diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index eaca709..c0c2f1b 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Package: common
 Type: Package
-Title: chepec common
-Version: 0.0.1.9001
-Description: Commonly used functions and scripts.
+Title: solarchemist's collection of common R functions
+Version: 0.0.2
+Description: solarchemist's collection of commonly-used R functions and scripts.
 Authors@R: person("Taha", "Ahmed", email = "taha@chepec.se", role = c("aut", "cre"))
 License: GPL-3
 Encoding: UTF-8
diff --git a/R/common.R b/R/common.R
index 52b2598..9d5f982 100644
--- a/R/common.R
+++ b/R/common.R
@@ -20,12 +20,24 @@ simpleCap <- function(x) {
 #' Works well when the R-data file contains only ONE variable.
 #' Not tested for when the R-data file contains more than one variable.
 #'
-#' @param FullPathToRData path to rda file
+#' @param path local path to rda file (default)
+#' @param url  remote URL to rda file (note: requires explicitly specifying argument)
 #'
-#' @return an R object, you will probable want to assign it to a variable
+#' @return an R object, you will probably want to assign it to a variable
 #' @export
-LoadRData2Variable <- function(FullPathToRData) {
-   return(eval(parse(text = load(FullPathToRData))))
+#' @examples
+#' \dontrun{
+#' abscoeff <- LoadRData2Variable("/path/file.rda")
+#' abscoeef <- LoadRData2Variable(url="http://public.solarchemist/data/file.rda")
+#' }
+LoadRData2Variable <- function(path, url = "") {
+	# BEWARE: this function does **not** check for all possible 
+	# variations in the two args. Someone should really improve on that.
+	if (url == "") {
+		return(eval(parse(text = load(path))))
+	} else {
+		return(eval(parse(text = load(url(url)))))
+	}
 }
 
 
diff --git a/man/LoadRData2Variable.Rd b/man/LoadRData2Variable.Rd
index 7d6f7f8..a8a5f3a 100644
--- a/man/LoadRData2Variable.Rd
+++ b/man/LoadRData2Variable.Rd
@@ -4,16 +4,24 @@
 \alias{LoadRData2Variable}
 \title{LoadRData2Variable}
 \usage{
-LoadRData2Variable(FullPathToRData)
+LoadRData2Variable(path, url = "")
 }
 \arguments{
-\item{FullPathToRData}{path to rda file}
+\item{path}{local path to rda file (default)}
+
+\item{url}{remote URL to rda file (note: requires explicitly specifying argument)}
 }
 \value{
-an R object, you will probable want to assign it to a variable
+an R object, you will probably want to assign it to a variable
 }
 \description{
 This function loads R-data file into a variable instead of into the workspace.
 Works well when the R-data file contains only ONE variable.
 Not tested for when the R-data file contains more than one variable.
 }
+\examples{
+\dontrun{
+abscoeff <- LoadRData2Variable("/path/file.rda")
+abscoeef <- LoadRData2Variable(url="http://public.solarchemist/data/file.rda")
+}
+}