Comments on: The Time Eater

By: Xinavera

Xinavera — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:17:28 +0000

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

ted — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:09:40 +0000

It’s no poop machine.

By: mR pSYcHo

mR pSYcHo — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:59:50 +0000

Oh, I find it really beautiful. Maybe that’s because I’m a huge steampunk fan.

By: MaryW

MaryW — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:08:51 +0000

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

Sheldon — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:45:25 +0000

Was anyone else genuinely creeped out by that grasshopper?

By: Gail Pink

Gail Pink — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:43:51 +0000

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

LV — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:27:45 +0000

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

mrwinkler — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:26:51 +0000

Wonder if this guy got any ideas from Tokyoflash.com

By: SoLo

SoLo — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:30:16 +0000

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

Algonkin — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:52:51 +0000

Clever but it’s still just clock.

By: jennifergeek

jennifergeek — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:44:12 +0000

Absolutely mesmerizing!

By: Badjuk

Badjuk — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:41:34 +0000

Simply the best.

By: sirwebster

sirwebster — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:38:14 +0000

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

Larfin Jackarse — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:45:03 +0000

First