diff --git a/emacs/.emacs.d/site-lisp/appt-init.el b/emacs/.emacs.d/site-lisp/appt-init.el
index d24b68c..d516af2 100644
--- a/emacs/.emacs.d/site-lisp/appt-init.el
+++ b/emacs/.emacs.d/site-lisp/appt-init.el
@@ -26,20 +26,52 @@
 ;;; Code:
 
 (require 'appt)
+(require 'notifications)
 
-(autoload 'jabber-send-message "jabber-chat")
-(defvar jabber-connections)
+(defun oni:appt-display-single-notification (min-to-appt cur-time body)
+  "Show an appointment in a desktop notification.
 
-(defun oni:appt-display-window-and-jabber (min-to-app new-time appt-msg)
-  "Send a message to my phone jabber account."
-  (let ((fmt "%s%s (in %s minutes)"))
-    (jabber-send-message
-     (car jabber-connections) "phone@ryuslash.org" nil
-     (format fmt new-time appt-msg min-to-app) nil))
-  (appt-disp-window min-to-app new-time appt-msg))
+MIN-TO-APPT should be a string with the number of minutes until
+the appointment.  CUR-TIME is the current time.  BODY is the text
+of the appointment."
+  (ignore cur-time)
+  (let ((minutes (string-to-number min-to-appt)))
+    (notifications-notify
+     :title (cond
+             ((= minutes 0) "Appointment right now")
+             ((= minutes 1) "Appointment in 1 minute")
+             (t (format "Appointment in %s minute(s)" min-to-appt)))
+     :body body)))
 
-(setq appt-display-diary nil)
+(defun oni:appt-display-multiple-notifications
+    (mins-to-appts cur-time bodies)
+  "Show multiple appointments in desktop notifications.
 
+MINS-TO-APPTS should be a list of strings with the numbers of
+minutes until the appointments.  CUR-TIME is the current time.
+BODIES is the texts of the appointments."
+  (cl-mapc (lambda (min-to-appt body)
+             (oni:appt-display-single-notification
+              min-to-appt cur-time body))
+           mins-to-appts bodies))
+
+(defun oni:appt-display-notification (mins-to-appts cur-time bodies)
+  "Show one or more appointments in desktop notifications.
+
+MINS-TO-APPTS should be either a string with the number of
+minutes until the appointment, or a list of strings with the
+numbers of minutes until each appointment.  CUR-TIME is the
+current time.  BODIES is either a string with the text of the
+appointment or a list of strings with the text for each
+appointment."
+  (let ((func (if (listp bodies)
+                  'oni:appt-display-multiple-notifications
+                'oni:appt-display-single-notification)))
+   (funcall func mins-to-appts cur-time bodies)))
+
+(setq appt-disp-window-function #'oni:appt-display-notification
+      appt-delete-window-function (lambda ())
+      appt-display-diary nil)
 
 (provide 'appt-init)
 ;;; appt-init.el ends here