Steampunk Widgets of some Worldwide Repute http://lightquick.co.uk Sat, 12 Sep 2015 15:58:30 +0100 Widget feed generator http://lightquick.co.uk/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://lightquick.co.uk Steampunk Widgets of some Worldwide Repute http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/steampunk-wallpaper02.zip Here is a steampunk desktop wallpaper which fits my laptop screen like a glove. The zipfile contains a variety of different size screens. 1024x768 1280x960 1366x768 1280x720 1440x900 It works perfectly with my widgets, giving the underwidget and the steampunk orrery a place to 'be'. If you want me to make a specific wallpaper for your size screen then... Dean Beedell http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/steampunk-leather-desktop-wallpaper.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/steampunk weathered clock.widget This is a lovely old clock, resizable, that sits on your desktop, moveable, slidable and dragable. New version. Tells time in an old-fashioned way. Can be made to perform any o/s command line function. Download and install in the usual way. Install yahoo widgets first. You will, Get Yahoo widgets... Dean Beedell Date and Time http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/steampunk-weathered-clock.png http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/steampunk-weathered-clock.png http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/steampunk-weathered-clock-yahoo-widget.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/XWidget.zip Xwidget Engine - guaranteed no malware in the installation process! I have created my own version of the XWIDGET installation zipfile in which I have personally checked every file for any malware. There is just a straight zipfile which you can open at your leisure. I will keep this zipfile updated and... Dean Beedell Widget Tools http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/X-open-envelope.png http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/X-open-envelope.png http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/xwidget-engine.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/saturn.widget This is a widget that you could certainly use on your desktop. It is a lovely piece of eye-candy. This is part of a small set of icons/widgets for your desktop, the others are Jupiter, the planet of good luck, optimism, success, generosity and of course, the Earth. This is part of... Dean Beedell Sight and Sound http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/saturn.png http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/saturn.png http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/saturn-planetary-widget.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/christmas-bauble30.widget A Christmas themed Yahoo Bauble Widget for your Windows/Mac desktop. A fully working yahoo widget that can be moved around your desktop looking very Christmassie indeed. The door won't open until the first day of Advent arrives. here (instructions-for-the-christmas-bauble-widgets.html?Itemid=264). Note: The widgets run in XP/Vista/Windows 7, Windows 8... Dean Beedell Sight and Sound http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/christmas-bauble30.png http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/christmas-bauble30.png http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/steampunk-advent-bauble-widget-november-30.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/Cyberpunk_Thermionic_Tube_XWidget.xwp Dieselpunk/Cyberpunk/Steampunk Yahoo thermionic valve nixie tube Xwidget That title - what a mouthful! but it is worth saying as it is now fully working! - Abilities include being able to turn off the sounds and enable the second indicating tubes. It also now resizes. This is a simple Xwidget that displays... Dean Beedell Date and Time http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/cyber-nixie-400.png http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/cyber-nixie-400.png http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/cyberpunk-thermionic-tube-xwidget-clock.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/steampunk_nixie_tube_xwidget.xwp This is the steampunk thermionic nixie tube Xwidget for the Xwidget engine. The Xwidget is a nice bit of steampunk/cyberpunk and it will look good on your desktop. Operation is simple. This is the same widget as the Yahoo widget version in operation and design. The Xwidget is fully resizable... Dean Beedell Date and Time http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/nixies-on-bg-300.png http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/nixies-on-bg-300.png http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/steampunk-thermionic-nixie-tube-xwidget.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/nixies.widget This is the steampunk thermionic nixie tube Yahoo widget. The widget is a nice bit of steampunk/cyberpunk and it will look good on your desktop. Operation is simple. The widget is fully resizable for your desktop. It looks realistic, has sounds and operates with the minimum of fuss. Running... Dean Beedell Date and Time http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/nixies-on-bg-300.png http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/nixies-on-bg-300.png http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/steampunk-thermionic-nixie-tube-widget.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/Steampunkwindows7theme.7z A Wonderful Steampunk theme for Windows 7, created by razorsedge and included here with his kind permission. Razorsedge bundles my widgets with his theme so in return I offer his theme here. The theme Includes a custom sound pack, custom cursors, an explorer frame, start button image, shell32 images and... Dean Beedell http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/steampunk-mini-vault.png http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/steampunk-mini-vault.png http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/windows-7-steampunk-theme.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/underwidget.widget The Steampunk Underwidget is a 24hr clock that sits on your steampunk desktop looking as if it is part of that desktop. The underwidget is designed to work with the Steampunk Timekeeper Orrery MkII (downloads/steampunk-orrery-calendar-clock-yahoo-widget-mkii.html?Itemid=264) that has a transparent glass middle section that can be made fully opaque or... Dean Beedell Date and Time http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/underwidget-on-desktop.jpg http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/underwidget-on-desktop.jpg http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/steampunk-underwidget.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/timekeeper 5.2.4.widget This is the Steampunk Orrery widget Mark II - This is the new version that provides a lot more animation and extra functionality. UPDATE: It provides a daily memorandum function via a truly steampunk interface. Select a date via the calendar ring and click the date shown and it will... Dean Beedell Date and Time http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/steampunk-calendar2.png http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/steampunk-calendar2.png http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/steampunk-orrery-calendar-clock-yahoo-widget-mkii.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/Moon_Phase_III.widget A Steam Punk Yahoo Widget for your Windows/Mac desktop, a fully working yahoo widget and it can be moved around your desktop looking very steampunk indeed. It displays a beautiful moon globe that you can resize at will and that will display through the phases according to any date... Dean Beedell Date and Time http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/moon-surround.png http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/moon-surround.png http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/steampunk-moon-phase-widget.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/Widget Vault.widget This Yahoo widget acts as a Widget 'AppStore' listing all the current widgets that are available from myself and Harry. NEW VERSION 1.1.4. The information is extracted using RSS feeds from our respective websites. The three widget screens show the current categories, descriptions and images of each selected widget and a... Dean Beedell Widget Tools http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/widget-widge-487t.png http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/widget-widge-487t.png http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/widget-vault-a-steampunk-widget-appstore.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/globe.widget A Steam Punk Yahoo Widget for your Windows/Mac desktop, a fully working yahoo widget and it can be moved around your desktop looking very steampunk indeed. It displays a beautiful rotating earth that you can resize at will. This is now version 1.0.1 which fixes a bug with regard to... Dean Beedell Sight and Sound http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/globe-surround.png http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/globe-surround.png http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/steampunk-rotating-earth-widget.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/christmas-baubles.zip A set of Christmas themed Yahoo Bauble Widget for your Windows/Mac desktop. A set of fully working yahoo widgets that can be moved around your desktop looking very Christmassie indeed. They need to be removed from your desktop by January 5th. Note: The widgets run in XP/Vista/Windows 7, Windows... Dean Beedell Sight and Sound http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/christmas-bauble03.png http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/christmas-bauble03.png http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/christmas-bauble-widgets.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/steampunk_volume_xwidget.xwp XWIDGET Version 1.0.2 Steampunk Volume Widget This is the most recent version of the Steampunk Volume XWidget that you could certainly use on your desktop. It is a lovely piece of eye-candy as well as being useful on your desktop. This is one of a small set of icons/widgets for your desktop,... Dean Beedell System Utilities http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/volume.png http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/volume.png http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/steampunk-volume-xwidget.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/WidgetsReference_4.5.zip This is the reference manual for Yahoo Widgets (previously known by the name of Konfabulator). This manual details everything you need to know about creating Yahoo widgets. It is quite technical so don't expect a beginner's guide. Dean Beedell Manuals http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/bookbrownishjournal.png http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/bookbrownishjournal.png http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/konfabulator-yahoo-widgets-reference-manual.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/steampunk volume.widget Yahoo Widget Version 1.0.4 Steampunk Volume Widget This is the latest version of the Steampunk Volume Widget that you could certainly use on your desktop. It is a lovely piece of eye-candy as well as being useful on your desktop. This is one of a small set of icons/widgets for... Dean Beedell System Utilities http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/volume.png http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/volume.png http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/steampunk-volume-widget.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/159345-timekeeper.plasmoid KDE Plasmoid Orrery Timekeeper Widget for Linux This is the Steampunk Orrery widget - it provides an orrery function via a truly steampunk interface. Select a date via the calendar ring and click the date shown and it will allow you to view the planetary movements of the moon and the... Dean Beedell Date and Time http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/calendar-large.png http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/calendar-large.png http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/steampunk-orrery-widget-for-linux-kubuntu-plasmoids.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/magnifier.widget This is the latest version of the magnifier widget that you could use on your desktop equipped with the yahoo widget engine. It is a lovely piece of eye-candy as well as being useful on your desktop. This is one of a small set of icons/widgets for your desktop, the... Dean Beedell Sight and Sound http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/magnifier.png http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/magnifier.png http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/steampunk-magnifier-widget-and-icon.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/weird steampunk clock.widget This is an old-fashioned wood, glass, steel and brass Yahoo Widget designed to appeal to the steampunk mind, I suggest it might be a useful addition to your desktop. This slightly wierd clock will keep good time using a human-friendly steampunk interface. The Weird Steampunk Clock Yahoo Widget is a... Dean Beedell Date and Time http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/steampunk-weird-clock.png http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/steampunk-weird-clock.png http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/weird-steampunk-clock-yahoo-widget.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/Widget Converter.widget Essential widget development tool. The Yahoo widget converter does what it says on the tin. It unzips a widget so you can get at all the internal gubbins, scripts, XML and PNG files. It also turns that same load of files into a widget after you have modified them. A... Dean Beedell Widget Tools http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/folder-closed-widgets-300.png http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/folder-closed-widgets-300.png http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/yahoo-widget-converter.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/Create Widget 2.0.js If you want to create widgets from Photoshop then this is the script you will need to create widgets for the yahoo widget engine. Just place it in: \Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop CS\Presets\Scripts and Photoshop will find it. As long as your photoshop art is in groups, layers or layer sets then... Dean Beedell Widget Tools http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/photoshop.png http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/photoshop.png http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/photoshop-script-to-create-yahoo-widgets.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/TimeKeeper.XWidgetPkg This is the Steampunk Orrery Xwidget - it provides a clock and calendar function via a truly steampunk interface. This is the XWidget version, so you will, of course, need the Xwidget engine for this skin to run. This widget is a collaboration between myself and Harry whitfield. It is... Dean Beedell Date and Time http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/calendar-large.png http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/calendar-large.png http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/steampunk-orrery-xwidget.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/SteamCalendar_04Feb13.rmskin This is the Steampunk Orrery widget - it provides a clock and calendar function via a truly steampunk interface. This is the Rainmeter version so, you will, of course, need the Rainmeter engine for this skin to run. This skin works with Windows Rainmeter version 2.5 beta and... Dean Beedell Date and Time http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/calendar-large.png http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/calendar-large.png http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/steampunk-orrery-rainmeter-skin.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/CPU-MEM-Gauges-3.widget Here is our latest widget - the Steampunk Resource Monitor. The resource monitor will allow you to monitor your system's resource usage on a second by second basis using a human-friendly steampunk interface. The Resource Monitor is a Yahoo widget that runs on your desktop behind all your applications so... Dean Beedell System Utilities http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/antique-dials-with-pipes.png http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/antique-dials-with-pipes.png http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/steampunk-resource-monitor-widget.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/mars 2.widget This is a widget that you could certainly use on your desktop. It is a lovely piece of eye-candy. This is part of a small set of icons/widgets for your desktop, the others are Jupiter, the planet of good luck, optimism, success, generosity and of course, the Earth. This is part... Dean Beedell Sight and Sound http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/mars.png http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/mars.png http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/mars-planetary-desktop-widget.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/jupiter.widget This is the latest version of a widget that you could certainly use on your desktop. It is a lovely piece of eye-candy as well as being useful on your desktop. This is one of a small set of icons/widgets for your desktop, the others are the 'God of War',... Dean Beedell Sight and Sound http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/jupiter.png http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/jupiter.png http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/jupiter-planetary-desktop-widget.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/steampunk old clock.widget This is a lovely old clock, resizable, that sits on your desktop, moveable, slidable and dragable. New version. Tells time in an old-fashioned way. Can be made to perform any o/s command line function. Download and install in the usual way. Install yahoo widgets first. You will, Get Yahoo... Dean Beedell Date and Time http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/old-clock.png http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/old-clock.png http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/steampunk-clock-widget.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/earth 2.widget This is a widget that you could certainly use on your desktop. It is a lovely piece of eye-candy. This is part of a small set of icons/widgets for your desktop, the next is the 'God of War', the planet Mars. The widget earth is a moveable widget that you can... Dean Beedell Sight and Sound http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/earth.png http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/earth.png http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/earth-planetary-desktop-widget.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/steampunk mac icons.zip Some of the steampunk icons I've created for use in Macs that use the .ICNS format ions, feel free to download. They look very steampunk and are a suitable replacement for the default icons that come with Mac OS/X. If you are into Steampunk then these will spruce up your... Dean Beedell Extras http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/steampunk-icons-for-mac-in-.icns-format.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/CoCoNet-1.0.2-Setup.exe Retro-computing can be fun and it is in the spirit of retro-computing that I bring news to you all of a superb bit of programming from Kroah (Pascal). Kroah has reverse-engineered the 1980s classic strategy game Colonial Conquest. Why would you want to run a game from the... Dean Beedell Extras http://lightquick.co.uk/jdownloads/coconet.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/steampunk-wallpaper01.zip Here is a steampunk desktop wallpaper which fits my laptop screen like a glove. The zipfile contains a variety of different size screens. 1024x768 1280x960 1366x768 1280x760 1440x900 1920x1080 600x300 400x250 It works perfectly with my widgets, giving the underwidget and the steampunk orrery a place to 'be'. If you want me to make a specific wallpaper for your size screen then... Dean Beedell Extras http://lightquick.co.uk/jdownloads/steampunk-clock-leather-desktop-wallpaper.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/ This is the Yahoo Widget SDK and Runtime Engine that you will need to run my widgets. This is the Windows version that runs on Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8. What does it do? The Yahoo Widget engine uses a JavaScript runtime environment combined with an XML... Dean Beedell Widget Tools http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/engine2.png http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/engine2.png http://lightquick.co.uk/jdownloads/yahoo-widget-sdk-and-runtime-engine.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/timekeeper.widget This is the Steampunk Orrery widget MkI - the old version kept here for continuity. There is a new version out now that provides much more functionality - get it here (downloads/steampunk-orrery-calendar-clock-yahoo-widget-mkii.html?Itemid=264) . What does this widget do? well, it provides a daily memorandum function via a truly steampunk interface. Select a... Dean Beedell http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/calendar-large.png http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/calendar-large.png http://lightquick.co.uk/jdownloads/steampunk-orrery-calendar-clock-yahoo-widget.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/steampunk icons.zip Some of the steampunk icons I've created and used in Rocketdock or Stardock as my replacement taskbar, feel free to download. They look very steampunk and are a suitable replacement for the default icons that come with Rocketdock. If you are into Steampunk then these will spruce up your... Dean Beedell Extras http://lightquick.co.uk/jdownloads/steampunk-icons.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/Steampunk Weather.widget Weather reporting the steampunk way! This is our steampunk contribution to weather reporting. The Steampunk weather widget is based on the Digistation widget written by: Bogdan Irimia, enhanced and steampunked by Dean Beedell with kind permission of Bogdan. Note: This widget will continue to be supported regardless of the current state of... Dean Beedell System Utilities http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/steampunk-weather-gauge.png http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/steampunk-weather-gauge.png http://lightquick.co.uk/jdownloads/steampunk-weather-widget.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/Colors.widget This widget is a simple interface to the standard colour picker as provided by Windows or the Mac OS. A single click on the colour ball causes the colour picker to appear. When you have chosen the colour to use, the widget displays the hexadecimal value of the colour so... Dean Beedell System Utilities http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/phopteron-small.png http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/phopteron-small.png http://lightquick.co.uk/jdownloads/steampunk-colour-picker-widget.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/Cyberpunk Nixie Tube Clock.widget Dieselpunk/Cyberpunk/Steampunk Yahoo thermionic valve nixie tube widget That title - what a mouthful! but it is worth saying as it is now fully working! - Latest changes include ability to turn off the sounds and enable the second indicating tubes. It also now resizes. This is a simple widget that displays... Dean Beedell Date and Time http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/thermionic.png http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/thermionic.png http://lightquick.co.uk/jdownloads/cyberpunk-yahoo-thermionic-nixie-tube-valve-widget.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/pennyred 2.widget British Penny Red Stamp Widget simply displays an 1840s penny red on your desktop. Double-clicking on the stamp will cause a personalised Windows/Mac application to fire up. The first time you run it there will be no assigned function and so it will state as such and then pop up... Dean Beedell Sight and Sound http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/stamp.png http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/stamp.png http://lightquick.co.uk/jdownloads/british-penny-red-stamp-widget.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/thermometers 19.widget This is the Steampunk temperature gauge that monitors your computer's cpu and gpu temperatures, providing alarms and access to utilities that monitor your computers cpu usage and memory. This is a Yahoo widget. The thermometer will return valid temperatures initially one will be that of the GPU and one other... Dean Beedell App Enhancers http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/thermometers-gauges.png http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/thermometers-gauges.png http://lightquick.co.uk/jdownloads/steampunk-cpu-gpu-temperature-monitor-yahoo-widget.html?Itemid=264 http://lightquick.co.uk/downloads/Other downloads/Steampunk clock calendar MKII.widget A Steam Punk Yahoo Widget for your Windows/Mac desktop, a fully working yahoo widget and it can be moved around your desktop looking very steampunk indeed. It tells the date/time in digital and analogue format with a swinging pendulum. It chimes and ticks too. It has full sounds for... Dean Beedell Date and Time http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/wotw-clock-big-work04.png http://lightquick.co.uk/images/stories/wotw-clock-big-work04.png http://lightquick.co.uk/jdownloads/steampunk-clock-calendar-yahoo-widget.html?Itemid=264