Check if I am online. Useful for wonky interwebs like 3/4G or crappy office NAT…

binichonline.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# encoding:utf-8

import os
import subprocess
from time import sleep

import curses

PING = ["ping", "-q", "-c1", "8.8.8.8"]

def green(string):
    return '\x1b[%sm%s\x1b[0m' % ('32;1', string)
def red(string):
    return '\x1b[%sm%s\x1b[0m' % ('31;1', string)

while(True):
    ok = (subprocess.call(PING, stdout = subprocess.PIPE) == 0)
    os.system('clear')
    if(ok):
        print green("ONLINE")
    else:
        print red("OFFLINE")
    sleep(2)