Give your boss the illusion of managing you… with pidgin and dbus

30Jun09

Oh yeah!. With the power of DBus and libpurple APIs it is possible to give your boss the illusion of managing you. Just run the following script (under WTFPL). Tested with jabber accounts in a live office environment .

#!/usr/bin/env python
# By Sudharshan S, released under WTFPL

import dbus
import gobject
import time

class PointyHairedBoss:

    def __init__(self, boss_id, source, [...]

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Tags: comicstrip, dbus, dilbert, im, moronity, pidgin, pointyhairedboss, purple, Python, snippet, wally, wtfpl

Burn, baby.. Burn

21Jun09

When it comes to fitness, I am one of those nerdy couch potatoes with a rather rotund tummy. Burning away calories has become an important priority now and boy, do I miss those Lays and the local Iyengar Bakery Bun Butter Jam and Puffs. For the last week, I have been waking up early and [...]

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