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joelgwebber / fetch_natgeo_2011.py
Created December 21, 2011 06:43
Quick python hack to fetch the desktop versions of all the National Geographic 2011 Photo Contest winners and editors' picks
import urlparse
from urllib import urlretrieve
base_url = 'http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/'
urls = [ \
"/u/H6yMi6fUB_1JR964xxG8RxsYArlNNn1lR5PWutchJ4t_YnYgRQSgSbjtWe2l0Iy-oLGsA9CsqdnrlLhmR0g3rCSzBRF7/", \
"/u/H6yMi6fUB_1JR964xxG8RxsYArlNNn1lR5PWutchJ4t_Y-BNZaUHGX3GhRGQkkys1pZ0r6MMH1tkBqLFL_pSFt3xA3Oi/", \
"/u/H6yMi6fUB_1JR964xxG8RxsYArlNNn1lR5PWutchJ4t6VV_HIvlh3DLvd9e4D4G0uBFWsZpxfwWu_TJ9TchpFQyt2qg8/", \
"/u/H6yMi6fUB_1JR964xxG8RxsYArlNNn1lR5PWutchJ4rkKJOkhh6J27Lg1KkOxF6sBxFqALR33By8KpJ5CndmMknK8Yyx/", \
@zaius
zaius / background.sh
Created January 16, 2011 23:29
How to redirect a running process output to a file and log out
ctrl-z
bg
touch /tmp/stdout
touch /tmp/stderr
gdb -p $!
# In GDB
p dup2(open("/tmp/stdout", 1), 1)
p dup2(open("/tmp/stderr", 1), 2)
@indy
indy / improved-perlin-noise.java
Created February 6, 2010 12:22
Perlin noise - Java implementation
// JAVA REFERENCE IMPLEMENTATION OF IMPROVED NOISE - COPYRIGHT 2002 KEN PERLIN.
public final class ImprovedNoise {
static public double noise(double x, double y, double z) {
int X = (int)Math.floor(x) & 255, // FIND UNIT CUBE THAT
Y = (int)Math.floor(y) & 255, // CONTAINS POINT.
Z = (int)Math.floor(z) & 255;
x -= Math.floor(x); // FIND RELATIVE X,Y,Z
y -= Math.floor(y); // OF POINT IN CUBE.
z -= Math.floor(z);