That’s web whacker, not weed whacker. The latter is taken care of by our Black & Decker Grass Hog.
A friend is looking for a Mac- or Java-based web whacker/sucker program for a project. According to what he’s tried so far:
+ Web Dumper doesn’t work
+ PageSucker stops working while in use
+ Site Orbiter doesn’t save files for browsing offline properly
+ Safari’s Web Archive feature isn’t cutting the mustard, either
The project in question is taking a dynamically-generated web site (which does not output HTML files), whacking/sucking it to a local machine in HTML format, then moving it offsite to another web server.
Please leave suggestions in the comments. Thanks!
Tag: site
Secure online storage and file sharing. Eight bucks a month gets you 4 gigs. No bandwidth charges, no contract. Nifty.
[Via Todd Dominey.]
At least that’s what VitalSource is hoping you’ll do: buy eBooks from them in the same way people buy music from the iTunes Music Store. James Duncan Davidson just finished the new version of their client application, which looks pretty nice.
I, for one, cannot get in to the whole eBook thing. I have a few PDF-based books that I use for reference material, and I’ve read Cory Doctorow’s books in electronic format, but the latter is really because I’m unemployed and have to do what I can on the cheap. I much prefer the dead-tree edition of literature still.
Not content to rest on his laurels, Jon’s decided to start GoogleRumors.com. I also can not believe there wasn’t a site like this already.
I finally attempted, once again, to set up POP access to my Gmail account in Mailsmith. I used all of the settings found on the Configuring other mail clients page, made sure to check “Leave Mail on Server”, and like any good technology, it all just works.
This past Monday marked the 5th anniversary of my first-ever blog post. Egads.
Tiffany has a new project. If I could only get a recruiter as good as her here in DFW…
Have more frequent-flyer miles than you know what to do with? Well, transfer some to me! I’ve got to get back to the islands!
Seriously, if you have more miles than you think you’re going to use any time soon, here are some web sites that might be able to help:
MileDonor.com: up to 80 charities accepting point donations from 17 different airline programs
Points.com: trade in your miles, buy yourself an Iced Mocha Frappicino Grande. Or a new jacket.
Mileage Plus: 10,000 United miles = 100 downloads from Sony’s music service. Someone ping me when it works with iTMS.
[Via the 29 July 2005 edition of The Week, which got it from Real Simple.]
For those among us who are Technorati fiends, they have announced a mobile verison. I love the succinct URI.
People from time zones west of here should iChat me immediately. Especially if they’re twentysomething women who like to tell weirdo Internet writers how great they are all the time.
Middle-aged men pretending to be twentysomething women are okay too, as long as it’s convincing. You let it slip just once that you’re actually a forty-seven year old tire salesman who’s sitting in his enormous store-brand boxers with a Gateway on his lap, and the whole fucking thing is just ruined.
At least I can go to sleep tonight with something truly funny rolling around in my head. Come on, people, tip the man.