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LernerPython blog, from Reuven Lerner: Newsprint: Turning e-mail newsletters into a personal PDF

They're clever, informative, and funny, and provide me with lots of food for thought — as well as professional information that is crucial to my work. Saturday morning, I get up super early (typically about 4:30 a.m.) and spend several hours reading through what I collected during the week.

LernerPython blog, from Reuven Lerner: Newsprint: Turning e-mail newsletters into a personal PDF

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They're clever, informative, and funny, and provide me with lots of food for thought — as well as professional information that is crucial to my work.

Saturday morning, I get up super early (typically about 4:30 a.m.) and spend several hours reading through what I collected during the week.

Plus, sometimes my computer (or I) will fail to print the articles 4x/page, and the results are quite annoying.

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They're clever, informative, and funny, and provide me with lots of food for thought — as well as professional information that is crucial to my work. Saturday morning, I get up super early (typically about 4:30 a.m.) and spend several hours reading through what I collected during the week. Plus, sometimes my computer (or I) will fail to print the articles 4x/page, and the results are quite annoying.

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  • Why am I spending so much time on this, going through each message and printing it?

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The thing is, I don't have time to read them during the week. On Saturday, when I do have time, I don't use my computer. I've been doing this for a few years, and like this system.

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