The changing thickness of manuals

[Garth Wilson]

In many ways, paper manuals are better, and I definitely prefer them; but I realize they cost money to print and ship. Anytime I get serious about a new microcontroller, bluetooth module, or even one of Angel's modules, I email it to the local UPS Store which has some office services, and get it printed, then I put it in a binder. Hundreds of pages' worth sometimes. I need to be able to make my notes, cross-references, underlining, add my stickies, etc.. Then I only use the .pdf on rare occasion for digital searches. I have about 50 shelf-feet of manuals, data books, catalogs, text books, etc.; and while they take half of one of the walls of my office, and although I know that some of them may never get opened again, I know that if I get rid of a bunch, next week or next month I'll need one of those that was in the group I got rid of.