
DON'T Let It Burn! (1-click Timer)
Source (link to git-repo or to original if based on someone elses unmodified work): Add the source-code for this project on opencode.net
This little script is just a very basic, 1-click alarm clock. You set the number of minutes and at that time a sound (which you need to set) will be played. No application is started, the sound is played through the aplay command, so it's independent from the player you have installed.
** Why?? **
I know there are tons of much better alarm clocks out there. In fact, this is not supposed to be an alarm clock. It's just a sort of kitchen timer, for computer addicted.
My problem was that i was burning all my food (kinda following, too literally, what Usher says in his song "Let it burn!").
After throwing something in the oven or putting on the cookers i use to go back working on the PC and every time i forget about the food. I can't be bother to set a "full alarm clock", need something REALLY fast that reminds me about the food just some minutes later (and if possible i prefer that such reminder is not the horn of the firemen coming to extinguish the fire i caused :P )
** Installation **
Place dont_let_it_burn.desktop in /home/YOUR_USERNAME/.kde/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus
Place dont_let_it_burn.sh in /home/YOUR_USERNAME/bin
Place dont_let_it_burn.au in /home/YOUR_USERNAME/bin
IMPORTANT: you need to point to a valid audio file, supported bu the aplay command (wav or au for example). I have included a small sample file, dont_let_it_burn.au, if you place it in the bin directory then you dont need to do anything else. If you want another file just modify dont_let_it_burn.sh setting a valid path in the variable FULL_PATH_TO_AUDIO_FILE
Kiblet
13 years ago
This way I don't risk not hearing an alarm sound. Sometimes my audio is switched to my headphones, but I'm not wearing the headphones. Or my speakers are turned off, and I'm unaware of it.
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BorgQueen
13 years ago
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benjaminisant
13 years ago
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G0NZO
13 years ago
computer addiction is dangerous :P
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microchip
13 years ago
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G0NZO
13 years ago
/me then immediately calls the firemen
hahahah :P
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microchip
13 years ago
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rocketpcguy
13 years ago
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G0NZO
13 years ago
I got the title from Usher's song "Let it burn"... which actually refers to yet another context and meaning
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747419
13 years ago
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brcha
13 years ago
I guess it would be nice if kteatime had configurable icons and if it grew up in the general alarm application, not just the tea cooking one. It doesn't sound right when it writes "Tea burek is ready" (where burek is sort of a Serbian cheese or meat pie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burek#Serbian_.28round.29burek).
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G0NZO
13 years ago
It's actually completely different from my servicemenu script.
Personally i dont even think its worth installing a featured appl only for a few minutes reminder. As i said i'm aware of many better alarm clocks out there, but i wanted a 1-click thingy. This, for my own convenience: i uploaded it here but wrote it for myself (writing that script took something like 50 seconds).
So if someone is looking for more featured things, this service menu is simply not for him/her
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bulletxt
13 years ago
maybe you could rename it to "kitchen not on fire" :PP
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bulletxt
13 years ago
maybe you could rename it to "kitchen not on fire" :PP
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