Mac Dashboard Widgets

Dashboard Widgets (compatible with Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger – macOS 10.14 Mojave). Freeware, no warranty.

awkalc

awkalc 2.5.1 [zip: 63 KB / MD5 checksum b6f4433372a5838dc9f0b37385fca4b4]

A Dashboard widget to evaluate a formula (such as "sin(23)*cos(42)") using awk. Functions tan, asin, acos, atan, log10, abs, and constants e, pi, dtor(=pi/180) are implemented in addition to the awk built-in ones (sin, cos, sqrt, log, exp, etc.). User-defined variables can be used like "x=1e5; (1+1/x)^x".

Version 2.5.1 [2020-04-26] change the link to website.
Version 2.5 [2009-05-21] widget can now be resized.
Version 2.2.3 [2009-05-17] change the link to website.
Version 2.2.2 [2007-11-24] improved compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.
Version 2.2.1 [2006-10-10] fixed a bug on trigonometric functions in "deg" mode. [many thanks to Stefan!]
Version 2.2 [2006-06-07] preserve result history.
Version 2.1 [2005-12-01] improve behavior of trigonometric functions in "deg" mode.
Version 2.0 [2005-11-27] support user-defined variables; preserve command history; implement abs() function; etc.
Version 1.0 [2005-11-25] first public version

LSTclock

LSTclock 1.5.6 [zip: 43 KB / MD5 checksum f4e400182aca23bf6b0e68e59a4c16c2]

A Dashboard widget which displays local sidereal time (LST) clock. Five observing sites (longitudes) can be set.

Version 1.5.6 [2020-04-26] fixed a minor bug in the calculation of LST; change the link to website.
Version 1.5.5 [2009-05-17] change default location list; change the link to website.
Version 1.5.4 [2008-02-24] change status icon.
Version 1.5.3 [2008-02-15] improved compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (again).
Version 1.5.2 [2007-11-24] improved compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.
Version 1.5.1 [2007-05-08] change date format to YYYY-MM-DD; change default location list.
Version 1.5 [2007-01-14] LST for arbitrary date can be calculated; etc.
Version 1.0 [2005-11-19] first public version

Dashboard Widgets

awkalc

LSTclock

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