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.x...

[1]: https://github.com/sphars/rss-feeds

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Vinnl 14 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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/

	▲	sphars 13 hours ago \| parent [-]
		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?

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nativeit 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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.

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busyant a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You should try to incorporate Dennis the Menace in your retrievals.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Harmontown/comments/dsfqh7/the_far_...

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brookst 18 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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

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thebruce87m 12 hours ago | parent [-]

Which one did you buy?

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brookst 9 hours ago | parent [-]

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 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		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)

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jimniels 19 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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