QuakeBar for OS X
I have been learning Objective-C and Cocoa development lately, mostly so I can create a Mac version of my Flash Resource Manager application.
Anyways, since I live in San Francisco now, I figured that I need to know when earthquakes occur, so I created QuakeBar.
QuakeBar is a simple application for OS X that sits on the status bar, and lists the most recent earthquakes in the world, with a magnitude greater than 2.5 on the richter scale.
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The icon will blink when there is a new earthquake, and you can click on an individual quake to go to a web site to get more detailed information.
It uses data from the United States Geographical Survey.
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You can download the application from here
The app is free, but if you end up using it, send me a postcard.
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.