meta-clock.rb

center = [500,500]
radius = 500
height = 100
width = 100

num_edge = 50
num_hour = 10
num_min = 10

length_hour = 300
length_min = 400

(0...num_edge).each do |num|
  angle = num*((2.0*Math::PI)/num_edge)

  y = center[1] + radius*Math::sin(angle)
  x = center[0] + radius*Math::cos(angle)
  geom = " -geometry #{width}x#{height}+#{x.to_i}+#{y.to_i} -bg HotPink &"

  open("| xclock #{geom}")
end

height = 75
width = 75

(0...num_hour).each do |num|
  hour = Time.now.hour % 12
  angle = hour * ((2.0*Math::PI)/11)
  y = center[1] + (Float(num)/num_hour)*length_hour*Math::sin(angle - Math::PI/2)
  x = center[0] + (Float(num)/num_hour)*length_hour*Math::cos(angle - Math::PI/2)

  geom = " -geometry #{width}x#{height}+#{x.to_i}+#{y.to_i} -bg RoyalBlue &"
  open("| xclock #{geom}")
end

(0...num_min).each do |num|
  min = Time.now.min
  angle = min * ((2.0*Math::PI)/59)
  y = center[1] + (Float(num)/num_min)*length_min*Math::sin(angle - Math::PI/2)
  x = center[0] + (Float(num)/num_min)*length_min*Math::cos(angle - Math::PI/2)


  geom = " -geometry #{width}x#{height}+#{x.to_i}+#{y.to_i} -bg Tomato &"
  open("| xclock #{geom}")
end

Totally forking this crazy fractal clock.