April 2009 Archives

Biblical Clocks

By Aaron Macks on April 27, 2009 2:51 PM | No Comments
  • Martin Baas Grandfatherclock - Most unusual in mechanism
  • A bit on Apologetics - from Biblia Hebraica, a bit of discussion with a good defense of critical Biblical scholarship versus Apologetics, and an interesting example of the difficulty of handling that difference within the broader field.  It's hard to take the some of the comments seriously, but that is somewhat the inherent problem
  • Akkadian/English Cognate - I never would have expected something like this, but.... (remember that an 's' with a caron on it, ลก, makes an 'sh' sound) [via]

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Movie Day

By Aaron Macks on April 22, 2009 12:24 PM | No Comments

More misc jewelry and watches

By Aaron Macks on April 20, 2009 11:23 PM | No Comments
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  •  Todd Reed - Another jeweler turned up in the hunt for raw diamond jewelry.  He has an assortment of cufflinks that seem to work well with the material, but falls into a common trap, displaying cufflinks raw which doesn't reflect what they'd actually look like on a cuff!
  • Glycine iPhone App - For all the people who say "I don't need a watch, I've got my cell-phone"
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fractal Takeshi Miyakawa Design and more

By Aaron Macks on April 20, 2009 2:59 PM | 2 Comments | 1 TrackBack
Interestingly it seems to be misnamed, the drawers are a Fibbonocci sequence, not a fractal. 
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http://www.tmiyakawadesign.com/fractal-2.html


Following that, some amusing ad campaigns 19 Best Ads

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Backlog of Links

By Aaron Macks on April 16, 2009 10:00 PM | No Comments | 1 TrackBack
Things that predate the log, but are worth mentioning
  • Guido Mocafico - fantastic photographer of "things".  The fruit and jewelry series deserves special attention.  For those of a horological bent, his Movement is a lovely book of watch-movement photos.

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Jaquet Droze Les Douze Villes

By Aaron Macks on April 15, 2009 4:38 PM | No Comments
Just some pictures of the Jaquet Droz Les Douze Villes travel time watch from European Watch Company, my local dealer.  It doesn't have the ability to display multiple timezones at once, but has the ability to jump from timezone to timezone, as well as a jump hour display.  This is the older, 40.5mm model.

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Click the image for more pictures.


Sundial rings and more

By Aaron Macks on April 14, 2009 11:46 AM | 1 Comment | 1 TrackBack
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http://www.individualicons.com/store/custom.php

Found hunting for uncut diamond jewelry similar to some pieces I found in Paris:

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but was less impressed by the uncut diamonds than some of the other work. The teeth, indeed, I could do without

Milan Preview: 'Love Design' Makes Sex Toys Vibrate

By Aaron Macks on April 13, 2009 8:27 PM | No Comments
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Waveform by  Sakurako Shimizu

http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/michael-cannell/cannell/milan-preview-love-design

Ignore the ridiculous Fast Company article title, the bits and pieces of design are much more than just "oooh sex sells".  






Hello

By Aaron Macks on April 13, 2009 8:14 PM | No Comments
This serves little purpose in the world except as a place to put links of interest to me.  It's just easier than emailing people that which I find interesting.  A few notes:
  • Wiglaf! Is the server all this runs on, along with other things.  Originally it was the head node for a 40ish node beowulf cluster that was the basis for much of my undergrad research, but the rest of the cluster is dead.  The name is taken from the epic Beowulf, where Wiglaf is the young prince that serves under Beowulf, and eventually presides over his funeral. 
  • My Homepage within Wiglaf.
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