We though it would be fun to have a meter to countdown the time until YC releases its decision for the 1st round picks. We are assuming it will be around 9 pm EST (6 pm PST). (We're extending it on a rolling basis :)
It's just been coded, so please give us your feedback. This is a really early "foometer" gadget, not the business we applied to YC for.
The clock is ok. :P
This "holometer" is for sci-fi writers. There will be a more static one for fantasy writers. I'll let people enter progress into the widget, and the data will be stored on S3 or an alternative I'm looking at. The sound and other animation will be optional and users can embed the system in their profile or web page to show others their progress.
I once wrote a countdown timer for an enterprise workflow app, that counted down until the average form completion time. It turned yellow as it got near the time, and turned red as you went past it. We were recording the average for each employee. I thought it was kinda sick, but fun to program.
I also did a google gadget in flex2/3 check it out. For them to work properly, you need to add them to your google home page. These are in beta, so any advise would be nice.
http://jdavid.net/gg/gg-count-flex2-v20.xml
and here is a javascript only version
:) Check your dates perhaps?
Edit: could also do without the sounds, but nice use of flash. I suck at flash/actionscript and should really put in some time to learn it.