Simple, handy egg timer type app with loud alarm?
Jamie Kahn Genet
to countdown and then have a loud alarm play? With classic MacOS no
longer running on any of my Macs, my old 68k timer app is no more :-( It
was perfect for reminding me to go check on rice cooking, a pizza
re-heating, etc.
I'm thinking a menulette would be ideal, but a regular app would do.
TIA,
Jamie Kahn Genet
--
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
Tom Harrington
jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:
> Hey - can anyone here recommend a simple timer app where I set the time
> to countdown and then have a loud alarm play? With classic MacOS no
> longer running on any of my Macs, my old 68k timer app is no more :-( It
> was perfect for reminding me to go check on rice cooking, a pizza
> re-heating, etc.
Maybe FlexTime, <http://www.red-sweater.com/flextime/>.
--
Tom "Tom" Harrington
Independent Mac OS X developer since 2002
http://www.atomicbird.com/
Erik Richard Sørensen
Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
> Hey - can anyone here recommend a simple timer app where I set the time
> to countdown and then have a loud alarm play? With classic MacOS no
> longer running on any of my Macs, my old 68k timer app is no more :-( It
> was perfect for reminding me to go check on rice cooking, a pizza
> re-heating, etc.
>
> I'm thinking a menulette would be ideal, but a regular app would do.
I've been looking for something like that too and it also must have a
good desktop clock, now that Apple has 'dismissed' the good old
windowClock from Leopard...
I then found - again - the oldtimer called "Meridian". When I tried it
years ago, I didn't like it that much, but indeed it has now been made
into a high-end tool for both 10.4.x and 10.5.x PPC/Intel doesn't matter!
As std. it can have - at the same time - a watch, worldclock, stopwatch,
alarmclock and timer, All are resizable when on desktop. All can be
run/shown in menubar!
Meridian 3.3.5 (shareware $19,95)
alarm clock, stopwatch, timer, world clock
http://www.recurringdream.com/Meridian.html
Some of the built-in sounds are so dreadful and irritating that I'd
wonder, if anyone can over hear them..-) - It also is possible to add
your own sounds or choose from the system sound library...
It is worth every single cent!
Cheers, Erik Richard
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Erik Richard Sørensen, Member of ADC, <mac-m...@Mstofanet.dk>
NisusWriter - The Future In Multilingual Text Processing - www.nisus.com
OpenOffice.org - The Modern Productivity Solution - www.openoffice.org
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Gerry
jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:
> Hey - can anyone here recommend a simple timer app where I set the time
> to countdown and then have a loud alarm play? With classic MacOS no
> longer running on any of my Macs, my old 68k timer app is no more :-( It
> was perfect for reminding me to go check on rice cooking, a pizza
> re-heating, etc.
>
> I'm thinking a menulette would be ideal, but a regular app would do.
>
> TIA,
> Jamie Kahn Genet
I use the Egg Timer widget under Dashboard, you can set the time and
what it is you need to check, and when the time is up it will speak
(with the voice selected in System Preferences) "Time to check ... [word
or words you entered].
In the morning when I make my coffee I was always getting busy and
forgetting that I had put my stovetop espresso maker on the burner, so
after I figured out how long it took to finish brewing, I entered that
time in Egg Timer and espresso in the field for what I'm checking, and
then the timer goes of and the nice lady Vicki tells me "It's time to
check the espresso"
Nick Naym
at Mee...@Three.com wrote on 5/1/09 5:18 PM:
> In article <1iz2ymk.14afme3114ibz3N%jam...@wizardling.geek.nz>,
> jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:
>
>> Hey - can anyone here recommend a simple timer app where I set the time
>> to countdown and then have a loud alarm play? With classic MacOS no
>> longer running on any of my Macs, my old 68k timer app is no more :-( It
>> was perfect for reminding me to go check on rice cooking, a pizza
>> re-heating, etc.
>>
>> I'm thinking a menulette would be ideal, but a regular app would do.
>>
>> TIA,
>> Jamie Kahn Genet
>
> I use the Egg Timer widget under Dashboard, you can set the time and
> what it is you need to check, and when the time is up it will speak
> (with the voice selected in System Preferences) "Time to check ... [word
> or words you entered].
Where in System Prefs?
>
> In the morning when I make my coffee I was always getting busy and
> forgetting that I had put my stovetop espresso maker on the burner, so
> after I figured out how long it took to finish brewing, I entered that
> time in Egg Timer and espresso in the field for what I'm checking, and
> then the timer goes of and the nice lady Vicki tells me "It's time to
> check the espresso"
--
iMac (24", 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 320 GB HDD) � OS X (10.5.6)
AV3
> In article MeetMe-1A05CD....@newsclstr03.news.prodigy.net, Gerry
> at Mee...@Three.com wrote on 5/1/09 5:18 PM:
>
>> In article <1iz2ymk.14afme3114ibz3N%jam...@wizardling.geek.nz>,
>> jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:
>>
>>> Hey - can anyone here recommend a simple timer app where I set the time
>>> to countdown and then have a loud alarm play? With classic MacOS no
>>> longer running on any of my Macs, my old 68k timer app is no more :-( It
>>> was perfect for reminding me to go check on rice cooking, a pizza
>>> re-heating, etc.
>>>
>>> I'm thinking a menulette would be ideal, but a regular app would do.
>>>
>>> TIA,
>>> Jamie Kahn Genet
>> I use the Egg Timer widget under Dashboard, you can set the time and
>> what it is you need to check, and when the time is up it will speak
>> (with the voice selected in System Preferences) "Time to check ... [word
>> or words you entered].
>
> Where in System Prefs?
>
System Prefs --> System --> Speech --> Speech Recognition --> System Voice
>
>> ...
>
--
++====+=====+=====+=====+=====+====+====+=====+=====+=====+=====+====++
||Arnold VICTOR, New York City, i. e., <arvi...@Wearthlink.net> ||
||Arnoldo VIKTORO, Nov-jorkurbo, t. e., <arvi...@Wearthlink.net> ||
||Remove capital letters from e-mail address for correct address/ ||
|| Forigu majusklajn literojn el e-poŝta adreso por ĝusta adreso ||
++====+=====+=====+=====+=====+====+====+=====+=====+=====+=====+====++
Nick Naym
wrote on 5/1/09 6:20 PM:
> Nick Naym wrote:
>> In article MeetMe-1A05CD....@newsclstr03.news.prodigy.net, Gerry
>> at Mee...@Three.com wrote on 5/1/09 5:18 PM:
>>
>>> In article <1iz2ymk.14afme3114ibz3N%jam...@wizardling.geek.nz>,
>>> jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey - can anyone here recommend a simple timer app where I set the time
>>>> to countdown and then have a loud alarm play? With classic MacOS no
>>>> longer running on any of my Macs, my old 68k timer app is no more :-( It
>>>> was perfect for reminding me to go check on rice cooking, a pizza
>>>> re-heating, etc.
>>>>
>>>> I'm thinking a menulette would be ideal, but a regular app would do.
>>>>
>>>> TIA,
>>>> Jamie Kahn Genet
>>> I use the Egg Timer widget under Dashboard, you can set the time and
>>> what it is you need to check, and when the time is up it will speak
>>> (with the voice selected in System Preferences) "Time to check ... [word
>>> or words you entered].
>>
>> Where in System Prefs?
>>
>
>
> System Prefs --> System --> Speech --> Speech Recognition --> System Voice
>
>
"System Voice" is under the "Text to Speech" tab.
Nevertheless, I don't quite see how to link it to the Egg Timer widget.
Jamie Kahn Genet
I'll give the widget a go first as it seems the simplest, and I already
have a great menubar clock (iStat menus). Plus I use iCal to remind me
of anything more than an hour in the future, or if I might be away from
my Mac when the alarm goes off.
That last point is actually the only failing of using a Widget without
some kind of sticky notification like Growl or ongoing alarm. But Egg
Timer widget is good enough for now - thanks :-)
Still - if anyone comes across a dead simple timer that will leave a
message up on my screen or use an ongoing alarm - please let me know! I
loved my old 68k era timer because it took mere moments to open and set,
and I'd hear it's non-stop alarm wherever I was in the house.
Cheers,
Tom Stiller
jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:
> Hey - can anyone here recommend a simple timer app where I set the time
> to countdown and then have a loud alarm play? With classic MacOS no
> longer running on any of my Macs, my old 68k timer app is no more :-( It
> was perfect for reminding me to go check on rice cooking, a pizza
> re-heating, etc.
>
> I'm thinking a menulette would be ideal, but a regular app would do.
>
Have a look at <http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/30402/timer-utility>
or
<http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/21649/timer>
--
Tom Stiller
PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF
Gerry
Nick Naym <nicknaym@[remove_this].gmail.com> wrote:
> In article MeetMe-1A05CD....@newsclstr03.news.prodigy.net, Gerry
> at Mee...@Three.com wrote on 5/1/09 5:18 PM:
>
> > In article <1iz2ymk.14afme3114ibz3N%jam...@wizardling.geek.nz>,
> > jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:
> >
> >> Hey - can anyone here recommend a simple timer app where I set the time
> >> to countdown and then have a loud alarm play? With classic MacOS no
> >> longer running on any of my Macs, my old 68k timer app is no more :-( It
> >> was perfect for reminding me to go check on rice cooking, a pizza
> >> re-heating, etc.
> >>
> >> I'm thinking a menulette would be ideal, but a regular app would do.
> >>
> >> TIA,
> >> Jamie Kahn Genet
> >
> > I use the Egg Timer widget under Dashboard, you can set the time and
> > what it is you need to check, and when the time is up it will speak
> > (with the voice selected in System Preferences) "Time to check ... [word
> > or words you entered].
>
> Where in System Prefs?
Speech!
Mike Rosenberg
> >> Where in System Prefs?
> >
> > System Prefs --> System --> Speech --> Speech Recognition --> System Voice
>
> "System Voice" is under the "Text to Speech" tab.
>
> Nevertheless, I don't quite see how to link it to the Egg Timer widget.
There's nothing specifically to do. Egg Timer uses whichever voice
you've set in the pref panel.
--
My Blog, Mike's Musings <http://blog.macconsult.com>
Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/mac.cgi>
Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi>
dorayme
jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:
> Hey - can anyone here recommend a simple timer app
Yes, I bought a clockwork one from the hardware store up the road.
Perfectissimo. Use this simple sort of thing and stop messing about with
your computer. Don't you realise that clockwork devices need supporting
these days. It is whizz bang techno nerds like you that have left them
out in the cold.
At least go visit them on shop shelves, they would be pleased for the
company.
--
dorayme
Nick Naym
at Mee...@Three.com wrote on 5/1/09 6:44 PM:
How do you set it up to speak? None of the checkbox options seem to do that.
Nick Naym
Rosenberg at mike...@TOGROUPmacconsult.com wrote on 5/1/09 6:47 PM:
> Nick Naym <nicknaym@[remove_this].gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>>> Where in System Prefs?
>>>
>>> System Prefs --> System --> Speech --> Speech Recognition --> System Voice
>>
>> "System Voice" is under the "Text to Speech" tab.
>>
>> Nevertheless, I don't quite see how to link it to the Egg Timer widget.
>
> There's nothing specifically to do. Egg Timer uses whichever voice
> you've set in the pref panel.
It chimes when the time finishes counting down.
Gerry
Mike Rosenberg
> >> Nevertheless, I don't quite see how to link it to the Egg Timer widget.
> >
> > There's nothing specifically to do. Egg Timer uses whichever voice
> > you've set in the pref panel.
>
> It chimes when the time finishes counting down.
For me, it chimes, then it says "Time to check the" followed by whatever
text entered in the box that initially has "scrambled tofu" when you
install it.
Nick Naym
at Mee...@Three.com wrote on 5/1/09 7:34 PM:
Bizarre...I was positive that I dl'd the correct one. But apparently not.
Thanks.
Nick Naym
Rosenberg at mike...@TOGROUPmacconsult.com wrote on 5/1/09 7:43 PM:
> Nick Naym <nicknaym@[remove_this].gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>>> Nevertheless, I don't quite see how to link it to the Egg Timer widget.
>>>
>>> There's nothing specifically to do. Egg Timer uses whichever voice
>>> you've set in the pref panel.
>>
>> It chimes when the time finishes counting down.
>
> For me, it chimes, then it says "Time to check the" followed by whatever
> text entered in the box that initially has "scrambled tofu" when you
> install it.
Yup. (Wrong widget.)
AV3
> In article gtfsj5$ff3$1...@news.albasani.net, AV3 at arvi...@earthlink.net
> wrote on 5/1/09 6:20 PM:
>
>> Nick Naym wrote:
>>> In article MeetMe-1A05CD....@newsclstr03.news.prodigy.net, Gerry
>>> at Mee...@Three.com wrote on 5/1/09 5:18 PM:
>>>
>>>> In article <1iz2ymk.14afme3114ibz3N%jam...@wizardling.geek.nz>,
>>>> jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hey - can anyone here recommend a simple timer app where I set the time
>>>>> to countdown and then have a loud alarm play? With classic MacOS no
>>>>> longer running on any of my Macs, my old 68k timer app is no more :-( It
>>>>> was perfect for reminding me to go check on rice cooking, a pizza
>>>>> re-heating, etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm thinking a menulette would be ideal, but a regular app would do.
>>>>>
>>>>> TIA,
>>>>> Jamie Kahn Genet
>>>> I use the Egg Timer widget under Dashboard, you can set the time and
>>>> what it is you need to check, and when the time is up it will speak
>>>> (with the voice selected in System Preferences) "Time to check ... [word
>>>> or words you entered].
>>> Where in System Prefs?
>>>
>>
>> System Prefs --> System --> Speech --> Speech Recognition --> System Voice
>>
>>
>
> "System Voice" is under the "Text to Speech" tab.
Oops!
>
> Nevertheless, I don't quite see how to link it to the Egg Timer widget.
>
The voice you choose there should be the default voice for
text-to-speech. I don't use this program; I was just guiding you to the
choice I would make.
Jamie Kahn Genet
> In article <1iz2ymk.14afme3114ibz3N%jam...@wizardling.geek.nz>,
> jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:
>
> > Hey - can anyone here recommend a simple timer app where I set the time
> > to countdown and then have a loud alarm play? With classic MacOS no
> > longer running on any of my Macs, my old 68k timer app is no more :-( It
> > was perfect for reminding me to go check on rice cooking, a pizza
> > re-heating, etc.
> >
> > I'm thinking a menulette would be ideal, but a regular app would do.
> >
>
> Have a look at <http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/30402/timer-utility>
> or
> <http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/21649/timer>
The latter is nearly perfect (it doesn't save settings, but oh well) -
cheers :-)
Fred Moore
jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:
> Hey - can anyone here recommend a simple timer app where I set the time
> to countdown and then have a loud alarm play? With classic MacOS no
> longer running on any of my Macs, my old 68k timer app is no more :-( It
> was perfect for reminding me to go check on rice cooking, a pizza
> re-heating, etc.
>
> I'm thinking a menulette would be ideal, but a regular app would do.
Hi Jamie, give Apimac Timer a try (free):
<http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/28165>
'Easy-to-use and intuitive interface with clear tab-based browsing thru
stopwatch, countdown, alarm clock and clock areas. Between the features
it sports: log (also automatically updated when some event occurs) and
tickers that remember user that some timer is running every specific
amount of time. Events include play alarms with your favorite sound,
play song files, speak a specific message, announce the time. The
stopwatch let you also specify events occurring after a specific amount
of time or events that repeats every specific amount of time, the
countdown can be optionally repeated, the alarm clock can be set for a
specific day or repeated daily, the clock is a convenient watch with
large digits with the indication of the current day.'
John McWilliams
Don't overlook the possible use of your Microwave oven.
Jamie Kahn Genet
Mmmmm... all these multi-feature timers make me yern for the good old
days of Alessandro Levi Montalcini's Coffee Timer
<http://mac.wareseeker.com/Utilities/coffee-timer-1.1.zip/337033>.
But back to Apimac Timer which seems useful :-) - is there no way to
have an ongoing alarm? And what does the 'Ticker' checkbox do?
Sander Tekelenburg
jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:
[...]
> Still - if anyone comes across a dead simple timer that will leave a
> message up on my screen or use an ongoing alarm - please let me know!
I use this home-grown script:
(* begin script *)
property alarmText : "alarm!"
property alarmCount : 5
global firstrun
tell me to activate
set firstrun to true
set alarmText to userString()
set alarmCount to userNumber()
on idle
try
--get firstrun
if firstrun is false then
my alarm()
else
set firstrun to false
end if
on error m number n
tell me
beep
activate
display dialog (n as text) & return & (m as text)
tell me to quit
end tell
end try
return alarmCount * 60
end idle
on userString()
set theString to text returned of (display dialog "Enter the text you
want displayed for this alaram" default answer alarmText)
return theString
end userString
on userNumber()
try
set theNumber to (text returned of (display dialog "enter the
number of minutes after which you want to be alaramed" default answer
alarmCount)) as number
on error number -1700
display dialog "you may only enter numbers"
getalaramTime()
end try
return theNumber
end userNumber
on alarm()
set {prevAlertV, prevOutputV, prevOutputM} to {alert volume, output
volume, output muted} of (get volume settings) -- cache current volume
settings
set volume alert volume 100
set volume output volume 100
set volume without output muted
set theConfirmation to ""
tell me
activate
repeat until theConfirmation = "OK"
beep
say (alarmText as text) without waiting until completion
set theConfirmation to button returned of (display dialog
(alarmText as text) buttons {"OK"} default button 1 giving up after 5)
end repeat
set volume alert volume prevAlertV
set volume output volume prevOutputV
if prevOutputM = true then
set volume with output muted
end if
tell me to quit
end tell
end alarm
(* end script *)
Save where you like[*] as "Application Bundle" with only the "Stay open"
option checked.
[*] If you store it in ~/Library/Scripts you can run it from the Script
Menu.
--
Sander Tekelenburg, <http://www.euronet.nl/~tekelenb/>
Mac user: "Macs only have 40 viruses, tops!"
PC user: "SEE! Not even the virus writers support Macs!"
Wes Groleau
> Hey - can anyone here recommend a simple timer app where I set the time
> to countdown and then have a loud alarm play? With classic MacOS no
> longer running on any of my Macs, my old 68k timer app is no more :-( It
> was perfect for reminding me to go check on rice cooking, a pizza
> re-heating, etc.
I was planning to write/download/buy something of the sort myself,
but finally realized that if it's on the computer, I will most
likely dismiss it with the thought "I'll do it as soon as I send this
post" but then forget about it before getting to the end of the post.
So I paid five US dollars for a mechanical timer with a loud
prolonged ring. I set it and put it at the door of the computer area.
--
Wes Groleau
The man who says, "I can do it!" may sometimes fail.
The man who says, "Impossible!" will never succeed.
Donald Hall
jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:
> Tom Stiller <tom_s...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > In article <1iz2ymk.14afme3114ibz3N%jam...@wizardling.geek.nz>,
> > jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:
> >
> > > Hey - can anyone here recommend a simple timer app where I set the time
> > > to countdown and then have a loud alarm play? With classic MacOS no
> > > longer running on any of my Macs, my old 68k timer app is no more :-( It
> > > was perfect for reminding me to go check on rice cooking, a pizza
> > > re-heating, etc.
> > >
> > > I'm thinking a menulette would be ideal, but a regular app would do.
> > >
> >
> > Have a look at <http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/30402/timer-utility>
> > or
> > <http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/21649/timer>
>
> The latter is nearly perfect (it doesn't save settings, but oh well) -
> cheers :-)
Jamie,
Just thought I'd bring to your attention an app I publish called Script
Timer. It's a general scheduler for AppleScript and shell scripts, but
it comes with various scripts that would do what you want, including
putting a reminder dialog on your screen, announcing a message, and
providing a "snooze alarm" type function. It has many scheduling
options, but in your case you could schedule actions to trigger on a
repeating time interval or at a set time of the day, and it will
remember your settings.
<http://www.appsandmore.com/script_timer.htm>
Regards,
Don Hall
--
Donald S. Hall, Ph.D.
Apps & More Software Design, Inc.
http://www.appsandmore.com
don at appsandmore dot com
"Schedule your scripts with Script Timer"
Warren Oates
Wes Groleau <grolea...@freeshell.org> wrote:
> So I paid five US dollars for a mechanical timer with a loud
> prolonged ring. I set it and put it at the door of the computer area.
That's the method at our house. The oul' Woman uses a combination of a
mechanical timer, the one in the stove and the one in the microwave to
remind her of critical stuff, like it's time for Warren to wash up last
night's dishes and so forth. If she ever figures out how to set a timer
on each of the computers, my life as I know it will be over.
--
Suddenly he realized that he was alone
with a giant halfwit on a dark deserted street.
-- Chester Himes
Fred Moore
jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:
> But back to Apimac Timer which seems useful :-) - is there no way to
> have an ongoing alarm? And what does the 'Ticker' checkbox do?
The Ticker is an intermediate sound which you can set in the prefs to
sound every so often the default is 10s for the stopwatch and 15m for
the alarm clock.
Ongoing alarm? There is the Repeat Daily setting in the alarm Clock
function. Is that what you mean?
Jamie Kahn Genet
> In article <1iz33dk.1ogjph715iepwlN%jam...@wizardling.geek.nz>,
> jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > Still - if anyone comes across a dead simple timer that will leave a
> > message up on my screen or use an ongoing alarm - please let me know!
>
> I use this home-grown script:
[snip]
> Save where you like[*] as "Application Bundle" with only the "Stay open"
> option checked.
>
> [*] If you store it in ~/Library/Scripts you can run it from the Script
> Menu.
Hey Sander - I get a bunch of errors due to linewrap, methinks. Any
chance you could fire a copy of this to me via email? I'll have a go at
working it out myself right now, but my AppleScrip-fu is weak :-)
Thank you very much for helping!
Jamie Kahn Genet
Well I seem to have got it working, but had to adjust the volume
settings - my ears are still ringing and I think I woke the couple
upstairs who will no doubt be asking me WTF was that later on :-D
Still, that was my own fault for not changing the volume settings
beforehand, as even I can recognise what that part does! But ouch...
that was seriously very painful.
Nevertheless a copy emailed to me would be cool just to be sure I fixed
it up okay :-)
Thanks again,
Jamie Kahn Genet
G'day Don - I've considered Script Timer in the past as iCal seems to be
unreliable about launching Applescript alarms, and the GUI interfaces
for Cron that I've seen are inexplicably dense (how hard is it to design
a GUI to just ask the user a time, frequency, and what they want run?
Yeah - I may lack the programming-fu to do it, but I can certainly
design it *shrug*).
Anyway, if I ever have serious need for scheduling that MUST run (not
_might_ run as with iCal - cripes Apple!) Script Timer looks to be the
logical choice :-)
But right now I'd like to see if I can solve my timer requirement for
all my Macs for $5 or less. Sander's script to fit the bill... but I do
like the look of Script Timer. Your app is one of those that inspires me
to automate more of my life... like learning more of Automator and
working out why script recording in Script Editor never works... I
_should_ get around to it.
Jamie Kahn Genet
> In article <1iz4v3y.1iunayf3y9ljuN%jam...@wizardling.geek.nz>,
> jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:
>
> > But back to Apimac Timer which seems useful :-) - is there no way to
> > have an ongoing alarm? And what does the 'Ticker' checkbox do?
>
> The Ticker is an intermediate sound which you can set in the prefs to
> sound every so often the default is 10s for the stopwatch and 15m for
> the alarm clock.
Ah, I see now. Thank you :-)
> Ongoing alarm? There is the Repeat Daily setting in the alarm Clock
> function. Is that what you mean?
No - I mean an alarm that does not end. I'm likely to miss a short alarm
that only plays once if I'm in another room.
Nope, this app is not for me, I'm afraid. It takes an excessively long
time to launch the first time and no ongoing alarm reduces it's
usefulness.
While Timer II does the trick, you can't beat Sander's script for ease
of use.
Sander Tekelenburg
jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:
> Jamie Kahn Genet <jam...@wizardling.geek.nz> wrote:
>
> > Sander Tekelenburg <us...@domain.invalid> wrote:
[... AS script]
> > Hey Sander - I get a bunch of errors due to linewrap, methinks.
Yeah, that tends to happen. It's usually easy to fix though:
[1] paste the code from MT-NW into Script Editor
[2] hit Enter (not Return) to compile
[3] if the script cannot be compiled due to linebreaks having ended up
in the wrong place, Script Editor will select that point in the script.
Just remove the linebreak at that point.
[4] repeat step 3 until Script Editor is happy
But I malied you a copy anyway ;)
[...]
> Well I seem to have got it working, but had to adjust the volume
> settings - my ears are still ringing and I think I woke the couple
> upstairs who will no doubt be asking me WTF was that later on :-D
Heh. Well, the point of an alarm is to alarm you, no? ;) The reason the
script changes your volume settings is that otherwise you'd risk not
hearing it when those settings are too low.
The copy I mailed you uses variables for this, that are defined in the
top of the script. Should make it easier to change the alarm volume to
what you prefer.
dorayme
Sander Tekelenburg <us...@domain.invalid> wrote:
> In article <1iz6jc6.l60uqb14aajweN%jam...@wizardling.geek.nz>,
> jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:
>
> > Jamie Kahn Genet <jam...@wizardling.geek.nz> wrote:
> >
> > > Sander Tekelenburg <us...@domain.invalid> wrote:
> > Roger Rabbit <rog...@toontown.geek.nz> wrote:
> >
> > > Daffie Duck <daf...@thatsitfolks.invalid> wrote:
...
Simple, handy egg timer type app with loud alarm? And you are still
messing about...
--
dorayme
Jamie Kahn Genet
> In article <1iz6jc6.l60uqb14aajweN%jam...@wizardling.geek.nz>,
> jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:
>
> > Jamie Kahn Genet <jam...@wizardling.geek.nz> wrote:
> >
> > > Sander Tekelenburg <us...@domain.invalid> wrote:
>
> [... AS script]
>
> > > Hey Sander - I get a bunch of errors due to linewrap, methinks.
>
> Yeah, that tends to happen. It's usually easy to fix though:
> [1] paste the code from MT-NW into Script Editor
> [2] hit Enter (not Return) to compile
> [3] if the script cannot be compiled due to linebreaks having ended up
> in the wrong place, Script Editor will select that point in the script.
> Just remove the linebreak at that point.
> [4] repeat step 3 until Script Editor is happy
Yup - that mostly worked. There was only one line I had to sort out
myself.
> But I malied you a copy anyway ;)
>
> [...]
>
> > Well I seem to have got it working, but had to adjust the volume
> > settings - my ears are still ringing and I think I woke the couple
> > upstairs who will no doubt be asking me WTF was that later on :-D
>
> Heh. Well, the point of an alarm is to alarm you, no? ;) The reason the
> script changes your volume settings is that otherwise you'd risk not
> hearing it when those settings are too low.
>
> The copy I mailed you uses variables for this, that are defined in the
> top of the script. Should make it easier to change the alarm volume to
> what you prefer.
Thanks again and I really should have thought to lower the volume
percentage before I tried it out, heh :-)
Melba's Jammin'
Warren Oates <warren...@gmail.com> wrote:
> In article <wQ8Ll.4158$b11....@nwrddc02.gnilink.net>,
> Wes Groleau <grolea...@freeshell.org> wrote:
>
> > So I paid five US dollars for a mechanical timer with a loud
> > prolonged ring. I set it and put it at the door of the computer area.
>
> That's the method at our house. The oul' Woman uses a combination of a
> mechanical timer, the one in the stove and the one in the microwave to
> remind her of critical stuff, like it's time for Warren to wash up last
> night's dishes and so forth. If she ever figures out how to set a timer
> on each of the computers, my life as I know it will be over.
Poor dear. She's a woman after my own heart. :-) I use a Polder
thermometer/timer unit next to me, usually set for about a minute before
the kitchen timer/s go off. The Polder has an annoying and repetitive
ring. I'm not *quite* to wearing a timer on a ribbon around my neck.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.me.com/barbschaller - good news 4-6-2009
"What you say about someone else says more
about you than it does about the other person."
Melba's Jammin'
Fred Moore <fmo...@gcfn.org> wrote:
> In article <1iz2ymk.14afme3114ibz3N%jam...@wizardling.geek.nz>,
> jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:
>
> > Hey - can anyone here recommend a simple timer app where I set the time
> > to countdown and then have a loud alarm play?
(snip)
> Hi Jamie, give Apimac Timer a try (free):
> <http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/28165>
Thanks for that, Fred. Now if I can just remember to use it! :-\
David Ryeburn
jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:
> Hey - can anyone here recommend a simple timer app where I set the time
> to countdown and then have a loud alarm play? With classic MacOS no
> longer running on any of my Macs, my old 68k timer app is no more :-( It
> was perfect for reminding me to go check on rice cooking, a pizza
> re-heating, etc.
>
> I'm thinking a menulette would be ideal, but a regular app would do.
>
> TIA,
> Jamie Kahn Genet
I like Cuppa.
<http://www.nathanatos.com/software/>
David
--
David Ryeburn
rye...@sfu.caz
To send e-mail, use "ca" instead of "caz".
Nick Naym
Genet at jam...@wizardling.geek.nz wrote on 5/3/09 3:34 PM:
Did anyone mention Alarm Clock?
(http://www.robbiehanson.com/alarmclock/index.html)
Jamie Kahn Genet
I've not actually tried it, but I'm not reading that it has a countdown
function.
Nick Naym
Genet at jam...@wizardling.geek.nz wrote on 5/6/09 1:21 PM:
Alarm, Timer, and Stopwatch -- all available from the menu bar.