wildwestrom / death-calendar

A calendar that shows how much life you have left to live.

Death Calendar

Generated with:

death-calendar img 2012-5-11 --lifespan-years=99 \
--color-primary=64727D --color-secondary=2D3436 \
--scale-factor=15 -o=images/demo-img-log.svg \
log --width-height-ratio=8

Generated with:

death-calendar img 2012-5-11 \
--color-primary=64727D --color-secondary=2D3436 \
--scale-factor=3 -o=images/demo-img-grid.svg \
grid --week-shape=circle --length=8 --border=1 --border-unit=shape

Ever wonder how many days you have left to live?
Death Calendar can show you at a glance.

The main feature is its SVG calendar generator. It's meant to be used as a reminder of your mortality, so that you can make the most of your limited time on Earth.

This was 100% inspired by the waitbutwhy.com article, visualizing human life using various charts.

Installation

Make sure you have a working rust toolchain.

# Shallow clone the repository
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wildwestrom/death-calendar
# Install it via cargo install
cargo install --path death-calendar

Make sure $CARGO_HOME/bin/ on your $PATH so you can run it.

Goals

• Make an easy installer
• Make it so the calendar updates every day automatically
• Make a graphical interface for customizing the look of the calendar
• Should work on multiple platforms
  • Linux
  • MacOS
  • Windows
  • Android
  • iOS

New Calendar Render Ideas

• Make a spiral calendar
• Represent your time as an hourglass

Non Goals (For Now)

• Calculate estimated lifespan based on lifestyle, income, genetics, etc.

License

Death Calendar: Calculate how much time you have until your ultimate demise.
Copyright © 2021 Christian Westrom

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.