Is steve jobs dead ?

jobsdead.py

#!/usr/bin/env python2
import urllib
import smtplib
import time

from HTMLParser import HTMLParser
from email.mime.text import MIMEText

SERVER = "smtp.gmail.com"
PORT = 587

USERNAME = "username"
PASSWORD = "password"
EMAIL = USERNAME + "@gmail.com"

URL = "http://www.isstevejobsdead.com"
TIMEOUT = 5 * 60

class StatusScraper( HTMLParser ):
    """
    Scrape the HTML on isstevejobsdead.com to find out
    if Steve Jobs is alive or dead
    """
    def __init__( self, *args, **kwargs ):

        HTMLParser.__init__( self, *args, **kwargs )
        self.in_block = False
        self.dead = None
        self.status_alive = "Nope."

    def handle_starttag( self, tag, attrs ):

        tag = tag.lower()
        attrs = dict( attrs )

        if tag == "div" and attrs['id'] == "main":
            self.in_block = False

    def handle_data( self, data ):

        if self.in_block:
            if data == self.status_alive:
                self.dead = False
            else:
                self.dead = True

    def handle_endtag( self, tag ):

        if self.in_block and tag.lower == "div":
            self.in_block = False

class SMTPSender(object):
    """
    Simple wrapper around smtplib and MIMEText for sending emails
    """
    def __init__(self, server, port=25, tls=False, user=None, password=None):

        self.server = server
        self.port = port
        self.tls = tls
        self.user = user
        self.password = password

    def send(self, addr_from, addr_to, subject, text):

        msg = MIMEText(text.encode('utf-8'), _charset='utf-8')
        msg['From'] = addr_from
        msg['To'] = addr_to
        msg['Subject'] = subject

        conn = smtplib.SMTP(self.server, self.port)
        if self.tls:
            conn.starttls()
        conn.ehlo_or_helo_if_needed()
        if self.user and self.password:
            conn.login( self.user, self.password )
        conn.sendmail( addr_from, addr_to, msg.as_string() )

if __name__ == "__main__":

    dead = False

    while not dead:

        html = urllib.urlopen( URL ).read()

        status_scraper = StatusScraper()
        status_scraper.feed( html )
        dead = status_scraper.dead

        if dead:
            smtp = SMTPSender( SERVER, PORT, True, USERNAME, PASSWORD )
            print "Steve Jobs is DEAD ! Sending email..."
            smtp.send( EMAIL,
                    EMAIL,
                    "Steve Jobs is DEAD !",
                    "STEVE JOBS IS FINALLY DEAD !!!!!" )
        else:
            print "Steve jobs isn't dead yet. Checking again in %s seconds" % TIMEOUT
            time.sleep( TIMEOUT )