Following up: http://spur.hobotrain.net/2007/06/29/290607/ …
People have asked me about the clock that is in the upper right hand corner of the page at tuttlescorner.com. They point out that it only shows the correct time if you are on the west coast, and that Tuttle’s Corner isn’t on the west coast. They ask me if there is some special significance to a clock that displays time in world cities relative to Pacific Standard Time. They ask me to justify my use of a clock that not only displays the incorrect time in four different cities, but uses more than its fair share of CPU cycles on people’s computers (especially if they’re on Firefox).
The simple answer is that I like the clock; I’ve looked at a lot of clocks, and this is the one I picked, even if it doesn’t show the “right” time for some people.
I’ll tell you a story:
I was born and raised in Los Angeles, but the second half of my life has been all New York. Am I a New Yorker? A few years ago, in a limo out to Kennedy being driven by a guy who’s lived in Queens his whole life, I get to explaining where I’m flying (L.A.), and why. Normal conversation for a drive like this. He tells me that when I got in to his car, he thought I was a New Yorker. He asks me how long I’ve been living in New York and I tell him, 17 years, but I’m not sure if that makes me a New Yorker, and he says, “17 years? Shit, you’re a New Yorker.”
So that’s it, really. That’s why I picked this clock: I’m still on L.A. time, New Yorker or not.
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