An implimentation of (10+2)*5

sixty.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# sixty.py, a (10+2)x5 implimentation.
# http://www.43folders.com/2005/10/11/procrastination-hack-1025
#
# Copyright 2009 Tristram Oaten
# This program is distributed under the
# terms of the GNU General Public License
# see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>

import time, os

# Default values are 10 mins work, 2 mins play.
# Feel free to change to whatever works for you.
work = 600
play = 120

# Command to run each work/play play/work transition
notify_cmd = 'aplay /usr/share/sounds/question.wav -q'

# Main loop
while 1:
    os.system("clear")
    for i in range (0, work):
        print "WORK"
        print work - i
        time.sleep(1)
        os.system("clear")
    os.popen(notify_cmd)

    for i in range (0, play):
        print "PLAY"
        print play - i
        time.sleep(1)
        os.system("clear")
    os.popen(notify_cmd)

Here’s the idea:
“Following on the idea of the procrastination dash and Jeff’s progressive dash, I’ve been experimenting with a squirelly new system to pound through my procrastinated to-do list. Brace yourself, because it is a bit more byzantine than is Merlin 2005’s newly stripped-down habit. It’s called (10+2)*5, and today it will save your ass.”

• http://www.43folders.com/2005/10/11/procrastination-hack-1025