[ale] Automatic recipe downloads using Firefox

Daniel Howard dhhoward at comcast.net
Thu Dec 28 17:07:21 EST 2006


OK, ready for a wild question?  My mother-in-law who lives with us is a 
French chef and watches the Food Network all day.  I spend countless 
hours printing out recipes from the food network web site for her (and 
more hours at the Gym working those recipes off of my waistline), most 
of which she can't recall the exact show or episode or even the right 
key words of the recipe she wants.  She gets all excited trying to 
recall the details and yells suggestions of key words to try.  Stress.

There are only a few shows that she watches all the time and I can get 
the times they run from the program guide.  On the main page of the food 
network web site, there is a link to the current show and links to the 
recipes on that show.

So, is there any way to set up a cron job or similar to go to the Food 
network's web site when her shows are on and search for the text 
"Featured recipes" and then automate the process of printing each 
recipe?  My cardiovascular system thanks you in advance.

Regards,
Daniel

-- 
Daniel Howard
President and CEO
Georgia Open Source Education Foundation



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