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20
Oct 08

FlixBot

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 going to need a hosted site somewhere for people to sign up. I figured it might be a good time to play with my app engine account.

I got part of the way of there with app engine serving up pages, but then ran into problems with xml libraries I was using in my POC not existing in the AppEngine sandbox. :(

Also I’m starting to run out of enthusiasm.

So that’s where I’m at. Goodnight.

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12
Sep 07

Twitter…

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.

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20
Jul 07

Auto twitter SMS on/off

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 with me shutting down or closing my laptop/computer before my notifier can get its message out.

I’m thinking a python script, called by cron that checks for an indication that I’m active on my computer, if it doesn’t see the indication after some number of tries it turns SMS notifications on. That part seems pretty solid, what should I use on the laptop to signal my presence? If this was a Windows machine I’d be off and running but I’ve recently switched to a Mac and I don’t know the platform very well. Instant messenger sounds like something to tap into as it already has the concept of active/idle built into it, but I’m using Adium and it seems like Adium plug-ins are written in Objective-C which is totally foreign to me.

I think it’s time for some googling…

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19
Jul 07

Auto update Twitter notifications to phone

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 I know how to login and turn updates on or off. Next I need to package up a small utility to automatically decide when to send the commands.