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Found Type Desktop Clock

Aficianados of found type will appreciate Blu Dot's Desktop Clock. The link to download the clock is near the bottom of the page once you get there. Watch the film to see how it was created.

Via What Do I Know (again).

Posted by Mark Simonson | April 05, 2005 | LINK

Comments

Very cool find! I have it running on my desktop now, however I am afraid it is going to become quite the distraction.

Zara | Apr 5, 2005 11:14 AM

It's something like LettError's ClockPix that seems to be discontinued.

Hendrik Väli | Apr 7, 2005 06:30 AM

It also makes me think of the Industrious Clock at yugop.com (which I now realize did the amaztype thing I wrote about here recently).

Mark Simonson | Apr 7, 2005 07:52 AM

I have this running, it's very arty cool. Bit distracting as my eye notices the image change while i'm working. Though I have dual monitors at work so it's always visible

Nicholas | Apr 8, 2005 12:51 PM

Now my life is more complete. Thanks.

Joe Pemberton | Apr 11, 2005 10:12 PM

i love that it says, "mac users see special instructions below," and then there aren't any, but it has the windows instructions twice.

g-la | Apr 11, 2005 10:47 PM

Whoops. I think you missed something G. You click on the old-school MacOS icon for the Mac instructions.

Stephen Coles | Apr 11, 2005 11:38 PM

Foiled again! How is it that one can expose oneself as a non-mac user so regularly and so thoroughly. Damn cute little icons. Nice clock, worth the embarrassment.

G-LA | Apr 12, 2005 11:37 PM

Does it show a different pic for each second?

bola | Apr 14, 2005 05:08 AM

No. It changes once a minute.

If you think about it, coming up with a unique image for every second would be a staggering task. It repeats the images every twelve hours, but even so, that would mean taking 43200 photos. The clock as it is uses 720. That's still a big job if you ask me.

Plus, by changing only once a minute, it gives you time to appreciate the photos.

Mark Simonson | Apr 14, 2005 06:11 AM

Darn nice!

My favorites so far are 1:00 and 7:11.

Thanks for the treat.

Michael

Michael | Apr 16, 2005 10:02 AM

Speaking of nice typographic clocks have you ever come across FLIQLO? It's a free flip-style "pata-pata" screensaver clock. I have had it on my home computer for ages and it still brings me comfort.

Funtime Ben | Apr 21, 2005 02:41 PM


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