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OSX Dashboard Widgets

Tennessee Titans 2016 Season Schedule Widget

Titans Schedule Widget

Click on the Titans logo, and the widget will flip to show you the Titans schedule for 2015.  When you are done, click the “Done” button, and the widget will flip back the the small Titans logo.  This is nice because the widget will normally occupy a very small footprint on your dashboard until you need to see the schedule.

Download Titans Widget


US Election Widget

US Election Widget Front

This widget counts down to the next national US Election day on November 4, 2014.

By clicking on the “LP Logo” on the back of the widget, the person’s web browser will go to the Libertarian Party main web page at www.lp.org.

Download US Election Widget


Obama Countdown Widget

Bye Bye Obama Widget Front

This widget follows the “Obama Propaganda” theme, using the art of Shepard Fairy which surfaced during the 2008 presidential campaign.

What I thought interesting about this art is that is has that Soviet Cold-War-Era look & feel to it. The “HOPE” message has been removed from the art, and I replaced it with the message: “ИЗМЕНЕНИЕ!” The translation from Russian is: “CHANGE!”, which was a central theme of Obama’s throughout his presidential campaign. I put it into Russian to mimic what a Soviet propaganda poster might look like in order to put forth the notion of Obama being an old-style communist leader with old-style communist values. The art coupled with the countdown effectively alters Obama’s message of “Change” to that being the time when he leaves office. Can it be too soon?

By clicking on the “LP Logo” on the back of the widget, the person’s web browser will go to the Libertarian Party main web page at www.lp.org.

Download Obama Widget


Libertarian Party News Widget

LP Blog Front

This widget is a simple news feed widget that goes out to the Libertarian Party web site, grabs the LP Blog news feed, and displays it in the widget.  The length of each article preview displayed in the widget can be adjusted on the back.

By clicking on the “LP Logo” on the back of the widget, the person’s web browser will go to the Libertarian Party main web page at www.lp.org.

Download LP Widget

Note: I wrote those last two widgets for the Libertarian Party. You can download them from the LP web site here: Put The LP On Your Mac