Memento mori

This script will remind you the number of days passed since your birth and the number of days to a nominal death.

Usage

Put your birth date and expected death date into gettimes.py and then update memento.c with that input.

By default, the number of days to death is not displayed (it was a feature, but then I decided that the uncertainty in death is too large): uncommed the appropriate #define statement in memento.c if you want to use this feature.

This script also checks for any unsent mail left in my outbox (I use offlineimap for sending email in the backgground). You might want to comment out lines 26-28 and 30.

Use make to compile and then add something like this to your .bashrc:

if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then
    PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[03;29m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]: \[\033[01;33m\]\w\[\033[00m\] $(/home/anze/local/bin/memento) ▶ '
else
    PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h: \w$(/home/anze/local/bin/memento) ▶ '
fi

The result is command prompt like this

anze@kosovel: ~ [14747 <-> 14837] ▶ 

meaning that 14746 days have passed since my birth and I have some ~14800 left.

Update in 2023

I am now here:

anze@kosovel: ~ [16700] ❱❱