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timer by brotherhutch 

Shoes.app do
background gray
stack do
  button "Go!" do
  @starttime = Time.now
  alert "Timer started at #@starttime"
  end
  button "Stop!" do
  @elapsedtime = Time.now - @starttime
  alert "Total time elapsed is #@elapsedtime"
  end
 end
end