Posts Tagged ‘ script ’

Set Twitter Tweet as status message in Pidgin!!!

While browsing the net you would have heard about Twitter. Twitter is basically another name for micro blogging. In twitter you just have to sign up, then update a single line(“what you are currently doing?”) whenever you can. Its just so simple, no fuss about making a profile or writing down about the movies you [ READ MORE ]

Python Script for Cricket Score!!!

Here’s a script that i wrote to get the latest cricket score without visiting the site. It’s a python script that makes use of rediff scores. import urllib class Score(object): SCORE_URL = "" def __init__(self): self.vars = {} # dictionary variables read from the score file def refresh(self): """Refresh the score""" url_opener = urllib.URLopener() url = url_opener.open(self.SCORE_URL) self.vars = {} for stmt in url.read().split('\n'): stmt = stmt.strip() if [ READ MORE ]

Compress Pictures In Linux(Modified)!!!

I got the script to move the new compressed images into a new folder that would be located in your home folder. As i explained before you need imagemagick installed on your system to run the script. In ubuntu it can be installed by typing in the terminal sudo apt-get install imagemagick Heres the script : #!/bin/bash # A script [ READ MORE ]

Compress Pictures In Linux!!!

I have made a script to compress a set of images so that they can be mailed as images taken form a digicam are normally of 10 or 15MB and to upload a set of images is a pain in the ***. Firstly you need to install package Imagemagick… In ubuntu you can install by [ READ MORE ]