Countdown Timer

In a comment on yesterday's post about my dead burrito problem, Mark over at relentlesslyoptimistic.com referred me this virtual countdown timer.

It's extremely subtle and elegant: the instant the page appears on your computer screen, the timer at the very top, in the bar that usually contains a short description of what a site is about, starts a second-by-second countdown from 60 minutes.

From the countdown timer website:

countdown and hangin' around

a browser-based egg timer. counts down however many minutes YOU choose. diplays the running time in the browser title bar (or tab). does what it says it'll do. enjoy.

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Very few things — or people — do what they say they'll do.

Refreshing.

But wait, there's more!

Turns out that when the timer reaches 0, a box appears dead center on your screen to let you know.

Quite cool.

At the bottom of the timer page it says, "dumb simple javascript countdown timer by m larsen 2007."

Yo m larsen: Anything simple enough to be TechnoDolt©™®-understandable is — by definition — smart as heck.

m larsen reports that so far 4 people have donated via PayPal in response to her/his request for a little something to offset hosting expenses.

I shudder to think of what would result from a similar request from yours truly for a kopeck or three.

What is the sound of one hand laughing?

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Note added at 8:44 p.m. the same day:

cashman just commented, "Here's where it originated: ask.metafilter.com