But here are some suggestions to make it actually useful as well as cool, the key being to keep it silent except for specific events:
- Have it make that noise once an hour instead, for the last four seconds before the hour (or optionally every 15 minutes or half hour).
- Make it translucent (with opacity slider of course).
- Give it an alarm clock feature - have its digital display pop up at a user-set time and play four ticks.
- Keep it silent until you click on its display, at which time it plays four ticks. (Call it affirmation!)
- Is there some way to hook it into iCal's alarm feature? Substitute it into the "Message with sound" reminder.