I think this is more of a blog but we don't have that option so it is here in a post.  Occassionally I like to use Maple to grab data from the internet. 

The problem is that everyone seems to be changing the formats of their webpages.  Out with the old simple txt fomatted data webpages and in with the new html formatted webpages. The trouble with that is, if you already have a worksheet setup to manipulate the data using sockets or HTTP[Get] you have to go back in and sometimes change the address of the location.  Then try to figure out the http surgery method that organizes the data into something simple and readable. 

Of course that is the face of changing times and technology. 


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