require 'rubygems'
require 'hpricot'
require 'open-uri'
forum = Hpricot(open("http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/index.php?show_part=0"))
lasturl = forum.search("a[@title*=Jump to the last page]").at("[@href*=/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=32696]")['href']
page = Hpricot(open("http://www.teamliquid.net" + lasturl))
status = page.search("td.forumPost").last().inner_html.gsub(/<br[^>]*>/, "\n").gsub(/<\/?[^>]*>/, "").gsub(/\t*/, "").gsub(/\n{2,}/, "\n")
`xsetroot -name "#{status.split("\n")[0]}"`
edit: I might try and come up with something with an interface (and something that's actually useful! )