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January 3, 2012
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As featured on Sony's TV channel - SGNL By Sony Goes Steampunk
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I wrote this tool as I heartily dislike the Windows operating system's limited choice of interface. The user interface should be separated from the operating system functions allowing you to theme the GUI as you wish.
Fed up of the glossy cr@p that was shipped with the later versions of Windows I decided to make a series of widgets that can replace certain system functions. Windows is shipped with a particularly rubbish clock and if you have XP you don't have access to Vista's sidebar. So this clock was created to cater for a certain taste.

It is steampunk (whatever that means) and unashamedly so. If you want to make any recommendations then please do.

This Steam Punk Yahoo Widget is fully functional on your Windows/Mac desktop, a fully working yahoo widget and it can be moved around your desktop looking very steampunk indeed. It tells the date/time in digital and analogue format with a swinging pendulum. It chimes and ticks too. It has full sounds for all operations, has fully working alarms and can be muted at the turn of a crank handle.

It was created using photoshop and an idea from the PC computer game WOTW.

In this game there is a neat idea of time manipulation where the game play is speeded up or slowed down by the use of a one-way time machine. This was done by moving an in-game gadget which displayed a calendar/clock in a very steampunk fashion. This was the source of my limited inspiration. I decided to use it as the visual core of a javascript program and then I realised that I could also create a Yahoo widget from it.

This widget requires Yahoo widgets to operate. Download yahoo widgets from here: [link]

(This downloads the Konfabulator™ SDK and it has all you need to get started without all the other widgets that normally come wrapped up too).

The Mac version of the Yahoo widget engine is here:

[link]

This widget works with Windows XP SP3 and has been tested on Vista, Windows 7 and Mac OS/X.

This steampunk clock looks jolly nice on a steampunk desktop with Rocketdock using my steampunk icons.

The Instructions for the Steampunk Clock/Calendar Widget are here: [link]
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*Bikerbloke Nov 17, 2012
Downloaded this and it's running right now on my desktop. Had to turn off that ticking clock though, coould see that being VERY annoying after a few minutes, but that's just a personal preference for me.

Anyway many thanks for the lovely creation that really is very clever. Fav'ed as well.

Toodlepip.
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~yereverluvinuncleber Nov 17, 2012
Well, that is why all my widgets with sound have the option to mute. Glad you like it though. Have fun with all of them.
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Mood: Joy *mistersingh Aug 30, 2012
Very nice work :squee:
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~yereverluvinuncleber Aug 31, 2012
Have fun with it.
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Mood: Joy *mistersingh Aug 31, 2012
I want install it directly, means without yahoo app. Any help?
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~yereverluvinuncleber Aug 31, 2012
That isn't possible. I'm surprised you might think it is.
All programs need a runtime engine to run. All programs either come with a runtime engine built in to the executable or it has to be installed separately. For example, when you run a program written in c# (.NET) then the full .NET runtime has to be installed first (250mb+). Lots of PCs come with .NET already so you don't notice it. In this case a yahoo widget needs its own runtime, you just install it first, it is small. When done you double-click on the widget and it will install and run. If your problem is that you don't want the yahoo widget dashboard, you simply turn it off once installed and then you can have the runtime running alone, ready for all my widgets and any others.
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Mood: Joy *mistersingh Aug 31, 2012
Thank you so very much for the reply. I will try it.:hug:
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~yereverluvinuncleber Sep 12, 2012
Did you get it to work?
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Mood: Joy *mistersingh Sep 12, 2012
I am a bit busy, will try this week. Thanks:)
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~yereverluvinuncleber Sep 1, 2012
Have fun.
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