TV2RSS

October 1st, 2004

The script scrapes the Yahoo TV web site and converts the results into an RSS feed. You can set the station, channel, and duration in the future.

Additionally, I've set up the script, publically, so that anyone can use it. It can be found a the URL below. The configurable options are:

• s=STATION_ID - This is provided by Yahoo, it will look something like this: us_NY31666d.
• c=CHANNEL_ID - This is also provided by Yahoo, and will look something like this: us_COMEDY
• d=DURATION - This is how far in the future you would like the feed to grab, in hours. Defaults to 1.

Links

• TV2RSS Live Demo

Downloads

• tv2rss-v0.1.tar.gz October 1, 2004

Tags: convertor, perl, rss, scrape, tv

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RIT::Courses

September 14th, 2004

This script and module are designed to scrape the course section information made available on the RIT Schedule of Courses. The module is a proper Object-Oriented Perl Module which can be easily ported from one application to another. This script is used for the current version of the Schedule Maker.

Downloads

• ritregister-v0.1.tar.gz

Tags: module, perl, rit, scrape

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Tea Coupons

September 8th, 2004

A quick little web script that generates all the possible tea coupons made available by Traditional Medicinals.

Downloads:

• tea-v0.1.tar.gz September 18, 2004

Link:

• Tea Coupon Generator

Tags: web, perl

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Lowbrow Mirror

September 6th, 2004

This is a partial mirror of one of my favorite Internet pastimes: lowbrow.com. This mirror of over 15,000 entries was made over the course of a night, until I got in trouble by their ISP. Nonetheless, here's the results - plus with the ability to link to a specific post, something the official one lacks.

Link

• Low Brow Mirror

Tags: db, web, humor, perl, mysql, scrape

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Lowbrow Scraper

September 5th, 2004

This is the script that I wrote to retreive entries from lowbrow.com, one of my favorite Internet pastimes.

The only unmentioned point is that there should be some sort of 'Unique' restriction placed on the database to keep duplicate entries from being entered. The only way to access entries on lowbrow is by randomly retreiving on from the home page - which means lots of duplicates, and it becomes progressively harder to get new entries as you progress.

Downloads

• lowbrow-v0.1.tar.gz

Tags: humor, perl, scrape

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Google Local Social Network

August 17th, 2004

This application exists as a layer on top of Google Local, which can then be used to socially network with other users, generally in an attempt to find new friends with similar interests.

Most of the features are complete with the notable exception of being able to add friends. If there's enough interest in it, I'll be happy to finish it up.

Tags: web, perl, beta

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DVD Ripper

May 30th, 2004

A script designed to automate the process of DVD backing up. Automates the process all the way from ripping and encoding to subtitles, naming, and ejection. Requires mplayer (and subsequently mencoder). I enjoyed using this script very much, I'd place a DVD in the drive, run the quick command, then come back later to find the DVD ejected and a fresh DivX waiting for me.

Downloads

• dvdrip-v0.1.tar.gz

Tags: cli, perl, movies

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AI::Markov

May 5th, 2004

An implementation of a Markov Model written while I was on co-op in the Lab for Applied Computing. Main differences between other Perl implementations and this one is the addition of sequences (being able to chain a history of events together to predict the next event) and Global models (aggregating the results from a number of personal models into one master model). The package includes a script that you can modify to process a large file of sequences and turn them into active, testable, models.

Downloads

• markov-v0.1.tar.gz

Tags: imscan, module, perl, cool

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