gnome reminder

[Robert Valk]

On Thu, 2006-07-13 at 19:19 +0200, Dimitri Mallis wrote:
> i know this is going 2 sound very stupid to a lot of people, but i
> spend all my day infron of a computer & get so consumed whith what i
> am doing that i forget other inportant things i should do... these are
> really really basic things & this will make a lot of people laugh, but
> i sometimes completely for get to eat a few meals, e.i i dont eat
> lunch & supper, i just do what im doing & then get too tierd to cook
> or make food. another thing i forget to do is make phone calls.
> 
> is there a program the can just be a reminder only, not bundeled up
> with a e-mail client or anything like that. so that i could input
> things like:
> 
> 13:00 - eat lunch
> 15:00 - go to gym
> 17:00 - call billy-bob
> 
> & then it will ringe the system bell & shake the sceen untill i press
> a OK button
> 
> thanks
> 
WorkRave (in universe I think) is an excellent little utility for
reminding you to take breaks regularly. You can postpone breaks if
necessary (eg: if you're working on something very urgent)

Cheers
Rob