motivational timer

timer.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# I use this on Crunchbang and xubuntu systems.
# May need to be modified depending on availability of notify-send as well as icons

def time
  sleep 300 
end

def notify(urgency, icon, title, message)
  `notify-send -u #{urgency} -i #{icon} '#{title}' '#{message}'`
end

pid = fork {
  while true
    time
    notify("critical", "face-devilish","WORK OUT NOW", "work out work out work out")
    time
    notify("critical", "face-cool", "STRETCH!!", "stretch stretch stretch stretch stretch stretch ")
  end 
}

# Might need to set up permissions for /var/run/timer.pid
File.open("/var/run/timer.pid", "w"){|f|f.write(pid); f.close}

Ya, i just wanna capture the pid so i can kill it later
been leaving this running all day...

Don't forget to STRETCH!