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Mac Oil Price Widget, Version 2.2 released

Another small update to the Mac Oil Price Widget has been released. This fixes a small bug that resulted in the negative symbol continuing to be visible. Not really necessary because the widget itself says “Up” or “Down.” You can download it over on it’s page.
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Mac Oil Price Widget, Version 2.1 released

A small update to the Mac Oil Price Widget has been released. This fixes a couple of bugs that would cause all prices to be displayed as positive and for the percentage of change to not be accurate. You can download it over on it’s page.
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Mac Oil Price Widget, Version 2.0 released

After a far longer wait than was intended, the Mac Oil Price Widget version 2.0 has been released. It was completely rewritten – like, I didn’t even look at the old code – and uses Bloomberg Energy as it’s information source. The display was also simplified – I really didn’t care about the chart in the old version, so the new version prominently displays the price and how much it’s changed. Download Here!
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Mac Oil Price Widget Redux

I’m aware that the Mac oil price widget has quit functioning, and I’m aware of the cause as well. I’m working towards a more robust solution and should have something in the next week or so.
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Mac Oil Price Widget

Because there doesn’t seem to be a good, simple way to track oil prices on the Mac dashboard anymore since the previous widget I used quit working, I whipped up a quick little widget that allows me to monitor the price of Crude Oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange. You can download it over on its own page.
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