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Mario clock version 1-1
Will D'Angelo of the Wiicast.com recently got obsessed with his world of timecraft again and made this Super Mario Bros. clock representing World 1-1 from the classic. A few weeks ago, after drinking a glass of impulse and ambition, he made a Donkey Kong clock and decided to continue bridging the gap between crafts and gaming. Sure, it's not "art," but for under $20 it's still a neat project for a lazy afternoon, or when trying to keep the kids busy on the weekend.This time around D'Angelo makes the instructions for creating the clock expressly clear. He also seems to be getting the hang of the game-clock-craft as he's also included tips on how to make construction easier on yourself during construction. If people start obsessing about game clocks as much as they do game cakes we may have to make a gallery.
School's failure to change clocks lands student 12-day stint in juvie
So even though the world didn't come to an end due to the earlier daylight-savings time changeover this year, one 15-year resident of Hempfield, PA certainly got burned by the supposed energy-conserving maneuver, as his school's inability or failure to change all of their clocks earned him 12 days in juvenile detention on charges of making a bomb threat. The story goes like this: For some reason sophomore Cody Webb decided to call the Hempfield Area High School delay hotline in the early morning hours of March 11 -- very close to the time we "sprang ahead" -- and claims to have hung up immediately after listening to the obvious "no delay" message. Well unfortunately for him, someone else called Hempfield that morning with a bomb threat, and because the phone system erroneously time-stamped that call as coming just minutes after Cody's, school and local law enforcement geniuses decided that they must have been made by the same person (despite one call showing up on caller ID while the other was blocked). Long story short, it took Cody's parents and their lawyer 12 days to get the honors student out of juvie; and while you would expect a public apology from everyone involved in this blunder after the facts came out, school officials are trying to pass the blame along to the state, which seems more concerned with covering its proverbial legal ass than making things right for the now-home-schooled Cody. Lessons learned? 1. Our schools need to devote more resources to teaching the nuances of telling time, and 2. Teenagers are clearly better off partying and causing mischief on a Saturday night than sitting at home on the phone.[Via Slashdot, photo courtesy of S.C. Spangler/Tribune-Review]
Nintendo formally announces DS release schedule for 2007 [update 1]
Update: This schedule is only good up until Q2 for this year. Sorry for the mistake.The folks over at Nintendo HQ have sent out a press release, letting us know that in the coming Spring and Summer months, which usually mean gamers are left alone and without new games to enjoy, that such fears should never creep into our minds. See, Nintendo reminded us that plenty of potentially great games are releasing in the coming months and, if we've wrapped up everything currently available, we should look forward to the future for that fix of sweet, sweet gaming bliss.Check out the entire list embedded past the post break.
Oregon Scientific releases DP100 Daylight Projection Clock
We think at some point, you come to realize that you have enough timekeepers in your life. Your cell phone, your computer, your microwave -- perhaps even your set of tubes all have clocks. Apparently Oregon Scientific didn't get the memo, because it's just released the DP100, the Daylight Projection Clock with Indoor Temperature Display, a clock that that illuminates your wall with the time, temperature and date. The online catalog listing ($90) says that the projection intensifies and de-intensifies as needed given other ambient light. The same listing goes on to say that the clock is a "perfect complement for modern decor" -- so given Engadget's post-modern cyberoffices, we won't be getting one of these anytime soon.[Via Core77]
