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Word Clock for Mac, PC and iPhone


Here’s the first release of the new version incorporating the original linear and new rotary version, for Mac and PC. Go to the download page. There may be bugs in this, so let me know.


19 July 2008 in AS3, ActionScript, Cocoa, Programming, Screensaver, Windows, Word Clock / 2 Comments

Rotary Word Clock

Had a quick idea for a variation on Word Clock. Go to the download page.


7 June 2008 in ActionScript, Programming, Screensaver, Word Clock / 2 Comments

Word Clock in 18 languages

Word Clock is now in 18 languages thanks to the generous help of lots of kind people. Go to the download page.
There’s also a new flickr group. If you’re using Word Clock I’d love to see a photo of it running on your screen.


17 May 2008 in Cocoa, Screensaver, Word Clock / 2 Comments

Make JPEG droplet

A newly tweaked version of the droplet. This one allows you to set the JPEG compression quality by changing the number in the filename - just make as many copies as you need.
MakeJpeg download page


27 January 2008 in AppleScript, Programming, Source Code / No Comments

Screensavr

Two big improvements in this new alpha version: first it’s much less processor-intensive (now uses OpenGL), and second it stores the screen between sessions so it doesn’t have to start with an empty screen each time.
Go to the new page to download. Please let me know by email if you have any problems.


6 January 2008 in Cocoa, OpenGL, Programming, Screensaver / No Comments

Elastic Collision

A small tutorial on how to create bouncing balls with ActionScript source code. A couple of years back I was creating some interactive sites using bouncing balls as navigation. These needed to behave in a believable manner so I spent some time looking at rigid body dynamics code.


29 July 2007 in ActionScript, Programming, Source Code / 1 Comment

Word Clock



1 July 2007 in Cocoa, Programming, Screensaver / Comments Off

Sizer

If you’re a print designer who regularly receives batches of digital artwork from various sources then this might save you a bit of time.


8 June 2007 in AppleScript, Programming, Source Code / 2 Comments

PostScript

Most designers and programmers whose paths I’ve crossed have heard of PostScript but don’t know much about it. I think it’s a hidden gem. Not only is it a fascinating programming language which can be used to create generative drawings and save you hours of time through automation, but you can also use it as [...]


5 June 2007 in ActionScript, PostScript, Programming, Source Code / 9 Comments

Word Clock auf Deutsch

Heart-felt thanks to the heroic Ole Zorn who volunteered to translate the clock into German, not realising that he was about to experience a grueling 3-day schedule of testing and round-the-clock correspondence. Thanks Ole!


2 June 2007 in Cocoa, Programming, Screensaver / 4 Comments