This script polls the Apple Store every 4 seconds to see if it returns a good HTTP status code. When this happens, it uses your computer speakers to say "Hurray. The Apple Store is now open for business" (note: the sound only works on OS X). It works beca

applestore.rb

require 'open-uri'

check_every = 4 # seconds
url         = "http://store.apple.com/us"
check_again = true

print "Checking #{url}: "

while check_again
  begin
    sleep check_every
    open url
    check_again = false
    puts "\nStore is back online!"
    `say Hurray. The Apple Store is now open for business`
  rescue
    print "."
    $stdout.flush
  end
end

Nice one, I wrote a similar script to monitor the iPhone 6 availability but didn't know about this 'say' command, so I printed BELL chars instead :) This is way more cool! Thanks.