Put some dirt on your desk with Raspberry Pi and a round display

Some people keep digital photo frames on their desks that display pictures of loved ones and special occasions. Sometimes they show fancy places they have visited. Matt Gray's digital picture frame shows everyone and everywhere on earth.

This little project that uses a Raspberry Pi W and a circular display is fairly simple in its construction, but the result is a truly fantastic conversation starter. It pulls images of the entire planet from a feed provided by NASA and does all sorts of magic to display them on that fancy screen. Go to his channel for all the details on how you can make one yourself.

I personally would find myself looking for newsworthy weather events happening in the United States right now. The images it displays are a few days old, but that's still enough to see if you can spot these events.