Just my luck. I want to play with my Bobuino. I need the ATmega1284P datasheet. Unfortunately...
Is http://www.atmel.com/ down? I've been trying to access it for about two hours.
Argh! Pinging the IP address works! Why won't that stupid server respond!
If anyone in Colorado Springs is reading this, please go to Atmel and give their web server a righteous kick up the backside!
Yeah! It's alive!
Maybe they have problems as yesterday I had a page from there site loaded into a browser tab but after about 10 minutes I got connection lost (only with the Atmel site) and no amount of refresh would bring it back.
I also had trouble with it earlier in the evening, but not for as long. Rumor has it that traffic due to the increased popularity of the ATmega1284P is slamming their servers. 
Haha... I make it a habit to download the datasheet for a part as soon as I use it for something. I keep a copy on my NAS, organized by type of part, then sync that with my laptop for offline use, and a copy on my phone for the ones I tend to use a lot (AVRs, op-amps, my brand of electrolytic caps and whatnot...)
SirNickity:
Haha... I make it a habit to download the datasheet for a part as soon as I use it for something. I keep a copy on my NAS, organized by type of part, then sync that with my laptop for offline use, and a copy on my phone for the ones I tend to use a lot (AVRs, op-amps, my brand of electrolytic caps and whatnot...)
Well that is certainly pegging the geek meter ... We like this 
I do something similar, most parts I buy I download the datasheet.
I keep thinking about a NAS device, which do you use and how do you like it? (Did we discuss NAS before?)
SirNickity:
Haha... I make it a habit to download the datasheet for a part as soon as I use it for something.
I do as well. I was at the "wrong" computer.
We've started shopping for one as well. We're trying to find one to replace a Primary Domain Controller which, so far, has significantly reduced the field. =(
I too have been saving datasheet for years in a folder. Problem is that file names often don't reflect or only slight reflect the device number. That and the fact that the folder is approaching a gig in size, Then I had a brainstorm, at least for my arduino projects that used special or unusual devices, I just place a copy of the datasheet into the sketch's folder. So far that has been helpful.
Good thought, Retro. All my datasheets are renamed like "TI - OPA2134 - Dual Op-Amp.pdf", which would be under Integrated Circuits \ Op-Amps. So far this works really well for me, though the categories have become somewhat elastic. (Used to be Integrated Circuits was a single flat directory, as was Passive Components. Not anymore.)
Since a lot of my projects now have schematics, PCB designs, circuit simulator files, code, and notes ... I've been thinking of setting up a project folder rather than my current Circuits and Code trees. This is all a fascinating read I'm sure... but sometimes I let my fingers ramble and it sparks a reply that inspires me somehow, so there it is.
@Jack: I don't think we've talked NAS before. Mine is a 1U mini-ITX rackmount chassis with 4x removeable drive trays running a mobile Core 2 Duo board clocked at 2.26GHz. Each tray is loaded with a Samsung 2TB 5400RPM drive at the moment, though I ran out of space the other day and had to prune, so I'm due for a hardware refresh. (It stores all my movies and music as well.)
The OS is a Gentoo build running MD-RAID (software RAID5.) It has been really good to me, and even survived some dumb moves on my part that would trash an ordinary RAID array (e.g., having two disks offline for a moment.) This is the second set of disks I've used -- by attrition... no failures yet, knock on wood. During the 4x1TB to 4x2TB upgrade, I would offline a disk, add the new one, resync the array, offline the next one, resync, and so on until all the drives were replaced. Then I grew the array to its new physical capacity. Worked like a charm, although it took about a week to do since I would run a consistency check between every step. Never so much as rebooted though. That made me grin.