i'm half-heartedly looking for a wrist watch. It's not any of these, for a variety of reasons, but they are fun. http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/05/extraordinary-clocks-and-watches.html
... lives of medieval pioneers whose ingenious inventions have helped create our world today. "This glorious book overflows with the great ideas of the Muslim middle ages. From al-Jazari and his elegant clocks and al-Kindi and Ibn al-Haitham with their revolutionary optical theories, experiments, and books, to the astronomers who navigated across the desert by the stars, and the map-makers who put...
When you walk into Inside, the sound is deafening. Clocks and other wound up devices cover the walls. The ticking and unwinding and the tiny tinny noises of music and bells is oddly harmonious; each one in step with the other. It is dim, but not too dim, the warmth of a den in the evening, not the den of an animal. The room is unusually chilly, but still within tolerable ranges. There's ...
..., and from the speed at which it was burning, arson had to be involved somehow. “Look, I was wondering—” “Is that the time?” Clark said, glancing at his watch. Theatrically, he frowned at the wall of clocks set to different time zones. “I have to run if I’m going to make that appointment.” He gave Amanda a smile. “It was nice meeting you,” he said as he headed toward the doors. “But—” “You ...
...thrown off balance then flips them so he's on top, straddling Sirius. He pries both wands from Sirius' grasp and throws them across the room. "It's just a book!" Sirius cries, then waving his arms wildly, he clocks Remus in the jaw. And that's when Remus snaps. His hands wrap around Sirius' neck and begin to close. He's seeing red, he's not going to kill Sirius but he wants him to hurt. He wants ...
... one name that I accepted long ago when all the goodness left and all that was left was pure evil ) Each one of them, the heroes that always need to have a fight every other day, all of ticking clocks deep in their little brains that I could hear with those super-ears of mine (and the repressed clock-maker in the back of my head, waiting ), sometimes telling how godly and pure they are, ew , ...
My usual daily CMC use goes like this Use my cellphone as an alarm, seems like a waste of money to buy a separate alarm clock, Why have two clocks when one will suffice, as a wise man once said "A man with one watch always knows the time, while a man with two watches is never quite sure." Then after a shower I turn on the tv while I get dressed and find my books for uni and check my emails/...
... guy, if only he would pay attention to how his clothes fit. And what was “dong” anyway? Like the sound the big clocks make? Dong, dong, dong, Toki loves clocks? Curious and unwilling to ask anyone else, Skwisgaar went and looked it up online. Hmm... penis. Yep, that was definitely a chick’s shirt. He wondered...
The Infernal Devices website is now up ! Web designer Theo Black did a fantastic job. Gears clanking, smoke pouring out of chimneys, old-fashioned clocks ticking: it's a steampunk Victorian wonderland! You can learn about the characters in the new series here . There's some lovely artwork here . Frequently asked questions about the series are here . There are gorgeous wallpapers ...
... crisped on piping hot racks holding pans cooking fantastical futures forgotten to symmetrical lines of schooled learning and hierarchal society horny feet protrude on kitchen floors cold and numbed while brains poach in craniums long ago emptied of knowledge bubbling and fizzing evaporating to nothing while consistent clocks tick and tock tick tock until the last h(our) comes to a stop.
