In my ~/bin is, among other things:

• choose-x: a curses script which asks me whether I want to load the x.org config for the LCD panel or the external CRT. My poorly supported graphics chip makes me choose before X starts if I want to be able to play movies.
• find-and-raise.pl: a script which uses wmcrtl to find and raise a window in X. I bind keypresses and icons to invocations of this script - for example, clicking the email icon finds and raises my email window or opens it if none is found.
• senddisc.pl: a script which sends a set of MP3s to my Dell-pod and creates a playlist for them.

-sam