use strict;
use LWP::Simple;
use Win32::Sound;

my $poll=600;
my $wav='c:\winnt\media\chimes.wav';
my $question;

&watch;

sub watch {
  my @content = split/\n/,get("http://www.perlmonks.org");
  my $hit;
  
  for (@content) {
    if ($hit and /href.*node.*\>(.*)\<\/a\>/i) {$hit=0;compare($1)};
    $hit=1 if /New Questions/;
  }
}

sub compare {
  my $curquestion=shift;

  if ($question ne $curquestion) {
    $question=$curquestion;
    &act; 
  }
  sleep $poll;
  &watch
}

sub act {
  print "New Question: $question\n";
  Win32::Sound::Play($wav);
}

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