Fri 12 Dec 2008, 14:04:32 UTC
Most time telling devices we use devote display area roughly equally for each digit. Minutes, hours and seconds on a digital clock are all given equal weighting visually. The same roughly to analog clocks. Something like a sundial or, to be more direct, the act of looking at the suns position in the sky goes not do this. But these both make it hard to judge small changes in time.
There are only 86400 seconds in a day. Thats not a big number if you're used to dealing pixels. Here is a simple clock that shows time in a unary fashion. Each pixel ticked off is one second of your day gone.
There are only 86400 seconds in a day. Thats not a big number if you're used to dealing pixels. Here is a simple clock that shows time in a unary fashion. Each pixel ticked off is one second of your day gone.
Somehow doing it this way brings home how short a day really is, you could sit and stare at it for quite a while. But don't because you'll be wasting those precious seconds!
Fri 05 Dec 2008, 13:10:49 UTC
So I've had a bit more time to sort out some better navigation. Hooray!
Wed 03 Dec 2008, 15:37:42 UTC
So here is a new presentation of the information. It seems this site was broken anyway!