Enhance your Mac OS X Desktop with Geektool

In this video, I talk about the popular Mac OS X software, Geektool. It provides embedding of scripts, images, and files on your desktop. It's very similar to Dashboard but uses a lot less resources and is much more "geeky". I've been using Geektool for quite a while since I'm a UNIX guy at heart and love to write scripts. Since Geektool allows you embed output of scripts, I have a weather forecast script, top cpu programs, and top memory programs right on my desktop. Since it is Hurricane season, I have also embedded the latest tracking maps right on my desktop. This gives me a quick view of where these storms are headed without actually navigating to various websites. Geektool is only limited by your imagination and I highly recommend you give it a try if you run Mac OS X. On Windows, you can do similar things with Samurize and on Linux, there's roottail and a bunch of others that I can't think of right now :) Google is your friend! Enjoy!

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• geektool
• desktop
• utility
• overlay
• logs
• images
• software
• macosx
• dashboard
• widgets
• bwana
• bwana.tv
• bwanatv
• hurricane
• track

[Lockerhaxor]

I know this is off topic but I love the TF2 background. One of my fave games :D

[iobuffa]

You and me both. It's become the only game I play nowadays :)

[OUfan316]

haha, nice try.

[seanprodi]

@Lockerhaxor Used to be one of my favorite games back when it first got released, but now after all the 100 pointless updates the game has been turned into "Who can collect the most hats" Fortress. :(

[Argcz]

Hmm, did you said you have had such a software for other unix systems? do you know any software that slam shell output into linux desktop?

[iPhoneMacUser]

Thanks, awesome video! This helped me out a lot. Especially with embedding weather radars!

[VamsiManne]

wsome explanation!! thankz a ton

[sputman76]

Pyro FTW!

[dewgreen14]

what about with safari

[cristinafcortez]

Maybe this one is easier. Search:

manelrolim better way

See you.

[soxrule2121]

where do you get codes for like date and time?

[bighipo]

shut the fuck up bitch i did not ask you

[tolhouse1609]

its dumB not DUM retard