Comments on: The Time Eater http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/19/the-time-eater/ The Neat Side of the Web Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:37:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Xinavera http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/19/the-time-eater/#comment-994941 Xinavera Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:17:28 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=18820#comment-994941 Nifty! It's always nice to see things done the "hard" way without the aid of chips and circuit boards. The vernier slit mechanism is particularly neat. Nifty! It’s always nice to see things done the “hard” way without the aid of chips and circuit boards. The vernier slit mechanism is particularly neat.

]]> By: ted http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/19/the-time-eater/#comment-994598 ted Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:09:40 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=18820#comment-994598 It's no poop machine. It’s no poop machine.

]]> By: mR pSYcHo http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/19/the-time-eater/#comment-994550 mR pSYcHo Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:59:50 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=18820#comment-994550 Oh, I find it really beautiful. Maybe that's because I'm a huge steampunk fan. Oh, I find it really beautiful. Maybe that’s because I’m a huge steampunk fan.

]]> By: MaryW http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/19/the-time-eater/#comment-994318 MaryW Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:08:51 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=18820#comment-994318 How can we gaze upon the Corpus Clock without giving a respectful nod to esteemed novelist Tom Robbins, (currently 72 years young)? "Take now the clockworks... The clockworks, being genuine and not much to look at, don't generate the drama of an Earth-tilt or a flying saucer, nor do they seem to offer any immediate panacea for humanity's fifty-seven varieties of heartburn. But suppose that you're one of those persons who feels trapped, to some degree, trapped matrimonially, occupationally, educationally or geographically, or trapped in something larger than all those; trapped in a system, or what you might describe as an "increasingly deadening technocracy" or a "theater of paranoia and desperation" or something like that. Now, if you are one of those persons... wouldn't the very knowledge that there are clockworks ticking away behind the wallpaper of civilization, unbeknownst to leaders, organizers and managers (the President included), wouldn't that knowledge, suggesting as it does the possibility of unimaginable alternatives, wouldn't that knowledge be a bubble bath for your heart?" ~Tom Robbins, "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" (1976) How can we gaze upon the Corpus Clock without giving a respectful nod to esteemed novelist Tom Robbins, (currently 72 years young)?

“Take now the clockworks… The clockworks, being genuine and not much to look at, don’t generate the drama of an Earth-tilt or a flying saucer, nor do they seem to offer any immediate panacea for humanity’s fifty-seven varieties of heartburn. But suppose that you’re one of those persons who feels trapped, to some degree, trapped matrimonially, occupationally, educationally or geographically, or trapped in something larger than all those; trapped in a system, or what you might describe as an “increasingly deadening technocracy” or a “theater of paranoia and desperation” or something like that. Now, if you are one of those persons… wouldn’t the very knowledge that there are clockworks ticking away behind the wallpaper of civilization, unbeknownst to leaders, organizers and managers (the President included), wouldn’t that knowledge, suggesting as it does the possibility of unimaginable alternatives, wouldn’t that knowledge be a bubble bath for your heart?”

~Tom Robbins, “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues” (1976)

]]> By: Sheldon http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/19/the-time-eater/#comment-994214 Sheldon Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:45:25 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=18820#comment-994214 Was anyone else genuinely creeped out by that grasshopper? Was anyone else genuinely creeped out by that grasshopper?

]]> By: Gail Pink http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/19/the-time-eater/#comment-993330 Gail Pink Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:43:51 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=18820#comment-993330 I always wonder why certain posters feel there are some kind of "bragging rights" to be had in being the "First" to makea comment, when they have no other comment to post about the topic, other than to make their "claim" that is essentially juvenille if not altogether meaningless. That said: Nice clock! I always wonder why certain posters feel there are some kind of “bragging rights” to be had in being the “First” to makea comment, when they have no other comment to post about the topic, other than to make their “claim” that is essentially juvenille if not altogether meaningless.

That said: Nice clock!

]]> By: LV http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/19/the-time-eater/#comment-992825 LV Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:27:45 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=18820#comment-992825 I want one. I like the slowing down and speeding up. Time is irrelevant. Its not so much about the time, but the sculpture for me. I want one. I like the slowing down and speeding up. Time is irrelevant. Its not so much about the time, but the sculpture for me.

]]> By: mrwinkler http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/19/the-time-eater/#comment-992815 mrwinkler Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:26:51 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=18820#comment-992815 Wonder if this guy got any ideas from Tokyoflash.com Wonder if this guy got any ideas from Tokyoflash.com

]]> By: SoLo http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/19/the-time-eater/#comment-992495 SoLo Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:30:16 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=18820#comment-992495 I suspect Harrison would reel in horror at this ugly beast. It lacks the sublime harmony of motion seen in his fine clockwork, makes discordant noises (the H-1 fairly whispers as the pallets caress the escapement), and the chronophage looks like it dropped out of a bad sci-fi movie. Time does not jerk about, it flows like water, and is ephemeral like dreams. Sure would love to have the maintenance contract on it though! I suspect Harrison would reel in horror at this ugly beast. It lacks the sublime harmony of motion seen in his fine clockwork, makes discordant noises (the H-1 fairly whispers as the pallets caress the escapement), and the chronophage looks like it dropped out of a bad sci-fi movie. Time does not jerk about, it flows like water, and is ephemeral like dreams.

Sure would love to have the maintenance contract on it though!

]]> By: Algonkin http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/19/the-time-eater/#comment-992332 Algonkin Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:52:51 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=18820#comment-992332 Clever but it's still just clock. Clever but it’s still just clock.

]]> By: jennifergeek http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/19/the-time-eater/#comment-992293 jennifergeek Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:44:12 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=18820#comment-992293 Absolutely mesmerizing! Absolutely mesmerizing!

]]> By: Badjuk http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/19/the-time-eater/#comment-992281 Badjuk Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:41:34 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=18820#comment-992281 Simply the best. Simply the best.

]]> By: sirwebster http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/19/the-time-eater/#comment-992264 sirwebster Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:38:14 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=18820#comment-992264 Well done, now go play with the other children. Back on topic, initially wasn't impressed, until i realised how it worked and that all the led's were always on, and slits in the discs allow them to shine through. amazing. Still ugly though. Well done, now go play with the other children.

Back on topic, initially wasn’t impressed, until i realised how it worked and that all the led’s were always on, and slits in the discs allow them to shine through. amazing.

Still ugly though.

]]> By: Larfin Jackarse http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/19/the-time-eater/#comment-992051 Larfin Jackarse Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:45:03 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=18820#comment-992051 First First

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