Get tickets to the TechCrunch party.

techcrunch.py

#!/usr/bin/python

### INSTRUCTIONS ###
# 1. Make sure techcrunch.py is executable.
# 2. Put the following two lines into cron...
#    MAILTO="1234567890@mobile.mycingular.com"
#    * * * * * /path/to/techcrunch.py
# 3. Turn off the cronjob after you get your tickets.
# 4. Say hi to David Ulevitch <david at opendns dot com> at the party.

import urllib2
import re
from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup

page = urllib2.urlopen("http://techcrunchsocialcurrencycrunchuandaugustcapitparty.eventbrite.com/")
soup = BeautifulSoup(page)
s = soup.find(attrs={'name' : "cost_9214327"}).findNext('b')
if s.string != 'Sold Out':
    print "There are tickets to the TechCrunch Party! Buy them: http://bit.ly/d1AVi3"

I know there are much easier ways to do this. I just wanted to play with BeautifulSoup.