Some TV channels (okay, most of them) offer some kind of possibility to stream their content online. Usually, those streams have to be viewed in a browser, and they are interrupted by a nifty amount of current ads. Let's look at a more convenient way to stream publically available content.

When opening such a site, let's for the sake of argument use the site of German TV channel Pro7 and, after logging in (it's free to create an account), let's pick a show and open an episode.

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If you never had the need or necessity to copy a whole first level of directory structure without the files contained in Windows, this post isn't for you. Stop reading right now! If on the other hand you ever had to do that or something similar (e.g. copy the whole tree without files) - keep reading, you might find it useful.

A colleague came to me asking if I could help her copy a whole bunch of directories (for unified naming purposes). She already had considered the easy way: copy the WHOLE directory, delete all subdirectories manually. Too time consuming, yes, but we talk about a directory tree with approximately 57 gigabyte of data, carefully put in 50,000 files and 8,500 folders, of which 178 were on the top level (and thus needed in the final result). When additionally you have to copy the structure over to a different network drive (which we had to), we can agree that it's highly impractical.

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Sometimes, the smallest problems call for the most complicated solutions. And sometimes, these solutions can be quite "hacky".

Ever have tried to insert an image into Microsoft Excel® and print it? Then you know what I'm talking about ...

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