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Created June 2, 2012 12:28 — forked from PhirePhly/TwitterMatrixTicker.sh
Use a Dot Matrix Printer to print Tweets as they happen
#!/bin/sh
# Kenneth Finnegan, 2012
# kennethfinnegan.blogspot.com
# adapted for osx by 0x6d64, [email protected]
#
# TwitterMatrixTicker
# Given a username and an ascii printer, checks for new mentions and
# prints them one at a time to the printer.
# Expected usage is either spun off into the background >/dev/null or
# on a detachable screen so you can monitor progress.