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Pimp Watch Dashboard Widget

Rob Hurring — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 20:13:28 +0000

I stumbled upon a great website for watches the other week and it sparked a complete new interest in writing dashboard widgets – TokyoFlash.com. This site is home to some of the most insane, abstract watches I’ve ever seen – and believe me, I will end up wasting a bunch of money there (once i get all this other jazz I “need” ). Anyway, as I was browsing through that site I came across a particularly cool watch, the “Pimp Pimpin’ ain’t Easy IP Black.” ( from Pimp-Watches.com ) This watch inspired me to write a dashboard widget to mimic its way of telling time – which is pretty offbeat in itself. Well, enough talk, here are the screenshots and download link:

To Download: ** Updated 1/31/07 **
http://file.ubrio.us/widgets/pimp-dashboard.wdgt.zip

Front-side screenshot:

(Time)

(Date)

Back-side screenshot:

A few notes:

This is only in alpha mode – I figure it can be released since its just a clock.. how much could I have screwed that up? haha. I would like (ask Sam politely because hes the best UI designer I’ve ever known – just look at the confession booth haha..) to re-do the interface and try to also add the effects that come with the original pimp watch, but I’m so pressed for time inbetween projects that this is a ways off I think. Regardless, this is still a pretty cool dashboard widget. Enjoy

Special Thanks To:
Stephen Zinn

Chuck norris facts dashboard widget

Rob Hurring — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 02:53:12 +0000

Chuck Norris Widget — takes random facts from ChuckNorrisFacts.Com and displays them in the dashboard. simple. yet another lazy day spent with a beer and a widget idea

This is in beta so the download will have to come soon – i havent really looked at the dashboard in months, so i will have to get around to it

Download:

Chuck Norris Facts

Front:

Back:

*note* Not to brag, but this widget came out before all the other ones seen on apple.com — i was just too lazy to ask permission, zip the widget, test it and upload it to apple. (the text above is copied from the old site when i was actually into writing widgets, which was long time ago haha – anyway, i zipped it up and uploaded it to my server so f-it )

Maddox dashboard widget

Rob Hurring — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 02:50:48 +0000

Another widget I made while drinking a beer and wondering when he was going to update his site. I’m not sure how well this one actually works because I can’t truly test it until he updates. Seems like it works, and that is good enough for me right now.

Updates: I havent played with this one in a while, or the confession booth – ill have to see if they are working since the server switch

To download click here

Front:

Back:

Confession booth dashboard widget

Rob Hurring — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 02:46:10 +0000

Little widget that lets you confess dirty sins and all that good stuff.
Your first confession should be about how you feel terrible for wasting
my bandwidth

If you want to download this, click here

Front:

Back:

update:

I fixed the server migration – it *should* work. if not, just shoot me an email and ill try to see wtf is going on with it.

update 9/14/06

i shouldn’t have released this widget just yet haha. time to debug.