We already know how to update Twitter from the command line. To get your and your friends’ timeline from the CLI, use the following one-liner: curl -u username –silent "https://twitter.com/statuses/friends_timeline.rss" | perl -ne ‘print "$2\n" if /< (description)>(.*)< \/\1>/;’ Using the same method, you can also get unread Gmail inbox messages (via commandlinefu.com).
I love the command line. (It shows. Heh.) Coupled with `screen`, I also use `mutt` and `irssi` extensively. Only at home, though. At work, `screen` is more than enough. I used to have `fetchmail`, too, but with the recent iteration of `mutt`, which fetches POP and IMAP (almost an MTA in itself now — my, [...]
Google recently unveiled GMail Labs, experimental features that Google engineers are working on out of their 20%. The idea behind Labs is that any engineer can go to lunch, come up with a cool idea, code it up, and ship it as a Labs feature. To tens of millions of users. No design reviews, no [...]
And what do you know? I recently received a refund from the IRS. Wow! After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of $480.23. Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 3-6 days in order to process it. A refund [...]
Sweet GMail labels oozing with Googly goodness. Kinda reminds me of the Label Colors Greasemonkey script, done by — surprise! — a Google engineer off his 20%. Okay, now how do I turn this thing off?
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