September 2 2006

Pimp Watch Dashboard Widget

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

Comments

Sam September 6th

You Smell
rob September 12th

damn, i forgot to mention you. i can fix that..
Paul September 18th

Hi Rob,
We stumbled across your Pimp widget & we think it’s a great idea. We’d like to discuss maybe taking it further – please drop me an email on the address provided if your interested
Stay cool,
Paul
the dude January 28th

I love this idea! I would run it on my dashboard except for the amount of cpu it takes… especially when the dashboard is not visible.

If you redesign the code so that it isn’t processing when the dashboard is hidden, this would be a usable app.

cheers
rob January 31st

threw some tweaks at it today, hopefully it runs a little smoother. i love this widget too, so i think it will be re-written – its just a matter of when haha
Testtest April 16th

Hi

G’night
Ivan May 17th

Nice
Alexis May 17th

Nice!
tryit7 May 22nd

a great watch
tndklnxmra June 20th

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