NTKnow (<http://ntk.net/>) had a nice bit today about how to make use of Brad Brace's cool, old school 12hr-ISBN-Jpeg Project (<http://www.teleport.com/~bbrace/12hr.html>) to give yourself new wallpaper in X every 12 hours. Here's a modified version of that script that only uses free software: -- #!/bin/bash DEST=~/.12hr.jpeg FTPSITE=ftp.rdrop.com FILE=/pub/users/bbrace/12hr.jpeg # alternative sites: # FTPSITE=ftp.pacifier.com FILE=/pub/users/bbrace/12hr.jpeg # FTPSITE=ftp.netcom.com FILE=/pub/bb/bbrace/12hr.jpeg # FTPSITE=ftp.teleport.com FILE=/users/bbrace/12hr.jpeg # FTPSITE=ftp.wco.com FILE=/pub/users/bbrace/12hr.jpeg echo "Downloading 12hr JPEG..." ftp -n $FTPSITE <<EndFTP user anonymous [EMAIL PROTECTED] binary get $FILE $DEST EndFTP echo " ...finished." # Use ImageMagick to tint the picture blue convert ~/.12hr.jpeg -colorize 0/0/100 ~/.12hrC.jpeg display -window root ~/.12hrC.jpeg -- To use it, schedule a cron job to run every 12 hours; here's what I put in my personal crontab file: 1 0,12 * * * /home/m/bin/12hr
