[GLLUG] Looking for some open source projects (local) to aid in

Steven Sayers sjsayers93 at gmail.com
Mon Jan 4 20:39:14 EST 2010


I'm sure it is, it could become more difficult depending on the format /
structure of the website, however.

On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 1:32 PM, <user at qtm.net> wrote:

> Hi Steve,
> Is it possible to take some information from a web page then put it in a
> database or spreadsheet?
> Thanks,
> Phil
>
> -
>
>
> On Jan 2, 2010, at 12:00 PM, Steven Sayers <sjsayers93 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Those seem a bit too advanced for me sadly .
>
> On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 8:34 PM, David Lee Lambert < <davidl at lmert.com>
> davidl at lmert.com> wrote:
>
>> Steven Sayers wrote:
>>
>>> I've been studying programming quite a lot lately and I was wondering if
>>> there were any programming projects any of you were engaged in that I could
>>> assist with, I'm most familiar with java.
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>> I can't say I'm "engaged with" any open-source projects,  as I'd have to
>> get permission from my current employer's lawyers (and they're a big company
>> with a lot of lawyers) to submit a public contribution anywhere.  However,
>>  I do have a few pet projects I'd like to see implemented,  and I could send
>> you my notes on some of them off-list if you might be able to do something
>> with them.  A few are:
>>
>> 1.  Add Office 2007 (multiple XML in a ZIP, like OpenOffice) or Office
>> 2003 XML import/export support to JExcelAPI.  (The current maintainers have
>> said they have no intention of doing so themselves)
>> 2.  Add legacy sound support (win16 audio functions and better PC speaker
>> emulation) to Wine.
>> 3.  Defragmentation support for ext2/3/4fs.  Or, at least, a nice
>> graphical display of the way in which a filesystem is fragmented.   (The
>> graphics could be done in Java,  but there's probably a need for a new
>> kernel interface to actually move parts of files around.)
>>
>> --
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