Terror Alert Clock

Each minute, the program counts the frequency of the word “terror” (and variations like “terrorist”) from a live RSS feed from yahoo.com. This count is then directly applied to The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s color-based terror alert system to display a more legitimate — and frequently updated — representation of the “threat level.” Visualizes the past minute, hour, day, and week.

Coming in 2008: more integrated feeds, a live web version, and dashboard widgets.

Download:
Windows | Mac OS X | Platform-free .jar (requires JRE 1.4.2+)