So my scraping attempts didn’t run so smoothly, and to save time, I just used an iframe. But at least I can fit the full contents and not have to worry about formatting. There’s also some other stuff for fun. The BMI calculator is just a joke (by joke I refer to the comments – the actual calculation is accurate).
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Trying to Add Sidebar Stuff
I deleted the Wordpress sidebar, but I decided that I did want some stuff there.
A few days ago, I wrote my own mini links dropdown (click Links to see them).
Then I got the code for a weather box from weather.com.
Now I’m trying to scrape the dining menu from HUDS. This is harder than I expected. Damn HUDS, why can’t they set up an RSS feed? So Web 1.0.
My First Vista Sidebar Gadget
I just made my first Windows Vista sidebar gadget! Granted, it’s very simple: all it does is list some of my favorite links. But it’s quite convenient (more so than bookmarks), and it even matches my website color scheme!
Developing Vista Sidebar gadgets is really easy. I think it’s suppoed to be based on Windows SDK, but it’s really just HTML, CSS, and Javascript. Anyone can make one!
For more information, check out: http://gallery.live.com/devcenter.aspx.
Microsoft made something easy and straightforward. Cheers!