gistfile1.rb

require 'socket'

server = TCPServer.open(9999)   
loop do        
  Thread.start(server.accept) do |client|
    puts "connected #{client.inspect}"
    begin
      while say = client.readline.strip
        puts "largetype: #{say}"
        `osascript -e 'tell application "Quicksilver"
        show large type "#{say}"
        end tell'`
      end
    rescue EOFError, Errno::ECONNRESET
    end
    puts "closing connection"
    client.close
  end
end