Friday, January 27, 2006
Talus Analog/Digital Watch
For a computer geek, I'm surprisingly analog about time. It really bugs the poop out of me when somebody tells me "It's 9:18." Or worse, when somebody asks me what time it is, and I respond something like "It's a quarter to 11," only to have some self-important faux uber-geek correct me by saying, "Actually, it's 10:42." Loser. You'll be on-time for a date, if you can ever get one.
Anyway, enough ranting. The line of hopefully-soon-to-be-produced Talus Watches doesn't quite say "half-past the monkey's ass and quarter to his balls" but they do a nice job of making digital time analog. One has a long rectangle in which the single number for the hour slowly slides from bottom to top over an hour. The other has words like "Quarter after" and "Just about" around the single number for the hour. Perfect for me. Really. I love this idea.
Oh, and if the blonde Java programmer in the next cubicle says "Yes" to your pathetic attempt to ask her to the Linux User's Group meeting, just press the little button to see the exact time. Geek.
Anyway, enough ranting. The line of hopefully-soon-to-be-produced Talus Watches doesn't quite say "half-past the monkey's ass and quarter to his balls" but they do a nice job of making digital time analog. One has a long rectangle in which the single number for the hour slowly slides from bottom to top over an hour. The other has words like "Quarter after" and "Just about" around the single number for the hour. Perfect for me. Really. I love this idea.
Oh, and if the blonde Java programmer in the next cubicle says "Yes" to your pathetic attempt to ask her to the Linux User's Group meeting, just press the little button to see the exact time. Geek.
