iPod text file creator

I read in BoingBoing.net about iPod's ability to display text files as notes. I researched and found quite a few sites doing this. The online tools, were limited to simple text files. I am testing this little utility to create a a series of 4K note files for the iPod.

The program reads a web site, scrubs out the formatting, except for <br> and <p> tags, adds a title and some navigation and then returns the zip file.

There is very little error checking. The iPod limits you to 1000 pages which means stories under 4 megs in size. For the time being I am limiting the size of files to 100K.

Please let me know if it works on your iPod.

Instructions:

Fill in all fields. You need the URL of the web page that you want to read in your iPod. You have to make up a title. You also need to select a short name so you can find the notes on your iPod.

After you press the Submit button, extract the returned zip file to your iPod Notes/ directory. Turn on your iPod and use the Extras->Notes menu to browse the notes on your iPod. The files should show up in a Noterious directory in a subdirectry with the same name as the zip file.

Here are some canned samples:

Slashdot.org, BoingBoing.net, Keith Graham's Blog, The Laws of Science Fiction Writing, The Thing in the Doghouse by Keith P. Graham

Use this form to get other web pages for your iPod.

URL of html file of story

Title of story
Name of zip File