So, I was bored.
It’s not like I didn’t have any work to do. There’s dishes in the sink and dust under the bed. And the protagonists in my stories are wondering if I’ve gone on vacation again.
I started creating this screen. It started off with just the scrolling graphs. The other aspects were added as they occurred to me.
The scrolling alien text uses the runic alphabet because the characters already have their own unicode code points. I considered using Vulcan, but that would have made the program far more complicated than it needs to be.
The lozenge buttons work. They don’t do anything except light up and turn off, but you can click them all day long.
I still have ideas to add to the Deep Space Operations monitoring screen, but I also have German homework to finish, and some paperwork for the Polk County Auxiliary Communications Service to complete.
It looks better at Full Screen. I’ll definitely add that to version 1.0.2.
None of this data is real! Except for the time. Other than that, it’s as fake a s cheap science fiction prop.
Update: v1.0.2 installed. You can see it full screen by clicking , of course, Full Screen located in the upper right..