- Added timezone support (Pacific/Auckland) for calendar events
- Implemented recurring event handling using recurring_ical_events library
- Created horizontal 5-day column layout for calendar display
- Fixed multi-day event rendering to show events across all active days
- Updated calendar to show next 5 days (today + 4)
- Reduced font sizes and padding for compact display
- Changed image rotation interval to 60 seconds
- Added pytz and recurring_ical_events dependencies
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Major improvements to the calendar display application:
- Redesigned weather display: moved forecast to header alongside time
- Added 3-day forecast with icons and high/low temps in header
- Simplified main layout: removed separate weather section, calendar now full-width
- Made layout more compact to fit on one screen without scrolling
- Added 2 new background images for rotation
- Updated image rotation interval to 1 minute
- Improved responsive design and spacing
The display now shows:
- Header: Time/date on left, current weather + 3-day forecast on right
- Main: Full-width calendar events section
- Footer: Dad joke
All elements now fit on a single screen with a clean, readable layout.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Built a full-featured smart display app with Flask backend and responsive frontend.
Features:
- Real-time clock display
- Weather integration (OpenWeatherMap API) for Hamilton, NZ
- Google Calendar integration (placeholder, needs credentials)
- Rotating background images from local directory
- Dad jokes display (icanhazdadjoke API)
Technical stack:
- Backend: Python Flask with API endpoints
- Frontend: HTML/CSS/JavaScript with auto-updating data
- Caching system to avoid API rate limits
- Responsive design for various screen sizes
Deployment ready for Raspberry Pi with systemd service and Chromium kiosk mode setup instructions.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
