So, I've recently become interested in Nixie clocks, although I've thought they were cool for a while. Fun fact, there is a Nixie clock on Wednesday Addams desk in the Netflix show.
Anyway, I was looking for something along the lines of Simple Floating Clock and found Nixie Clock 1.64.
This is an app that puts a small Nixie Clock on your desktop. Its also on Github, but the website below has direct download links. Linux, Windows, Mac. And guess what? There are PowerPC versions back to Panther.
You have a number of options as to how the clock is presented (right click on the clock) and you can place it anywhere on your desktop.
Two downsides, one of which I have mitigated. First, it's an app. But unlike Simple Floating Clock there is no option to remove it from your dock or the app switcher. You can use Dock Dodger (another app that is Intel/PowerPC) to remove it from the switcher and the dock if you like.
Second, the background is black. Better to show up the clock I know, but again, unlike Simple Floating Clock you cannot make the background transparent. So, if you have white or color in your desktop backgrounds you will see the black bar.
Dock Dodger by the way, can only be found on the internet wayback machine. Fogginnoggin is no more. Surprisingly though, since the app is universal, it still works on Mojave on my 2009 Mini.
Anyway, I was looking for something along the lines of Simple Floating Clock and found Nixie Clock 1.64.
This is an app that puts a small Nixie Clock on your desktop. Its also on Github, but the website below has direct download links. Linux, Windows, Mac. And guess what? There are PowerPC versions back to Panther.
Nixieclock Desktop App - Windows/Mac/Linux
A simple desktop clock displaying date/time in a nixie tube font.
www.seriss.com
You have a number of options as to how the clock is presented (right click on the clock) and you can place it anywhere on your desktop.
Two downsides, one of which I have mitigated. First, it's an app. But unlike Simple Floating Clock there is no option to remove it from your dock or the app switcher. You can use Dock Dodger (another app that is Intel/PowerPC) to remove it from the switcher and the dock if you like.
Second, the background is black. Better to show up the clock I know, but again, unlike Simple Floating Clock you cannot make the background transparent. So, if you have white or color in your desktop backgrounds you will see the black bar.
Dock Dodger by the way, can only be found on the internet wayback machine. Fogginnoggin is no more. Surprisingly though, since the app is universal, it still works on Mojave on my 2009 Mini.
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