I’ve built a proof of concept in some hacked together python code to automatically add movies to my netflix queue when I send twitter messages to @flixbot.
For example this tweet:
Gets Blade into my queue. Awesome.
I started building this out into a full fledged service so other people can use it as well. Of course I’m [...]
Posted in asides, twitter on Sep 12th, 2007 No Comments »
My friend Sean says it best here
To Recap:
If you want to know what’s going on with me, it’s best to follow this link: My Twitter Stream.
Posted in Technical, python, twitter on Jul 20th, 2007 No Comments »
So I’ve spent a little more time thinking about this and have decided this utility would be better as a server utility that sits out in the cloud and monitors for my computer activity. If it doesn’t see activity for some set period it notifies twitter to re-enable SMS messages.
This takes care of any issues [...]
Posted in Code, Technical, Web, twitter on Jul 19th, 2007 No Comments »
I just started twittering and have found that getting alerts on my phone is great, just not when I’m also at the computer.
So being a good geek I thought I’d automate the process of turning mobile alerts on or off based on my laptop status.
So far I’ve scraped the HTTP headers and post variables so [...]