tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54177304695567193622024-03-08T12:57:08.348-08:00Eric The GeekA modern day geek expounding on life, technology, and all things important, and some things that aren't.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417730469556719362.post-18045115865466753472019-06-06T09:24:00.002-07:002019-06-06T09:24:40.324-07:00Using Python to Check List of URLsRecently at my job I had a need to check a long list of URLs to see if they were valid. It was a simple list of links to images to make sure all of the images that a client had uploaded were going to work. I didn't want to do them by hand, so I created this little Python script to do it for me.
Basically, all it does is to open a list of URLs and then use requests to submit that URLUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417730469556719362.post-34410379188077313872013-07-12T11:48:00.001-07:002021-02-03T14:40:23.908-08:00Impose Constraints to be MORE CreativeWhat if I asked you to tell me a story, write a song, or draw a picture? Would you be able to do so without any direction or prompts? What should the story contain? What colors should you use in the picture? Would you be stumped and struggling to have a good idea to run with?
What if I instead told you to tell me a story about a space ship? What if the song should be Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417730469556719362.post-87214039015838351292013-04-09T10:49:00.000-07:002013-04-09T10:49:27.370-07:00Using Evernote for Photography Scouting [Evernote]
I am by no means a professional photographer, but I do love taking pictures. One of my favorite things to do is to find some really cool places to go and take pictures at different times of day. I'm always on the lookout for a cool place to stop and take pictures. However, sometimes I simply can't stop long enough, whether due to having to get to work, or having an impatient Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0