[plug] Only 10,000 seconds to go!

[Leon Brooks]

The Uni time integer hits 1111111111 at 09:58:31 this morning.

  --**-- Recommended countdown recipe --**--

Ingredients:

  * "watch" program from procps

  * "figlet" program

  * extra fonts for figlets

To obtain these under Mandrake:

    urpmi procps figlet-more-fonts

Method:

    Put this into a file, call it countdown.sh -

#!/bin/sh
( echo -e "\n\n\n\n\n\n"
  figlet -kf basic $(date +%s)
  figlet -kf basic $[1111111111 - $(date +%s)] ) | \
  pr -to 20


    watch sh countdown.sh

Cheers; Leon

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