slack-clock.sh

#!/bin/sh

# Fill in your slack token (the bad way), and then this will
# set your status text/emoticon to the current hour of the day!
#
# After testing, put this in your contrab like:
# 0 * * * * /path/to/slack-clock.sh >/dev/null 2>&1

token="..."

hour=`date '+%I' | perl -pe 's/^0//'`
text="$hour%20o%27clock"
emoji="clock$hour"
echo "$text: $emoji"
curl -s "https://slack.com/api/users.profile.set?token=$token&profile=%7B%20%22status_text%22%3A%20%22$text%22%2C%20%22status_emoji%22%3A%20%22%3A$emoji%3A%22%20%7D&pretty=1"