Have a Konfabulous Thanksgiving!
Is it really Thanksgiving already? Hard to believe. It definitely feels like Thanksgiving today. Yesterday it was in the upper 60s but today looks like it's only going to manage the 40s. Not going to break 60 the rest of the week here.
So I recently stumbled across this nifty little program called Konfabulator. Apparently it used to be just for Macintosh but was recently ported to Windows. Basically, it's a platform for running all kinds of little mini-applications which they call "widgets". I think it's pretty cool. Right now I have a widget running at the top of my screen displaying a strand of blinking Christmas lights. Another widget is in the upper right corner which shows me the weather at a glance (much easier than getting up and looking out the window), and by clicking a drop-down arrow shows me the forecast for the next several days. I have a CPU meter in the lower-right, and a search tool in the lower left, which let's me search using one of several search engines. I have a nice looking analog clock which chimes on the hour. Finally, I think my favorite widget is the "picture" frame. Basically you point it at a directory containing photo images, and every few minutes (you can specify the frequency) it will randomly display one of those photos in a little picture frame. I have a _lot_ of digital photos on my hard drive so it's kinda neat to see what will pop up at random. If you like eye candy on your computer like I do, check it out.
Oh, while I'm thinking of it, I recently changed web hosting and e-mail providers. Looks like everything has pretty well made the transition intact, but let me know if you see any problems. You may also notice some ads on the right hand side. I'm giving "Google Ad Sense" a try. It generates a few cents for every visitor that clicks through. As far as ads go, I think they are not too bad since you can make them text-only (not a bunch of annoying flashing images) and they are generated to have some context pertinent to the content you are viewing. So if you see anything pop up there that looks interesting, clicking through to take a look will help me offset the hosting cost a little bit. :)
Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving holiday!
So I recently stumbled across this nifty little program called Konfabulator. Apparently it used to be just for Macintosh but was recently ported to Windows. Basically, it's a platform for running all kinds of little mini-applications which they call "widgets". I think it's pretty cool. Right now I have a widget running at the top of my screen displaying a strand of blinking Christmas lights. Another widget is in the upper right corner which shows me the weather at a glance (much easier than getting up and looking out the window), and by clicking a drop-down arrow shows me the forecast for the next several days. I have a CPU meter in the lower-right, and a search tool in the lower left, which let's me search using one of several search engines. I have a nice looking analog clock which chimes on the hour. Finally, I think my favorite widget is the "picture" frame. Basically you point it at a directory containing photo images, and every few minutes (you can specify the frequency) it will randomly display one of those photos in a little picture frame. I have a _lot_ of digital photos on my hard drive so it's kinda neat to see what will pop up at random. If you like eye candy on your computer like I do, check it out.
Oh, while I'm thinking of it, I recently changed web hosting and e-mail providers. Looks like everything has pretty well made the transition intact, but let me know if you see any problems. You may also notice some ads on the right hand side. I'm giving "Google Ad Sense" a try. It generates a few cents for every visitor that clicks through. As far as ads go, I think they are not too bad since you can make them text-only (not a bunch of annoying flashing images) and they are generated to have some context pertinent to the content you are viewing. So if you see anything pop up there that looks interesting, clicking through to take a look will help me offset the hosting cost a little bit. :)
Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving holiday!
posted by eric at
11/25/2004 01:05:00 PM
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