If your site has fewer than 500 pages, you can use this free tool to crawl the site to generate a Google XML sitemap, which you could convert to other formats if you need them.

If the site is larger, I believe they have for-pay options, too.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jacob at 8:11 AM on May 1, 2008

Kickstart70, that works to remove the multiple blank lines, but I'm still having trouble with csplit.

When I try:
csplit -k file.log '/^$/' {150}

I get this error:
csplit: ^$: no match


Zed_Lopez: Yes, that's right. Each request has multiple lines (from 3-10 lines, generally, but it varies), and each request is separated from the next by 3 blank lines. No request has multiple (or even... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jacob at 8:33 AM on April 17, 2008

On #unix in IRC, mquin helped me with Perl script to handle this task:

#!/usr/bin/perl
$filecount=1;
open OUT, ">output." . $filecount;
while (<>) {
if ($_=~/^$/) {
$blankcount++;
if ($blankcount==4) {
print STDERR "New section found, opening output." . $filecount;
close OUT;
$blankcount=0;
... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jacob at 8:45 AM on April 17, 2008

Here's a more nicely formatted version of the above script.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jacob at 8:54 AM on April 17, 2008

Are you thinking of the Westminster Chimes?
posted to Ask Metafilter by jacob at 7:29 AM on March 5, 2008 marked best answer

Jinx!
posted to Ask Metafilter by jacob at 7:29 AM on March 5, 2008

Here's a link to Murch's book, The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film.

(Coudal revere Murch as a hero, btw, so I reckon the book fits into the "brilliant" category.)
posted to Ask Metafilter by jacob at 6:47 AM on February 20, 2008

Thanks for the answer, crebus19, but that's not the site I'm looking for I'm afraid. The one I'm after doesn't have so much to do with creating a usable handwritten font, but rather it deals with the idea that by averaging a number of people's ideas with how a letter should be drawn, a "correct" font can be created. That is, even with people drawing their Zs with a horizontal line through the middle, because most people don't do this, the final font will look like a crisp Z without... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jacob at 12:05 PM on July 27, 2007

Yep, iconomy's got it. Thanks everybody--those are all some great links!
posted to Ask Metafilter by jacob at 2:53 PM on July 28, 2007

I grew up in Jackson, and Cock of the Walk and Que Sera are both pretty great.

Oxford's nice, too8212;my family moved up there around the time I started high school. If you do visit Oxford, be sure to check out Rowan Oak (William Faulkner's house), have a beer at the City Grocery, and ask a local to point you toward Taylor Grocery for some fine fried catfish. Also, if you take Hwy 7 north from Oxford, you'll see a sign for Betty Davis' on your left... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jacob at 3:52 PM on July 5, 2007 marked best answer

Here's a link to the 200GB Toshiba drive I plan to get for my MacBook. It's $145 at NewEgg.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jacob at 3:44 PM on May 21, 2007

Thanks, everyone, for your help with this question. It turns out that the box's original measurements were barely too big to qualify for standard (i.e., non-oversized) shipping. Once we got the box down to 30x30x38 inches, DHL could ship it just fine, and for under $100.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jacob at 9:42 PM on May 16, 2007

Thanks for all the advice, folks. Yes, I suppose it is a dumb idea to court crisis (again) by asking a total stranger to bring in a laptop to DF. I'll likely just purchase a computer here (using the site clearlydemon suggests)8212;I need to get back to work soon.

Thanks, too, Deathalicious: I called Visa, and it looks like I'll be able to receive $500 compensation from them because I had just purchased the computer.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jacob at 8:57 AM on October 20, 2006

I'm a huge fan of CampaignMonitor. Their service will mail both plain-text and html messages, and they handle bounces and signups, too. CampaignMonitor's pricing scheme isn't bad, either: it's $5/mailing plus 1¢ per recipient.

(I'm not affiliated with CampaignMonitor, btw. I'm just a satisfied customer!)
posted to Ask Metafilter by jacob at 2:32 PM on October 10, 2006

I had good luck with Malarone when I traveled to India in the spring.

On the G.I. front, I did come down with a nasty case of diarrhea one day, but I never had to take the Cipro I took with me as a precaution. I found it was best to avoid all anti-diarrheals like Immodium, swig a few bottles of water with rehydration salts, and wait it out.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jacob at 8:37 PM on October 8, 2006

It should be okay, I think. This is for a sneaky gift idea, isn't it?
posted to Ask Metafilter by jacob at 2:10 PM on October 3, 2006 marked best answer

Hi parmanparman, I work for a non-profit organization, Free the Slaves, so I know how it is with tight resources....

I also do freelance web development work (soon to be full-time, with my non-profit as a client), and I'm familiar with Drupal. If you'd like a quote, send me an email describing your project a little more--my address and site samples are in my profile.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jacob at 5:00 PM on September 19, 2006

Oh, parmanparman, I just realized that we're both in the DC area--it's always nice to have face-to-face communication.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jacob at 5:33 PM on September 19, 2006

Thanks, everyone who responded.

I've decided to wait until I get to DF to purchase the phone as mynameismandab suggested. (If I can't get a good phone/price, I'll end up buying one on eBay after all.)
posted to Ask Metafilter by jacob at 1:01 PM on September 18, 2006

Thanks, Laen. Based on this help page, it's not clear whether Google Apps for Your Domain will let me bulk-share calendars, but I'll give it a go! I'm signing up now.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jacob at 10:44 AM on September 6, 2006

Marnie, have you seen Basecamp? It's a popular web-based project management application, and it'll let you manage deadlines (viewable online or via RSS and iCal sharing) as well as communications, to-do lists, and files.

There's a free version of the software, but it will only let you manage one project at a time. The other versions are reasonably priced, though: 3 projects at $12/month, 15 for $24, etc.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jacob at 6:28 AM on August 22, 2006