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Script to Download TED Videos in Bulk

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I recently became addicted to TED Videos. This inspired me to create a simple python script which helps one download TED Talks in bulk. Here is the main part of the script. Scroll down for download link and usage instructions.

#! /usr/bin/python
 
# Name: TED Video Downloader
# Version: 0.4
# Summary: A bulk TED Talks download tool
# License: [...]

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Start Using Linux – Basic Terminal Commands

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This is a compilation of some terminal commands I’ve found useful.
Before starting, I’d like to emphasize on a few things:
- You might want to understand the filesystem hierarchy in linux before you start.
- When you start terminal, your default working directory is /home/user-name
- If you want to get more info on any command, just type [...]

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Creating a WordPress Sandbox – Installing WordPress Locally

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Here’s a video I created an hour ago. Basically, it guides you in creating a wordpress sandbox to test your themes/plugins and other features of wordpress.
You’ll need to download:
1. WAMPServer 2 from http://www.wampserver.com/dl.php) and;
2. Wordpress from http://wordpress.org/latest.zip)

I’m planning to create more tutorial videos. Please give your suggestions, if any.

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Batch Script to Generate File/Folder Listing

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I was chatting with a friend who had a huge music collection and I wanted to know what all he had. This provoked me to make a batch script which would do the job. I did some research online and found out some basics of batch scripts. This is the final thing which I ended [...]

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The Story of a Demand Draft

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The Situation
The first round seat allotment of CCB 2009 (AIEEE) comes out. I find that I’m getting my first choice, Computer Science and Engineering at National Institute of Technology, Calicut
We’re supposed to report at the college for admission any day between the 1st and 5th of July with some documents and 2 demand [...]

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Last.fm Top Tracks Playlist Generator Using Python

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This is mine and Clive’s(@cliveverghese) latest venture. Allow me to explain this project.
A little bit of history…
I’ve been a last.fm user for more than a year. Recently, I started discovering new music. My busy schedule (okay, laziness) made it impossible for me to check out every song one by one and I wanted a quick [...]

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