WindMaker is an ambient weather widget that applies the current wind conditions to (almost) any Web site. First it uses a United States ZIP code to grab local conditions from the Yahoo! Weather RSS feed. It then parses a Web site into individual pieces such as text blocks and images. Finally, WindMaker sets the pieces in motion according to the strength of the wind.

This weekend WindMaker received code updates to alleviate slow server response times under certain conditions. (Fast machines are still recommended for viewing pages with many elements.) Try WindMaker for yourself at http://stewdio.org/windmaker/.