Slide Rule Era 39

[WinelandV]

At the risk of being insensitive, is SlideRuleEra still around? I was trying to access

http://www.slideruleera.net

this morning and that site appears to no longer exists. I don't suppose anyone created a copy of all the data that was there?

Please note that is a "v" (as in Violin) not a "y".

 

[JONDSWARTZ]

Thank you, bridgebuster. You were the first ET member to offer files to post on the website. Two out of copyright books on bridge design. PDF's of both will be included in the forthcoming package of website content.

Hello!-Is there any update to the package of content from the SlideRuleEra.net website? The information on this website was extremely valuable and has been sorely missed since it was discontinued this year, but thank you for the many years of hosting the website previously!

 

[SlideRuleEra]

Thank you, JONDSWARTZ. No, have not posted the info... events took an unexpected turn a few months ago. The Homeowner's Association where I live asked me to shepherd assorted community infrastructure projects thru design / construction. So, unretired my PE license and have been involved with these.

 

[Jerehmy]

Just wanted to say I’ve found SREs website useful in the past and hope a new incarnation comes about!

 

[ggcdn]

FYI, I've started creating a list of historical references that were external links rather than hosted PDFs (eg, links to archive.org documents). So far I've added Building Codes and Steel Manuals.

I also added a few that weren't on SRE's site, like NBC, historical state codes, etc.

Some of the links may be broken, but many are working. The links to Google Books dont work for me, but I'm not sure if that's because I'm not American.

The list is available here


-JA (working on [link calcs.app]Calcs.app[/url])

 

[ChipB]

Well, crap!!!
I didn't realize SlideRuleEra's site was down.

SRE,
Thanks so much for everything you have contributed!!!
I downloaded many valuable publications from your website!!!
Now, if I can just remember where I saved them.....

 

[adamewood]

Sorry for reviving an old thread, but just now realizing that slideruleera.net is no more.

SRE and whomever wrote that ASCE 7 wind loading excel program are the greatest engineers of our generation in my opinion. Long live SRE!

 

[coastal43]

Sliderulera, would you be able to post a zip file of the contents of your website? Some of the documents I would frequent your site for are not on the backup site.

 

[lexpatrie]

Wind loading program is probably Alex Tomanovich. Look at excelcals.com or something vaguely similar.

https://www.excelcalcs.com/publicprofile/2056

Slide rule is going to ask what you're after specifically, I'd wager, so they can upload it.

A list of the files, now that would be something, just an index of the stuff. Or inventory. Whatever.

 

[SlideRuleEra]

coastal43 - I had planned to make the website content available, but unexpected events have changed that. Site held several gigabytes; a bigger job than I expected. If you need certain documents I'll try to post them... per lexpatrie's prediction.

The link to the WayBackMachine image is as good an index as I ever had. Website was started about 2005 just to see if I could do it (my stepdaughter gave me a half hour of basic instructions on how to proceed). That's why it had such a quirky look. Had no clue that the outdated info would actually be of use. In 2005 there were few websites with that type content, many more these days.

 

[SE2607]

Omar Blodgett probably never thought he would have such a following either.

 

[coastal43]

I apologize, I wrote that before reading everything and thought I updated my original post. It was a document for the Bethlehem Steel Sheet Pile, the link no longer appears to work on the archive link. It's saved me a few times identifying sections down in Baltimore Harbor in the past. Thanks for hosting the site for all these years.

 

[SlideRuleEra]

coastal43 - The attached Bethlehem Steel Sheet Pile file is probably what you are looking for.

 

[coastal43]

Thank you, one hell of a resource.

 

[KootK]

I had planned to make the website content available, but unexpected events have changed that. Site held several gigabytes; a bigger job than I expected.

That's a bit unnerving given the amount of time that's elapsed on this thread (13 months) and how important your site obviously is to the community here.

Here's one, temporary solution that I would be willing to help with:

1) My Dropbox for business account currently has 6TB of empty space on it.

2) I could create a sub-account to my Dropbox account for your use. No one but you could access it without your permission (not even me I believe).

3) You upload your file set to the Dropbox space via synch or direct upload as you see fit.

4) You distribute the files as you see fit or have me do it on you behalf following whatever protocol you specify.

5) In the future, perhaps you have someone else host your stuff on their web page per your wishes.

This way, at least:

a) Members of our community can get the information that they seek one way or another and;

b) Your creation doesn't have to die/retire with you should you get hit by a bus or decide to focus on your putting game.

c) This wouldn't cost either of us anything in the short to near term.

 

[SlideRuleEra]

KootK - That is an interesting way of making the info available. Much of the problem is at my end (remember this was a casual hobby, not a job). The documents were accumulated and posted slowly over 17 years with no consideration for the future; there is no real organization of these files on my hard drive. Even the names I gave the files (mostly .pdf) are somewhat random, making it a time consuming task to open each one, see what it concerns, then rename / organize them into a useful filing system.

What I MAY be able to do, over time, is compile a limited group of the "best" documents and turn them over to you or someone else to take it from there. There are other sources (say, AISC, Internet Archive, commercial websites, etc.) for a surprising number of files that I originally scanned and posted. (For example, AISC's website offers the historical reference "A.I.S.C. Iron and Steel Beams 1873 to 1952"... they use my unaltered scan of the entire book, and that is fine.)

 

[Celt83]

SlideRuleEra:

Calibri may be helpful in your effort to organize the files: Link

 

[SlideRuleEra]

Thanks, Celt83, I take a look at Calibri.

 

[dold]

Assuming the site still exists in some fashion there are several plugins available for chrome (and chrome based) browsers that will scrape and download all files on a website. That might take some of the burden off of SRE, or just allow folks to hoard it all.

 

[CrabbyT]

SlideRuleEra

Would you be willing to create a Google account, upload those files into Google Drive, and share it with the public?

Google Drive gives 15GB of space for free, you can access it through your web browser, and all you'd really need to do is drag/drop some files and let em upload.

Maybe someone else would be willing to pick up the torch if they had the files.

 

[milkshakelake]

Unfortunately, I don't have the files. If SRE needs more than 15 GB of Drive Space, I can give a link to my business Google Drive, which has like 3 TB+ space. Will keep it up as long as I'm in business, which is hopefully 10+ years. If anyone has the files, I can assign that person as editor, and anyone else with the link can download the stuff.

Edit: Just saw that KootK offered this as well, should've read that first