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diff --git a/_posts/scrapping-of-Google-groups.rst b/_posts/scrapping-of-Google-groups.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4ba586e --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/scrapping-of-Google-groups.rst @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +title: Scrapping of the Google Groups +date: 2014-01-05T21:30:00 +categories: + - Fedora + - google + - lock-in + - email + - liberation + - owncloud +tags: + - computer +--- + + +As a followup to my previous rant_ on the locked-in nature of the Google +Groups, I have created this `Python script`_ for scrapping the messages +from Google webpages. + +Thanks to `Sean Hogan`_ for the first inspiration for the script. Any +comments would be welcome via email (I am sure you can find my addresses +somewhere on the Web). + +**Update:** Apparently_, scrapping_ is not the same as scraping_. And +although, there are some_, who wouldn’t mind, I am able to do just the +latter. + +.. _`Python script`: + https://gitlab.com/mcepl/gg_scraper +.. _rant: + /blog/2013/09/19/we-should-stop-even-pretending-google-is-trying-to-do-the-right-thingtm/ +.. _`Sean Hogan`: + /blog/2013/09/19/we-should-stop-even-pretending-google-is-trying-to-do-the-right-thingtm/#comment-133-by-sean-hogan +.. _Apparently: + https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2014-January/663849.html +.. _scrapping: + http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/scrapping +.. _scraping: + http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/scrape +.. _some: + https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2014-January/663853.html |