Catfood Binary Clock

Although Windows displays a clock in the tray area, it’s not really a feature you can fully customize, at least not in terms of visuals. On the bright side of things, you can rely on third-party applications to enhance the display of time, and a suitable example in this regard is Catfood Binary Clock.

First of all, you might want to know that you can see what the application can do for you from the moment download is done, because it doesn’t take you through the steps of an installer. This means it’s possible to carry it around on a thumb drive to use on other computers, since registry entries are not modified during runtime.

The application minimizes to the tray area right from the start, and you can choose to show it at the press of a button. It’s not fitted with an option to run with Windows, just to have it ready by the time you reach the desktop, but this can easily be bypassed by adding a shortcut in the system Startup folder.

As the name clearly states, the application’s core function is to have time displayed in binary format. Although this isn’t really practical, being rather difficult to read, it does provide a cool environment for the geek in you. Several rows display time in hours, minutes, and seconds.

It comes with several customization options, which are found in the options menu. You can choose between 12 and 24 hour format, have time shown in decimal, and even pick the color of the LED lights. Time can be shown in BCD format, with options to invert, or show MSB first.

Bottom line is that Catfood Binary Clock might not be the type of application to enhance the functionality of your computer, but it does provide a cool way to tell time. It could have used an option to set alarms, but it is fitted with a decent variety of customization.