New helper script: SVN updater using Growl notifications

This small helper script should be added to cron and checks your local working copies against the online repository. It can automatically update your working copies if a newer revision is available. The user will be informed using Growl popups. As Growl is only available for Mac users it’s a Mac only tool by now.

The script currently registers with Growl using the classes from Python bindings. This is not necessary and would also be done by growlnotify. I was just interested in how this whole Growl stuff works. Feel free to remove this parts. … » Read more

Installing iPython under MacOS X

If you don’t know iPython by now:  check it out

It’s a pretty nice tool if you work with python from the terminal. Especially the easy way to get information about modules and functions. The easiest way to install (especially in a Mac environment) is to use the “alldeps” tarball.

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Nagios Plugins

These are some of the Nagios plugins i wrote which may be useful for you. You may download them via http://www.nagiosexchange.org too. All plugins are released under GPLv2 license.

check_imap_mailbox

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This plugin monitors a given IMAP mailbox for new mail. When a new mail arrived a CRITICAL error will be . . . → Read More: Nagios Plugins