This is a very basic Python script that will let you poll ThingM's IFTT event service. You need to change the "IFTT key" in the URL, and use that same key in your IFTT blink(1) channel. I think any 16-character string will work but you should generate your own unique value, possibly including the blink(1) serial number (blink1-tool --list). The …

iftt_blink1.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import urllib2
import json
import time
import calendar
import subprocess

url = 'http://api.thingm.com/blink1/events/01234567DEADC0DE'

last_time = 0

while True:
  req = urllib2.Request(url)
  res = urllib2.urlopen(req)
  data = res.read()

  ev = json.loads(data)

  if ev['event_count'] > 0:
    print 'events to process'
    for e in ev['events']:
      print e
      if int(e['date']) > last_time:
        print 'trigger: ' + e['name']
        subprocess.call(['./'+e['name']+'.sh'])

  last_time = calendar.timegm(time.gmtime())
  time.sleep(30)