- Watches rowan playing hockey with a stick and conker http://twitpic.com/k3513 #
- Note to employee – don't leave xdebu auto profiling all requests. 18gb and a full disk result #
- At least I made some good progress with my training material prep today. #
- Pizza express-hut for tea then. #
- Py #
- HMRC has a sense of humour http://bit.ly/7NCXD via @drbexl #
- Redditch and Bromsgrove LUG Curry+Beer – B97 5QB @ 19:00
#redditch #bromsgrove #geek #linux #lug See http://rnblug.org.uk # - from bash.org: "why do churches spend millions on abstinence lessons when a WoW account is $15/mnth + better record of ensuring virginity." #
- Cake Thursday arrives… There are only 3 of us… Thx @aypok http://twitpic.com/jtk5k #
- Created @phpwm for #phpwm related stuff yesterday. #php #birmingham #programming #
- Surprised there are still new strawberries growing in the garden. The toddler enjoyed them for breakfast. #
- Is being fed shreddies and stuff by The Toddler. Fat Daddy! Always eating. #
- Wonders why Twitter never remembers him. #
- Fscking fsck hurry up!! #
- Gets the feeling he shouldn't be allowed to code as he crashes $computer #
- Typical. I can't leave bed as the toddler is lying on me, and my headphones are downstairs….(desire to listen to classic guns and roses). #
Using Growl for host notifications on the iphone
We’ve used SMS notifications for some time to notify me when something breaks on one of the servers we manage/look after. SMS is good, but here’s something better.
While I was wondering how many credits I have left with Kapow, Peter suggested we use Growl and iPhone push notifications instead. A quick investigation showed we can…. (Growl notifications are push and free… which appeals to me).
A quick read, found a command line Python library (http://github.com/jacobb/prowlpy/blob/master/example.py) and obviously the Prowl application on the iphone. A one off charge of £1.79, and free notifications for life.
As a further bonus, Growl notifications can have a classification (and associated sound/vibrate on the phone) so I can have e.g. ones from super-important-customer waking me up in the middle of the night with a siren noise, and others silent. Finally, the Prowl client supports the notion of ‘quiet hours’ when it can suppress noises.
Prowl Growl FTW!