1/28/2024 0 Comments Geektool skinsAnd I can also use simple UNIX commands to extract additional information. I can parse it to produce my formatted reading list page. Because it is plain text, it can be easily manipulated. I’ve explained how my main reading list is a plain text file that I keep in Dropbox. Reading/writing metrics Books read this year It basically parses Yahoo’s weather for your zip code and produces a simple result. I got the latter from a repository of GeekTool scripts. I used three different simple shell scripts to produce the date/time/weather section of my desktop:Īnd for the weather: curl -silent "" | grep -E '(Current Conditions:|F//' -e 's///' -e 's///' -e 's///' -e 's///' -e 's/\(.*\) F/\1° F/' -e 's///' GeekTool allows you to run shell commands and render the results as widgets that are embedded into your desktop. This means that I never have to look further than my desktop to see what is on my to-do list. I embedded this into my desktop using GeekTool, and it updates automatically as my to-do list changes. basically, it shows you what you completed yesterday (or the last day on which you completed a task) and what is still on your list. I use todo.txt to manage my to-do list, and there is a little add on that takes your to-do list and produces a rundown. You’ll note I’ve made 3 annotations on the image. I found a cool typing paper background and an old typewriter font to give it some flavor. I use multiple “desktops” but all of them have the same basic look as above. I have a 27″ iMac so my screen is pretty big. Click on the image to see a larger version. And thanks to the fact that my to-do list is based on text files, and that I use text files for many other things, it was fairly easy to include some real-time analytics embedded into my desktop via GeekTool. I spent this afternoon giving my desktop a long-overdue makeover. Every now and then, I need a change of scenery, and that includes what I see on my computer desktop.
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