When running a website, it is very important to have a backup of all site files, to prepare for any event that may require reloading data (file corruption, moving hosts, etc.). After building my Ubuntu file server, I knew that I had to find a way to mirror this website so files could be recovered [...]

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Earlier I wrote an Applescript that goes online to TV.com and finds the episode titles for TV show video files. While that seemed to work properly, TV.com changed their format and my Applescript went kaput. Since I really wanted to have this process automated, I wrote a bash script to do the same thing with [...]

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Building websites is a rather evolutionary thing. Code is reused and improved continuously and after a few sites that used a similar code structure, I decided to create a separate subdomain of my site to sell these scripts for $1. The wesg Script Directory contains all the various scripts and programs I’ve created and I [...]

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If you’ve worked on a website, or had someone build a website for you, or even purchase webhosting, you’ve probably heard the “buzz-phrase” Search Engine Optimization. What exactly is this long-winded acronym? SEO, as it is commonly referred to, is editing and building a website so that traffic can be increased. At its foundation, it [...]

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UPDATE: TV.com (which I use to find the show titles) has since changed their format, so I cannot guarantee that this script works as advertised. I will confirm it in the near future. UPDATE 2: This Applescript has been replaced by a more efficient and lightweight Bash script. After picking up a 750 GB hard [...]

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