Comments on: My GeekTool Setup

By: Geronimo Gutierrez

Geronimo Gutierrez — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:28:01 +0000

This article is great!
One thing to help the ones that have the weather image problem...

I found this: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=29535

So maybe you need to type the url (that is inside of the php code) on a web browser (with your city info). That url is redirected to another yahoo url.

Copy and paste that one on your php code and upload the .php file again to the server. It should work!

By: Geronimo Gutierrez

Geronimo Gutierrez — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:22:50 +0000

I found this: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=29535

So maybe you need to type the url with CAXX0504 in your browser and then copy the url that yahoo redirects yo to. And put that one instead of the other.
It works for me...

By: ivan_gt

ivan_gt — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:28:11 +0000

It doesn't work for me. Are there any prerequisites for this (something I need installed)?

I = n00b

By: iMario

iMario — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:22:17 +0000

Thank you for inspiring article
Your and the help from the comments produced this..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vygr/4042699121/

By: robbyS

robbyS — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:49:18 +0000

Sweet, you are awesome!

By: conigs

conigs — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:31:53 +0000

The image is from the Riot Gear pack available from Video Copilot. It may also be available in Evolutions, I don't remember.

http://www.videocopilot.net/products/riotgear/

(Warning, video on that page starts playing immediately.)

By: robbyS

robbyS — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:22:32 +0000

Hey, I looked for this wallpaper everywhere and I cant find it. Is there a way you can post a link to it or maybe perhaps if you have time can you email the wallpaper image?

Thanks!

p.s

So glad I stumbled on your website, this geektool walkthrough you have right here helped me out a lot.

By: conigs

conigs — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:20:09 +0000

Unfortunately, I can't. The image used as my wallpaper came from a stock image set and the license forbids me from re-distributing.

By: toras

toras — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:02:52 +0000

pleeeease share your wallpaper)

By: ajvw

ajvw — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:29:26 +0000

NEW DEVELOPMENT. I have found a new way to throw up the weather forecast icon on your desktop without any php.

curl --silent "http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/CITYCODEGOESHERE.html" | grep "forecast-icon" | sed "s/.*background:url('(.*)'); _background.*/1/" | xargs curl --silent -o /weather.png

set that as one shell script, this pulls the forcast icon down onto your computer and saves it in your rot directory, feel free to change the directory by changing the /weather.png

then

file://localhost/weather.png

set this in an image in geektools, place where you want, set your refresh rate on BOTH THE SCRIPT AND PICTURE

this was not my idea, i got it off another user (http://pastie.org/private/alabpa1ekveyl5hulw7a)