How to lose track of time while looking at a clock

by Courtney Boyd Myers — in Shareables

How to lose track of time while looking at a clock

I’ve just stumbled upon the “Hone Hone Clock”— a weird, acrobatic figure in a ghoulish, flowered mask. The figures dance around the page forming different numbers, which tell you the time. The site has been running for a couple years now but it’s fantastically mesmerizing.

I also don’t know what “Hone Hone” means so my apologies if it’s something awfully dirty. I imagine it means that the images are doubly honing in on your attention span.

Here be gadgets

Not here exactly, but on our new hardware site Plugged.

Here

Check it out here. Move your cursor over each number on the site for a closer look.

Hat tip to @ChristianMyers for the site.

Featured image: Shutterstock/docent

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