Category Archives: Programming

Code Snippet: Youtube playlist downloader

A few months ago, I wrote a tiny ruby script I never released, that made it possible to download Youtube playlists and convert them to mp3 files. Unfortunately Youtube changed many things since that time and my script did not … Continue reading

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Code snippet: Export simplenews subscribers from drupal to CSV

Some of you may know the newsletter module simplenews for drupal. If you’ve ever tried it, I am sure you soon realized, it’s a mess. The template functionality is too complicated and poor, emails are send via cron, you have … Continue reading

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Day two of Ruby programming: (For now) It’s fun…

Day two of getting more into Ruby programming and I must say: Ruby can be fun! Okay, a few people seem to be really mad about it and see the language as an answer to everything, but I think there … Continue reading

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Code Snippet: Making a HTTP GET request with ruby

I had to get into some ruby programming for my job and so I decided to refresh my memories a bit more. It became more or less a tradition of mine to write some network or internet code to get … Continue reading

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Use Google Suggest as a helper for keyword research

Since April 2009 Google offers some nice feature in web search called Suggest, which is the  list of search queries you see,when you type in some search query into Google. I think everyone knows and uses it… In addition to … Continue reading

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Benny the game (more or less) alive again!

Maybe it’s the worst code I have ever written, but it was also my very first project in C++ and lost for years, because of my stupidity. Now, about four years later, rasco found an old copy of the source … Continue reading

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Code Snippet: Redirect without editing .htaccess file

You need to do a 301 or 302 redirect, but have no access to the server configuration files or the .htaccess file? Unfortunately not all hosters allow you to edit the .htaccess file, where you could easily set a redirect … Continue reading

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Script for basic WordPress installation, with plugins and themes

For my work I had to make several wordpress installations with the same basic plugins and themes over and over again. Maybe you know that pain in the ass, but I got sick of downloading and extracting all the stuff … Continue reading

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Actual Google and Twitter trends in a fancy newsticker for your page

Some days ago I posted an article about fetching the actual hot trends from Google. Today, I wrote the TrendFetcher library, a simple PHP class/library, that gives you a nice jquery flavoured “trend ticker” with the latest hot trends from Google, the actual … Continue reading

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First steps into Drupal: iTweet Twitter Module

For my new job I had to get into Drupal, it’s structure, features, so maybe there could be more Drupal stuff here, in the future… For my first approach I created some tiny drupal twitter module that displays the timeline in … Continue reading

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