I wanted a clock with a minimalist design that only told me the time, date and day. Removed everything else. Also wanted a clock that “pushes” me through the hour. If you don’t need an exact time, Tokei will approximate it for you.
The numbers rise every hour and every minute.
For hours, 00 at the bottom and 23 right at the top.
For minutes, 00 at the bottom and 59 right at the top.
I’m not a big fan of “Mon”, “Tues” etc. So I decided to use Japanese kanji to display the day of the week. I’m sorry, but you *have* to learn a little Japanese.
月 (Moon, getsu) Monday
火 (Fire, ka) Tuesday
水 (Water, sui) Wednesday
木 (Wood, moku) Thursday
金 (Gold, kin) Friday
土 (Earth, do) Saturday
日 (Sun, nichi) Sunday
To help you remember, let me tell you a story my Japanese teacher told me many moons ago.
You are getsu-ing ready to leave.
You drive your ka-r to law school.
Today, you will learn the process of sui-ng someone.
You make a mistake, your friends are moku-ing you.
But you are kin to get it right.
So you do it again.
And you found your nichi as a future lawyer.
I don’t know where he got it from, but it sure helped me remember my days in Japanese! ^^. Enjoy!
ps. Didn’t show here, but it does landscape mode too. I just like it in the dock.
Update: (What’s new in version 1.1)
1) Double tap to cycle through all the modes until you get to the new “Kanji” display mode. Who said reading the time in 漢字 was difficult? ^^.
2) Also added in a battery indicator. Green light shows more than 60% change. Yellow for between 30-60% and red for under 30% charge. When connected, nothing shows.
Have fun reading the time in Kanji ^^.
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Good one! Good tip for me to learn the day of the week using the many Moon technique.
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Interesting way to remember the days of the week.
I memorized it the hard way!
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And a link to it by the way… as you haven’t posted it in the actual post :p
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=318517885&mt=8
PS: Now you have 66 more cents
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k Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 10:05 am
lol. I realized that when I woke up this morning. ^^. thanks for the link. I’ll put it in the post very soon.
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hey bud, i loved your blog so much, i added your site to my blogroll. hope you dont mind. keep up the amazing work. ~dw
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This is awesome…just what I needed. Thanks Ken!
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I bought your app and love the Kanji touch. Thanks! Make more japanese style apps!
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k Reply:
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:05 pm
Just sent in an update today. ^^.
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Another ¥115 from me ^^. Using it in Kanji mode, thanks for this, looks great.
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bought yer app – love it, but would really love it to do non-military time (e.g. 6pm instead of 18). or is the setting already there? thanks!
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k Reply:
September 15th, 2009 at 10:55 am
there’s a setting in the next update which will be going up soon. ^^. thanks for your support!
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I remember memorizing English days of the week when I was in middle school.
金曜のおかずはフライでー
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