simple motivational quotes on your console.

motivator

#!/usr/bin/env python

# Every hour:
#   1. Open quotes or goals based on the one opened least frequently
#        a. Return random line from file
#        b. display file
import time
import random

def get_line(lines):
    # pick random line
    # parse it by separating the ';'
    # restructure it in quote format
    num_lines = len(lines)
    rand_line = random.randint(0, num_lines - 1)
    line = lines[rand_line]
    
    if '+' in line:
        t = line.split('+')
        line = t[0]
        author = t[1]
        if t[1] == None:
            author = "Anon."
        else: 
            author = t[1]
        new_string = """'%s' -%s""" % (line, author)
        print new_string.strip()
    else:
        print line

def get_motivation():
    # decide which type of motivation
    r = random.randint(0, 1)
    if r == 0:
        try:
            f = open('/Users/mark/.geeklets/quotes.txt', 'r')
            l = f.readlines()
            f.close()            
            get_line(l)
        except:
            print 'File not accessible or found.'
            
    else:
        try:
            f = open('/Users/mark/.geeklets/goals.txt', 'r')
            l = f.readlines()
            f.close()
            get_line(l)
        except:
            print 'File not accessible or found.'
            
get_motivation()

'''
START_TIME = time.mktime(time.localtime())
while 1:
    CURRENT_TIME = time.mktime(time.localtime())
    
    time_difference = CURRENT_TIME - START_TIME
   # print time_difference
    if time_difference >= 5: # number of seconds in 1 hour
        get_motivation()
        START_TIME = time.mktime(time.localtime())
    else:
        continue
'''