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Ask YC: check out our clock for YC countdown

5 points by jyoon ↗ HN
http://static.foometer.com/countdown.html

We though it would be fun to have a meter to countdown the time until YC releases its decision for the 1st round picks. We are assuming it will be around 9 pm EST (6 pm PST). (We're extending it on a rolling basis :)

It's just been coded, so please give us your feedback. This is a really early "foometer" gadget, not the business we applied to YC for.

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veritas
erm... why does it say 22 hours till the decisions are released?

:) Check your dates perhaps?

Edit: could also do without the sounds, but nice use of flash. I suck at flash/actionscript and should really put in some time to learn it.

DocSavage
Oops.. UTC issue that might be resolved now. Yeah, the sound controls and other features are next.
yrashk
now it show less than 2 hours :)
jyoon
Thanks for checking out our clock and your feedback, esp. on bugs.
kyro
I know you guys are excited about applying and receiving a decision, as I was when I applied last cycle, but if anything, your over investment in this application process will probably result in you taking rejection a lot more personally than you should be, which could ultimately result in you not continuing your projects.

The clock is ok. :P

DocSavage
While rejection would sting, we already have a gameplan if we get a rejection. The basic system for the clock, though, is just my early attempt at learning AS3 and how traditional Flash timeline-based stuff works with the OO world. It'll be an alternative to the word meters I offer over here: http://writertopia.com/toolbox/meters

This "holometer" is for sci-fi writers. There will be a more static one for fantasy writers. I'll let people enter progress into the widget, and the data will be stored on S3 or an alternative I'm looking at. The sound and other animation will be optional and users can embed the system in their profile or web page to show others their progress.

kyro
My comment was aimed at the applicants in general. :P
jyoon
We're going out for drinks tonight, especially if we do NOT get selected. We're determined to celebrate either way. :-)
nmeyer
Using the 24 countdown sound made this awesome. 24 ftw.
jdavid
Cool, but its driving me nuts.

I once wrote a countdown timer for an enterprise workflow app, that counted down until the average form completion time. It turned yellow as it got near the time, and turned red as you went past it. We were recording the average for each employee. I thought it was kinda sick, but fun to program.

I also did a google gadget in flex2/3 check it out. For them to work properly, you need to add them to your google home page. These are in beta, so any advise would be nice.

http://jdavid.net/gg/gg-count-flex2-v20.xml

and here is a javascript only version

http://jdavid.net/gg/gg-count-type-v24.xml