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#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'date'
require 'rubygems'
require 'libnotify'
require 'net/http'
require 'rexml/document'
require 'xmlsimple'
def every( time )
    Thread.new {
        loop do 
            sleep(time)
            yield
        end
    }
end

class Numeric
    def seconds
        self
    end
    def minutes
        self * 60
    end
    def hours
        self * 60 * 60
    end
end
last_details=""
every( 30.seconds ) { 
	# fetch score
	url = 'http://static.cricinfo.com/rss/livescores.xml'
	# get the XML data as a string
	xml_data = Net::HTTP.get_response(URI.parse(url)).body
	data = XmlSimple.xml_in(xml_data)
	details=data["channel"][0]["item"][0]["description"][0]
	if details != last_details	
		Libnotify.show :summary => "Score", :body => details
	end
	last_details=details
}
# Do some other processing so it stays alive
sleep(10000)

install dependencies
Ruby 1.8.7
gem install xml-simple
gem install libnotify

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