OS X Mountain Lionの通知センターをPythonから使う

timer.py

import pyNotificationCenter as nc
import sys

def runtimer(objective):
    nc.notify('25 min timer started', None, objective, delay=0, sound=False)
    nc.notify('25 min timer timeup', None, objective, delay=10, sound=True)

def makelogtemplate(objective):
    import datetime
    import locale
    today = datetime.datetime.today()
    return \
"""%s, Job started
Objective: %s
Note: 

""" % (today.strftime('%c'), objective)

def writelog(file_name, objective):
    f = open(file_name, 'a')
    f.write(makelogtemplate(objective).encode('utf-8'))
    f.close()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
        print 'Usage: python timer.py "Objective description"'
    else:
        objective = sys.argv[1].decode('utf-8')
        runtimer(objective)
        writelog('timer.log', objective)