Triumph-related. That's too much to
page through on a regular basis and I hate having to visit web sites to see
what's new, so I wrote a little script to download the page search for
"triumph -motorcycle", snip out the interesting content and compare it with
the content saved the day before. This gives me a little update checker.
The output is just a list of item numbers and descriptions as in
70067630 NOS Triumph Spitfire Catalytic Converter
70317267 Triumph Spitfire Transmission 75-80
70320556 Triumph Spitfire ,GT6 License Lamp
The filter runs as a Unix cron job each morning at 6am Eastern and sends me
email when something new is added (only the new stuff, not existing or
removed stuff). Since sending mail to a list is about as easy as sending
mail to an individual, if anyone's interested in getting such an update,
drop me a note and I'll add you to the distribution list. I don't think the
whole list will be interested in this, nor do I think it's a good idea for
programs to be sending mail to large mailing lists that are under other
peoples' control (too much chance for runaway programs and the resulting bad
vibes).
*Don't* send your request to be added to the triumphs list. I figure it
will be sometime in May before I see it at the rate I'm reading digests.
Remember: Spring is just around the corner...
Skip Montanaro | Mojam: "Uniting the World of Music" http://www.mojam.com/
skip@mojam.com | Musi-Cal: http://www.musi-cal.com/
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