<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417730469556719362</id><updated>2026-05-24T05:32:54.536-07:00</updated><category term="Python"/><category term="evernote"/><category term="lifehack"/><category term="photography"/><title type='text'>Eric The Geek</title><subtitle type='html'>A modern day geek expounding on life, technology, and all things important, and some things that aren&#39;t.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ericthegeek.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5417730469556719362/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ericthegeek.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417730469556719362.post-1804511586546675347</id><published>2019-06-06T09:24:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2019-06-06T09:24:40.324-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Python"/><title type='text'>Using Python to Check List of URLs</title><summary type="text">Recently at my job I had a need to check a long list of URLs to see if they were valid.&amp;nbsp; It was a simple list of links to images to make sure all of the images that a client had uploaded were going to work.&amp;nbsp; I didn&#39;t want to do them by hand, so I created this little Python script to do it for me.


Basically, all it does is to open a list of URLs and then use requests to submit that URL</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ericthegeek.blogspot.com/feeds/1804511586546675347/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5417730469556719362/1804511586546675347' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5417730469556719362/posts/default/1804511586546675347'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5417730469556719362/posts/default/1804511586546675347'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ericthegeek.blogspot.com/2019/06/using-python-to-check-list-of-urls.html' title='Using Python to Check List of URLs'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417730469556719362.post-3441037918807731387</id><published>2013-07-12T11:48:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2021-02-03T14:40:23.908-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Impose Constraints to be MORE Creative</title><summary type="text">What if I asked you to tell me a story, write a song, or draw a picture? &amp;nbsp;Would you be able to do so without any direction or prompts? &amp;nbsp;What should the story contain? What colors should you use in the picture? &amp;nbsp;Would you be stumped and struggling to have a good idea to run with? 



What if I instead told you to tell me a story about a space ship? &amp;nbsp;What if the song should be </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ericthegeek.blogspot.com/feeds/3441037918807731387/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5417730469556719362/3441037918807731387' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5417730469556719362/posts/default/3441037918807731387'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5417730469556719362/posts/default/3441037918807731387'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ericthegeek.blogspot.com/2013/07/impose-constraints-to-be-more-creative.html' title='Impose Constraints to be MORE Creative'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417730469556719362.post-8721403901583835129</id><published>2013-04-09T10:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2013-04-09T10:49:27.370-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="evernote"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="lifehack"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="photography"/><title type='text'>Using Evernote for Photography Scouting [Evernote]</title><summary type="text">

I am by no means a professional photographer, but I do love taking pictures. &amp;nbsp;One of my favorite things to do is to find some really cool places to go and take pictures at different times of day. &amp;nbsp;I&#39;m always on the lookout for a cool place to stop and take pictures. &amp;nbsp;However, sometimes I simply can&#39;t stop long enough, whether due to having to get to work, or having an impatient </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ericthegeek.blogspot.com/feeds/8721403901583835129/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5417730469556719362/8721403901583835129' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5417730469556719362/posts/default/8721403901583835129'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5417730469556719362/posts/default/8721403901583835129'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ericthegeek.blogspot.com/2013/04/using-evernote-for-photography-scouting.html' title='Using Evernote for Photography Scouting [Evernote]'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>