Comments on: Chronulator clock kit http://boingboing.net/2007/11/27/chronulator-clock-ki.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Gilbert Wham http://boingboing.net/2007/11/27/chronulator-clock-ki.html#comment-86126 Gilbert Wham Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-86126 Pardon me? <i>Obtain</i> the <i.instructions</i>? After they have been good enough not to provide you with any? Nonsense! Have at it my good fellow? Who needs instructions? Pardon me? Obtain the ? After they have been good enough not to provide you with any? Nonsense! Have at it my good fellow? Who needs instructions?

]]> By: Sam http://boingboing.net/2007/11/27/chronulator-clock-ki.html#comment-86131 Sam Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-86131 Wow - very cool. Wow – very cool.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2007/11/27/chronulator-clock-ki.html#comment-388021 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-388021 Russia seems to be making nixies nowadays www.allspectrum.com Russia seems to be making nixies nowadays
http://www.allspectrum.com

]]> By: Robert http://boingboing.net/2007/11/27/chronulator-clock-ki.html#comment-86217 Robert Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-86217 Well... clocks just aren't cool unless they're made out of nixie tubes! Well… clocks just aren’t cool unless they’re made out of nixie tubes!

]]> By: License Farm http://boingboing.net/2007/11/27/chronulator-clock-ki.html#comment-86218 License Farm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-86218 With great respect to Gareth, what precisely qualifies this as steampunk? I realize that's mostly an aesthetic descriptor these days, but this is, at best, UNIVACpunk. No Nixie tubes? FAIL. With great respect to Gareth, what precisely qualifies this as steampunk? I realize that’s mostly an aesthetic descriptor these days, but this is, at best, UNIVACpunk. No Nixie tubes? FAIL.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2007/11/27/chronulator-clock-ki.html#comment-388044 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-388044 lots of old Russian nixies. The problem is making drivers and controllers to go with them. How about a faux nixie that has the look but is LEDs inside? lots of old Russian nixies. The problem is making drivers and controllers to go with them. How about a faux nixie that has the look but is LEDs inside?

]]> By: Gareth Branwyn http://boingboing.net/2007/11/27/chronulator-clock-ki.html#comment-86501 Gareth Branwyn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-86501 Re: "steampunk" Yeah, tenuously so. I was thinking needle gauges as being stempunky. And was looking at the version of the clock seen on their website housed in a box of gearworks. And to me, the whole thing ties in with a general trend of analog displays, digital-to-analog translation of Net data, casemodding in old tech boxes, etc. Retro-tech (of which steampunk is the most virulent example). THAT's what I should have said. And thanks for the "great respect." A nice way to preface criticism. Re: “steampunk”
Yeah, tenuously so. I was thinking needle gauges as being stempunky. And was looking at the version of the clock seen on their website housed in a box of gearworks. And to me, the whole thing ties in with a general trend of analog displays, digital-to-analog translation of Net data, casemodding in old tech boxes, etc. Retro-tech (of which steampunk is the most virulent example). THAT’s what I should have said.

And thanks for the “great respect.” A nice way to preface criticism.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2007/11/27/chronulator-clock-ki.html#comment-387821 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-387821 Making your own Nixies, or at least something similar, is far from out of the question. There are plenty of places (like the Crucible in Oakland) that have classes in Neon sign making (Nixies are neon). It wouldn't be easy, I admit, but it would be very cool to have your own free form numerals, in home-made tubes. Making your own Nixies, or at least something similar, is far from out of the question. There are plenty of places (like the Crucible in Oakland) that have classes in Neon sign making (Nixies are neon). It wouldn’t be easy, I admit, but it would be very cool to have your own free form numerals, in home-made tubes.

]]> By: jboone http://boingboing.net/2007/11/27/chronulator-clock-ki.html#comment-87278 jboone Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-87278 I'm the designer of the Chronulator. I would *LOVE* to design a clock with Nixie tubes and have considered it on several million occasions. But they are so hard to come by. For a while my wife and I were hatching an idea to learn how to blow glass and make *our own* Nixie tubes. Then the drugs wore off... P.S. Thanks Gareth and Mark for the post! I’m the designer of the Chronulator. I would *LOVE* to design a clock with Nixie tubes and have considered it on several million occasions. But they are so hard to come by. For a while my wife and I were hatching an idea to learn how to blow glass and make *our own* Nixie tubes. Then the drugs wore off…

P.S. Thanks Gareth and Mark for the post!

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