DJ’s Weblog

Well, a little evening hack while watching Inspector Morse has produced a minimalist script wget.pl - a tiny wrapper around the wget command so that you can be more polite when retrieving HTTP based information - in particular RSS feeds.
The idea was sparked by Simon’s post about using HTTP 1.1’s ETag and [...]

If you want to avoid a stint in Accident & Emergency in-patients, and a bandaged ankle, don’t bolt down the stairs at Clapham Junction station two at a time and then miss your footing before you get to the bottom.
Ouch.
Ahem.