Eastman House Event Scraper
This script pulls down the current list of events on the George Eastman House web site – can be manipulated later to fit into an RSS feed or iCal Calendar (for example).
Comment · Posted: May 3rd, 2005
This script pulls down the current list of events on the George Eastman House web site – can be manipulated later to fit into an RSS feed or iCal Calendar (for example).
Comment · Posted: May 3rd, 2005
A good new feature in Safari 2.0 is the RSS reader, which I’m sure everyone has heard about by now. However, Apple feels compelled to change all feed URLs from their original http: to a new feed:, making it annoying to use that address elsewhere.
Comment · Posted: May 3rd, 2005
A little while ago I began to realize just how much of my personal information is digitally created every day. This is both scary and enticing (to me).
Comment · Posted: May 2nd, 2005
So I was poking around the Dashboard Widget archive on the official Apple site and spotted a Yahoo Traffic Conditions widget. This is interesting because they are somehow getting the data from their web site in a easy-to-parse format. So, I peeked under the hood and, sure enough, there’s an RSS feed for traffic conditions! […]
Comment · Posted: May 1st, 2005
The other day I ‘officially’ launched a brand-new demo of the RIT Schedule Maker. In all, it’s very very slick. It’s a pure web application with zero server-side processing, all communication going straight from the user to the data source. Lots of Ajax, lots of XML – it’s exciting. Doesn’t work 100% yet in IE, […]
Comment · Posted: April 30th, 2005
I’ve been having fun with Google Search History this past week and have noticed a few fun things.
Comment · Posted: April 29th, 2005
FOAF Support in Safari RSS, originally uploaded by John Resig. When using the new Safari RSS last night, I was surpised to see that it detected the embedded FOAF data within the feed (My LJ Feed). I think this is the first instance of a corporation releasing a product that utitlizes FOAF (as far as […]
Comment · Posted: April 28th, 2005
With the number of RSS feeds that I read nearing 190, I’d like to point out a couple, recent, ‘acquisitions’ that I’ve enjoyed, in no particular order.
Comment · Posted: April 27th, 2005