The Mirror Project
www.mirrorproject.com

Random Image Widget
Version 1.0

ABOUT

The Random Image Widget is a small application that periodically polls
The Mirror Project for a random image and displays it in a window on
your desktop. If you'd like to submit a photograph to the Mirror
Project please visit http://www.mirrorproject.com/submit/

REQUIREMENTS

Separate standalone version of The Mirror Project Random Image Widget
have been built for :

 * Windows 98 - XP

A standalone version for MacOS X is in the works.

If you are running a standalone version of this program, you shouldn't
need anything special. All efforts have been made to ensure that it
Just Works.

To launch the Windows application, open the 'MirrorProject >
RandomImageWidget' folders and double click on the
MirrorProjectRandomImageWidget.exe file 

If you are running the program from source, you will need to install
the following applications :

 * Python 2.3

    http://www.python.org

 * wxPython 2.4.2 (note that version 2.5.* won't work - yet)

    http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wxpython

To launch the application from source, open your terminal application
and enter the following commands :

 $> cd /path/to/MirrorProjectRandomImageWidget-src-1.0/
 $> python ./MirrorProjectRandomImageWidget.py 

CONTACT

Comments and bug reports should be sent to:

 randomimage-widget@mirrorproject.com

WARNING

Some images on The Mirror Project may contain nudity and therefore may
not be suitable for all viewers.

AUTHOR

The Mirror Project Random Image Widget is written and maintained by
Aaron Straup Cope (http://www.aaronland.net)

LICENSE

This application is licensed under the Creative Commons
Attribution-NonCommercial License. To view a copy of this license,
visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/1.0/ or send a letter
to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, California
94305, USA.

Individual photographs are copyright The Mirror Project and their
respective photographers, all rights reserved.

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