I really want this!There are a few theories out there about this, but take a look and you decide for yourself what's really going on!
Someone needs to make this, now! Szikszai Gusztav of Hungary won the NVArt Special Prize for Best Product Visualization with this concept design for a time-telling ring. (via nvnews.net)
Culture Buzz It's almost 11:11 on 1/11/11. This is a great chance make a wish, so make it count! For those of you who'd rather wait until 11/11/11… that's fine. More wishes for the rest of us!
Music Buzz Coldplay's “Clocks” and Sufjan Stevens' “Chicago” go shockingly well together. Here they are layered on top of each other “with minimal tempo changes” by Greg Smith.
Now, you can no longer claim ignorance of the time as an excuse when you call someone on the other side of the world at two o'clock in the morning.
The stuff of nightmares. Every hour, Jack breaks through the door and announces himself to the accompaniment of Shelly Duvall's screaming. Fear the top of the hour! (By designer Chris Dimino, via IWatchStuff.)
Why bother going to all the trouble of getting an electric clock when you can just pay a man to sit behind your clock face and paint on the time as it happens? Or maybe this is just a video on a loop, but still. Good concept. (Via.)
Want to feel queasy every time you check the time? This Dali-inspired time piece might induce vomit, but at least you might retain the time.
Politics Buzz The nation’s debt has grown so large that the national debt clock in Manhattan has to be replaced. The clock was put up in 1989 when the US had a $3 trillion debt. But now in 2008, the clock doesn’t have enough spaces to show the $10 trillion debt we’ve reached. Plans are currently being made to solve the problem by next year. The problem with the clock…