PyNotify

notifyme.py

import os, sys
import datetime, time
import pynotify

# Notifies with a fortune cookie every X minutes.
# Usage: "python notifyme.py 10" to notify every 10 minutes

def notify(count):
    fortune = os.popen('fortune -n 100 -s', 'r').read()
    time    =  datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%H:%M:%S")
    pynotify.Notification("%s (%s) >>" % (time,count) , fortune).show()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    pynotify.init('Notify Me')
    try:
        interval = float(sys.argv[1])
    except:
        interval = 20
    notification_count = 0
    try:
        while True:
            notification_count+=1 
            notify(notification_count)
            time.sleep(interval*60)
    except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
        print "\nNotified %s times." % notification_count
        exit