Get Your First Edition of Chapel Network News!

As mentioned in a prior blog post here, I intend to distribute copies of the Chapel Network News in the form of PDF files which can be downloaded from "the cloud" (more specifically, from the Skydrive folder where I store that document in "the cloud").

Note that this document is formatted for 11x17 paper. Chances are, if you're like a lot of folks, you don't have a printer capable of printing on 11x17 paper. But you technically don't have to make a printout to read the document at all, since Adobe Acrobat Reader can zoom in and out on PDF files. Also, chances are good (especially since this first edition has been specifically created for Christians in Bellingham, WA) that you can easily save this PDF file to a USB drive and then take it over to a store where they can print the file for you, on such paper.

I just made ten prints that way the other day, at the FedEx Office, once known as Kinkos, not far from the primary bus station on Railroad Avenue. Another store which can make 11x17 prints is the USB Store, over on Meridian. I'm fairly sure that Copies Now can do that, too.

For those of you who would rather be able to print each edition on your own printer at home, I intend to start offering versions which have been reformatted for standard letter-size (8 1/2 x 11 inch) office paper. The 11x17 size looks a bit nicer when tacked up to a full-size bulletin board, but either type works, depending on your preferences.

I also hope to offer a "large print edition" (for the benefit of seniors or others who possess no suitable reading glasses, and who find it a little easier to read larger type).

For those who are vision impaired, or who would rather get a quick audio overview of the current issue while driving to work, I even hope to offer a version in the form of an audio podcast, eventually. But that's probably a little bit further down the road.

Since the URL for the storage location for the inaugural edition is (like all SkyDrive URLS) ridiculously long, I went to http://tinyurl.com and created a short, easily remembered address so that you would not even need to visit this blog in order to visit the PDF file.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/chapelnetwork will take you to that document, and so will the same address minus the "preview" part of the URL (in other words, http://tinyurl.com/chapelnetwork). I put the word "preview" in there for the benefit of those who might fear that the link will take them to some undesirable location, but either link will work, and will take you to the same document. And of course, either one can also be used in a Twitter "tweet", if you happen to be one of those people who likes to tweet. You can also send it as a link in an e-mail message to your friends, and I strongly encourage you to do so, especially if your friends are Christian believers.