Real time stock ticker on my computer

[halik]

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I had some extra time on my hands, so I wrote a stock ticker for the little VFD on my computer case.

 

[eplebnista]

neato

 

[cheezy321]

Originally posted by: halik
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I had some extra time on my hands, so I wrote a stock ticker for the little VFD on my computer case. As it turns out, cnbc has a *real time* webservice for the numbers... pretty neato!

Pretty Sweet :thumbsup:

 

[Aharami]

fuck. pics.bbzzdd.com is now blocked at work?! damn this restrictive filter

 

[Crono]

Originally posted by: Aharami
fuck. pics.bbzzdd.com is now blocked at work?! damn this restrictive filter

This work for you?

 

[Fritzo]

I wonder if I could do that with my G15 keyboard. That's wicked 🙂 Although, I think the Vista Sidebar is a little more practical.

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
I wonder if I could do that with my G15 keyboard. That's wicked 🙂 Although, I think the Vista Sidebar is a little more practical.

There's a stocks2 widget for vista that does real time quotes, I couldn't find any real time ones for mac... so i made this little thing.

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: halik

Originally posted by: Fritzo
I wonder if I could do that with my G15 keyboard. That's wicked 🙂 Although, I think the Vista Sidebar is a little more practical.

There's a stocks2 widget for vista that does real time quotes, I couldn't find any real time ones for mac... so i made this little thing.

I've been using Stocks 3.3 for the last two months. It does a good job and seems to update every few seconds (plus it's not obnoxious enough to be distracting).

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: Crono

Originally posted by: Aharami
fuck. pics.bbzzdd.com is now blocked at work?! damn this restrictive filter

This work for you?

yea

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

That's cool, mind giving some insight into how you did it?

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
That's cool, mind giving some insight into how you did it?

Yeah I run lcdproc (google for the outsource project), so it's just a matter of writing a client for the service. I did it with python for sake of getting er done easy

 

[speg]

That's your computer case?

 

[Adul]

bah that site is blocked now 🙁

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

Coolness... :thumbsup:

 

[Evadman]

Damn, both of those sites are blocked for me 🙁

 

[blurredvision]

Showoff.