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Just started to use Geektool. So here is my first kick at it.
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Would you or someone else who has one care to share your monthly calendar (like in the lower right corner on your screen) with the current day highlighted? I realize that is probably one of the simplest to have but for some reason I tried one I found awhile back and couldn't get it to work right for me.
It would be greatly appreciated...!
Hey Mark, here's a link for one solution:
http://computers.tutsplus.com/tutorials/use-geektool-to-add-your-calendar-to-your-desktop--mac-48205
One small detail I had a very difficult time finding out . . . . you will want to make sure when choosing the font, Fixed Width . . . . make sure you go with a fixed width font or your day date columns will not line up correctly.
Oh cool, thank you - that one is much easier to follow than what I found before.
The calendar link is what I used as well. The font I am using for mine is Andale Mono if this helps you at all.
can confirm www.fr.meteo.yahoo.com still working for me... thanks for the script BIGJM
Can anyone recommend a fixed width font for my calendar geeklet that will go with the rest of this?
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I've searched the tubes of the Googles, so far, the one I've come up with, already resided on my hdd, the one that most closely goes with Helvetica Nueu UltraLight is "Letter Gothic Std" Medium. (which (it would appear) you're already using) YMMV
I can only guess that it bothers Yahoo that people are poaching their weather icon from their web and using it on the desktop. They've (once again) changed the URL where the current weather icon is located:
https://s.yimg.com/os/mit/media/m/weather/images/icons/l/28d-100567.png
I did attempt to make the proper change to the curl statement in GeekTool, but I must be punching over my weight class as my change did not produce a working desktop manifestation.
Arggghhh.
https://s.yimg.com/os/mit/media/m/weather/images/icons/l/28d-100567.png
I did attempt to make the proper change to the curl statement in GeekTool, but I must be punching over my weight class as my change did not produce a working desktop manifestation.
Arggghhh.
whoa could i get a link to the wallpaper pleaseeee!!
Here's the wallpaper: Ghost Nebula
Also if you google image "ghost nebula" you'll find other sizes/variations.
Have switched to this other nebula now.
More sizes here.
. . . . . uh, turns out Yahoo modified the URL for the location from http to https Making the change in the curl statement provided resolution.
Hi:
I found the "temporary" solution here:
http://zoooot.com/2002/yahoo-weather-icon-geektool-update
so i the image grab now is something like this
file://localhost/tmp/currentweather.png
and the shell for get the image
curl -s -o /tmp/weather.html https://es.tiempo.yahoo.com/españa/cataluña/barcelona-753692/; curl -s -o /tmp/currentweather.png `grep "div\ class=\"current-weather\"\ id=\"obs-current-weather\"\ style=\"background:url" /tmp/weather.html | awk -F"'" '{ printf $4 }'`
Bye.
BIGJM
If anyone is interested this is the script I use for my weather, its a collection of stuff I have found lying around (just change your yahoo location code):
property white_space : {space, tab, return, (ASCII character 10), (ASCII character 13)}
on run
set pathName to "/Users/xxx/Documents/Settings/WeatherIcon"
set weatherFile to pathName & "/WeatherIcon.txt"
set weatherLocation to "xxxxxx"
set tempType to "c" -- "f" for Fahrenheit and "c" for Celsius … must be lowercase
set newline to "\\\\n"
set degreesF to "F"
set degreesC to "C"
set degrees to ""
if tempType is equal to "f" then
set degrees to degreesF
else if tempType is equal to "c" then
set degrees to degreesC
end if
set weatherCurl to (do shell script "curl --silent 'http://xml.weather.yahoo.com/forecastrss/" & weatherLocation & "_" & tempType & ".xml' | grep 'yweather:' >" & weatherFile)
--set weatherCurl to (do shell script "curl --silent 'http://weather.yahooapis.com/forecastrss?p=" & weatherLocation & "&u=f' | grep 'yweather:' >" & weatherFile)
set forecast1Day to "Today"
set forecast2Day to (do shell script "awk '/yweather:forecast/{print $0}' " & weatherFile & "| awk 'NR==2{print;exit}' | sed -e 's/.*day=//;s/date=.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set forecast2Day to (my trim_string(forecast2Day, white_space, "both"))
set forecast3Day to (do shell script "awk '/yweather:forecast/{print $0}' " & weatherFile & "| awk 'NR==3{print;exit}' | sed -e 's/.*day=//;s/date=.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set forecast3Day to (my trim_string(forecast3Day, white_space, "both"))
set forecast1Conditions to (do shell script "awk '/yweather:forecast/{print $0}' " & weatherFile & "| awk 'NR==1{print;exit}' | sed -e 's/.*text=//;s/code=.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set forecast1Conditions to (my trim_string(forecast1Conditions, white_space, "both"))
set forecast2Conditions to (do shell script "awk '/yweather:forecast/{print $0}' " & weatherFile & "| awk 'NR==2{print;exit}' | sed -e 's/.*text=//;s/code=.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set forecast2Conditions to (my trim_string(forecast2Conditions, white_space, "both"))
set forecast3Conditions to (do shell script "awk '/yweather:forecast/{print $0}' " & weatherFile & "| awk 'NR==3{print;exit}' | sed -e 's/.*text=//;s/code=.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set forecast3Conditions to (my trim_string(forecast3Conditions, white_space, "both"))
set forecast1High to (do shell script "awk '/yweather:forecast/{print $0}' " & weatherFile & "| awk 'NR==1{print;exit}' | sed -e 's/.*high=//;s/text=.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set forecast1High to (my trim_string(forecast1High, white_space, "both"))
set forecast2High to (do shell script "awk '/yweather:forecast/{print $0}' " & weatherFile & "| awk 'NR==2{print;exit}' | sed -e 's/.*high=//;s/text=.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set forecast2High to (my trim_string(forecast2High, white_space, "both"))
set forecast3High to (do shell script "awk '/yweather:forecast/{print $0}' " & weatherFile & "| awk 'NR==3{print;exit}' | sed -e 's/.*high=//;s/text=.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set forecast3High to (my trim_string(forecast3High, white_space, "both"))
set forecast1Low to (do shell script "awk '/yweather:forecast/{print $0}' " & weatherFile & "| awk 'NR==1{print;exit}' | sed -e 's/.*low=//;s/high=.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set forecast1Low to (my trim_string(forecast1Low, white_space, "both"))
set forecast2Low to (do shell script "awk '/yweather:forecast/{print $0}' " & weatherFile & "| awk 'NR==2{print;exit}' | sed -e 's/.*low=//;s/high=.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set forecast2Low to (my trim_string(forecast2Low, white_space, "both"))
set forecast3Low to (do shell script "awk '/yweather:forecast/{print $0}' " & weatherFile & "| awk 'NR==3{print;exit}' | sed -e 's/.*low=//;s/high=.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set forecast3Low to (my trim_string(forecast3Low, white_space, "both"))
--set forecastDay1 to forecast1Day & ": " & forecast1Conditions & ", " & forecast1High & degrees & " Low: " & forecast1Low & degrees
--set forecastDay2 to forecast2Day & ": " & forecast2Conditions & ", " & forecast2High & degrees & " Low: " & forecast2Low & degrees
--set forecastDay3 to forecast3Day & ": " & forecast3Conditions & ", " & forecast3High & degrees & " Low: " & forecast3Low & degrees
set forecastDay1 to forecast1Day & ": " & forecast1Conditions & ", " & forecast1High & degrees
set forecastDay2 to forecast2Day & ": " & forecast2Conditions & ", " & forecast2High & degrees
set forecastDay3 to forecast3Day & ": " & forecast3Conditions & ", " & forecast3High & degrees
set distance to (do shell script "grep -E 'yweather:units' " & weatherFile & "| sed -e 's/.*distance=//;s/pressure=.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set distance to (my trim_string(distance, white_space, "both"))
set speed to (do shell script "grep -E 'yweather:units' " & weatherFile & "| sed -e 's/.*speed=//;s/\\/>.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set speed to (my trim_string(speed, white_space, "both"))
set weatherCondition to (do shell script "grep -E 'yweather:condition' " & weatherFile & "| sed -e 's/.*text=//;s/code=.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set weatherCondition to (my trim_string(weatherCondition, white_space, "both"))
set weatherTemp to (do shell script "grep -E 'yweather:condition' " & weatherFile & "| sed -e 's/.*temp=//;s/date=.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set weatherTemp to (my trim_string(weatherTemp, white_space, "both"))
set weatherCondition to weatherCondition & ", " & weatherTemp & degrees
set weatherWindChill to (do shell script "grep -E 'yweather:wind' " & weatherFile & "| sed -e 's/.*chill=//;s/direction=.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set weatherWindChill to (my trim_string(weatherWindChill, white_space, "both"))
set weatherWindDirection to (do shell script "grep -E 'yweather:wind' " & weatherFile & "| sed -e 's/.*direction=//;s/speed=.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set weatherWindDirection to (my trim_string(weatherWindDirection, white_space, "both"))
set weatherWindDirection to (my windDirection(weatherWindDirection))
set weatherWindSpeed to (do shell script "grep -E 'yweather:wind' " & weatherFile & "| sed -e 's/.*speed=//;s/\\/>.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set weatherWindSpeed to (my trim_string(weatherWindSpeed, white_space, "both"))
set weatherWindChillSpeed to "Wind: " & weatherWindSpeed & " " & speed & " Direction: " & weatherWindDirection
set weatherSunrise to (do shell script "grep -E 'yweather:astronomy' " & weatherFile & "| sed -e 's/.*sunrise=//;s/sunset=.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set weatherSunrise to (my trim_string(weatherSunrise, white_space, "both"))
set weatherSunset to (do shell script "grep -E 'yweather:astronomy' " & weatherFile & "| sed -e 's/.*sunset=//;s/\\/>.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set weatherSunset to (my trim_string(weatherSunset, white_space, "both"))
set weatherSunrise24 to (h12toh24(weatherSunrise, ":"))
set weatherSunset24 to (h12toh24(weatherSunset, ":"))
set weatherSunRiseSet to "Sunrise: " & weatherSunrise24 & " Sunset: " & weatherSunset24
set weatherIcon to (do shell script "grep -E 'yweather:condition' " & weatherFile & "| sed -e 's/.*code=//;s/temp=.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set weatherIcon to (my trim_string(weatherIcon, white_space, "both"))
do shell script ("cp " & pathName & "/png/" & weatherIcon & ".png " & pathName & "/WeatherIcon.png")
do shell script ("echo " & forecastDay1 & newline & forecastDay2 & newline & forecastDay3 & newline & weatherWindChillSpeed & newline & weatherSunRiseSet)
-- do shell script ("echo " & forecastDay1 & newline & forecastDay2 & newline & weatherWindChillSpeed & newline & weatherSunRiseSet & newline)
end run
on h12toh24(input, separator)
set t to words of text 1 thru -3 of input
if (text -2 thru -1 of input is "pm") then set item 1 of t to (item 1 of t) + 12
repeat 3 - (count t) times
set end of t to 0
end repeat
tell (1000000 + (item 1 of t) * 10000 + (item 2 of t) * 100 + (item 3 of t)) as text
return text 2 thru 3 & separator & text 4 thru 5
end tell
end h12toh24
on trim_string(the_string, trim_chars, trim_parameter)
set start_char to 1
set end_char to length of the_string
set all_chars to (characters of the_string)
if trim_parameter is in {"left", "both"} then
repeat with each_char in all_chars
if each_char is not in trim_chars then exit repeat
set start_char to (start_char + 1)
end repeat
end if
if trim_parameter is in {"right", "both"} then
set all_chars to reverse of all_chars
repeat with each_char in all_chars
if each_char is not in trim_chars then exit repeat
set end_char to (end_char - 1)
end repeat
end if
try
return text start_char thru end_char of the_string
on error
return ""
end try
end trim_string
on windDirection(theDegrees)
set degrees to theDegrees as number
if (degrees ≥ 0 and degrees ≤ 11.25) then
return "N"
end if
if degrees > 11.25 and degrees ≤ 33.75 then
return "NNE"
end if
if (degrees > 33.75 and degrees ≤ 56.25) then
return "NE"
end if
if (degrees > 56.25 and degrees ≤ 78.75) then
return "ENE"
end if
if (degrees > 78.75 and degrees ≤ 101.25) then
return "E"
end if
if (degrees > 101.25 and degrees ≤ 123.75) then
return "ESE"
end if
if (degrees > 123.75 and degrees ≤ 146.25) then
return "SE"
end if
if (degrees > 146.25 and degrees ≤ 168.75) then
return "SSE"
end if
if (degrees > 168.75 and degrees ≤ 191.25) then
return "S"
end if
if (degrees > 191.25 and degrees ≤ 213.75) then
return "SSW"
end if
if (degrees > 213.75 and degrees ≤ 236.25) then
return "SW"
end if
if (degrees > 236.25 and degrees ≤ 258.75) then
return "WSW"
end if
if (degrees > 258.75 and degrees ≤ 281.25) then
return "W"
end if
if (degrees > 281.25 and degrees ≤ 303.75) then
return "WNW"
end if
if (degrees > 303.75 and degrees ≤ 326.25) then
return "NW"
end if
if (degrees > 326.25 and degrees ≤ 348.75) then
return "NNW"
end if
if (degrees > 348.75 and degrees ≤ 360) then
return "N"
end if
return ""
end windDirection
I then have a collection of 47 PNGs for the weather icons downloaded from the web in the folder /Users/xxxx/Documents/Settings/WeatherIcon/png. Run the script via Geektool/Nerdtool.
I then point to the created PNG In the folder Users/xxx/Documents/Settings/WeatherIcon for the current weather icon.
HTH
property white_space : {space, tab, return, (ASCII character 10), (ASCII character 13)}
on run
set pathName to "/Users/xxx/Documents/Settings/WeatherIcon"
set weatherFile to pathName & "/WeatherIcon.txt"
set weatherLocation to "xxxxxx"
set tempType to "c" -- "f" for Fahrenheit and "c" for Celsius … must be lowercase
set newline to "\\\\n"
set degreesF to "F"
set degreesC to "C"
set degrees to ""
if tempType is equal to "f" then
set degrees to degreesF
else if tempType is equal to "c" then
set degrees to degreesC
end if
set weatherCurl to (do shell script "curl --silent 'http://xml.weather.yahoo.com/forecastrss/" & weatherLocation & "_" & tempType & ".xml' | grep 'yweather:' >" & weatherFile)
--set weatherCurl to (do shell script "curl --silent 'http://weather.yahooapis.com/forecastrss?p=" & weatherLocation & "&u=f' | grep 'yweather:' >" & weatherFile)
set forecast1Day to "Today"
set forecast2Day to (do shell script "awk '/yweather:forecast/{print $0}' " & weatherFile & "| awk 'NR==2{print;exit}' | sed -e 's/.*day=//;s/date=.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set forecast2Day to (my trim_string(forecast2Day, white_space, "both"))
set forecast3Day to (do shell script "awk '/yweather:forecast/{print $0}' " & weatherFile & "| awk 'NR==3{print;exit}' | sed -e 's/.*day=//;s/date=.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set forecast3Day to (my trim_string(forecast3Day, white_space, "both"))
set forecast1Conditions to (do shell script "awk '/yweather:forecast/{print $0}' " & weatherFile & "| awk 'NR==1{print;exit}' | sed -e 's/.*text=//;s/code=.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set forecast1Conditions to (my trim_string(forecast1Conditions, white_space, "both"))
set forecast2Conditions to (do shell script "awk '/yweather:forecast/{print $0}' " & weatherFile & "| awk 'NR==2{print;exit}' | sed -e 's/.*text=//;s/code=.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set forecast2Conditions to (my trim_string(forecast2Conditions, white_space, "both"))
set forecast3Conditions to (do shell script "awk '/yweather:forecast/{print $0}' " & weatherFile & "| awk 'NR==3{print;exit}' | sed -e 's/.*text=//;s/code=.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set forecast3Conditions to (my trim_string(forecast3Conditions, white_space, "both"))
set forecast1High to (do shell script "awk '/yweather:forecast/{print $0}' " & weatherFile & "| awk 'NR==1{print;exit}' | sed -e 's/.*high=//;s/text=.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set forecast1High to (my trim_string(forecast1High, white_space, "both"))
set forecast2High to (do shell script "awk '/yweather:forecast/{print $0}' " & weatherFile & "| awk 'NR==2{print;exit}' | sed -e 's/.*high=//;s/text=.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set forecast2High to (my trim_string(forecast2High, white_space, "both"))
set forecast3High to (do shell script "awk '/yweather:forecast/{print $0}' " & weatherFile & "| awk 'NR==3{print;exit}' | sed -e 's/.*high=//;s/text=.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set forecast3High to (my trim_string(forecast3High, white_space, "both"))
set forecast1Low to (do shell script "awk '/yweather:forecast/{print $0}' " & weatherFile & "| awk 'NR==1{print;exit}' | sed -e 's/.*low=//;s/high=.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set forecast1Low to (my trim_string(forecast1Low, white_space, "both"))
set forecast2Low to (do shell script "awk '/yweather:forecast/{print $0}' " & weatherFile & "| awk 'NR==2{print;exit}' | sed -e 's/.*low=//;s/high=.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set forecast2Low to (my trim_string(forecast2Low, white_space, "both"))
set forecast3Low to (do shell script "awk '/yweather:forecast/{print $0}' " & weatherFile & "| awk 'NR==3{print;exit}' | sed -e 's/.*low=//;s/high=.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set forecast3Low to (my trim_string(forecast3Low, white_space, "both"))
--set forecastDay1 to forecast1Day & ": " & forecast1Conditions & ", " & forecast1High & degrees & " Low: " & forecast1Low & degrees
--set forecastDay2 to forecast2Day & ": " & forecast2Conditions & ", " & forecast2High & degrees & " Low: " & forecast2Low & degrees
--set forecastDay3 to forecast3Day & ": " & forecast3Conditions & ", " & forecast3High & degrees & " Low: " & forecast3Low & degrees
set forecastDay1 to forecast1Day & ": " & forecast1Conditions & ", " & forecast1High & degrees
set forecastDay2 to forecast2Day & ": " & forecast2Conditions & ", " & forecast2High & degrees
set forecastDay3 to forecast3Day & ": " & forecast3Conditions & ", " & forecast3High & degrees
set distance to (do shell script "grep -E 'yweather:units' " & weatherFile & "| sed -e 's/.*distance=//;s/pressure=.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set distance to (my trim_string(distance, white_space, "both"))
set speed to (do shell script "grep -E 'yweather:units' " & weatherFile & "| sed -e 's/.*speed=//;s/\\/>.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set speed to (my trim_string(speed, white_space, "both"))
set weatherCondition to (do shell script "grep -E 'yweather:condition' " & weatherFile & "| sed -e 's/.*text=//;s/code=.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set weatherCondition to (my trim_string(weatherCondition, white_space, "both"))
set weatherTemp to (do shell script "grep -E 'yweather:condition' " & weatherFile & "| sed -e 's/.*temp=//;s/date=.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set weatherTemp to (my trim_string(weatherTemp, white_space, "both"))
set weatherCondition to weatherCondition & ", " & weatherTemp & degrees
set weatherWindChill to (do shell script "grep -E 'yweather:wind' " & weatherFile & "| sed -e 's/.*chill=//;s/direction=.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set weatherWindChill to (my trim_string(weatherWindChill, white_space, "both"))
set weatherWindDirection to (do shell script "grep -E 'yweather:wind' " & weatherFile & "| sed -e 's/.*direction=//;s/speed=.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set weatherWindDirection to (my trim_string(weatherWindDirection, white_space, "both"))
set weatherWindDirection to (my windDirection(weatherWindDirection))
set weatherWindSpeed to (do shell script "grep -E 'yweather:wind' " & weatherFile & "| sed -e 's/.*speed=//;s/\\/>.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set weatherWindSpeed to (my trim_string(weatherWindSpeed, white_space, "both"))
set weatherWindChillSpeed to "Wind: " & weatherWindSpeed & " " & speed & " Direction: " & weatherWindDirection
set weatherSunrise to (do shell script "grep -E 'yweather:astronomy' " & weatherFile & "| sed -e 's/.*sunrise=//;s/sunset=.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set weatherSunrise to (my trim_string(weatherSunrise, white_space, "both"))
set weatherSunset to (do shell script "grep -E 'yweather:astronomy' " & weatherFile & "| sed -e 's/.*sunset=//;s/\\/>.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set weatherSunset to (my trim_string(weatherSunset, white_space, "both"))
set weatherSunrise24 to (h12toh24(weatherSunrise, ":"))
set weatherSunset24 to (h12toh24(weatherSunset, ":"))
set weatherSunRiseSet to "Sunrise: " & weatherSunrise24 & " Sunset: " & weatherSunset24
set weatherIcon to (do shell script "grep -E 'yweather:condition' " & weatherFile & "| sed -e 's/.*code=//;s/temp=.*//' | sed 's/\"//g'") as string
set weatherIcon to (my trim_string(weatherIcon, white_space, "both"))
do shell script ("cp " & pathName & "/png/" & weatherIcon & ".png " & pathName & "/WeatherIcon.png")
do shell script ("echo " & forecastDay1 & newline & forecastDay2 & newline & forecastDay3 & newline & weatherWindChillSpeed & newline & weatherSunRiseSet)
-- do shell script ("echo " & forecastDay1 & newline & forecastDay2 & newline & weatherWindChillSpeed & newline & weatherSunRiseSet & newline)
end run
on h12toh24(input, separator)
set t to words of text 1 thru -3 of input
if (text -2 thru -1 of input is "pm") then set item 1 of t to (item 1 of t) + 12
repeat 3 - (count t) times
set end of t to 0
end repeat
tell (1000000 + (item 1 of t) * 10000 + (item 2 of t) * 100 + (item 3 of t)) as text
return text 2 thru 3 & separator & text 4 thru 5
end tell
end h12toh24
on trim_string(the_string, trim_chars, trim_parameter)
set start_char to 1
set end_char to length of the_string
set all_chars to (characters of the_string)
if trim_parameter is in {"left", "both"} then
repeat with each_char in all_chars
if each_char is not in trim_chars then exit repeat
set start_char to (start_char + 1)
end repeat
end if
if trim_parameter is in {"right", "both"} then
set all_chars to reverse of all_chars
repeat with each_char in all_chars
if each_char is not in trim_chars then exit repeat
set end_char to (end_char - 1)
end repeat
end if
try
return text start_char thru end_char of the_string
on error
return ""
end try
end trim_string
on windDirection(theDegrees)
set degrees to theDegrees as number
if (degrees ≥ 0 and degrees ≤ 11.25) then
return "N"
end if
if degrees > 11.25 and degrees ≤ 33.75 then
return "NNE"
end if
if (degrees > 33.75 and degrees ≤ 56.25) then
return "NE"
end if
if (degrees > 56.25 and degrees ≤ 78.75) then
return "ENE"
end if
if (degrees > 78.75 and degrees ≤ 101.25) then
return "E"
end if
if (degrees > 101.25 and degrees ≤ 123.75) then
return "ESE"
end if
if (degrees > 123.75 and degrees ≤ 146.25) then
return "SE"
end if
if (degrees > 146.25 and degrees ≤ 168.75) then
return "SSE"
end if
if (degrees > 168.75 and degrees ≤ 191.25) then
return "S"
end if
if (degrees > 191.25 and degrees ≤ 213.75) then
return "SSW"
end if
if (degrees > 213.75 and degrees ≤ 236.25) then
return "SW"
end if
if (degrees > 236.25 and degrees ≤ 258.75) then
return "WSW"
end if
if (degrees > 258.75 and degrees ≤ 281.25) then
return "W"
end if
if (degrees > 281.25 and degrees ≤ 303.75) then
return "WNW"
end if
if (degrees > 303.75 and degrees ≤ 326.25) then
return "NW"
end if
if (degrees > 326.25 and degrees ≤ 348.75) then
return "NNW"
end if
if (degrees > 348.75 and degrees ≤ 360) then
return "N"
end if
return ""
end windDirection
I then have a collection of 47 PNGs for the weather icons downloaded from the web in the folder /Users/xxxx/Documents/Settings/WeatherIcon/png. Run the script via Geektool/Nerdtool.
I then point to the created PNG In the folder Users/xxx/Documents/Settings/WeatherIcon for the current weather icon.
HTH
This is my desktop. I'll admit it's a bit full on my 11 inch Macbook Air screen, but I like it. I'm still working on the AppleScript program, but for the most part it works. The program gets the current GPS location from the Location Services of my MacBook, if it's connected to the Internet through Wi-FI. Then it uses these coordinates to get the WOEID (Where On Earth Identifier) from Yahoo. With this WOEID the program retrieves the Yahoo weather information for that place.
You can get the GPS location from Core Location of the Mac with the help of a program from Mousedown:
http://www.mousedown.net/mouseware/LocationHelper.html
You can get the GPS location from Core Location of the Mac with the help of a program from Mousedown:
http://www.mousedown.net/mouseware/LocationHelper.html
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Hi there
I was wondering if anyone could help me with getting a geeklet set up which limits geektool's memory usage. Geektool for me increases higher and higher in memory as time goes on.
I've tried this: http://www.macosxtips.co.uk/geeklets/system/auto-memory-monitor-for-geektool/
But it doesn't seem to be working for me. Any help guys?
I was wondering if anyone could help me with getting a geeklet set up which limits geektool's memory usage. Geektool for me increases higher and higher in memory as time goes on.
I've tried this: http://www.macosxtips.co.uk/geeklets/system/auto-memory-monitor-for-geektool/
But it doesn't seem to be working for me. Any help guys?
Hey gr4z, I'm interested in playing around with your script, just a quick question: How do you have your images named in the folder? Are they numbered 1-47 (eg. 1.png, 2.png, etc.)?
I modified a geeklet to use these icons, which I extracted from the iOS Yahoo! weather app.
You'll have to set it up for your location/directories. Or just use the icons for your existing theme
Here's what mine looks like:
View attachment Yahoo! Weather Geeklet.zip
It might be a better idea to check your geeklets to make sure you don't have them refreshing too frequently. I know I've done it before - created a geeklet, forgot to set a proper refresh rate, and watched the memory usage soar. Shutting down GeekToolHelper and restarting it over and over again is just treating the symptom, not the disease. If you can't increase the refresh time on anything you have running, you're probably out of luck - you likely just have too many geeklets running and there's not much you can do about it.
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I modified a geeklet to use these icons, which I extracted from the iOS Yahoo! weather app.
You'll have to set it up for your location/directories. Or just use the icons for your existing theme
Here's what mine looks like:
Image
View attachment 469076
Thanks for this - a nice update to my desktop.