Just my thoughts....
All done!!
Published on November 7, 2011 By RedneckDude In OS Customization

Hey guys, just a heads up. Due to a lack of Weather Channel weather feed, once again, I will be updating all my TWC weather widgets with ones from weatherunderground, which is what I'm currently using. Replacement will take time, especially since I'm a tad busy at this time.

 

It uses scripting by sViz, she's awesome and I thank her for the working weather script!! She has a template for it in her gallery.

 

I'll come back here to update this thread with a list of widgets/gadgets I'm updating so you guys will know not to download them, and to look for their replacements.

 

EDIT:

These are the weather widgets I'll be updating. While I'm at it, I'll be uploading gadget versions too.

 

  1. Vox Weather I
  2. Ozone Weather
  3. Solid State Weather
  4. One Tribe Weather
  5. Infinity Ultimate Weather
  6. Smokey DX Weather       

Please do not download any of the above until I update them as they will not work.

 

EDIT: All of my TWC weather widgets have now been replaced with new, working versions and gadgets have been made too.

 

Links below in comment #22.


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on Nov 07, 2011

Thanks for the heads up. Bye, bye TWC.

on Nov 07, 2011

Hi Eve! 

on Nov 08, 2011

on Nov 08, 2011

Good riddance, TWC! Greedy #"#%.

on Nov 08, 2011

OP has been updated to show which of my weather widgets are non functioning. Please do not download them as they do not function.

 

I will update them as I can with working weather widgets.

 

If anyone wants weather widgets for any of my older skins that I never got weather made for, feel free to tell me here and I will try to accomodate.

When I had to reup my entire gallery due to the last TWC fiasco, I never got around to weather for some of the older skins. I will do those now, on request.

 

 

You may now return to your regularly scheduled programming.  

on Nov 09, 2011

Not only Winstep and DX got cut off. MyWindows Sidebar gadget quit connecting as well.

So long to The Worthless Channel.

on Nov 09, 2011

There's a new release of Winstep Xtreme/Nexus Ultimate/Nexus currently being beta tested that solves this problem by using two other weather feeds (one primary and another as a backup feed in case something similar to this happens again). Official versions will be released this week.

I wouldn't mind making some kind of a reasonable deal with TWC to keep using their feed (it's their business, after all) but not when they seem to value their data as being more precious than gold and impose absurd limitations: for an absolute maximum of 2 million monthly requests, they want $900 per month.

Not only is that an outrageous figure (I know the value of bandwidth, trust me), as, even if weather forecast requests were cached and performed only once every 24 hours per user, those 2,000,000 maximum requests would only be enough for a maximum of 66,000 simultaneous Winstep users. Given that the amount of people using Winstep applications (free and paid) at a single point in time is MUCH larger than that, 2 million maximum requests per month is totally insufficient.

on Nov 09, 2011

Damn Jim...Déjà vu...there's a glitch in the Matrix 

on Nov 09, 2011

CarGuy1
Damn Jim...Déjà vu...there's a glitch in the Matrix 

Yeah, but it's only 6 this time. This is why weather is no longer a part of my themes. Secondary upload for weather seems best.

on Nov 11, 2011

JcRabbit
Given that the amount of people using Winstep applications (free and paid) at a single point in time is MUCH larger than that, 2 million maximum requests per month is totally insufficient.
Braggart!

on Nov 11, 2011

 

Braggart!

Ahaha. Just telling the truth...

Of course, the vast majority is using the free version of the Winstep Nexus dock... miserable cheapskates!

 

on Nov 11, 2011

JcRabbit
Of course, the vast majority is using the free version of the Winstep Nexus dock... miserable cheapskates!

You're looking at me, right? 

 

Jerk.

on Nov 11, 2011

Where?       Oh, I thought you said Jark.

on Nov 11, 2011

Weather Channel still working here (France)

 

 

on Nov 12, 2011

Jerk.

AHAHAHAH!

 

Idiot.

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