The two small snippets I wrote two days ago were well received in the Python Usenet group. With the danger of being called a hero I proceded and wrote a proper article about OpenOffice.
I’ve had a productive day today! Because I wanted to do some testing with the original Sharp software of my Zaurus SL-C3000, I had to re-flash it. I took a risk that turned sour, so I had to clear the entire machine and start from scratch.
UPDATE 2019: It seems that the website containing the library required by the below code is down. As such, it’s not really useful anymore.
A guy named Alf asked me on Usenet about saving OpenOffice.
UPDATE 2019: It seems that the website containing the library required by the below code is down. As such, it’s not really useful anymore.
There is an easy way to get data from an OpenOffice.
UPDATE 2019: DVDInfo is offline. For converting DVDs and Blu-ray disks to an open format I would suggest MakeMKV.
A new version of dvdinfo has seen the light of day. For those who don’t know it, it’s a piece of software that enables you to find the track number of the main feature film on a DVD, along with audio and subtitle track information.
13 Aug 2006
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update: this info is obsolete as of Ubuntu Gutsy (7.10). ‘Bogdan’ posted a comment with an approach that works on more modern Ubuntus:
In recent Ubuntu versions (and potentially other Linuxes), the iftab file is replaced by /etc/udev/rules.
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I read this on the comp.lang.python newsgroup. It’s a way to have two-way tunnelling with NetCat. Thanks to Rob Haswell:
$ mknod backpipe p $ nc -l -p 8080 < backpipe | nc other 8080 > backpipe
10 Aug 2006
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The www.stuvel.eu website has been moved from the Django development server software to mod_python. It should be more stable and also perform a bit better, especially when under heavy load.
UPDATE 2019: All of the below is offline. However, IMDB themselves have similar functionality.
When you think “their HTML hasn’t changed in years”, their HTML changes. IMDB now features small images next to the author’s names.
20 Jul 2006
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The site has the possibility to add comments, and after a few days, the spamming begins. I’m curious if the automated spambots are smart enough to do some math. The captcha I’ve created is very simple: just give the answer to “1+1”.
12 Jul 2006
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