Writing a spider in 10 mins using Scrapy

I came across Scrapy a few days back and have grown to really love it. This tutorial will illustrate how you can write a simple spider using Scrapy to scrape data off Paul Smith. All this in 10 minutes. [Read More]

Using PHP and ImageMagick to resize images

Today, I had to write some code to generate thumbnails in PHP. The php-gd library wasn’t installed and I had to work with ImageMagick. Not the most elegant of solutions, but it works *shrug*

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Script to generate URS from Wikipedia

A person’s URS is a phrase that could be used instead of his/her usual name in all circumstances, which makes it absolutely clear who he/she is. ex. Bhagat Singh was executed by the British in 1931.

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Snippet to generate a random word in python

Since I haven’t posted here in a while, I figured I’d whip up this example real quick. It illustrates the usage of the random function. [Read More]

Auto-tagging of TagBoards

This Perl snippet illustrates how one can run automatically post data to http://www.tag-board.com tag boards. Learn how Perl does POST requests. [Read More]

Writing a shell replacement

This document will teach you to make your own windows shell replacement. If you don't know what a shell replacement is, take a look at Shellfront. [Read More]

Limerick Generator - Part I

The following code demonstrates an alien limerick generator. [Read More]

Eric Dybsand

It's funny how people affect your life without you knowing it. It's only when their absence is felt that you realise what they meant to you. Eric Dybsand passed away on April 15, 2004. [Read More]