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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
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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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