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Been meaning to post this but if you're interested, I set up a RSS feed for the daily Far Side comic[0]. It's a simple scraper that runs daily on GitHub actions

by sphars 1y ago

Been meaning to post this but if you're interested, I set up a RSS feed for the daily Far Side comic[0]. It's a simple scraper that runs daily on GitHub actions and creates an entry for the 2-5 comics and captions of the day. Source code is on GitHub.[1] I'll have to look into this new section of the website and see about adding that to the feed. [0]: https://sphars.github.io/rss-feeds/feeds/the_far_side/feed.xml https://sphars.github.io/rss-feeds/feeds/the_far_side/feed.x... [1]: https://github.com/sphars/rss-feeds https://github.com/sphars/rss-feeds

busyant 1y ago
You should try to incorporate Dennis the Menace in your retrievals. https://www.reddit.com/r/Harmontown/comments/dsfqh7/the_far_side_actually_switched_captions_with/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Harmontown/comments/dsfqh7/the_far_...
jimniels 1y ago
My first thought on finding this: needs an rss feed! TY
brookst 1y ago
Wow. Thanks for making me buy a color e-ink display.
- thebruce87m 1y ago
  Which one did you buy?
  - brookst 1y ago
    Bought the waveshare spectra 6 13.3”, will be a little project to connect to a spare rpi and pull down this RSS feed.
    - sphars 1y ago
      I'll be curious how you'll do this, having a daily Far Side like the daily paper calendar is a good idea. The only possible issue with my RSS feed is that I lump all the daily comics into one entry. So you could get 2-5 images per day/entry. Essentially what you see on the front page of thefarside.com. I'm not completely sold on my method, so open to suggestions (see above post for the GitHub)
Vinnl 1y ago
Semi-related: a plug of my project that allows you to set up exactly that for any website using CSS selectors. https://feed-me-up-scotty.vincenttunru.com/ https://feed-me-up-scotty.vincenttunru.com/
- sphars 1y ago
  This looks great, I'll have to check it out. I remember with the Far Side website I had to use Selenium for the browser because of some JavaScript on the page vs using something like BeautifulSoup. Does yours handle that?
  - Vinnl 1y ago
    Yeah, it uses Playwright, so it does execute JavaScript. It doesn't attempt to hide the fact that it's automated, so some sites that don't like scraping will block it, but I wouldn't expect that for this website.
nativeit 1y ago
Thanks for this! I have moved 90%+ of my daily media consumption to FreshRSS, and despite the up-front effort, it's been well worth it. I find that a very simple, chronological, purely opt-in approach has improved my mental health, and left me fulfilled without the need for endless algorithmically generated content feeds, which frequently left me anxious and procrastinating.
sphars 11mo ago
In case anyone finds this, I received a DMCA notice from the publisher of The Far Side this morning, and out of respect for Gary Larsen, I'll removed the scraper and RSS feed.

by sphars 1y ago

busyant 1y ago

You should try to incorporate Dennis the Menace in your retrievals. https://www.reddit.com/r/Harmontown/comments/dsfqh7/the_far_side_actually_switched_captions_with/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Harmontown/comments/dsfqh7/the_far_...

jimniels 1y ago

My first thought on finding this: needs an rss feed! TY

brookst 1y ago

Wow. Thanks for making me buy a color e-ink display.

thebruce87m 1y ago
Which one did you buy?
- brookst 1y ago
  Bought the waveshare spectra 6 13.3”, will be a little project to connect to a spare rpi and pull down this RSS feed.
  - sphars 1y ago
    I'll be curious how you'll do this, having a daily Far Side like the daily paper calendar is a good idea. The only possible issue with my RSS feed is that I lump all the daily comics into one entry. So you could get 2-5 images per day/entry. Essentially what you see on the front page of thefarside.com. I'm not completely sold on my method, so open to suggestions (see above post for the GitHub)

Vinnl 1y ago

Semi-related: a plug of my project that allows you to set up exactly that for any website using CSS selectors. https://feed-me-up-scotty.vincenttunru.com/ https://feed-me-up-scotty.vincenttunru.com/

sphars 1y ago
This looks great, I'll have to check it out. I remember with the Far Side website I had to use Selenium for the browser because of some JavaScript on the page vs using something like BeautifulSoup. Does yours handle that?
- Vinnl 1y ago
  Yeah, it uses Playwright, so it does execute JavaScript. It doesn't attempt to hide the fact that it's automated, so some sites that don't like scraping will block it, but I wouldn't expect that for this website.

nativeit 1y ago

Thanks for this! I have moved 90%+ of my daily media consumption to FreshRSS, and despite the up-front effort, it's been well worth it. I find that a very simple, chronological, purely opt-in approach has improved my mental health, and left me fulfilled without the need for endless algorithmically generated content feeds, which frequently left me anxious and procrastinating.

sphars 11mo ago

In case anyone finds this, I received a DMCA notice from the publisher of The Far Side this morning, and out of respect for Gary Larsen, I'll removed the scraper and RSS feed.