Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast

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Date	Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:49:50 -0400
Subject	Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast
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On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 3:06 PM, C. N. Desrosiers <cndesrosiers@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm planning to buy a Macbook Air and I want to use it as a sort of alarm.
>  I'd like to write a program that boots my computer at a specific time,
> loads iTunes, and starts playing a podcast.  Is this sort of thing possible
> in Python?
>

Python cannot do this by itself, as has already been mentioned.

If you're using a Mac, you can schedule your computer to turn on (and/or
off) using System Preferences->Energy Saver->Schedule...

Then run a Python script in a cron job.

In fact, you could do this in bash ;)

HTH,
Jason

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Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast "C. N. Desrosiers" <cndesrosiers@gmail.com> - 2013-06-16 12:06 -0700
  Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-16 19:22 +0000
    Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-06-16 15:34 -0400
  Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-06-16 15:25 -0400
  Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast Petite Abeille <petite.abeille@gmail.com> - 2013-06-16 21:44 +0200
  Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast Jason Swails <jason.swails@gmail.com> - 2013-06-16 15:49 -0400
  Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-06-16 16:18 -0400
  Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast "C. N. Desrosiers" <cndesrosiers@gmail.com> - 2013-06-16 16:56 -0400
  Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-17 07:55 +1000
  Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast inq1ltd <inq1ltd@inqvista.com> - 2013-06-17 09:24 -0400
    Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast Irmen de Jong <irmen.NOSPAM@xs4all.nl> - 2013-06-17 19:03 +0200
  Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast "Lefavor, Matthew (GSFC-582.0)[MICROTEL LLC]" <matthew.lefavor@nasa.gov> - 2013-06-17 10:02 -0500
  Re: Using Python to automatically boot my computer at a specific time and play a podcast Giorgos Tzampanakis <giorgos.tzampanakis@gmail.com> - 2013-06-17 17:52 +0000

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