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I use cron to send myself birthday reminder emails: 0 0 9 11 * /usr/bin/mail -s "REMINDER: Nov 9 is Marks birthday" me@mydomain.com Or just annual remi
by rsync 7y ago
I use cron to send myself birthday reminder emails:
0 0 9 11 * /usr/bin/mail -s "REMINDER: Nov 9 is Marks birthday" me@mydomain.com
Or just annual reminders or warnings I want to heed:
0 0 1 8 * /usr/bin/mail -s "REMINDER: MAKE christmas St. Francis reservations NOW for good pricing..." me@mydomain.com
Sometimes, instead of /usr/bin/mail, I use 'smsme' which is a small script that interfaces with twilio:
/usr/local/bin/curl -X POST -d "Body=$msg" -d "From=$from" -d "To=$to" "https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/$accountsid/Messages" -u "$accountsid:$authtoken"
(that's not the entire script, but you get the idea)
- xyst 7y agoWhat’s wrong with reminder apps that are default with all smart phones?
- hbcondo714 7y agoWhat's wrong is that it's not default, in Android at least: https://support.google.com/calendar/thread/1699815?msgid=1714805 https://support.google.com/calendar/thread/1699815?msgid=171...
- rsync 7y agoI've been building this crontab since 1996. How many phones have you gone through since 1996 ?
- Mathnerd314 7y agoEmails are easier to deal with as task items, and he probably wrote this before smart phones were a thing. Also reminder apps for smart phones suck, just read some internet reviews, e.g. first half of https://www.ipitaka.com/blogs/news/does-your-calendar-reminder-app-suck-i-have-the-answer https://www.ipitaka.com/blogs/news/does-your-calendar-remind....
- flukus 7y agoNotifications/interruptions don't tend to be at a good time and get swiped away, if you get an email you can check it at an actionable time, assuming you disable email interuptions. It's easy to keep in git along with other configs so it survives phone refreshes without relying on third parties who are probably snooping on that data.
- fulafel 7y agoPhone apps and phones themselves are temporary, not suitable for this timescale of things.