---- Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote: 
>   I 'try' to use the back blank 'notes' pages you will find in most
> workshop manuals to document any changes I make to my vehicles.   I also
> like to put my tire pressure adjustments, my suspension settings, the best
> alignment settings I find, etc....all back in the last few blank pages they
> put into most shop manuals.
> 
>    Since I began learning Smart Phones I now suspect there may be an "app"
> that would make documenting all this stuff 'easier' somehow.   Evernote, an
> app in Android systems..., that has become a tool I use more and more for
> my carpentry work....
> If I had time to really learn all of it's functions completely, I suspect
> it could be used to track and document Vanagon mechanicals, too.   It takes
> pics, notes, writes stuff almost correctly when you speak into it, you can
> draw with it, all kinds of useful stuff....You could probably put
> everything (including the shop manual) on a small flash drive, about the
> size of a fat postage stamp, and when you needed something, just slip it
> into some device and get the information back, with photos and sound and
> video....
>    But for now, I still use a Ticonderoga #2 lead pencil and my workshop
> manuals....seems to work for me.
> 

Your comments remind me of the fact that some means of making things easier sure make them harder and less practical.  mcneely

> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 1:57 PM, turbowesty <turbowesty@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I agree with the premise Jarrett.
> > And I've found that sharing what I've thought was good with list members
> > has resulted in them becoming even better as the got refined and/or
> > improved. And I don't mean just the diagrams or documents… the design too.
> > My solar system and the schematic I have for it is a good example. It's now
> > also stored in my Bentley so it's part of the big picture.
> >
> > Regards, Peter Kraiker
> > nextchapter.kraikerphoto.com
> > Toronto, ON, Canada
> > '82 L Westfalia 1.9 TD 5 Spd (Babe)
> >
> >
> > On 2013-02-08, at 3:55 PM, Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski <kupcinski@GMAIL.COM>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Some list members give repair reports. I enjoy reading these out of
> > voyeurism, and also because I gain insights into my own van. Online blogs
> > are also good, because they often have photographs. The best part of both
> > of these methods of public documentation is that they share the record with
> > the community, helping us all keep all our peculiar vehicles running just a
> > little longer.
> >

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David McNeely