TEDx Chennai 2010

I had been to a very good conference TEDx last week on 10th October to IIT Madras Chennai.

It is an independent event organized by TED.

As far as the TEDx Chennai is concerned this is the 2nd edition held on special date 10/10/10. Even the 3rd edition date has been already finalized it is also on a special date 09/10/11.

The key person to organize this event in Chennai is Mr.Kiruba Shankar , a professional blogger.

I really got surprised when the event closed, how and where Kiruba had searched for those impressive speakers with such great talents. Really hats off to all the Speakers of TEDx and Key organizer Kiruba.

Probably the videos of the event will be uploaded in the TEDx Chennai site soon.

Simple Python Code

I tried this simple code using 'feed parser' in Python.
Am new to python, So i started trying simple codes in python.

Program :

#! /usr/bin/python

import feedparser

BBCCricketNews = feedparser.parse('http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/sportplayer_uk_edition/cricket/rss.xml')

CricinfoCricketNews = feedparser.parse('http://www.cricinfo.com/rss/content/story/feeds/0.rss')

X= input('BBC Cricket News:1 , Cricinfo Cricket News:2 \n enter your choice: ')

i=1

if X==1:

print "BBC Cricket news"

while i <= 5:

ptitle = BBCCricketNews.entries[i].title

pdes=BBCCricketNews.entries[i].description

purl=BBCCricketNews.entries[i].link

print '%s.%s' %(i,ptitle)

print '%s' %(purl)

print '%s' %(pdes)

print '\n'

i +=1

elif X==2:

print "Cricinfo Cricket news"

while i <= 5:

ptitle=CricinfoCricketNews.entries[i].title

pdes=CricinfoCricketNews.entries[i].description

purl=CricinfoCricketNews.entries[i].link

print '%s.%s' %(i,ptitle)

print '%s' %(purl)

print '%s' %(pdes)

print '\n'

i +=1

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Sample output 1:

avinash@linux-qqbq:~/pyPrograms> ./LatestCricketNews.py

BBC Cricket News:1 , Cricinfo Cricket News:2

enter your choice: 1

BBC Cricket news

1.Swann thrilled by 'dream' Ashes tour

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport1/hi/cricket/9028868.stm

Graeme Swann tells BBC Sport that a childhood dream has been realised after being named as part of England's squad for this winter's Ashes series in Australia.

2.Miller explains Ashes squad choices

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport1/hi/cricket/9028456.stm

England Chairman of selectors Geoff Miller says Ashes squad members Monty Panesar and Chris Tremlett derverve their place after improving their form in county cricket.

3.Broad confident of England victory

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport1/hi/cricket/9027720.stm

England bowler Stuart Broad is confident England have all the "attributes" to beat Australia in the upcoming Ashes Test series.