[edit] Info

This is a very simple screenlet that displays a random draw from Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt's Oblique Strategies. Info about the Strategies can be found here: http://www.rtqe.net/ObliqueStrategies. Basically, the Strategies are a deck of cards, each one containing a "worthwhile dilemma". I've found them helpful in removing mental blocks in creative endeavors.

Four editions of the Strategies are included, including the 1996 unofficial version, and you can select the one you want to draw from. Just click the "deck" to draw a new "strategy", and if your screenlets are on the widget layer a new strategy will be drawn every time you call forth your screenlets (with F12 or whatever you've assigned). The currently-sold fifth edition is not included, if you want it buy it from Eno.

[edit] Installation

Install in the usual way, extract the archive to ~/.screenlets.

[edit] Requirements

Requires no additional libraries.

[edit] Usage

Each time your screenlets are displayed, a new strategy will be "drawn". Click the screenlet to draw another strategy.

[edit] Discussion