monitron

require 'rubygems'
require 'twitter'
require 'serialport'

ser = SerialPort.new("/dev/cu.usbserial-A6007Db4", 9600)
httpauth = Twitter::HTTPAuth.new('username', 'password') # Should use OAuth
twitter = Twitter::Base.new(httpauth)
ser.read_timeout = -1 # Don't block waiting for new data

tweets = [
          "Are you yelling because you're losing or winning? I honestly can't tell.",
          "Aren't you people supposed to be working?",
          "Is someone having a baby in here?"
         ]

ser.read # clear out any cruft on the line
puts "Ready..."

while true
  data = ser.read # This returns any serial data available or "" if none
  unless data.index("LOUD").nil?
    puts "Loudness Detected!"
    twitter.update(tweets[rand(tweets.size)])
    puts "Cooling off for 10 minutes"
    sleep 600
    ser.read
    puts "Cleared. Done cooling off"
  end
  sleep 10
end