gistfile1.js

var jsdom = require("jsdom");
var request = require('request');
var sys = require('sys');
var exec = require('child_process').exec;

getPage = function(someUri, callback) {
  request({uri: someUri, headers:{'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0'}}, function (error, response, body) {
    callback(body);
  });
}

var loading = false;

checkGox = function(){
	loading = true;
	getPage('http://www.mtgox.com/news', function(body) {
  jsdom.env(body,["http://code.jquery.com/jquery.js"], function (errors, window) {
		var $ = window.$;
		var headline = $(".newsFeed li a").first().attr("href");
		if(headline != "https://www.mtgox.com/press_release_20140207.html"){
			console.log("OMG NEWS");
			exec("say 'OMG GO CHECK'");
		} else {
			console.log((new Date()).getTime() + ": no news yet...");
			loading = false;
		}
	});
});
}

setInterval(function(){
	if(!loading){
		checkGox()
	}
}, 8000);