I tried that in Windows when they first implemented it, but didn't find it very useful. I'm one of those that actually use my Desktop for stuff I want quick access to (docs to read when I have time, docs I'm working on, etc.). Having the icons obscure parts of the webpage just didn't work all that well.
those clouds are real[1]. So it can be used to predict weather :)
> Watch the sun rise and set all over the world on this real-time, computer-generated illustration of the earth's patterns of sunlight and darkness. The clouds are updated every 3 hours with current weather satellite imagery.
Also it's possible to do this automatically in Windows 7 if there is some sort of RSS[2]
This is basically telling you to let somebody else run xplanet for you, then download the results every four hours. Pining for my xearth root window of yore, I wrote up how to run xplanet on your local machine, rendering out a nice new version every few seconds. This makes your desktop a useful global clock.
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I am pining to be able to properly set a webpage as my background in ubuntu and osx, but its proving annoying (needs to be interactive)
feels strange to be begging for a feature that was enabled in windows years ago.
> Watch the sun rise and set all over the world on this real-time, computer-generated illustration of the earth's patterns of sunlight and darkness. The clouds are updated every 3 hours with current weather satellite imagery.
Also it's possible to do this automatically in Windows 7 if there is some sort of RSS[2]
[1]: http://www.die.net/earth/
[2]: http://on10.net/blogs/sarahintampa/Get-a-Live-Updating-Bing-...
http://www.njl.us/rotating-picture-of-the-earth-as-ubuntu-wa...