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clock face at 18.5cm diameter = fits on A4 paper

A project log for xkcd.com/now clock in hardware

as I work with people all over the globe, I need a simple way to tell their local time without hanging lots of clocks on my wall

rawerawe 08/04/2014 at 19:000 Comments

today my chaos-driven round robin scheduler gave some processing time to this project - yay!

Printed, laminated and cut out with standard office tools:

..."assembled":

First I tought about drawing the outer ring (time + business hours / rude to call ring) on the clock frame, but decided against it to stay with the original look&feel as much as possible (= make the whole thing look "Commercial off-the-shelf").

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Other Ikea clock mods I found in the meantime:

http://www.awikiventure.org/ikeaclock/

http://arduinoforgoodnotevil.blogspot.de/2012/05/ikea-clock-hack.html

http://kitschturd.blogspot.de/2011/07/mimis-clock.html

http://fastlaneillustration.deviantart.com/art/Who-Said-Ikea-Clocks-Had-To-Look-Like-Crap-288642020

http://www.ikeahackers.net/2012/11/circuit-clock.html

http://planetpenny.co.uk/2012/03/18/hickory-dickory-dock/

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