Chatopus has a nice article about using bots with a Jabber client and introduced me to a couple of new (to me at least) bots.
My favourite is the weather service, add
<CITY-CODE>@weather.jabber.zim.net.au to your Jabber roster,
and this user will display the current weather at that location
in their status. To find your the city code, go to
weather.yahoo.com
for example, and use the code that forms part of the url
as the user part of the Jabber ID e.g.
| City | Code | JID |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | USCA0987 | USCA0987@weather.jabber.zim.net.au |
| London | UKXX0085 | UKXX0085@weather.jabber.zim.net.au |
The city code's pretty simple to find out, and it's a nice lightweight way to find out the current weather.
